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Trump Steps Into North Korea and Agrees With Kim Jong-un to Resume Talks — SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump became the first sitting American commander in chief to set foot in North Korea on Sunday as he greeted Kim Jong-un, the country's leader, at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone …

Discussion: The National Interest, Washington Free Beacon, PJ Media Home, Outside the Beltway, BuzzFeed News, CNN and UPI

Associated Press:

Wide grins and historic handshake for Trump, Kim at DMZ — PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) — With wide grins and a historic handshake, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and agreed to revive talks on the pariah nation's nuclear program.

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate, Splinter, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, The Guardian and WPIX 11 New York

Washington Post:

Trump becomes first sitting president to set foot into North Korea — PANMUNJOM, South Korea — President Trump met Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Sunday, and briefly crossed into North Korea, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president has ever done so.

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Breitbart, One America News Network and Axios

Associated Press:

The Latest: Trump ‘was proud’ to cross into North Korea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Asia. (all times local): — President Donald Trump says he “was proud” to step over the demarcation line between North and South Korea, becoming the first U.S. president to enter North Korea.

Discussion: Axios, New York Times, Slate, Conservative News Today and The Daily Caller

NBC News:

Trump meets Kim Jong Un, becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea — “Stepping across that line was a great honor,” Trump said, later adding that it was “something incredible.” — SEOUL, South Korea — Taking an unprecedented step onto North Korean soil …

Discussion: Deadline, Townhall and Slate

Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Trump, Kim meet at Demilitarized Zone, face-to-face for first time since Hanoi

Discussion: RedState and Conservative News Today

Associated Press: Analysis: Trump's diplomacy puts relationships over results

Christopher Cadelago / Politico:

Harris surges to third place in national poll after debate — The number of Democratic primary voters who pick Kamala Harris as their first choice for president doubled after the first Democratic debates, vaulting the California senator into a third-place tie in a new poll.

Discussion: Morning Consult and Political Wire

Tim Alberta / Politico:

Unhappy With Their 2016 Coronation, the Democrats Start a 2020 Circus — MIAMI—Marianne Williamson narrowed her eyes and gazed into my soul, channeling some of the same telekinetic lifeforce she'd used minutes earlier to cast a spell on Donald Trump in her closing statement of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate.

Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:

Biden's Struggles Create an Opening for a Moderate Alternative — Amy Klobuchar or Michael Bennet may get a second look, if Biden fails to live up to expectations. — Joe Biden's unsteady debate performance Thursday night created the likelihood of a wide-open Democratic presidential contest.

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Kamala Shotguns Joe Sixpack — WASHINGTON — In January, a reporter contacted the nascent Biden campaign to request an interview. She wanted to ask the former vice president about lingering criticisms that were bound to come up on the trail: how, as a senator, he failed Anita Hill …

Discussion: Althouse

Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Donald Trump Jr. tweet about her race

Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times

NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars: Fox News ‘Democrat’ Helps Network Attack Kamala Harris

Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Kamala Harris: The Racial Strife Candidate

Discussion: Washington Post, PJ Media Home and Mother Jones

CNN:
Kamala Harris raises $2 million in 24 hours after breakout debate

Discussion: CNBC and Townhall

Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris Campaign Selling T-Shirts Inspired by Viral Joe Biden Moment

Discussion: PJ Media Home, Conservative News Today and Vox

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours After Debate

Discussion: Breitbart, Axios and HuffPost

Michelle Malkin / gofundme.com:

Protect Andy Ngo Fund — Lovers of liberty and supporters of independent media, — My friend, Portland, Oregon-based journalist Andy Ngo, was beaten and robbed today by Antifa while covering the latest paroxysms of left-wing violence. Andy has been singled out, doxxed …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Spectator USA, Breitbart, American Greatness, Conservative News Today, Instapundit, Big League Politics and PJ Media Home

Robby Soave / Reason:

Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally — Andy Ngo, a photojournalist and editor at Quillette, landed in the emergency room after a mob of antifa activists attacked him on the streets of Portland during a Saturday afternoon demonstration.

Discussion: National Review, Townhall, Daily Wire, Human Events, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and IJR

Stephen Kinzer / BostonGlobe.com:

Soros and Koch brothers team up to end US ‘forever war’ policy — BESIDES BEING BILLIONAIRES and spending much of their fortunes to promote pet causes, the leftist financier George Soros and the right-wing Koch brothers have little in common. They could be seen as polar opposites.

Bryan Bender / Politico:

Pentagon study: Russia outgunning U.S. in race for global influence — The U.S. is ill-equipped to counter the increasingly brazen political warfare Russia is waging to undermine democracies, the Pentagon and independent strategists warn in a detailed assessment that happens to echo …

Discussion: One America News Network

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it.

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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:

Undocumented immigrants should get health care, Julián Castro affirms — Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro on Sunday stood firm on wanting to give undocumented immigrants access to health care if he is elected. — After the first Democratic debate Wednesday night …

Discussion: Breitbart

Keith Bradsher / New York Times:

A China-U.S. Trade Truce Could Enshrine a Global Economic Shift — OSAKA, Japan — The spin from President Trump and China's propaganda machines on Saturday portrayed a truce in a trade war that has shaken economies and markets around the world. Tariffs won't rise further, at least not yet.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Slate

Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
Trump Bows to Xi Jinping's Huawei Demands at G20

Discussion: Gizmodo and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »

Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:

Trump just publicly proved he couldn't pass a middle-school civics test — President Donald Trump embarrassed the country yet again on the international stage this past week during the G20 summit. Speaking to reporters in Osaka, Japan where the summit was held, Trump displayed a complete lack …

Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo: Trump Says He Found Census ‘Shocking’ Because Of The Price Tag

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:

U.S. judge expands ban on constructing sections of Trump's border wall in Calif., Ariz., while also clearing way for quick appeal — A federal judge on Friday expanded a ban on construction of President Trump's signature southern border wall that would have used money secured under his declaration …

Discussion: Axios and Associated Press