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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Cheney won't respond to tweet about Biden, says she supports Trump's N. Korea policy — Rep. Liz Cheney, the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, refused to directly respond to President Donald Trump's Saturday night tweet praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's criticism …
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Axios:
Sarah Sanders defends Trump siding with Kim Jong-un on Joe Biden — Speaking from Tokyo in her first “Meet the Press” interview ever, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told NBC's Chuck Todd that President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un “agree in their assessment” …
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Washington Post:
Trump appears to contradict Bolton on North Korea, expresses ‘confidence’ in Kim — TOKYO — President Trump appeared to contradict his national security adviser on foreign soil in an early morning tweet Sunday, noting that while some in his administration were “disturbed” …
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Implies He Trusts North Korea's Kim More Than His Own People
Trump Implies He Trusts North Korea's Kim More Than His Own People
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump, in Japan, says Tokyo has ‘substantial’ trade advantage over US
Trump, in Japan, says Tokyo has ‘substantial’ trade advantage over US
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Crazy Is as Crazy Does — WASHINGTON — Sometimes, as the light comes in my bedroom window and I start to wake up, my mind drifts to other things. — I think about how talented Phoebe Waller-Bridge is, with her two mordant shows, “Killing Eve” and “Fleabag.”
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
John McCain Recited Names Of Dictators During Trump Inaugural, Senator Says — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, sat next to McCain during Trump's January 2017 speech. — DES MOINES, Iowa - Sen. John McCain repeatedly compared President Donald Trump …
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Agence France-Presse:
Jews in Germany warned of risks of wearing kippah cap in public — Government commissioner says lifting of inhibitions and rise of uncouthness are factors behind rising incidence of antisemitism — Germany's government commissioner on antisemitism has warned Jews about the potential dangers …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump turns the full force of the government on perceived political enemies — Analysis: The president is wielding power in ways not seen in the United States in generations — if ever. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump found four former federal officials guilty of “treason” …
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Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Let's Call the Russian Collusion ‘Hoax’ What it Really Is — During the Japanese bombardment of Shanghai in 1932, the Austrian essayist Karl Kraus was anguishing over the placement of commas in a column. It might seem futile at such a moment, he told a friend, but “if those who are obliged …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘Ghosted’: GOP abandons female House hopeful despite talk of electing women — Before Leigh Brown ran for a vacant House seat in North Carolina earlier this year, she got plenty of encouragement from Republicans in Washington eager to grow the ranks of GOP women in Congress.
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Mark DeCambre / MarketWatch:
The richest 10% of households now represent 70% of all U.S. wealth — The rich are getting richer. It is a refrain that has certainly been uttered before, and likely will again, as Deutsche Bank Securities' chief economist points out that the gap between the haves and have-nots in the U.S. is, indeed, widening.
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
‘If I disappear’: Chinese students make farewell messages amid crackdowns over labor activism — BEIJING — The video opens with the 21-year-old sociology student facing the camera. His voice quivers as he recounts his interrogation — his humiliation — for days at the hands of Beijing police.
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Buttigieg pushes for massive fundraising haul to cement top-tier status — Pete Buttigieg is aiming to shake the Democratic presidential race with a massive fundraising total this quarter, staking his claim in the top tier of the primary and demonstrating staying power after rocketing to prominence two months ago.
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
Trump lawyers, House committees reach agreement to hold off on enforcing Deutsche Bank, Capital One subpoenas — (CNN)Lawyers for President Donald Trump have reached an agreement with the House Intelligence and Financial Services committees to hold off for now on enforcing the subpoenas …
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
President Trump awards giant President's Cup trophy to sumo wrestling champion — Standing on the sacred mound inside the sumo wrestling arena, President Donald Trump hoisted the massive 70-pound President's Cup into the arms of a person befitting such a trophy: the 360-pound champion of Tokyo's top sumo tournament, Asanoyama Hideki.