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Trump and Abe's ‘Unshakable Bond’ Shows Some Cracks in Tokyo — TOKYO — Standing at side-by-side lecterns inside the gilded Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan sought to show the world the strength of what Mr. Abe called their “unshakable bond.”
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Time Magazine Columnist's Trump Quote Went Viral — Then He Admitted He Made It Up — Time Magazine columnist Ian Bremmer on Sunday tweeted a quote from President Donald Trump about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that quickly went viral — but it wasn't real.
Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
GOP Congressman Slams Trump For Bashing Biden, Praising ‘Dictator’ …
GOP Congressman Slams Trump For Bashing Biden, Praising ‘Dictator’ …
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ThinkProgress, USA Today and The Daily Caller
David Marcus / The Federalist:
IAN BREMMER PUSHES FAKE NEWS ON TWITTER. WILL LIBERALS CARE?
IAN BREMMER PUSHES FAKE NEWS ON TWITTER. WILL LIBERALS CARE?
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twitchy.com, Diamond & Silk, Breitbart and Law & Crime
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Ian Bremmer defends and then deletes false Trump statement about North Korea
Ian Bremmer defends and then deletes false Trump statement about North Korea
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump backs Kim Jong Un's attacks on Biden, dismisses North Korea missile tests
Trump backs Kim Jong Un's attacks on Biden, dismisses North Korea missile tests
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Breitbart, Raw Story, One America News Network and Crooks and Liars
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea calls Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment
North Korea calls Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment
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Axios, Vanity Fair, Reuters, The Daily Caller, The Week and YouTube
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Nigel Farage's Populist Brexit Party Wins Big in European Parliament Elections — Britain's new populist Brexit Party was on course to win the country's European Parliament elections, according to early results released on Sunday, further roiling the already turbulent politics of a country polarized …
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Outside the Beltway, Politico and The Guardian
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union's Future
European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union's Future
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Los Angeles Times, Quartz, Common Dreams, The Guardian and Home Page Rotator
Washington Post:
European Parliament elections: Voters deny traditional centrists a majority, boost euroskeptics and Greens
European Parliament elections: Voters deny traditional centrists a majority, boost euroskeptics and Greens
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BBC, Outside the Beltway, CNBC and Power Line
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
EU in photos: How the results in the world's biggest multi-country election unfolded
EU in photos: How the results in the world's biggest multi-country election unfolded
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One America News Network, BBC, Politico and EUobserver
Tim Ball / Politico:
In pictures: European election highs and lows
In pictures: European election highs and lows
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Breitbart and One America News Network
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Trump HUD Official: 'I Honestly Don't Care' If I'm Breaking Federal Law — Lynne Patton said she may have violated the Hatch Act, then called anyone mad about it a “liberal snowflake.” — Lynne Patton, a regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story, The Root and Mediaite
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The press must do better — The New York Times gives prominent placement on its home page to list all of President Trump's juvenile nicknames for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including the racist Native American slur directed at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
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Regina Zilbermints / The Hill:
Liz Cheney: Statements by agents investigating Trump ‘could well be treason’ — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on Sunday that statements by FBI agents investigating President Trump sounded “an awful lot like a coup, and it could well be treason.” — Cheney told Martha Raddatz on ABC's …
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Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind — The economy and incumbency drive presidential election outcomes. — Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration. — The economy invariably ranks among the top issues on the minds of voters in presidential elections.
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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
Fox News' Chris Wallace challenges Lindsey Graham on his 1998 claim that ignoring subpoenas is impeachable — Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday forced Senator Lindsey Graham to watch a 1998 clip of himself talking about the dangers of ignoring subpoenas from Congress during an era …
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Jamal Greene / Slate:
Trump's Judge Whisperer Promised to Take Our Laws Back to the 1930s — One week before the 1980 presidential election, toward the end of his lone debate against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan stared into the camera and implored Americans to ask themselves, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
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National Review
Arthur Allen / Politico:
How the anti-vaccine movement crept into the GOP mainstream — The anti-vaccine movement, which swelled with discredited theories that blamed vaccines for autism and other ills, has morphed and grown into a libertarian political rebellion that is drawing in state Republican officials who distrust government medical mandates.
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Raw Story
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Asians as Beneficiaries of White Privilege — The success of Asian-Americans is a severe embarrassment to the race industry. Race hustlers focus on “gaps” between whites and blacks with regard to income and educational attainment, which they attribute to “systemic” racism.
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New York Post
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Sanders Advisor Tweets Gif of Jeremy Corbyn Dancing on Margaret Thatcher's Grave — A senior political advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) tweeted a gif Sunday of United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn dancing on the grave of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As Barr mulls declassification, a familiar tune from critics — In February 2018, the House Intelligence Committee released the so-called Nunes memo. In four pages, the document, from the committee's then-chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, revealed much of what the public knows today …
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
A hefty donation to Trump's inaugural comes under scrutiny — WASHINGTON (AP) — Real estate mogul Franklin Haney contributed $1 million to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and all he's got to show for the money is the glare of a federal investigation.
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Law & Crime and Patterico's Pontifications
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Donald Trump set to commandeer July 4 festivities in nation's capital — Ever since he watched armored tanks and jets roll down the Champs-Elysees during France's Bastille Day celebrations in 2017, President Donald Trump has longed for a comparable display of American greatness and military might.
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Raw Story
Sophie Weiner / Splinter:
Indiana Synagogue Vandal Says He Was Radicalized By Ben Shapiro, Far-Right Media — The man who vandalized a synagogue in Indiana with swastika graffiti last year told federal agents that he was radicalized by far-right media like Breitbart and by meeting with the white supremacist group Identity Evropa, according to BuzzFeed.
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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
An Indiana Man Who Vandalized A Synagogue With Nazi Symbols Admitted How Far-Right Figures Radicalized Him
An Indiana Man Who Vandalized A Synagogue With Nazi Symbols Admitted How Far-Right Figures Radicalized Him
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The Daily Caller, RedState, TheBlaze, twitchy.com and Law & Crime
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Flynn's case could prompt release of some redacted parts of Mueller report — (CNN)Sought-after parts of the Mueller investigation may be made public this week, thanks to a federal judge who's taken an unusual approach in former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's case.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished persons of the week: They can stop Trump