memeorandum: The Latest: Trump says sanctions remain on NKorea (Associated Press)

3:40 PM ET, June 30, 2019

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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, IJR, Breitbart, One America News Network and New York Post

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

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.

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New York Times:

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 …

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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.

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says sanctions remain on NKorea

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The Independent:
Trump becomes first sitting US president to enter North Korea as he shakes hands with Kim Jong-un

Discussion: Politico and Daily Wire

Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
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Washington Post:
Trump becomes first sitting president to set foot into North Korea

Discussion: Politico, Metro.co.uk, ABC News, One America News Network, Breitbart, Axios and Splinter

NBC News:
Trump meets Kim Jong Un, becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Townhall and Deadline

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

Discussion: Babalú Blog, RedState and Conservative News Today

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

Christopher Cadelago / Politico:

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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.

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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
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Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times

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

Axios:

Cory Booker says Biden can't talk “honestly” about his past mistakes on race — 2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker addressed his recent criticism of former Vice President Joe Biden on NBC's “Meet the Press” Sunday, arguing that Biden's “inability to talk candidly” about mistakes …

Discussion: Politico and Breitbart

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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

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 …

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Robby Soave / Reason:
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:

Hey Dems, Take It From This Ex-Centrist: We Blew It — New Democrat ideas are past their sell-by date and old labels are meaningless. Time to listen to voters. — As the first round of debates among Democratic candidates for president clearly showed, the intellectual vitality …

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

CNN:

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