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Trump's trade approach under attack as China readies retaliation; markets poised for big sell-off — Beijing plans steep tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in response to White House action … President Trump's efforts to calm investors while he launches a full-scale trade war …
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Raw Story, Bloomberg, Political Wire and Mercury News
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China Announces Tariff Retaliation to Take Effect on June 1 — China announced that it will impose additional tariffs on some American goods in retaliation for the latest increase of U.S. duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports. — The tariffs will take effect on June 1 …
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Quartz, Slate, Fortune, Boston Magazine, shanghaiist and Politico


Trump Seeks New $15 Billion Subsidy To Protect Farmers From His Own Trade War — The president falsely claims that tariffs are paid “directly” to the U.S. Treasury by China and indicates these nonexistent Chinese funds will cover the subsidy cost. — President Donald Trump is seeking …
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Fortune, Associated Press and Splinter

China to retaliate on $60B in U.S. goods, defying Trump's warning
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Washington Post, Bloomberg and Breitbart

Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump
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HillReporter.com


What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats — Over the past five years, the Democratic Party has seemed to race leftward so fast that its recent standard-bearers are considered no longer qualified to lead it. Bill Clinton? An embarrassment not welcome on the campaign trail. Barack Obama?
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Iowa Trump voters want Elizabeth Warren's ideas, focus group shows
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HillReporter.com and No More Mister Nice Blog

Iowa's Likely Outcome for 2020 Contenders: A Field of Broken Dreams
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Des Moines Register


What's the Real Reason Trump Is Stonewalling Congress? — Maybe he wants to avoid more bad publicity. Or maybe it's something worse. — If President Donald Trump thinks he's been totally exonerated, as he says, why is he stonewalling Congress? Why wouldn't he want special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Raw Story, The Moderate Voice and Los Angeles Times
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An Imperial Presidency? — President Trump's free rein …
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Shareblue Media, The Stanford Daily and Raw Story


Peter Schweizer, Who Smeared Hillary Clinton, Is Back for Joe Biden. Don't Buy It. — Real journalists want to report the truth, wherever it takes them. Peter Schweizer wants to reelect Donald Trump. — Michael Tomasky — Are we really going to do this again, Fourth Estate?
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House Republicans criticize Rep. Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel — House Republican leaders took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday for a podcast interview in which she discussed her support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The Federalist, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Fox News, Yahoo News, IJR, twitchy.com, Breitbart, Yeshiva World News, Washington Examiner, RedState and Haaretz
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Republicans Call Tlaib Anti-Semitic for Saying Something Nice About Israel
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CNN, Fox News, Washington Post, twitchy.com, HillReporter.com and The Week


How Does Donald Trump Keep Getting Away with It? — Hint: From Congress to the courts, people keep treating Trump like a ‘normal’ president. It's time to stop. — Every day, President Donald Trump or his minions say something stupid, wrong, or demonstrably false.


Supreme Court rules against Apple, allowing lawsuit targeting App Store to proceed — Apple suffered a significant defeat at the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices ruled that consumers could forge ahead with a lawsuit against the iPhone giant over the way it manages its App Store.
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Supreme Court clears way for iPhone users to sue Apple over App Store prices
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Politico


Mayor de Blasio's NYPD vehicle was driving wrong way when it crashed with truck, sparking cover-up — Mayor de Blasio's NYPD SUV was cruising the wrong way with lights and sirens blaring when it got into a car crash, sparking a frantic cover-up by his security detail, a new accident report obtained by the Daily News shows.
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Fox News


EXCLUSIVE: How money flows from Amazon to 8chan — Follow the money from the world's most valuable company to a racist troll haven — You may or may not know about the 8chan website—but you are familiar with its work. The rudimentary message board is a wellspring of racism, violence …


Many Democrats fear Trump is laying an impeachment trap — (CNN)It seems a crazy idea that any president would actually want to be impeached. — But Donald Trump has so subverted Washington logic with his wild, norm-crushing presidency that there is now a serious conversation …
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The Resurgent, Outside the Beltway and Front Page Magazine

Inside Jared Kushner's two missions impossible — As President Donald Trump launches his re-election bid, his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is waging dual campaigns of his own, preparing to sell ambitious fixes to two of the most stubborn problems of the past 50 years.
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Raw Story


Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime? — It's a widely held perception, but a new analysis finds no evidence to support it. — A lot of research has shown that there's no causal connection between immigration and crime in the United States.
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Splinter and twitchy.com


One-Time #Resistance Hero Rod Rosenstein Was Trump's Leak-Hunter-in-Chief — The Trump administration is on pace for a record number of leak prosecutions—thanks in part to a man hailed by the president's fiercest critics. — Rod Rosenstein was a #Resistance hero—and one of Donald Trump's …
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Raw Story and Columbia Journalism Review


Democrats' fear: 2020 race killing chances to win Senate — Democrats have more than beating President Trump to fret in 2020: They face an uphill battle to win the Senate, and the possibility of losing House seats, too. — Reality check: The Senate looks tough to win back for Democrats …
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Senator Lindsey Graham advises Donald Trump Jr. to Avoid Testifying Over Russia Deal: “Call it a Day” — During an appearance on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures, Senator Lindsey Graham brushed off the Senate Intelligence Committee's attempts to subpoena Donald Trump Jr …


Bernie Sanders, a Front-Runner With Financing to Prove It, Struggles to Retain Outsider Status — The candidate who blasted the campaign-finance system as ‘corrupt’ has drawn support from outside groups with few restrictions and undisclosed donors — BURLINGTON, Vt.—Bernie Sanders …


One of the Most Effective Anti-Trump Groups in the Country Is Now Tackling Voter Suppression in the States — American Oversight uncovered Ivanka's private emails and Pruitt's calendars. Now it wants to use its investigative methods to unearth the motivations behind voter suppression laws.
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Raw Story


Mike Pence's advice to Christian college grads: Prepare to be ‘shunned or ridiculed for defending the teachings of the Bible’ — Vice President Pence had a message for Liberty University's graduating class of 2019: “Be ready.” — But as Pence looked out over the sea of people dressed …