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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tanks His Own Putin Walk-Back During One of the ‘Worst Moments of His Presidency’ … It was approaching mid-morning on Tuesday, and Donald Trump's team had one choice: He had to clean up the mess he had left for them following his disastrous press conference abroad. If they had to beg, so be it.
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Financial Times:
Trump, Putin and the betrayal of America — Donald Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin this week is likely to go down as one of the signature moments of his presidency. In an appalling display, the US president refused to endorse the verdict of his own intelligence agencies …
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The Atlantic, Fox News Insider and Front Page Magazine
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting — Congress needs to know what Trump “promised Putin on our behalf,” says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. — WASHINGTON Nobody knows what President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their private …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Conservative News Today, CNN, Axios, RT, Joe.My.God., The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Axios:
A case study in Trump's GOP mind control — Yes, almost every elected Republican we talk to privately thinks President Trump's warm embrace of Vladimir Putin was unexplainable, unacceptable and un-American. Yes, they wish they could say this publicly. No, they won't — not now, and probably never.
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Townhall, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Conservative News Today and Joe.My.God.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In his prepared remarks, Trump removed a line about bringing election hackers to justice — In preparation for a public statement meant to mitigate the damage from Monday's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump brought four pages of handwritten notes to a meeting with congressional leaders.
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Talking Points Memo, MSNBC, Vox, NBC News, Contemptor and Political Wire
Reuters:
Majority of Americans think Trump mishandling Russia: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - More than half of Americans disapprove of the way U.S. President Donald Trump is handling relations with Russia, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after his controversial summit and joint news conference …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump allies hope he can turn the page from Russian fiasco
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Hullabaloo and The Atlantic
Mikheil Saakashvili / The Federalist:
Just Like Obama, Trump's Russia Policy Speaks Louder Than His Words
George F. Will / Washington Post:
This sad, embarrassing wreck of a man — America's child president had a play date with a KGB alumnus, who surely enjoyed providing day care. It was a useful, because illuminating, event: Now we shall see how many Republicans retain a capacity for embarrassment.
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Wall Street Journal, Spectator USA, Raw Story, USA Today, LewRockwell, The American Spectator, HuffPost, POLITICUSUSA, Philly.com, The Daily Signal and Mediaite
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Dying For Montenegro … https://platform.twitter.com/ widgets.js — What's wrong with the question? I mean, look, I think Trump's performance in Helsinki was awful too — here's George F. Will, breathing straight fire — but I can't see why it is so obviously wrong for Tucker Carlson to ask that question.
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City Journal
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says defending tiny NATO ally Montenegro could lead to World War III
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Politico
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Trump seems to question US commitment to defending all NATO allies
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Political Wire
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Was the Nightmare Scenario”: The West Wing Revolts After Trump Embraces Putin — As Trump grappled with his error, Chief of Staff John Kelly went into overdrive to get Trump to walk it back. — As he flew home from Helsinki on Air Force One following his disastrous press conference …
Joe Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Vote Joe Crowley, for Working Families — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hurts the party, Congress and even America. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley seems likely to hurt Congress, America and the Democratic Party. It doesn't have to.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
After Putin Meeting, Trump Voters Mostly Dig In. But Cracks Are Showing. — Maybe it was the F.B.I.'s fault for unnerving him. Or maybe the White House staff had left President Trump ill-prepared before his stunning remarks in Helsinki Monday, when he sided with Russia over his own intelligence agencies.
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The Daily Beast:
'Putin's Favorite Congressman' Now Engulfed in NRA Spy Case … Pro-Kremlin GOP Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with a Putin ally in Russia in August 2015, The Daily Beast has confirmed, matching an account in Monday's blockbuster FBI affidavit against accused Russian spy Maria Butina.
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New York Times, Just Security, Refinery29, Axios, Shareblue Media, NBC News and VICE News
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Washington Post:
‘She was like a novelty’: How alleged Russian agent Maria Butina gained access to elite conservative circles
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New York Times, Politico, Argus Leader, CALmatters, Common Dreams, Media Matters for America and ThinkProgress
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rep. Rohrabacher: Indictment of NRA-linked Russian is ‘stupid’
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, The Daily Beast and ThinkProgress
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
A Stabbing On Samish Island: The Radicalization Of Lane Davis — Lane Davis was a far-right, pro-Trump media figure looking for his big break. Then he stabbed his father to death. — Nearly everyone on Samish Island knew Chuck Davis, a bighearted retiree who lived in the handsome gray shingle house …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘I want him to fix it’: Trump voters sorry now that tariffs are killing their Missouri nail factory — MSNBC's Vaughn Hillyard this week visited a nail factory in Missouri that is getting absolutely crushed by President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs.
National Journal:
Wave Alert: House Democrats Setting Fundraising Records — Republicans are getting beaten badly on the financial front. It's an ominous sign for their chances of holding a House majority. — To understand why House Democrats are still in strong position to retake the majority, simply follow the money.
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The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The Texas Tribune and Washington Post
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘These guys need to wake up’: House Republicans badly outraised in midterms
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Washington Post and Splinter
NBC News:
Trump revised one sentence from Helsinki. Here's everything else he didn't fix. — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — If Tuesday was supposed to be a clean-up job …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Martha Roby Wins Alabama House Runoff After Reconciling With Trump
CNNMoney:
Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data was accessed from Russia, MP says — The now infamous Facebook data set on tens of millions of Americans gathered by a Cambridge University scientist for a firm that went on to worked for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was accessed from Russia, a British member of parliament tells CNN.
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CANNONFIRE and Scott Stedman
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
The Queen's Not-So-Subtle Nod to Barack Obama You May Have Missed During Trump's U.K. Visit — Queen Elizabeth has no shortage of fancy brooches, so her choice of shiny accessory while President Donald Trump was visiting her country has raised some eyebrows for its potential hidden meaning.
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Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, New York Daily News, The Hill, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Shadow Politics: Meet the Digital Sleuth Exposing Fake News — WHEN WE MET in early March, Jonathan Albright was still shrugging off a sleepless weekend. It was a few weeks after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had killed 17 people, most of them teenagers …
Washington Post:
'It's just not wise': In past year, Trump's company repeatedly paid property taxes late — President Trump's company missed deadlines to pay property-tax bills in five states over the past year — and those delays cost the company $61,800 extra in penalties, interest and missed discounts …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Intel Chair: FBI, DOJ Obstructing Trump Probe in Hope of Dem Takeover in Congress — Nunes says DOJ, FBI betting on Dems killing probe — The chair of the House Intelligence Committee accused the FBI and Department of Justice of stonewalling a sprawling investigation into claims …
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Power Line
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's migrant fiasco diverts millions from health programs — HHS is forced to prioritize migrant crisis over medical research and other goals. — The health department has quietly dipped into tens of millions of dollars to pay for the consequences of President Donald Trump's border policy …
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The Week, Bustle, Political Wire, Vox and Talking Points Memo
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
Democrats Tire of Failing to Serve Kushner With Russia Suit — The Democratic National Committee can't find Jared Kushner to formally let him know he was sued back in April for allegedly colluding with Russia in U.S. election interference. — The party not in power tried to serve Kushner …
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