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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Gyrating Economy, and Trump's Volatile Approach to It, Raise Alarms — BIARRITZ, France — President Trump has again tossed out the economic and political playbook that guided other occupants of the Oval Office for generations as the United States dominated the flow of goods and services across the world.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Ahead of G7, Trump Asserts He Can Force U.S. Companies to Leave China — BIARRITZ, France — President Trump asserted on Saturday that he has the authority to make good on his threat to force all American businesses to leave China, citing a national security law that has been used mainly …
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Associated Press:
At global summit, Trump facing limits of go-it-alone stance — BIARRITZ, France (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived Saturday in France for an international summit with the leaders of the globe's economic powers as he confronts the consequences of his preference for going it alone …
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump: ‘Chosen one’ remark was sarcasm — In a wide-ranging press gaggle before departing for the G7 in France, President Donald Trump late Friday spoke positively of world leaders, North Korea and the economy, and said his recent remark calling himself the “chosen one” to fight China on trade was just sarcasm.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump increases tariffs on Chinese goods hours after slamming Fed chief — Trump announced in a statement Friday that he would be raising tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese products from 25 percent to 30 percent, effective October 1. — President Donald Trump on Friday announced …
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Washington Post:
Trump ‘hereby’ orders U.S. business out of China. Can he do that?
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump calls the Fed chair an ‘enemy’ after Powell said trade war is ‘turbulent’
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Anneken Tappe / CNN:
Stocks close sharply lower after Trump-fueled selloff
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BuzzFeed News:
Federal Agencies Have Been Sending Employees Links To White Nationalist And Conspiracy Websites For Months — An arm of the Justice Department regularly sent summaries and links to articles from an online white nationalist publication over the last year, a BuzzFeed News investigation has found.
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New York Times:
Joe Biden, Recalling '68, Asks Audience to Imagine Obama's Assassination — “Imagine what would have happened if, God forbid, Barack Obama had been assassinated after becoming the de facto nominee,” Mr. Biden said, evoking the tumult of 1968. — HANOVER, N.H. — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Biden evokes 1968, asks voters to imagine if Obama had been assassinated
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Evoking 1968 at town hall, Biden asks: What would have happened if Obama had been assassinated?
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New York Times:
As Amazon Fires Become Global Crisis, Brazil's President Reverses Course — RIO DE JANEIRO — As an ecological disaster in the Amazon escalated into a global political crisis, Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, took the rare step on Friday of mobilizing the armed forces to help contain blazes of a scale not seen in nearly a decade.
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space — Summer Worden, a former Air Force intelligence officer living in Kansas, has been in the midst of a bitter separation and parenting dispute for much of the past year. So she was surprised when she noticed …
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Associated Press:
This means trade war: Is Trump's economic team up for it? — WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a trade war against China that has shaken the global economy, President Donald Trump gathered his most trusted economic aides in the Oval Office. — The assembled brain trust for Friday's urgent consultations included …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Liberty and Slavery Have Always Been Wrapped Up With Each Other — The question of how to work out the relationship between them is fundamental to understanding American history. — I am just one of many contributors to The New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project and can't claim to speak for it.
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
Far-right troll Jacob Wohl scammed a Trump fan out of $25,000 (updated) — ‘We got cheated by some 20-year-old kid.’ — Jacob Wohl scarcely goes a month without being implicated in a scam. And his latest is a doozy. — Two men say that his latest target was the Telugu Association of North America …
Megan Greenwell / The Concourse:
The Adults In The Room — There is a version of the story of this company in which idealistic journalists, unconcerned with profit, are posed against ruthless business-doers, concerned about profit above all else. That would be a convenient story, pitching me and my colleagues and friends …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Haley-Pence rivalry heats up as GOP weighs post-Trump future — Interviews with top Republicans reveal they're watching each other warily ahead of a potential 2024 showdown. — When top Republicans convened at the St. Regis resort in Aspen, Colo. last month for an exclusive donor retreat …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump has questioned why he must attend G7 — (CNN)President Donald Trump departs late Friday for a summit he's questioned is worth his time. — This year's G7 gathering, held in seaside France, is Trump's third. It comes amid global economic jitters, tensions from the Mideast …
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Associated Press:
Candidate: Michigan city should be as white ‘as possible’ — MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A city council candidate in Michigan said Friday she has no plans to end her campaign after shocking a public forum when she said she wants to keep her community white “as much as possible.”
Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times:
Iraqis, bristling over Israeli airstrike, renew call for U.S. troops to get out — News that Israel was behind airstrikes in Iraq has reinvigorated calls to oust U.S. forces from the country. — A U.S. official confirmed Friday that Israel had struck a base for the Hashd al Shaabi …
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New York Times:
Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past — How a long line of questionable decisions led to the crisis over lead contamination in Newark. — NEWARK — In the year after receiving test results showing alarming levels of lead in this city's drinking water …
NBC News:
African American employee's office vandalized inside Education Department — African art figurines were found beheaded and a school desegregation poster was damaged, leading to fears the attack was racially motivated. — WASHINGTON — The office of an African American employee …
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
When will Trump supporters finally say, ‘Okay, this is not normal’? — The left had an easy time settling on its attitude toward President Trump's supporters: a mixture of horrified outrage and sneering contempt. For many of us on the right, though, it hasn't been so easy.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Trump Clarification Syndrome — In December, 2003, the columnist Charles Krauthammer made a brief return to his first career, as a psychiatrist. Writing in the Washington Post, he said, “It has been 25 years since I discovered a psychiatric syndrome (for the record: 'Secondary Mania …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How David Koch and His Brother Shaped American Politics — The billionaire, who died Friday, understood the power of changing ‘hearts and minds.’ He spent almost unlimited money on behalf of limited government. — In 1980, David H. Koch, one of the two billionaire industrialist brothers …
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Administration Asked The Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Workers Simply For Being Gay — The Trump administration took its hardest line yet to legalize anti-gay discrimination on Friday when it asked the Supreme Court to declare that federal law allows private companies to fire workers based only on their sexual orientation.
Sarah Ewall-Wice / CBS News:
Biden campaign accuses Trump campaign of poaching donors — Joe Biden's presidential campaign is accusing President Trump's campaign of poaching online donors. In a fundraising email sent to supporters Thursday, the Biden campaign pointed out that if someone types “donate Joe Biden” …
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