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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
TRUMP'S BREXIT BLAST I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump — In a world-exclusive interview with The Sun, the US President said Theresa May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit strategy — DONALD Trump today accuses …
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Scotsman:
Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump — Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can — Waiting for Video... Donald Trump, due to arrive in the UK later today, is a racist, a serial liar, and either a sex abuser …
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The Sun:
‘HIGHEST LEVEL OF SPECIAL’ Donald Trump heaps praise on the UK and says ‘whatever you do’ with Brexit ‘is okay with me - just make sure you can trade with us’ — Standing next to the PM at a press conference at Chequers, the President said he's confident that a trade deal WILL happen once the UK has quit the EU
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump denies he criticized British prime minister after criticizing her
Trump denies he criticized British prime minister after criticizing her
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The Sun, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call, Bustle and MSNBC
New York Times:
With May's Government Teetering, Trump Gives It a Shove
With May's Government Teetering, Trump Gives It a Shove
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National Review, Talking Points Memo, The Sun, CNN, The Week and TheBlaze
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
What President Trump said about May, Brexit and ‘England’
What President Trump said about May, Brexit and ‘England’
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William Davies / New York Times:
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence
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The Independent, The Atlantic and The Guardian
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Donald Trump, Theresa May and a ‘wrecked Brexit’
Donald Trump, Theresa May and a ‘wrecked Brexit’
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Axios and Washington Post
David Smith / The Guardian:
With criticism of May's Brexit, Trump detonates a diplomatic grenade
With criticism of May's Brexit, Trump detonates a diplomatic grenade
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Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Mueller probe results should be dismissed after Strzok testimony — President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led …
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The Peter Strzok Hearing Was a Total Fiasco, but One Moment Was Particularly Unreal — On Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform and the House Judiciary committees held a joint hearing on the Clinton email investigation in which they questioned FBI agent Peter Strzok.
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Thought Peter Strzok Would Be a Punching Bag. He Just Knocked Them Out. … Those who forget the lessons of televised congressional hearings are doomed to repeat them, which is why the morning segment of the Capitol Hill show trial of veteran FBI agent and former head …
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Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Washington Post, Breitbart and The New Civil Rights Movement
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Gohmert: Watchdog Found Clinton Emails Were Sent To ‘Foreign Entity’
Gohmert: Watchdog Found Clinton Emails Were Sent To ‘Foreign Entity’
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Fox News Insider and Scared Monkeys
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Things will not be okay — Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape. After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …
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NBC News:
Pentagon goes into ‘damage control’ mode to reassure NATO allies — “One thing you need in this alliance is predictability,” one diplomatic official said. — Between NATO and Putin meetings, what is Trump's strategy? — WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald Trump departed NATO …
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Foreign Policy:
Trump Fumed, but NATO Members Got What They Wanted — Think the NATO summit was a complete dumpster fire? Think again. — He ranted, he threatened, he rebuked. — U.S. President Donald Trump did just about everything he could to spoil the NATO summit in Brussels this week.
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Ronald's out. Donald's in. — President Trump's trip to Europe …
Ronald's out. Donald's in. — President Trump's trip to Europe …
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CNN, IJR and Front Page Magazine
Politico:
‘Very stable’ Trump? European leaders beg to differ
‘Very stable’ Trump? European leaders beg to differ
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Althouse, The Week, Washington Post, Raw Story and Axios
Amy Chua / Wall Street Journal:
Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women — I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship. — Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead. I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.
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Politico:
‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight — The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most. — Chuck Schumer says he's going to fight Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I've got.” To do so, he'll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line.
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Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon and Splinter
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
What the Yale Law School Freakout Says About the Opposition to Kavanaugh
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump is a bully. Brett Kavanaugh will stand up to him.
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Liberals attack Brett Kavanaugh for ‘frat boy’ name
Liberals attack Brett Kavanaugh for ‘frat boy’ name
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
White House Orders Broader Access to Files About F.B.I. Informant — WASHINGTON — The White House has rebuffed concerns among American intelligence and law enforcement officials and ordered that more lawmakers be given access to classified information about an informant the F.B.I. used …
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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Don't drink the water if you live in parts of Northeast and Northwest Washington — D.C. residents who live in parts of Northwest and Northeast should not drink the water until further notice, officials said, after a problem arose at a pumping station. — The warning came from D.C. Water …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“An Amateur Boxer Up Against Muhammad Ali”: Washington Fears Trump Will Be No Match for Putin in Helsinki — All American Presidents adore the pageantry of summits, none more so than Donald Trump, who is addicted to the idea of himself as one of the great men making history with a capital “H.”
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
ME-02: Poliquin Moves From Lean Republican to Toss Up — Rep. Bruce Poliquin (ME-02) has proven an elusive Democratic target. In both 2014 and 2016, Democrats touted promising polls and swore they could turn Poliquin's wealth and Wall Street past against him.
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
A Man Has Been Charged With A Hate Crime After Going On A Racist Tirade Against A Woman For Her Puerto Rico Shirt — “You should not be wearing that in the United States of America. Are you a citizen? Are you a United States citizen?” the man said. — A man who was filmed yelling …
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Tim Kaine / The Atlantic:
Don't Let Trump Go to War With Iran — The decision of the United States to wage war against Iraq in 2003 was one of the worst mistakes our country has ever made. Was Saddam Hussein a brutal dictator? Yes, but he didn't have weapons of mass destruction, and toppling his regime had profound consequences …
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Gary Varvel / USA Today:
Donald Trump is the president I didn't want, but now I know we need … Over the years, my caricatures of Donald Trump have evolved but not as much as my opinion of him. — When Trump announced he was running for president, I admit that I didn't take this millionaire, hotel magnate, reality TV show celebrity as a serious candidate.
Barack Obama:
This week, I'm traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office - a continent of wonderful diversity, thriving culture, and remarkable stories. — I was proud to visit sub-Saharan Africa more times than any other sitting President, and I'll return this week to visit Kenya and South Africa.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Senate Democrats blast former Trump attorney for ‘selling access’ to White House — Michael Cohen's relationship with the Swiss drug company Novartis was more extensive than the company previously disclosed, as shown in newly uncovered emails exchanged by President Donald Trump's former lawyer and the company's former top executive.
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Minky Worden / Politico:
Russia's bloody World Cup — The 2018 World Cup is winding down with memorable play, but for FIFA itself, this was a preventable own goal. — FIFA's flagship tournament could have done something to relieve the worst human rights crisis in Russia since the Soviet era …
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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
Police Pointed A Gun At Four Black Boys After A 911 Caller Falsely Claimed They Were Armed — Park police in Minneapolis handcuffed and drew a gun on four black boys on Tuesday after a 911 caller falsely claimed they had weapons. — Brianna Lindell, who witnessed and filmed the incident …
Sally Quinn / Politico:
What Ben Bradlee Would Think of Donald Trump — My late husband would not have been impressed. Nor intimidated. He believed the truth mattered. — There is a big, white, two-story wall in the center of the newsroom at the Washington Post directly across from the glass-walled Ben Bradlee conference room.