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Trump upends NATO summit, demanding immediate spending increases or he will ‘do his own thing’ — BRUSSELS — President Trump upended the NATO summit here Thursday by calling an emergency meeting of leaders and threatening that if all member countries do not immediately increase …
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Trump threatens to pull out of NATO — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to break with NATO and conduct American security unilaterally — if allies do not rapidly meet higher military spending targets, NATO officials and diplomats said. — Officials inside the room …
Fox News:
Trump dubs himself ‘stable genius,’ calls NATO summit a success — President Trump pronounced the NATO summit a success and himself a “stable genius” in a freewheeling press conference that followed a sometimes tense meeting of the western alliance. — Trump spoke to international reporters …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump leaves European allies spinning after NATO summit — BRUSSELS — President Trump left allies in a state of irritation, confusion and — for some, relief — after a NATO summit during which I'm told he was privately charming in some of his one-on-ones but bombastic and threatening in larger meetings.
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CNN:
Trump's barrage of attacks ‘beyond belief,’ reeling NATO diplomats say
Trump's barrage of attacks ‘beyond belief,’ reeling NATO diplomats say
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Bloomberg:
Macron and Merkel Play Down Trump's Spending Claims: NATO Update
Macron and Merkel Play Down Trump's Spending Claims: NATO Update
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New York Times:
As President Trump Bashes NATO, Republicans Are Largely Silent
As President Trump Bashes NATO, Republicans Are Largely Silent
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Power breakfast: How Trump lambasted Germany over eggs and fruit salad
Power breakfast: How Trump lambasted Germany over eggs and fruit salad
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Rebecca Tan / Washington Post:
When Trump attacked Germany in Brussels, his aides pursed their lips and glanced away
When Trump attacked Germany in Brussels, his aides pursed their lips and glanced away
Washington Post:
Trump is poisoning NATO. Why?
Trump is poisoning NATO. Why?
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Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh piled up credit card debt by purchasing Nationals tickets, White House says — Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh incurred tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt buying baseball tickets over the past decade and at times reported liabilities …
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Kevin Daley / The Daily Caller:
What Kavanaugh Was Secretly Caught Doing Hours After Trump's Nomination Will Silence The Critics — President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night. — His nomination has set off a generational fight over the future of the high court.
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Hailey Fuchs / Yale Daily News:
A sports junkie who ate pasta with ketchup: Law school friends reflect on Kavanaugh's time at YLS
A sports junkie who ate pasta with ketchup: Law school friends reflect on Kavanaugh's time at YLS
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Just Security:
Setting the Record Straight: Brett Kavanaugh's Views on Criminal Investigation of the President
Setting the Record Straight: Brett Kavanaugh's Views on Criminal Investigation of the President
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Damon Linker / The Week:
The liberal freakout over Brett Kavanaugh is not helping
The liberal freakout over Brett Kavanaugh is not helping
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agent at Center of Russia Probe Turns Tables on G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — The embattled F.B.I. agent who oversaw the opening of the Russia investigation mounted an aggressive personal defense on Thursday, rejecting accusations that he let his private political views bias his official actions …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI agent: My work has never been tainted by political bias — WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages fueled suspicions of partisan bias will tell lawmakers Thursday that his work has never been tainted by politics and that the intense scrutiny he is facing represents …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI agent Strzok slams chaotic hearing as 'victory notch in Putin's belt'
FBI agent Strzok slams chaotic hearing as 'victory notch in Putin's belt'
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
FBI agent Peter Strzok to publicly testify on Capitol Hill about anti-Trump texts
FBI agent Peter Strzok to publicly testify on Capitol Hill about anti-Trump texts
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CNN:
Stormy Daniels arrested at Ohio strip club. Her attorney calls it a setup. — (CNN)Adult film actress Stormy Daniels was arrested early Thursday at an Ohio strip club for allegedly touching patrons on stage in violation of state law. — Daniels, who gained notoriety …
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CBS News:
Stormy Daniels arrested while performing at Ohio strip club — Porn actress Stormy Daniels was arrested at an Ohio strip club and is accused of letting patrons touch her in violation of a state law, her attorney said early Thursday. While Daniels was performing Wednesday night at Sirens …
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WBNS-TV:
Police: Stormy Daniels grabbed backside of undercover Columbus officer
Police: Stormy Daniels grabbed backside of undercover Columbus officer
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio while performing, her attorney says
Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio while performing, her attorney says
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Want Roe v. Wade to Stand — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the U.S. Senate prepares to hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the public is strongly opposed to any attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that made abortion legal nationwide.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting …
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting …
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Bloomberg:
North Koreans Are No Show at U.S. War Dead Talks, Yonhap Reports — American officials kept waiting on militarized border — Latest sign of tension after Pompeo's visit last weekend — North Korean officials didn't show up for a planned meeting with U.S. counterparts to discuss returning …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
North Korean officials no-show for meeting about U.S. troop remains
North Korean officials no-show for meeting about U.S. troop remains
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump wants tough new Air Force One paint job — President Trump wants to update the paint job on the next version of Air Force One, ditching the iconic robin's-egg blue (which he calls a “Jackie Kennedy color") for a bolder, “more American” look. — The big picture …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's top Hill aide leaving White House amid Supreme Court battle — Marc Short, Trump's director of legislative affairs, is leaving later this month to join a D.C. consulting firm and teach at UVA. — President Donald Trump's legislative affairs director is heading for the exits …
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Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Highlights How Third-Party Quirks Can Muddle Elections — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's political star has risen so high, she can win a primary election without trying — or apparently even knowing. — Last month, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, 28, unleashed a political tsunami of sorts …
Tom Burgis / Financial Times:
Tower of secrets: the Russian money behind a Donald Trump skyscraper — One October day in 2007, a celebrity real estate developer in a greatcoat and powder-blue tie alighted from a stretch limousine in Toronto's financial district. Before a bank of photographers, he took hold of a golden shovel.
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Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Sean Spicer contradicts Trump's Manafort claims in new book — Exclusive: Trump's former press secretary describes Manafort as impactful and describes the president as ‘a unicorn, riding a unicorn over a rainbow’ — Dreamily envisioning Donald Trump as “a unicorn, riding a unicorn over a rainbow” …
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Baltimore police stopped noticing crime after Freddie Gray's death. A wave of killings followed. — BALTIMORE - Just before a wave of violence turned Baltimore into the nation's deadliest big city, a curious thing happened to its police force: officers suddenly seemed to stop noticing crime.
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Government reopens probe of Emmett Till slaying — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Dozens of ‘eligible’ young migrant kids reunited, but many more still separated — The Trump administration Thursday said that all eligible migrant children under age 5 who were separated from their parents at the border were reunited with their families, but dozens more young kids remain separated …
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
What Did Baby Jessica Think of the Thai Cave Rescue? She Had No Idea It Happened — The dramatic rescue this week of the Thai soccer team trapped in a watery warren deep below the ground was perilous, gripping and impossible to avoid — a saga equal parts Jules Verne and Baby Jessica …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump administration to turn away far more asylum seekers at the border under new guidance — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is implementing a new asylum policy at the border that will result in potentially thousands of asylum seekers being turned away before they can plead their case in court.
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