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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Paul Manafort to Be Sent to Rikers, Where He Faces Solitary Confinement — Mr. Manafort was indicted on state charges, which prosecutors brought to ensure he would go to prison if pardoned by President Trump. High-profile inmates are often held in protective custody.
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Judge orders Paul Manafort to be transferred to New York City's notorious Rikers Island — Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was sentenced earlier this year to four years in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians …
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New York Post, Daily Wire, Sean Hannity, American Greatness, Reason, The Daily Caller, CNBC, The Week, Law & Crime and RedState
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Paul Manafort to Be Sent to Notoriously Harsh Rikers Island: Report
Paul Manafort to Be Sent to Notoriously Harsh Rikers Island: Report
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Fox News and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
First on CNN: White House directs Hicks, Donaldson to withhold White House documents from House panel — (CNN)The White House has directed former officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson not to turn over any documents to the House Judiciary Committee relating to their time at the White House …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House instructs Hicks, Donaldson to defy Dem subpoenas
White House instructs Hicks, Donaldson to defy Dem subpoenas
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Breitbart, Outside the Beltway, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Hoyer: Democrats should subpoena Mueller if necessary
Hoyer: Democrats should subpoena Mueller if necessary
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Talking Points Memo and Common Dreams
Dominick Mastrangelo / Washington Examiner:
Biden carries double-digit lead in state Trump won in 2016 — Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is off to a good start in North Carolina. — Biden carried a double-digit lead in a new Emerson College poll released Tuesday. — Biden is ahead of President Trump 56% to 44% in the Tar Heel State …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden continues to lead crowded Democratic field — 2020 Democrats challenge Biden's message, electability — WASHINGTON (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to be the top pick for the Democratic nomination for president among Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters …
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Fox News, Politico, Breitbart, The Week, Splinter, Washington Times and Political Wire
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Rumblings from Trump's base could shape Democrats' choice for 2020
Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
Joe Biden's climate plan appears to directly copy multiple lines from other organizations — but his campaign says it was a mistake … - Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a climate change proposal on Tuesday. — In at least three instances …
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Ben Geman / Axios:
Joe Biden's 2020 climate plan vows to go “well beyond” Obama's policies
Joe Biden's 2020 climate plan vows to go “well beyond” Obama's policies
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Politico, YouTube, twitchy.com and Breitbart
Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers discuss vote to block Trump's new tariffs on Mexico, in what would be a dramatic act of defiance — Congressional Republicans have begun discussing whether they may have to vote to block President Trump's planned new tariffs on Mexico, potentially igniting a second standoff …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump's Two Crutches
Trump's Two Crutches
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
A Plan For Economic Patriotism — I come from a patriotic family. All three of my brothers joined the military. And I'm deeply grateful for the opportunities America has given me. But the giant “American” corporations who control our economy don't seem to feel the same way.
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
My Green Manufacturing Plan for America
My Green Manufacturing Plan for America
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National Review, Common Dreams, Washington Post, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
The State Department has been funding trolls. I'm one of their targets. — Even after spending a year and a half in prison in Tehran, I knew that if I wanted to go on writing about Iran, I would be a target for plenty of public attacks despite the abuse I had suffered at the hands of the Islamic Republic.
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The American Conservative
HuffPost:
Campaign Money Helping Make Up For Tenant Shortage At Trump Tower — As commercial renters flee, Trump keeps spending $37,500 a month in campaign funds at his own building — even though much of the Republican Party's leased space in Virginia is going unused.
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Politico, Shareblue Media and Talking Points Memo
Ceylan Yeginsu / New York Times:
Protesters Hit London Streets, With a Giant Trump Balloon in Tow — LONDON — Unleashing the giant Trump baby balloon once again, Britons protesting President Trump's state visit vowed to bring central London to a standstill on Tuesday, holding demonstrations that they hoped would draw large crowds throughout the day.
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Adam Forrest / Yahoo News:
Trump baby blimp ‘stabbed with sharp object’ by pro-Trump activist in London
Trump baby blimp ‘stabbed with sharp object’ by pro-Trump activist in London
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New York Times:
For Trump, U.K. State Visit Is a (Royal) Family Affair — LONDON — When Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the president on Monday for his first state visit to Britain, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner watched from a Buckingham Palace balcony. Later, at a state banquet, Eric Trump posed for photographs.
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CNN, Shareblue Media, Fox News and The Sun
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Is GOP's Senate Majority in More Peril Than We Think? — The general thinking about the Republican Senate majority is that it has solidified to the point where Democrats are effectively shut out of gaining control of the upper chamber in 2020. But in truth, the GOP majority is in more danger than many analysts believe.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What Are Conservatives Actually Debating? — What the strange war over “David French-ism” says about the right. — In March the religious journal First Things published a short manifesto, signed by a group of notable conservative writers and academics, titled “Against the Dead Consensus.”
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Arc Digital, Washington Monthly, National Review, Tablet Magazine and The Week
The Daily Beast:
Pro-Impeachment Dems Are Privately Recruiting Other Members Despite Pelosi's Warnings — The effort is organic. But lawmakers say that, behind the scenes, the pro-impeachment faction is trying to talk other members into joining. — Unwilling to wait for Nancy Pelosi to embrace their cause …
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Shakesville, Politico, Breitbart, twitchy.com, Talking Points Memo and The Week
Matthew Schmitz / First Things:
Sohrab Ahmari Is Right — Judging by the number of articles they have written and the tweets they have sent, certain conservative writers view Sohrab Ahmari as a major threat to public decency. Nothing outraged these writers more than Ahmari's observation that “civility and decency are secondary values.”
Washington Post:
Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it — Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl — a pair of boundlessly eager, profoundly unrepentant aspirants to the dankest depths of political chicanery — were watching television together the other day when something caught Burkman's eye.
Matt Ford / New Republic:
A Better Way to Fix the Supreme Court — What should be done about the Supreme Court? Liberals, still seething after the Merrick Garland blockade and Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, are bracing for imminent defeats from the Roberts Court on everything from partisan gerrymandering to abortion rights.
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NBC News, The Atlantic and Above the Law
Katherine Clarke / Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Bezos Buys Fifth Avenue Condo Spread for Around $80 Million — The Amazon CEO is finalizing the purchase of three units at 212 Fifth Avenue near Madison Square Park — Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to finalize the purchase of three New York apartments Tuesday in a deal valued …
David Israel / The Jewish Press:
Facing Criminal Hearings, Netanyahu Appoints Himself Justice Minister — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday informed Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett that he is dismissing them from their positions in the government and their presence …
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The Week
Los Angeles Times:
Homelessness jumps 12% in L.A. County and 16% in the city; officials ‘stunned’ — In a hard reality check for Los Angeles County's multimillion-dollar hope of ending homelessness, officials reported Tuesday that the number of people living on the streets, in vehicles and in shelters increased by about 12% over last year.
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Sean Hannity and Mediaite
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Are Republican Small Donors So Easy to Swindle? — Republicans have long complained, usually in private, that their fundraising apparatus is overrun with fraudsters. National Review's Jim Geraghty has a column, “The Right's Grifter Problem,” saying what many of them have been whispering.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Patterico's Pontifications and National Review
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
These Reporters Lost Their Jobs. Now They're Fighting Back Against Big Tech. — Two prominent reporters who were recently laid off from digital media outlets are forming a new advocacy group to raise awareness about Big Tech's impact on the journalism industry.
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Dossier author Christopher Steele will be questioned by US investigators: report — Former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of the anti-Trump dossier of salacious and unverified claims about the president's ties to Russia, has agreed to be questioned by investigators from the United States, according to a report in Britain.
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RedState, The Times & The Sunday Times, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Sean Hannity
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Senator: Oligarch linked to Kremlin earned millions while fighting extradition to U.S. — Dmytro Firtash has been under indictment in Chicago since 2014. He was also involved in a failed business deal with ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. — A U.S. senator alleges that a Ukrainian oligarch …
Will Ripley / CNN:
‘Executed’ North Korean diplomat is alive, sources say — (CNN)The North Korean diplomat who South Korea's largest newspaper said had been executed by firing squad is alive and in state custody, according to several sources familiar with the situation. — North Korea's special envoy …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Bloomberg, The Week and The Grayzone
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump tries to upend the 2020 map — President Donald Trump is targeting a trio of states that he lost in 2016 — a move aimed at widening his path to reelection that comes as he's struggling in the Rust Belt states that propelled him to the White House. — Trump officials are zeroing …
Kira Lerner / The Appeal:
Virginia Teen Was Detained and Prosecuted for Saying ‘Oink Oink’ to Cop — Critics say that Arlington County Commonwealth Attorney Theo Stamos, who is being challenged in a June primary, has a pattern of treating children too harshly. — In May 2016, James (not his real name), then 17 …
Washington Post:
Trump said Russia was getting out of Venezuela. The Kremlin says that's not true. — MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Tuesday denied having told the United States that it was pulling personnel out of Venezuela, contradicting a Twitter posting a day earlier by President Trump.
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Politico, Axios, The American Conservative, Shareblue Media, Bloomberg, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Sputnik International and The Hill
Ag Economy Barometer:
Farmer Sentiment Collapsing As Financial Conditions Continue to Decline … The Ag Economy Barometer, an agricultural producer sentiment measure based upon a nationwide mid-month survey of 400 U.S. agricultural producers, dropped again in May. The May barometer reading of 101 was 14 points lower …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island's communist government.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump administration approved Saudi nuclear transfers after Khashoggi murder — The Department of Energy approved the transfer of nuclear information from U.S. companies to Saudi Arabia seven times under President Trump, including twice after the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi …