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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: Mother Jones, The National Interest, CNN, BuzzFeed News, Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon, PJ Media Home 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, Los Angeles Times, Splinter, Slate, Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Guardian and WPIX 11 New York

Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:

Trump's press secretary bruised after jostling with North Korea security over media, report says — New White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham was bruised Sunday in a scuffle between North Korean security and members of the U.S. press pool covering President Trump's meeting …

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Breitbart, One America News Network and IJR

Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:

Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Spotted at DMZ With Trump for Interview — Fox News host Tucker Carlson was spotted with Donald Trump at the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday during the president's historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un. The American contingent for the trip …

Discussion: The Daily Beast

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, Metro.co.uk, ABC News, Breitbart, One America News Network and Axios

The Independent:

Trump becomes first sitting US president to enter North Korea as he shakes hands with Kim Jong-un — ‘Stood on the soil of North Korea,’ says Trump as he invites Kim to White House and claims nuclear talks will resume — Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea …

Discussion: Politico and Daily Wire

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: POLITICUSUSA, Deadline and Townhall

Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
‘Every American is entitled to health care’: Sen. Bernie Sanders

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: Conservative News Today and RedState

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 life force 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

Discussion: Althouse

Axios:
Cory Booker says Biden can't talk “honestly” about his past mistakes on race

Discussion: Politico

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

Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times

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

Discussion: CNBC and Townhall

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones and PJ Media Home

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

Discussion: PJ Media Home and Conservative News Today

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, American Greatness, Conservative News Today, Spectator USA, Breitbart, Instapundit, Big League Politics and PJ Media Home, more at Mediagazer »

Robby Soave / Reason:
Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally

Discussion: Human Events, National Review, Townhall, Daily Wire, Jihad Watch, Spectator USA 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.

Discussion: The American Conservative

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.

more at Mediagazer »

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