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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. Still Have Not Paid Irish Bar Tab — When Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald, Jr. went on their Irish pub crawl last week and offered free rounds for the house, they failed to pay the tab, according to at least one pub owner. Caroline Kennedy …
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Jack Beresford / The Irish Post:
Donald Trump's sons still haven't paid the tab on their Doonbeg pub crawl — THEY ENJOYED a warm welcome during their tour around the pubs of Doonbeg, but Eric and Donald Trump Jr may have forgotten one important detail from their epic bar crawl - the bill.
Isabella Simonetti / New York Post:
Trump's sons skipped out on pub tab in Ireland: report — Eric and Donald Trump Jr. allegedly sipped and swindled after an extravagant bar crawl in Ireland — but the pub owner they stiffed doesn't appear concerned. — The president's sons happily posed with their pints for pics with the locals …
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New York Times:
Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal — WASHINGTON — The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States …
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U.S.-Mexico Joint Declaration — The United States and Mexico met this week to address the shared challenges of irregular migration, to include the entry of migrants into the United States in violation of U.S. law. Given the dramatic increase in migrants moving from Central America through Mexico …
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New York Times:
Trump Mixes Economic and National Security, Plunging the U.S. into Multiple Fights
Trump Mixes Economic and National Security, Plunging the U.S. into Multiple Fights
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Rolling Stone, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times — Over years of reporting on internet culture, I've heard countless versions of Mr. Cain's story: an aimless young man — usually white, frequently interested in video games — visits YouTube looking for direction or distraction and is seduced by a community of far-right creators.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show — WASHINGTON — The White House tried to stop a State Department senior intelligence analyst from discussing climate science in congressional testimony this week, internal emails and documents show.
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White House blocked intelligence agency's written testimony saying climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’ — Officials sought to excise the State Department's comments on climate science on the grounds that it did not mesh with the administration's stance.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Support For Impeachment Hearings Grows, But Americans Split On Way Forward — There is a growing desire for impeachment proceedings to begin against President Trump, but Americans are still split overall on what to do after the release of the Mueller report, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Liberals Begin Lining Up Young Judges for a Post-Trump Surge — WASHINGTON — When President Trump took office, more than 100 vacancies for him to fill existed on the federal bench, an inaugural gift from Senate Republicans who persistently thwarted the Obama administration's best efforts …
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Amy Zegart / The Atlantic:
Decades of Being Wrong About China Should Teach Us Something — Thirty years ago this week, I watched the news from Beijing and started shredding my bedding. It was the night before my college graduation, I had been studying Chinese politics, and news had broken that college students …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
China Summons Tech Giants to Warn Against Cooperating With Trump Ban
China Summons Tech Giants to Warn Against Cooperating With Trump Ban
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Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr / Washington Post:
I gave the University of Alabama $26.5 million. They gave it back when I spoke out about abortion. — Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. is an alternative and real estate investor and lawyer who resides in Miami. — I am proud to have been born and raised in Alabama.
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Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
Why Joe Biden Gets Away With It — Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, has had a peculiar couple of weeks: The points on which he's been historically weak—women's rights, mass incarceration, and plagiarism—have surfaced again, as weak points are bound to do, but if his responses …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Has Right to Annex Parts of West Bank — JERUSALEM — Israel has a right to annex at least some, but “unlikely all,” of the West Bank, the United States ambassador, David M. Friedman, said in an interview, opening the door to American acceptance of what would be an enormously provocative act.
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Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
Welcome to Garcetti's L.A.: heaps of trash, hordes of rats and very little leadership — Whewww, what a week. — I could give you a hundred breakdowns of what happened and what it all means, but it comes down to this: — We're in troubled waters on a ship without a captain …
NBC News:
‘Whitey’ Bulger prison letters: Love for Trump, disdain for Mueller — The Boston gangster raved about the president, and railed against ex-special counsel Robert Mueller, in a series of letters to an unlikely pen pal. — In the final months of his life, James “Whitey” …
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New York Times:
YouTube Is a Very Bad Judge and Jury — Nobody knows how to run YouTube. Especially not YouTube. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. Ms. Jeong is a member of the editorial board. — Charlie Warzel: It's been a rough week for YouTube, even by tech backlash standards.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Mitt Romney says he may not endorse Trump for re-election in 2020 — Utah senator who called Trump ‘a phoney, a fraud’ in 2016 said political endorsements are not ‘worth a thimble of spit’ — Mitt Romney may not endorse Donald Trump for re-election in 2020, partly because the 2012 Republican …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
VERDICT: Jury awards Gibson's Bakery $11 million against Oberlin College — Punitive damage phase to start next Tuesday, which could increase the damages to $33 million. — The Jury in the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case has reached a verdict. — According to our reporter in the Courtroom, the jury awarded $11 million.
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Meghan Markle Makes Post-Baby Appearance at Queen's Birthday Celebration — Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle made her second post-baby appearance at the Trooping the Color ceremony in London on Saturday to honor Queen Elizabeth II on her 93rd birthday. Markle is still on maternity leave …
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Matei Rosca / Politico:
Moldova gets surprise new government — New government promises to overhaul the judiciary and 'prevent the country's descent into dictatorship.' — Moldova has a new government after two rival groups agreed to form a coalition and oust the Democratic Party of influential businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc.
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Dion Rabouin / Axios:
Too much money (and too few places to invest it) — A truly bizarre trend is having an impact on the economy — wealthy people and corporations have so much money they literally don't know what to do with it. — Why it matters: At a time when growing income inequality is fueling voter discontent …
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