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9:10 AM ET, May 27, 2019

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Washington Post:
Still angling for a deal, Trump backs Kim Jong Un over Biden, Bolton and Japan  —  TOKYO — President Trump is so determined to sell his vision of peace with North Korea that he is prepared to back Kim Jong Un over his advisers, his allies and his fellow Americans.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Sarah Sanders: North Korean missile tests aren't ‘bothering’ Trump  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in an interview Sunday that recent missile tests by North Korea aren't “bothering” President Trump, despite concerns by some that they violated a United Nations resolution.
Avery Anapol / The Hill:   GOP Armed Services senator breaks with Trump: I find North Korean missile tests ‘very disturbing’
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sarah Sanders Says Trump and Kim ‘Agree in Their Assessment’ of Biden
Washington Post:
Trump climbs into a sumo ring to present a 60-pound 'President's Cup' in highlight of Japan trip
Discussion: Splinter, CNN, Raw Story, UPI, Vox and Althouse
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Donald Trump defends dictator Kim Jong Un, bashes Joe Biden from Japan
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Sanders: Trump and Kim Jong Un agree on assessment of Biden
Washington Post:
European Parliament elections: Voters deny traditional centrists a majority, boost euroskeptics and Greens  —  BRUSSELS — Europeans dealt a blow to the continent's traditional center-left and center-right politicians in elections for the European Parliament on Sunday, depriving them of a majority …
Discussion: BBC, CNBC and Power Line
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union's Future  —  BRUSSELS — Populists and nationalists who want to chip away at the European Union's powers increased their share in Europe's Parliament after four days of continent-wide elections, but it was not the deluge that many traditionalists had feared.
Tim Ball / Politico:
In pictures: European election highs and lows
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
EU in photos: How the results in the world's biggest multi-country election unfolded
Discussion: BBC and Politico
Jonathan Miller / Spectator USA:   The European election results are a humiliation for Macron
Christian Oliver / Politico:
Greece's Tsipras calls snap election after EU poll drubbing
Stephanie Liechtenstein / Washington Post:
Austria's big political crisis — what just happened?
New York Times:
‘Wow, What Is That?’  Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects  —  WASHINGTON — The strange objects, one of them like a spinning top moving against the wind, appeared almost daily from the summer of 2014 to March 2015, high in the skies over the East Coast.
Discussion: Splinter and Fox News
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 plead guilty to defacing a synagogue with Nazi symbolism detailed to federal agents his road to radicalization, including meeting with members …
Discussion: Splinter, twitchy.com and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
Joe Biden's campaign of limited exposure: How long can he keep it up?  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) plans to enjoy ice cream with New Hampshire voters to celebrate Memorial Day.  He won't be far from former congressman John Delaney, another presidential candidate, who's in the midst …
Discussion: Axios
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New York Times:
With the 2020 Democratic Field Set, Candidates Begin the Races Within the Race  —  NEWTON, Iowa — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has built an early lead in the month since he entered the presidential campaign, confidently projecting himself as the Democratic front-runner and the candidate best positioned to defeat President Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:   The Insults Trump Has Hurled at 2020 Democrats
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Trump's tweets are losing their potency  —  President Trump's tweets don't pack the punch they did at the outset of his presidency.  His Twitter interaction rate — a measure of the impact given how much he tweets and how many people follow him — has tumbled precipitously, according to data from CrowdTangle.
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Kirschner / NBC News:
Trump's proposed Memorial Day pardons dishonor veterans — and pervert justice  —  Pardoning war criminals would be the worst way to celebrate a holiday dedicated to those who sacrificed everything so that we can live in a just society.  —  In May, President Donald Trump pardoned former U …
Discussion: The Conversation
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
Why Trump's Stonewalling Legal Strategy Will Keep Failing  —  In the space of three days this week, two federal judges ruled decisively in favor of Congress' right to subpoena President Donald Trump's personal financial and business records.  The speed of the decisions …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Rep. Duncan Hunter Admits Taking Photos of Dead Combatants While in Marines  —  A Navy SEAL charged with a war crime “did one bad thing that I'm guilty of too — taking a picture of the body and saying something stupid,” congressman said  —  Rep. Duncan S. Hunter (R-CA) …
Discussion: Times of San Diego and Politico
Washington Post:
Trump falls short on infrastructure after promising to build roads, bridges and consensus  —  Business leaders and communities around the country are expressing alarm that the bitter partisan impasse in Washington is paralyzing efforts to revamp the nation's deteriorating and outdated infrastructure.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Jay Cost / National Review:
The American Revolution's Starving, Barefoot, Heroic Troops  —  Our young nation was very poor, the war was very expensive, and Congress and the states wanted everyone else to pay.  —  Memorial Day is a day to remember and appreciate the ultimate sacrifice given by men and women who have served in our armed forces.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Red Painter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Jim Acosta: A Senior White House Official Told Me 'The President's Insane'
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Mail:
Look who's eyeing up a comeback! …
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Christian rightwingers warn abortion fight could spark US civil war
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Chris Wallace forces Lindsey Graham to watch old clips of himself calling for Clinton's impeachment
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