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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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‘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 …
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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 …
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Tucker Carlson: Leading a Country ‘Means Killing People’
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‘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.
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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 …
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Biden's ‘gay waiter’ comment on LGBTQ rights falls flat in Seattle — Washington (CNN)People gathered at a 2020 presidential fundraiser for Joe Biden Saturday pushed back against the former vice president's claim that just a few years ago people in Washington state would have let a homophobic comment slide, saying “Not in Seattle!”
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Harris Stands by Decision to ‘Speak the Truth’ on Race Matters
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Trump asks for military tanks on the Mall as part of grandiose July Fourth event — National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith faces plenty of looming priorities this summer, from an $11 billion backlog in maintenance needs to natural disasters like the recent wildfire damage to Big Bend Park.
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Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign? — Joe Biden's son is under scrutiny for his business dealings and tumultuous personal life. — In today's political culture, people running for President may announce their candidacy on the steps of their home-town city hall or on …


How Pete Buttigieg Built a Fundraising Machine — Less than six months after entering the 2020 Democratic race, the small-town mayor is posting big-league campaign cash totals — WASHINGTON—Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., population 102,000, had no national network …
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Buttigieg raised $24.8 million for his White House bid during the past three months, his campaign says — South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised nearly $25 million during the past three months for his White House bid, his campaign said Monday, posting a figure expected to eclipse …
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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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Trump's House allies lie in wait for Mueller — Democrats have been dying to hear directly from special counsel Robert Mueller for months, but they're not alone. President Donald Trump's GOP allies in Congress are salivating at the chance to bruise Mueller's reputation and cast doubt on the integrity of his work.
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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 …
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DHS warned in May of border station conditions so bad agents feared riots — The findings counter the statement by a top Trump admin official that reports of poor conditions for migrants at border stations were “unsubstantiated.” — WASHINGTON — The government's own internal watchdog warned …
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‘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 …


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 …
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Facebook unveils plans to fight misinformation about census
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Did Andy Ngo get what he deserved? … When is it fine for an all-white gang to assault an Asian American in broad daylight? When he's a conservative journalist. Where is it fine to do this? Portland, Ore. How do you do it? By all means necessary. — The footage of Andy Ngo …
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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.