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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump, Treasonous Traitor — The president fails to protect the country from an ongoing attack. — Put aside whatever suspicions you may have about whether Donald Trump will be directly implicated in the Russian investigation. — Trump is right now, before our eyes and those of the world …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Blames U.S. for Poor Relations With Moscow — Hours before one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin, U.S. president tweets about many years of ‘U.S. foolishness and stupidity’ — *President Trump Starts Private Meeting With Vladimir Putin Saying He Expects An “extraordinary relationship”
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Michael McFaul / Washington Post:
I've been in meetings with Putin. Here's what Trump can expect. — Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post. He is the author of “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.”
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
An unforgettable Trump scene in unforgettable Trump story — Two years of Donald Trump, of Russia, of federal investigations, of fake news, of Fox all come together today in a made-for-the-big-screen and destined-for-the-history-books scene. — The big picture: At today's Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki …
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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.
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Washington Post:
Ahead of Putin summit, Trump faults U.S. ‘stupidity’ for poor relations with Russia
Ahead of Putin summit, Trump faults U.S. ‘stupidity’ for poor relations with Russia
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The time Putin actually enraged Trump
Scoop: The time Putin actually enraged Trump
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Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
Trump wins sympathy from Russian media ahead of summit
CBS News:
Trump predicts “extraordinary relationship” with Russia at summit — live updates
Trump predicts “extraordinary relationship” with Russia at summit — live updates
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CNN:
Trump and Putin meet in Helsinki
Trump and Putin meet in Helsinki
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
It will be the most surreal US-Russia summit in history
It will be the most surreal US-Russia summit in history
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Washington Post:
A low-profile Mattis makes no mention of Trump as he tours Europe
A low-profile Mattis makes no mention of Trump as he tours Europe
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
World Cup 2018: The Moral Clarity of Pussy Riot's Protest
MySanAntonio.com:
Plutonium went missing in San Antonio, but the government says nothing — Losses of civilian nuclear material are usually disclosed but when the government loses nuclear bomb ingredients it stays mum — Two security experts from the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory drove to San Antonio …
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
What Robert Mueller Knows—and 9 Areas He'll Pursue Next — The special counsel has collected a mountain of evidence in the Trump-Russia investigation, but so far only a tiny amount of it has been revealed in official indictments. Here are nine areas where we should expect answers as the inquiry unfolds.
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Michelle Martin / Reuters:
Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House — BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.
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The Daily Beast:
Russia Hawk Axed From National Security Council Right Before Trump-Putin Summit … Shortly before Donald Trump detonated a NATO summit, shanked the beleaguered British prime minister and prepped for a face-to-face love session with Vladimir Putin, his White House quietly divested itself …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The MAGA Trolls Meet Their Match In Sacha Baron Cohen And “Who Is America?” — Sacha Baron Cohen — a consummate troll himself — is a perfect foil to the current political climate of grift and trolling. — While many journalists have risen to the occasion of the Trump era …
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Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
Vanishing Point — As the GOP increasingly comes to resemble a personality cult, is there any red line—video tapes? DNA evidence? a war with Germany—President Trump could cross and lose party support? “Very doubtful,” say a dozen GOP members of Congress stuck hard behind the MAGA eight ball.
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
Bombshell Bourdain interview is published one month after his suicide: Celebrity chef unloads on 'rapey, gropey and disgusting Bill Clinton and hopes Weinstein is ‘beaten to death in jail’ — Anthony Bourdain gave a lengthy, wide ranging interview to journalist Maria Bustillos for her recently launched magazine Popula
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Associated Press:
Muslim candidates running in record numbers face backlash — SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party. — When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard …
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Micaela Marshall / 13abc:
Arrest made in racially charged vandalism on Ogden Ave. — TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo police arrested Patricia Edelen for spray painting racial slurs on her neighbor's home Friday night. — “She had multiple warrants. She ran from the officers inside her residence.
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 …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Nunes: Mueller indictment tracks House Intel report — In a tweet Sunday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a member and former chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, boiled down special counsel Robert Mueller's new Russian election-meddling indictment to one basic lesson …
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New York Times:
Tracing Guccifer 2.0's Many Tentacles in the 2016 Election — The message from WikiLeaks in July 2016 to a group of Russian intelligence officers who prosecutors say were posing as a Romanian hacker named Guccifer 2.0 urged swift action before the opening of the Democratic National Convention that month.
New York Times:
$88 Million and Counting: Trump Amasses Huge Head Start for 2020 Campaign — WASHINGTON — President Trump has raised more than $88 million for his re-election campaign over the last year and a half, giving him a dramatic head-start on prospective Democratic challengers in the 2020 race.
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New York Times:
A Better Way to Run Schools — The New Orleans turnaround shows the power of giving more freedom to teachers and principals — and then holding them accountable for their performance. — NEW ORLEANS — Twelve years later, Nigel Palmer still remembers the embarrassment of his first days …
CNBC:
Strong retail sales report suggests robust economic growth in the second quarter — U.S. retail sales rose solidly in June, boosted by increases in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods. — Data for May was revised higher to show sales rising 1.3 percent instead of the previously reported 0.8 percent gain.
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Gowdy rules out Rosenstein impeachment — (R-S.C.) on Sunday ruled out the possibility of impeaching Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — , saying there is not enough support for his ouster. — “Impeach him for what?” Gowdy said on CBS's “Face the Nation.” “No.”
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