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CBS News:
“I think the European Union is a foe,” Trump says ahead of Putin meeting in Helsinki — Coming off a contentious NATO summit and a trip to the U.K. in which he seemed to undercut the government of America's closest ally, President Trump took aim at another Western institution just days …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia — When Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the table in Helsinki on Monday, he will surely have in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that have nothing to do with the U.S. president seated across from him.
New York Times:
U.K. Poisoning Inquiry Turns to Russian Agency in Mueller Indictments — LONDON — The same Russian military intelligence service now accused of disrupting the 2016 presidential election in America may also be responsible for the nerve agent attack in Britain against a former Russian spy …
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
‘I find it hard to believe’ Putin didn't know about Russian interference in U.S. election: White House national security adviser — President Donald Trump's top national security adviser said he finds it “hard to believe” Vladimir Putin didn't know about top Russian military intelligence …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rand Paul on Russian election meddling: ‘We all do it’ — Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday sought to justify Russia's interference in America's 2016 presidential race, claiming that all countries meddle in foreign elections. — “I think really we mistake our response if we think it's about accountability from the Russians.
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CBS News:
Trump on Putin meeting: “I go in with low expectations” — President Trump is keeping expectations in check in advance of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor. “I go in with low expectations,” Mr. Trump said.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Theresa May says Donald Trump told her to sue the European Union
Theresa May says Donald Trump told her to sue the European Union
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One America News Network, Axios, Washington Times and Breitbart
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why Trump gives Putin a pass on Mueller revelations
Why Trump gives Putin a pass on Mueller revelations
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IJR, ABC News and The Guardian
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Gowdy to Trump: Ask Putin where “we can pick up the 25 Russians” indicted in Mueller probe
Gowdy to Trump: Ask Putin where “we can pick up the 25 Russians” indicted in Mueller probe
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Mother Jones and Bustle
New York Times:
Just Sitting Down With Trump, Putin Comes Out Ahead
Just Sitting Down With Trump, Putin Comes Out Ahead
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Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway
BBC:
Theresa May: Trump told me to sue the EU
Theresa May: Trump told me to sue the EU
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Mother Jones, CNN, Bustle, Joe.My.God., POLITICUSUSA, One America News Network, NPR, Financial Times and Washington Post
New York Times:
Warren is Preparing for 2020. So Are Biden, Booker, Harris and Sanders. — RENO, Nev. — During a campaign-style tour of the West late last month, Senator Elizabeth Warren did not announce she was running for president. But in private events and public speeches, her message about 2020 was as clear as it was rousing.
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The Daily Beast:
White House Retaliates Against CNN by Cancelling Interview — The White House cancelled an interview with CNN in retaliation for an interaction between President Trump and a network reporter at a press conference in London. CNN had secured an interview with national security adviser John Bolton …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox News' Howard Kurtz on Trump-CNN Flap: Jim Acosta Was ‘Trying to Hijack the Question’
Fox News' Howard Kurtz on Trump-CNN Flap: Jim Acosta Was ‘Trying to Hijack the Question’
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The Daily Caller and Conservative News Today
Eleanor Busby / The Independent:
Elon Musk calls British diver who helped rescue Thai schoolboys ‘pedo guy’ in Twitter outburst — ‘Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it’ — POPULAR VIDEOS — Elon Musk has called a British diver who helped rescue schoolboys from a flooded cave in Thailand ‘pedo guy’ on Twitter.
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Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
What Elon Musk Should Learn From the Thailand Cave Rescue
What Elon Musk Should Learn From the Thailand Cave Rescue
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The Tracinski Letter and The Guardian
YouTube:
Who Is America? (2018) | First Look | Sacha Baron Cohen SHOWTIME Series … WHO IS AMERICA? is a half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, in his return to series television for the first time in more than a decade in the genre he created first in Da Ali G Show.
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Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
U.S. lawmakers shown backing fake kindergarten gun scheme in Sacha Baron Cohen satire
U.S. lawmakers shown backing fake kindergarten gun scheme in Sacha Baron Cohen satire
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Raw Story
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
World Cup 2018: The Moral Clarity of Pussy Riot's Protest — On Sunday, in the fifty-second minute of the final game of the World Cup, four women dressed in Russian police uniforms charged the field, briefly disrupting the match. They were members of the Russian protest-art group Pussy Riot.
Maura Lerner / Star Tribune:
He, she or ze? Pronouns could pose trouble under University of Minnesota campus policy — Draft policy would punish those who ignore personal pronoun preferences. — Using the wrong pronoun could turn into a firing offense at the University of Minnesota.
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RedState
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Gender Follies at the University of Minnesota
Cindy Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Judge orders L.A. Times to alter story about Glendale cop, sparking protest from newspaper — A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article that described a plea agreement between prosecutors and a Glendale police detective accused of working …
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Reason and KTLA, more at Mediagazer »
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Fox News reporter warns that Trump team is ‘still colluding’ with the Russians — Former Fox News Channel chief political correspondent Carl Cameron has a warning for America: “The Trump team were colluding with the Russians in 2016 - and they are still colluding.”
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Raw Story
The Times & The Sunday Times:
Royal family ‘snub’ Donald Trump during UK visit — Queen left to go it alone as Charles and William avoid president — Prince Charles and Prince William were unwilling to meet Donald Trump on his visit to Britain, leaving the Queen to greet the US president alone.
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Alexandra Arriaga / Chicago Sun Times:
Black woman says CVS manager called police because she had wrong coupon — Camilla Hudson wanted to use a manufacturer's coupon at CVS on North Broadway on Friday night, but a manager who said he'd never seen a coupon like that called the police, she said in a Facebook post.
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Emily Ngo / Newsday:
The evolution of Kirsten Gillibrand — Gillibrand once held more conservative views on guns and immigration, but in her nine years as New York's junior senator, she has swung steadily to the left on those and other issues. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand describes her shift from defender …
New York Times:
How Israel, in Dark of Night, Torched Its Way to Iran's Nuclear Secrets — TEL AVIV — The Mossad agents moving in on a warehouse in a drab commercial district of Tehran knew exactly how much time they had to disable the alarms, break through two doors, cut through dozens of giant safes …
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Kevin de León wins endorsement of California Democrats in rebuke of Dianne Feinstein … California Democratic Party leaders took a step to the left Saturday night, endorsing liberal state lawmaker Kevin de León for Senate over Democratic icon Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Immigrant kids held in shelters: 'They told us to behave, or we'd be here forever' — BOSTON — When the 8-year-old stepped off a plane here earlier this month with freshly cut bangs and a shelter-issued sweatsuit, she was met by crowds and television cameras and finally …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Putin butters up Trump — A source with direct knowledge of President Trump's phone calls with Putin tells me the Russian president shows a keen understanding of what makes Trump tick. — “Putin is very good at flattery and understanding the power of flattery with this president,” the source told me.