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7:45 PM ET, June 2, 2019

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Washington Post:
Exclusive: Pompeo delivers unfiltered view of Trump's Middle East peace plan in off-the-record meeting  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a sobering assessment of the prospects of the Trump administration's long-awaited Middle East peace plan in a closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders …
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Iran's top diplomat warns of ‘consequences’ if US keeps up economic sanctions
Discussion: Breitbart, Politico and Political Wire
Reuters:   U.S. prepared to engage with Iran without pre-conditions: Pompeo
CNN:
CNN Poll: Democratic support for impeachment rises, Trump approval steady  —  Washington (CNN)Democrats are increasingly in support of impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office but the majority of Americans remain opposed to the prospect, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS shows.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:   Dems hope Pelosi's resistance to impeachment will crack in June
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democrats, in California, confront deep divisions over how to handle increasing calls for President Trump's impeachment
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Sadiq Khan / The Guardian:
It's un-British to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump  —  The US president gives comfort to the far right.  The prime minister should speak truth to power  —  Praising the “very fine people on both sides” when torch-wielding white supremacists and antisemites marched through the streets clashing with anti-racist campaigners.
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Katie Gibbons / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Trump visit: Mayor gives inflatable baby clearance to fly
Discussion: HuffPost
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain hidden …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Mick Mulvaney: Not ‘Unreasonable’ for White House to Ask Navy to Move USS John S. McCain  —  With the U.S. Navy confirming that a “request was made” to “minimize the visibility” of the USS John S. McCain ahead of President Trump's visit to Japan last month, Acting White House Chief …
Discussion: The Guardian
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Mulvaney: 'Let's not get too deep into politics too soon' after shooting
Discussion: Daily Kos and Refinery29
CNN:
John Hickenlooper booed for saying ‘socialism is not the answer’  —  Hickenlooper booed for saying socialism isn't the answer  —  San Francisco (CNN)The welcoming cheers 2020 presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper received when he first graced the stage at California's Democratic Convention quickly crumbled …
Discussion: Townhall and IJR
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
Democratic Candidates Descend On California And Offer A Preview Of Fights To Come
Discussion: Sacramento Bee and BuzzFeed News
Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Giuliani Threatens To Sue Mueller For $17 Million To ‘Get That Money Back For The Government’  —  Never mind that the $46 million Manafort was forced to hand over to the government more than paid for the investigation.  —  Views:  —  Following her latest unhinged rant accusing Robert Mueller of …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:   Lowering the Barr  —  WASHINGTON — When I was a political reporter …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:   Mueller must testify publicly to answer three critical questions
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
In a Blow to Maduro, Russia Withdraws Key Defense Support to Venezuela  —  Russia has been one of Maduro's major supporters in its standoff with the U.S.  —  MOSCOW—Russia has withdrawn key defense advisers from Venezuela, an embarrassment for President Nicolás Maduro as Moscow weighs …
Mike Murphy / MarketWatch:
Trump slaps tariffs on all imports from Mexico, sending stock futures tumbling  —  President Donald Trump announced new tariffs against all products imported from Mexico, saying that they would stay in effect until the illegal immigration problem was solved, a move that hit U.S. stock futures and the Mexican peso.
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Shutdowns, emergencies and tariffs: Trump's frenetic immigration approach has become central to his 2020 bid
New York Times:
‘Everything Is Stalling’: Inside a Troubled Trump Project in Uruguay  —  President Trump's company had high hopes for a Uruguayan condominium development.  But the long-delayed project has become a microcosm of the Trump Organization's deep problems.  —  PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay …
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump proposes the biggest tax hike in 30 years  —  If Trump's 5% tariff on Mexican goods takes effect later this month, the president's trade policies would constitute a bigger tax hike than Bill Clinton's in 1993.  —  By the numbers: Tariffs already in place against Mexico will increase revenues …
Discussion: Tax Foundation
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Mitch McConnell's democracy-crushing smirk is why just getting rid of Trump isn't enough  —  So this is how liberty dies — with a hideous, utterly shameless smirk on the face of arguably the most cynical political leader in American history, as the warriors in his political tribe cackle with laughter.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
The Most Powerful Arab Ruler Isn't M.B.S. It's M.B.Z.  —  Prince Mohammed bin Zayed grew the U.A.E.'s power by following America's lead.  He now has an increasingly bellicose agenda of his own.  And President Trump seems to be following him.  —  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates …
Oliver Hotham / NK News:
Amid purge reports, Kim Yong Chol reappears alongside North Korean leader  —  Longtime DPRK-U.S. interlocuter was last week reported to have been sent to labor, re-education camp  —  Top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol appeared in public alongside DPRK leader Kim Jong Un at a musical performance …
Jessica Sager / Fox News:
Donald Trump says he never called Meghan Markle ‘nasty,’ calls comments about Duchess ‘fake news’  —  Donald Trump denied calling Meghan Markle “nasty.”  —  Last week, it was reported that Duchess Meghan, 37, would skip out on events with President Trump during his state visit to the U.K. …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Will Threaten GOP's Senate Majority  —  The president's protectionism is putting several vulnerable Republican senators on the defensive.  —  President Trump's abrupt threat to impose tariffs on Mexico doesn't just threaten to stagnate the country's economy and raise the price of goods for consumers back home.
 
 
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Thomas Joscelyn / FDD's Long War Journal:
Taliban leader claims US-led war effort ‘condemned to defeat’
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. is using unreliable dental exams to hold teen migrants in adult detention
Elizabeth Popp Berman / Washington Post:
Trump is giving Arthur Laffer the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Economists aren't smiling.
Discussion: Power Line
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Schiff To Push For Subpoenaing Mueller To Testify If He Won't Do So Voluntarily
CNN:
Moulton on Iraqi boy: 'I'll remember his face until the day that I die'
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Elizabeth Vaughn / RedState:
Sleuth At The Daily Beast ‘Found The Guy Behind The Viral Drunk Pelosi Video’...And Doxxed Him; Then Got Doxxed
Discussion: Breitbart and NB Blog
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Mulvaney on Virginia Beach shooting: “Let's not get too deep into politics too soon”
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Democratic whip: Trump will be impeached “at some point”
Lloyd Green / The Guardian:
Siege review: Michael Wolff's Trump tale is Fire and Fury II - fire harder
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
America's enemies are on notice about this president
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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