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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference — Was Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 election the most important issue on the table at President Trump's Helsinki summit with President Vladimir Putin? No. But it's not an unimportant issue either, and Trump knew the American press is obsessed with it.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump First Doctrine — Putin respects strength but Trump showed weakness. — Donald Trump left for Europe a week ago with his reputation enhanced by a strong Supreme Court nomination. He returned Monday with that reputation diminished after a tumultuous week of indulging what amounts to the Trump First Doctrine.
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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Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Come home, Ambassador Huntsman, your country needs you — Ambassador Huntsman, you work for a pawn, not a president. It's time to come home. — There is no other reasonable course of action to take after Monday's disgraceful joint news conference with President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Axios:
Trump officials embarrassed by Putin show — President Trump sucking up to Vladamir Putin after the summit in Helsinki yesterday was such an unbelievable, indelible moment that many deflated White House officials didn't even bother to defend or explain it. — Between the lines …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Party Is Now the Blame America Party … At some point in the last week or so, “Make America Great Again” became “Blame America First.” — What we saw on Monday from Helsinki is why conservatives (like me) can't back Trump—even with two Supreme Court picks.
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Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit — When Presidents Trump and Vladimir Putin ended their joint press conference in Helsinki, the punditocracy predictably swarmed all over it like ants around a pile of crumbs. Was Trump winking at Putin? Did he really say he believes Putin …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Shows the World He's Putin's Lackey — Maybe the president is exactly as compromised as he looks. — No matter how low your expectations for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday, it was hard not to be staggered by the American president's slavish and toadying performance.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Maria Bartiromo: Trump's Presser ‘Was Probably the Low Point’ of His Presidency — Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, usually a staunch defender of President Donald Trump, criticized him for his widely panned press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Diplomats say it's settled. They can't rely on Trump. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's extraordinary remarks Monday, siding with Russian President Vladmir Putin's denials of 2016 campaign meddling over U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion, has left U.S. and foreign diplomats worried …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Putin tussles with Chris Wallace in Fox interview
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Fox News's Chris Wallace gives Putin the grilling Trump won't
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Douglas Schoen / Fox News:
Putin eats Trump's lunch in Helsinki — This is no way to win against Russia
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump surprised at fierce criticism of Putin news conference
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
We just watched a U.S. president acting on behalf of a hostile power
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Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
Diplomacy 101 Versus Politics Writ Small
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Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:
Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
Bill D'Agostino / NewsBusters:
Video Montage: Cable News Sees the Apocalypse in Trump/Putin Summit
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Politico:
Rand finds lots to like in Trump's presser with Putin
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Appeasement Summit with Putin
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Washington Post:
Trump just colluded with Russia. Openly.
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Charles J. Sykes / Weekly Standard:
A New Servility — Donald Trump's atrocious performance …
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New York Daily News:
Putin's poodle: Trump sells out U.S. intelligence agencies with the world watching
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LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock
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National Review
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin's view triumphs in Helsinki as Trump questions U.S. intelligence
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Beck Dorey-Stein / New York Times:
I Was a White House Stenographer. Trump Wasn't a Fan. — On Friday, at a news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain a reporter asked President Trump about disparaging comments he had made about her to The Sun newspaper. He denied ever having said them and declared …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Protests erupt outside of White House as Trump returns from Putin summit — as he returned from his summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday, with dozens gathering outside the White House and yelling “traitor” late into the night. — The impromptu protest …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Watchdog: First lady spokeswoman may have violated Hatch Act with ‘MAGA’ tweet
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The Daily Beast:
MGM Resorts Sues Victims of Las Vegas Mass Shooting — MGM Resorts International has reportedly filed federal lawsuits against hundreds of victims of last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas in an apparent bid to pre-empt any compensation claims. MGM, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino …
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Rachel Crosby / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Lawsuits claim MGM has no liability to Las Vegas shooting victims
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Bustle, Law & Crime and The Free Thought Project
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Trump's ‘Missing DNC Server’ Is Neither Missing Nor a Server … Donald Trump turns to right-wing conspiracy theories when he's cornered, and he was cornered on Monday. Standing feet away from Vladimir Putin at a press conference following their Helsinki tete-a-tete, a reporter challenged Trump …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
One Country, Two Radically Different Narratives — The United States is one country, but Americans are living in two separate worlds. — In one version of America, the country is headed in the totally wrong direction. Billionaires control politics. Foreign governments meddle in elections.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Neck and Neck in CD48 — 6-in-10 partisan voters satisfied with their nominee — West Long Branch, NJ - The race for California's 48th Congressional District between Republican incumbent Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic challenger Harley Rouda is virtually tied according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Legal Experts Say Manafort Could Be Cutting Plea Deal as Judge Suddenly Delays Proceedings — The judge overseeing Paul Manafort's federal court case on charges of tax evasion and bank fraud in Virginia delayed proceedings in a surprise move on Monday afternoon.
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David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. Treasury moves to protect identities of ‘dark money’ political donors — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday that it will no longer require certain tax-exempt organizations including politically active nonprofit groups, such as the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood …
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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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U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States
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Kim Zetter / Motherboard:
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States — Remote-access software and modems on election equipment ‘is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.’ — The nation's top voting machine maker …
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