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Joyce Lee / Reuters:
North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out purge after Hanoi summit collapse: Chosun Ilbo — SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second U.S.-North Korea summit in February …
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The Daily Beast
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Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg:
North Korea Executed Envoy Over Trump-Kim Summit, Chosun Reports — North Korea executed its former top nuclear envoy with the U.S. along with four other foreign ministry officials in March after a failed summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in Vietnam, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported.
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The Hill and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump prepares to threaten Mexico with new tariffs in attempt to force migrant crackdown — President Trump is preparing to threaten Mexico with new tariffs as part of an attempt to force the country to crack down on a surge of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States …
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Toronto Star, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God., The Week, Big League Politics and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump to trigger process that could accelerate congressional vote on North America trade deal, in direct challenge to Pelosi — The White House plans to trigger a process Thursday that would allow President Trump to submit his new trade deal with Canada and Mexico to Congress within 30 days …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump announces escalating tariffs against Mexico, starting at 5 percent, until illegal immigrants ‘STOP’ — President Trump on Thursday abruptly announced a new 5 percent tariff on Mexico beginning in early June, saying the levy will “gradually increase” until the ongoing illegal immigration surge …
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Politico, Bloomberg and Daily Wire
The White House:
Statement from the President Regarding Emergency Measures to Address the Border Crisis
Statement from the President Regarding Emergency Measures to Address the Border Crisis
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Mediaite, CNN and PJ Media Home
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump weighs plan to choke off asylum for Central Americans
Trump weighs plan to choke off asylum for Central Americans
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BuzzFeed News, The Daily Caller, CNN, Splinter, Big League Politics, Breitbart, Fox News, Common Dreams, WREG-TV, The Week, Observer and Shareblue Media
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist's Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question — WASHINGTON — Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party's dominance across the country.
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests census citizenship question was crafted to benefit white Republicans — Just weeks before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Memo Shows Trump Officials Trying to Rig Elections for Whites
Revealed: Memo Shows Trump Officials Trying to Rig Elections for Whites
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Little Green Footballs
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Census Citizenship Question Was Meant To Aid Whites And GOP, New Documents Suggest
Census Citizenship Question Was Meant To Aid Whites And GOP, New Documents Suggest
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Law & Crime
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: Michael Bennet is sick of watching Democrats lose
The Trailer: Michael Bennet is sick of watching Democrats lose
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NB Blog
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Barr says Mueller “could've reached a decision” on whether Trump obstructed justice — Tune in to “CBS This Morning” on Friday, May 31, for the full interview with Attorney General William Barr. — Attorney General William Barr said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller could have reached …
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POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Now Wants Mueller to Testify Before Congress in Hopes of a Grilling — The president has said he doesn't want the special counsel to talk on the Hill. But after Mueller's statement Wednesday, Trump's team is itching for it. — President Trump's close advisers are increasingly pining …
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Raw Story, Political Wire, Politico and Contemptor
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Stunned by Mueller Suggesting Trump Is Not Innocent
Conservatives Stunned by Mueller Suggesting Trump Is Not Innocent
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National Review, Townhall, Daily Kos, Contemptor and New York Post
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Mueller Counted on Institutions to Grapple With His Report. They Didn't.
Mueller Counted on Institutions to Grapple With His Report. They Didn't.
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New York Times, Fortune, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, NPR, The Hill, Liberty Unyielding and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Republican group to hand-deliver Mueller report to every GOP lawmaker
Republican group to hand-deliver Mueller report to every GOP lawmaker
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YouTube, Splinter, Shareblue Media, Washington Post and Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mueller destroyed one of Trump's biggest lies. Trump just helped him do it. — President Trump just admitted that Russia helped elect him president. “I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn't exist,” Trump rage-tweeted, adding that this again shows …
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CBS News, Alternet.org, Rolling Stone, Daily Wire, Kennebec Journal … and CNN
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Admits to Russia ‘Helping Me to Get Elected’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday acknowledged for the first time that Russia helped “me to get elected,” and then quickly retracted the idea. — “No, Russia did not help me get elected,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for Colorado Springs.
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Washington Post:
McCain warship incident raises questions about a changing military culture under Trump — A dust-up over who directed and knew about White House efforts to obscure the USS John S. McCain ahead of President Trump's visit to Japan has raised new questions about whether the military's culture …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Martha McSally says USS John S. McCain controversy should be investigated
Sen. Martha McSally says USS John S. McCain controversy should be investigated
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, Shareblue Media and Joe.My.God.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
House Republicans block $19.1 billion nationwide disaster aid bill for third time — House conservatives blocked a bipartisan $19.1 billion disaster aid bill for the third time Thursday, once again thwarting Democrats' efforts to pass the long-delayed legislation that is supported by President Trump.
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Political Wire and The Week
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Katie Galioto / Politico:
Schiff: 'There's been an epidemic of cowardice in the GOP'
Schiff: 'There's been an epidemic of cowardice in the GOP'
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Political Wire
NBC News:
Full list: 50 House members who favor starting Trump impeachment inquiry — It includes 11 members of the House Judiciary Committee as well as chairs of various House committees. — Here are the members of the House of Representatives who favor starting an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
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The Nicole Sandler Show
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor — A recent federal probe sought information related to the Florida Democrat and people in his orbit, signaling a shift in the Tallahassee FBI investigation — Andrew Gillum is a focal point …
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The Daily Caller, Orlando Weekly, IJR, Big League Politics, TheBlaze, National Review, Axios, Politico, twitchy.com and The Resurgent
Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Koch Network Alums Are Going Full-On White Nationalist — Two young men with links to Charles Koch-funded academic and political operations were recently outed as members of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. — Jared Holt, Right Wing Watch
New York Times:
New Democratic Debate Rules Will Distort Priorities, Some Campaigns Say — The Democratic Party's new directive that candidates must have at least 130,000 donors to qualify for the third primary debate in September arrived virtually without warning on Wednesday morning …
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:
Sisolak vetoes bill that would pledge Nevada's support to winner of national popular vote, reject Electoral College — Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued his first veto out of the 2019 legislative session, rejecting a proposal that would have pledged Nevada's six electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote for the presidency.
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The Hill, ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God., Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Hillary Clinton and Daughter Chelsea to Form Production Company — Former presidential candidate plans to build pipeline of shows — Family follows Obamas with push into Hollywood movies and TV — Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea are forming a production company to pursue film …
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Breitbart, Patterico's Pontifications, The Week, Mediaite and Summit News
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trade War Starts Changing Manufacturers in Hard-to-Reverse Ways — PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Trump administration first imposed tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports in July, Andy LaFrazia figured it was just another curveball for his company. — “Everyone was saying: 'Oh, it's a negotiating tactic.
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
George W. Bush, Kobe Bryant, Jordan Peterson Promote Shady Multilevel Marketing Company — What is bringing together a former president, NBA star, and celebrity Canadian professor? Insurance! — Former President George W. Bush, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and right-wing Canadian professor …
Natalie Gontcharova / Refinery29:
Exclusive: DNC Requires Female Moderators At Every 2020 Debate — With more women in the presidential race than ever before, the Democratic National Committee is requiring that each 2020 Democratic presidential debate includes at least one female moderator, Refinery29 is exclusively reporting.
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Political Wire
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
NYU Cancels Former New Yorker Fact-Checker Talia Lavin's Journalism Class — New York University has canceled an undergraduate journalism class that former New Yorker fact-checker Talia Lavin was scheduled to teach this fall after only two students signed up.
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The College Fix, Big League Politics, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died — Fisher-Price thought it had a hit on its hands. — It was 2009, and a small team of engineers at the toy company outside Buffalo seemed to have solved one of the most vexing problems …
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Extreme weather is pummeling the Midwest, and farmers are in deep trouble — In Kendell Culp's corner of northwest Indiana, relentless rain began falling on his farm months ago, saturating the ground his family has nurtured for generations and delaying the start of their planting season by more than a week.
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Quartz
David French / National Review:
What Sohrab Ahmari Gets Wrong — There is no political “emergency” that justifies abandoning classical liberalism, and no temporal emergency could ever justify rejecting the eternal truth. — Yesterday, New York Post op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari published a lengthy essay with the rather eye-catching title, “Against David French-ism.”
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Bulwark, The Resurgent, The American Conservative, Daily Wire and The Federalist
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Black Voters Challenge House Members: Why Is Trump Still in Office? — PHILADELPHIA — Moments after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, wrapped up his appearance at the Justice Department on Wednesday, Representative Dwight Evans stepped out of his district office …
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CNN and McClatchy Washington Bureau
Katherine Krueger / Splinter:
Editor in Chief of Major News Website Just Learned How the U.S. Government Works — Imagine, if you can, becoming the GLOBAL EDITOR IN CHIEF of Business Insider (and INSIDER, a venture I still couldn't define for you) without knowing one of the most basic facts about how American government works.
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Bill O'Reilly: Trump Told Me Mueller Hates Him Because He Refused to Refund $15k Country Club Deposit — Bill O'Reilly said President Donald Trump called him the night of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's statement on his report to complain that Mueller doesn't like him because Trump once refused …
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Shareblue Media, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo, PJ Media Home, Raw Story and Political Wire
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Confused about what Mueller meant? Right-wing media — and Donald Trump — heard him loud and clear — Donald Trump and Fox News understood Mueller's message clearly. He wants impeachment, and they're pissed — Special counsel Robert Mueller's Wednesday statement about his investigation …
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Washington Post, Media Matters for America and Raw Story
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Nikki Haley begins experiment in political life after Trump — Of the many senior officials to leave the Trump administration over the past two years, few have exited on better terms than former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. Before her departure last December …