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New York Times:
In New Talks, U.S. May Settle for a Nuclear Freeze by North Korea  —  SEOUL, South Korea — From a seemingly fanciful tweet to a historic step into North Korean territory, President Trump's largely improvised third meeting on Sunday with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, was a masterpiece of drama …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
‘Surreal’: Ivanka Trump plays a prominent role in her father's historic Korea trip  —  Few Americans alive today have set foot inside North Korea, the isolated, nuclear-armed dictatorship sometimes called the Hermit Kingdom.  —  On Sunday, Ivanka Trump became one of them …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's North Korea hangover  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  AFTER THE THRILL IS GONE — Now that President DONALD TRUMP is back on U.S. soil, the reviews of his four-day blitz through Asia are coming in.  And they are harsh, including the possibility that the Trump administration …
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:   Tucker Carlson: Leading a Country ‘Means Killing People’
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
'It's only fake news': Even on a historic day, Trump complains about media coverage
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump's press secretary bruised after jostling with North Korea security over media, report says
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Spotted at DMZ With Trump for Interview
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says sanctions remain on NKorea
Discussion: Mediaite
The Independent:
Trump becomes first sitting US president to enter North Korea as he shakes hands with Kim Jong-un
Discussion: Daily Wire
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
‘Her ambition got it wrong about Joe’: Harris faces debate backlash  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Kamala Harris might be reveling in her sudden burst of attention after roasting Joe Biden over racial issues on the debate stage last week, but a backlash is already brewing.
Discussion: Axios
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Juana Summers / Associated Press:
Harris lands 2020 endorsement from 2 Black Caucus members  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Two more members of the Congressional Black Caucus are backing Kamala Harris's bid for the presidency: Reps. Bobby Rush of Illinois and Frederica Wilson of Florida.  —  Endorsements from the caucus …
Discussion: Axios
David Siders / Politico:
‘The inevitability of Joe Biden is over’  —  There's a new top tier — and a sense among the campaigns that the Democratic primary has broken wide open.  —  For months, the Democratic presidential primary has been dictated by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.  That primary is now over.
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Harris Stands by Decision to ‘Speak the Truth’ on Race Matters
Discussion: Axios
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Kamala Shotguns Joe Sixpack
Discussion: Althouse
Reuters:
Hong Kong protesters storm legislature as thousands rally to mark handover  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong protesters stormed the Legislative Council on the anniversary of the city's 1997 return to Chinese rule on Monday amid widespread anger over planned laws that would allow extraditions to China …
Discussion: Axios
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Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press:
Protests escalate as Hong Kong marks handover to China
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:   Did Hong Kong Police Abuse Protesters? What Videos Show
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Anti-Trump fever takes threatening turn  —  The toxicity of the resistance to President Trump has risen in recent days, with the nation's most respected newspapers publishing rationalizations for denying Trump supporters public accommodation and for doxxing career federal employees …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Living In an Age of Hate [Updated]  —  Byron York takes a dispassionate look at today's political/cultural landscape, which is beginning to resemble the one that preceded the Civil War: … Advocacy of incivility and violence isn't coming only from the zany far left.
Washington Post:
‘The enigma of the entire Mueller probe’: Focus on origins of Russian investigation puts spotlight on Maltese professor  —  Shortly after Joseph Mifsud's efforts to help connect a Trump adviser with the Kremlin were detailed in court filings, an Italian reporter found him at a university in Rome …
Naomi Nix / Bloomberg:
Facebook to Ban Census Interference to Allay Undercount Worries  — Company forms new team to detect misinformation campaigns  — Activists concerned about suppression in minority communities  —  Facebook Inc. will ban content that misrepresents the 2020 U.S. census to suppress participation …
Discussion: Splinter
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Steven Overly / Politico:
Facebook unveils plans to fight misinformation about census
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
What The Hell Is Nancy Pelosi Doing?  —  House Democrats have lost their moral compass.  —  On Thursday morning, a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) what her party planned to do about writer E. Jean Carroll's recent rape allegation against President Donald Trump.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Inside the Trump campaign's plan to re-energize evangelicals  —  President Trump's re-election campaign is developing an aggressive, state-by-state plan to mobilize even more evangelical voters than supported him last time, campaign officials tell Axios.  —  Why it matters …
Politico:
Trump's House allies lie in wait for Mueller  —  Democrats aren't the only ones in Congress dying to hear from the former special counsel.  —  Democrats have been dying to hear directly from special counsel Robert Mueller for months, but they're not alone.
Discussion: Political Wire
Katherine Lam / Fox Business:
Billionaire Bernie Marcus to donate majority of fortune, support Trump for re-election  —  Billionaire Bernie Marcus has already given more than $2 billion to upwards of 300 organizations, and he said he plans to donate the majority of his fortune while he's still alive and support President Trump …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sarah Sanders is exploring a book deal after White House departure  —  Sarah Sanders is likely to hit the speaking circuit and write a book after leaving the White House on Friday, and she'll move to Arkansas in August as the prelude to a possible 2022 run for governor, sources tell Axios.
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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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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Under Fire for Not Stopping Antifa Protests
 
 
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Chris Coons / The Atlantic:
Democrats Need to Talk About Their Faith
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Why Bill Barr Is So Dangerous
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Axios:
Report: U.S. is underestimating Putin's “grand strategy” for Russian dominance
Detroit Free Press:
Former Gov. Rick Snyder named Harvard fellow
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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How the first U.S. city with no daily newspaper will help Trump in 2020
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