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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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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 …
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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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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CNN, New York Times, TheBlaze and Washington Post
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit
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Front Page Magazine, Grabien News and The Hill
Douglas Schoen / Fox News:
Putin eats Trump's lunch in Helsinki — This is no way to win against Russia
Putin eats Trump's lunch in Helsinki — This is no way to win against Russia
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New York Times, New York Post, Test Feed Using Fields, Mediaite, KLRT-TV, Meduza.io, Raw Story and The Atlantic
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Fox News's Chris Wallace gives Putin the grilling Trump won't
Fox News's Chris Wallace gives Putin the grilling Trump won't
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RedState, Fox News Insider, Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications and Vox
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Rand Paul: “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Has Gone Over The Top And People Have Lost The Big Picture
Rand Paul: “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Has Gone Over The Top And People Have Lost The Big Picture
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Maria Bartiromo: Trump's Presser ‘Was Probably the Low Point’ of His Presidency
Maria Bartiromo: Trump's Presser ‘Was Probably the Low Point’ of His Presidency
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad
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1A, The Atlantic, RedState, Washington Post, Townhall, The Federalist, Defense One, Fox News, Politico, Mediaite, Bloomberg, New Yorker, The Guardian, Spectator USA and Al Jazeera English
Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
Diplomacy 101 Versus Politics Writ Small
Diplomacy 101 Versus Politics Writ Small
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Power Line and NPR
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:
Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
Politico:
Rand finds lots to like in Trump's presser with Putin
Rand finds lots to like in Trump's presser with Putin
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Fox News, National Review, Townhall, Joe.My.God., CNN, Daily Kos, MSNBC, Contemptor, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
New York Daily News:
Putin's poodle: Trump sells out U.S. intelligence agencies with the world watching
Putin's poodle: Trump sells out U.S. intelligence agencies with the world watching
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TheJournal.ie, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Week and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump just colluded with Russia. Openly.
Trump just colluded with Russia. Openly.
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MSNBC, Sputnik International, Breitbart, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Defense One and The Mahablog
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
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New Republic, Washington Post, New York Post and Breitbart
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin's view triumphs in Helsinki as Trump questions U.S. intelligence
Putin's view triumphs in Helsinki as Trump questions U.S. intelligence
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Washington Monthly, Political Wire, USA Today, Raw Story, NorthJersey.com, Axios and Law & Crime
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump surprised at fierce criticism of Putin news conference — Commentators slam Trump for summit performance — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was upbeat immediately after his news conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, but by the time he returned stateside …
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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 …
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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Common Dreams, Washington Post and CBS San Francisco
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says summit with Putin was ‘even better’ than NATO meeting as growing number of Republicans criticize his Helsinki comments — President Trump on Tuesday portrayed his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a great success, saying that it had gone “even better” than a meeting with NATO allies the week before.
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ABC News, CNN, Axios, Political Wire and Raw Story
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Putin tussles with Chris Wallace in Fox interview
Putin tussles with Chris Wallace in Fox interview
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Politico and Washington Post
Charles J. Sykes / Weekly Standard:
A New Servility — Donald Trump's atrocious performance …
A New Servility — Donald Trump's atrocious performance …
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, Axios and RedState
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia-NRA Arrest: This Is as Close as It Gets to Collusion … It's the first time the Justice Department has explicitly claimed that a Russian spy working to influence the 2016 campaign had deliberate assistance with her efforts from a U.S. citizen. On Monday, the DOJ arrested and charged …
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ThinkProgress, Lawfare, Splinter, Washington Post, VICE News and HuffPost
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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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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Protests erupt outside of White House as Trump returns from Putin summit
Protests erupt outside of White House as Trump returns from Putin summit
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Sputnik International, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin
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Bustle, Splinter, Joe.My.God., POLITICUSUSA, WEEK-TV and Vox
Bill D'Agostino / NewsBusters:
Video Montage: Cable News Sees the Apocalypse in Trump/Putin Summit
Video Montage: Cable News Sees the Apocalypse in Trump/Putin Summit
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The Federalist, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
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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Political Wire
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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Joe.My.God. and Splinter
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Rachel Crosby / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Lawsuits claim MGM has no liability to Las Vegas shooting victims
Lawsuits claim MGM has no liability to Las Vegas shooting victims
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National Review, Bustle, Law & Crime and The Free Thought Project
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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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Watchdog: First lady spokeswoman may have violated Hatch Act with ‘MAGA’ tweet
Watchdog: First lady spokeswoman may have violated Hatch Act with ‘MAGA’ tweet
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Washington Post, Mediaite, RedState and USA Today
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.
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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Emily Stewart / Vox:
How to watch Barack Obama's speech in South Africa — The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture is his first major public address since leaving office. — Former US President Barack Obama will deliver a speech on Tuesday at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Politico, Associated Press, Nelson Mandela Foundation and YouTube
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Obama reflects on “strange and uncertain times” in Mandela speech
Obama reflects on “strange and uncertain times” in Mandela speech
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Patti Greco / Cosmopolitan:
The Great CNN Baby Boom — AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF THE NETWORK'S MOST PROMINENT WOMEN ARE PROVING THEY CAN HANDLE A MADDENING NEWS CYCLE — When Brianna Keilar saw her CNN colleague Pamela Brown adjust her dress — , she became suspicious. “We were sitting on set …
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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Daily Wire, Politifact.com Truth …, Motherboard and Gizmodo
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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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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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and CANNONFIRE