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mccain.senate.gov:
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump's meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki:
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin … Donald Trump's much-anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin on Monday offered him yet another opportunity to defy those who've criticized his coziness with the Russian leader. — But on a global stage, Trump didn't just cower …
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Axios:
Trump's Helsinki humiliation — President Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin was a disaster. And that was the assessment of many of his GOP allies. — Why it matters: Trump had a chance to assert himself — and stand up for his countrymen — against foreign interference in our elections.
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Washington Post:
‘Very much counter to the plan’: Trump defies advisers in embrace of Putin — Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently — without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference …
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Washington Post:
Trump just colluded with Russia. Openly. — THE ENDURING image of the U.S.-Russia summit in Helsinki on Monday will be that of President Trump standing next to Vladimir Putin and suggesting he found Mr. Putin's “powerful” denial at least as persuasive as the U.S. intelligence community's …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad — WASHINGTON — President Trump made one thing clear after his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday: He is willing to take Mr. Putin's word over those of his own intelligence agencies about whether the Russians tried to fix the 2016 election.
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
This Is the Moment of Truth for Republicans — There are exactly two possible explanations for the shameful performance the world witnessed on Monday, from a serving American president. — Either Donald Trump is flat-out an agent of Russian interests—maybe witting, maybe unwitting …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump pushed his personal agenda, not the national interest, at Putin summit — Trump faces political and legal jeopardy from the Justice Department investigation of his 2016 campaign and Russia. — Against that backdrop, comments that Republican Sen. Ben Sasse called “bizarre” …
LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock — The US media, perhaps the most threatened of all the swamp parasites, are melting down because President Trump didn't start a war with Russia. — I'm not sure why the media thinks the rest of us don't know these things, but just to be clear...
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Manu Raju / CNN:
In rebuke to Trump, senators may vote to side with US intel community — (CNN)Talks have begun on Capitol Hill to reaffirm support in the Senate for the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in the US elections, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn told CNN on Monday evening.
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New York Times:
Republicans Rebuke Trump for Siding With Putin as Democrats Demand Action — WASHINGTON — Republicans across the ideological spectrum rebuked President Trump after Monday's extraordinary news conference with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, with Speaker Paul D. Ryan admonishing Mr. Trump …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
At Summit With Russia, Trump Betrays His Country in Plain Sight — Standing next to Vladimir Putin, after a meeting Putin had requested, President Trump was asked by a reporter if he believed the findings of his own intelligence agencies that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election.
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump and Putin vs. America
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Shows the World He's Putin's Lackey
Trump Shows the World He's Putin's Lackey
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If you work for Trump, quit now
If you work for Trump, quit now
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Crisis Facing America
The Crisis Facing America
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is now repaying Putin for helping him win the presidency
Trump is now repaying Putin for helping him win the presidency
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Putin refuses to look at Mueller indictment during Fox News interview
Putin refuses to look at Mueller indictment during Fox News interview
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Axios:
Trump's extraordinary press conference was not normal
Trump's extraordinary press conference was not normal
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump casts doubt on US intelligence, calls Putin's meddling denial ‘strong and powerful’
Trump casts doubt on US intelligence, calls Putin's meddling denial ‘strong and powerful’
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Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:
Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
David Morgan / CBS News:
Trump fist-bumped Turkish leader Erdogan, said he “does things the right way”
Trump fist-bumped Turkish leader Erdogan, said he “does things the right way”
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Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Trump and Putin: Some Thoughts
Trump and Putin: Some Thoughts
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
About the Only Evidence Left that Trump Isn't Beholden to Putin is That It's Just Too Obvious
About the Only Evidence Left that Trump Isn't Beholden to Putin is That It's Just Too Obvious
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After a stunning news conference, there's a newly crucial job for the American press
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump and Putin: what we know is damning
Trump and Putin: what we know is damning
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments
Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments
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Grabien News:
John Brennan: Trump's Press Conference an Impeachable Offense, ‘Treasonous’
John Brennan: Trump's Press Conference an Impeachable Offense, ‘Treasonous’
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News Host Calls Trump's Presser Performance ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Wrong’
Fox News Host Calls Trump's Presser Performance ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Wrong’
Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed:
A Senator Said He Thinks “Something Close To” The Trump Pee Tape Exists
A Senator Said He Thinks “Something Close To” The Trump Pee Tape Exists
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
‘Fox & Friends’ host: 'I don't understand' Trump tweet blaming US for bad Russia relations
‘Fox & Friends’ host: 'I don't understand' Trump tweet blaming US for bad Russia relations
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States — A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within …
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New York Times:
Mariia Butina, Who Sought ‘Back Channel’ Meeting for Trump and Putin, Is Charged as Russian Agent — WASHINGTON — A Russian woman who tried to broker a pair of secret meetings between candidate Donald J. Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Washington Post:
Maria Butina, Russian gun rights advocate, charged in U.S. with acting as Russian Federation agent — A Russian national with alleged ties to a top Russian official was charged in federal court in Washington Monday with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation, and was ordered held without bond.
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Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Southeast Ohio Republican Party leader resigns over Trump-Putin meeting — CLEVELAND, Ohio — A county Republican Party chairman from Southeast Ohio resigned on Monday, citing President Donald Trump's meeting earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Yes, Normal Republican Elites Are a Threat to Democracy
Yes, Normal Republican Elites Are a Threat to Democracy
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Trump's Stupid ‘Where Is the DNC Server?’ Conspiracy Theory, Explained — Trump refuses to believe all the evidence that Russia hacked the DNC, because he understands nothing about how digital forensics works. — Monday, in a press conference with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump refused …
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James Pethokoukis / American Enterprise Institute:
The uninformed economic views of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in 2 charts — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new Democratic darling and self-described democratic socialist, said some odd things in a PBS interview. First, she tried to explain away the current low unemployment rate this way …
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Philip Weiss / Mondoweiss:
Ocasio-Cortez hedges criticisms of Israel- ‘I may not use the right words’
Ocasio-Cortez hedges criticisms of Israel- ‘I may not use the right words’
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CBS News:
Trump: “I don't know if I agree” with DNI Coats' warning about Russian cyberattacks — President Trump says he doesn't know if he agrees with a warning from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats about the “critical” threat of potentially devastating cyberattacks targeting U.S. systems.
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