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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
After Criticism,Trump to Select New Location for G7 — White House officials would consider another site, the president said, suggesting Camp David was a possibility. — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Saturday that he would no longer be holding next year's Group of 7 summit …
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Statement on G-7 Doral Announcement — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington — Following President Trump's late Saturday night announcement that he would not hold the next G-7 Summit at his struggling Doral golf resort, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) …
Washington Post:
Trump says his Doral golf resort will no longer host next year's G-7 summit, bowing to criticism — President Trump announced abruptly Saturday night that he would no longer host next year's Group of Seven summit at the Trump National Doral near Miami, bowing to criticism for having selected …
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Washington Post:
Trump tweets that his Doral golf resort in Miami will no longer host next year's G-7 summit after criticism — President Trump's decision to award the Group of Seven summit of world leaders to his own struggling Florida resort brought a flood of pushback from Democrats and members of his own party.
BBC:
Brexit: PM sends letter to Brussels seeking further delay — Boris Johnson will send a letter to the EU by 00:00 BST to request a Brexit delay - but he will not sign it, according to a Downing Street source. — The request will be accompanied by a second letter, signed by Mr Johnson …
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Washington Post:
GOP congressman who won't rule out impeaching Trump announces retirement — A day after Rep. Francis Rooney (Fla.) became the first House Republican to say he would consider voting to impeach President Trump, he announced his retirement. — The two-term congressman from a reliably …
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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
GOP congressman who was open to impeachment calls it quits
GOP congressman who was open to impeachment calls it quits
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Francis Rooney, G.O.P. Lawmaker Who Won't Rule Out Impeachment, Is to Retire
Francis Rooney, G.O.P. Lawmaker Who Won't Rule Out Impeachment, Is to Retire
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Rep Francis Rooney announces retirement, wants to be a ‘model for term limits’
Rep Francis Rooney announces retirement, wants to be a ‘model for term limits’
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘This is a real warning’: Ex-campaign aide bluntly states Clinton didn't go far enough criticizing Tulsi Gabbard — West Virginia's billionaire GOP governor busted for Trump-like business corruption while in office — Last fall, Gov. Jim Justice called reporters to his office …
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump's presidency continues its bizarre degeneration — The oddest moment of a surreal week even by Donald Trump's standards was when the US president extolled America's ties with ancient Rome. Mr Trump surely did not mean to spark thoughts of Caligulan dissolution.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump veterans see a presidency veering off the rails
Trump veterans see a presidency veering off the rails
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump's lawyers will go into impeachment empty-handed because all his stories have ‘fallen apart’: ex-Justice Dept official — On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's “AM Joy,” former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said that President Donald Trump's behavior in the Ukraine scandal …
Ari Melber / Washington Post:
‘Bribery’ is right there in the Constitution. Trump could be impeached for that. — Why wrestle with the meaning of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors”? The president can be accused of an offense that's already well-defined. — Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) has described President Trump's public call …
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David Priess / Lawfare:
Impeachment, Elections and Bad History
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
‘I am not a Russian spy’: Jill Stein slams Clinton's accusations — Washington (CNN)Former 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein slammed Hillary Clinton's accusations that she and 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard are Russian assets, calling Clinton's comments a “wild and insulting theory.”
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton bails on DC event that Tulsi Gabbard is attending
Hillary Clinton bails on DC event that Tulsi Gabbard is attending
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Gabbard fundraises off Clinton attack: ‘I challenge her’ to ‘face me directly’
Gabbard fundraises off Clinton attack: ‘I challenge her’ to ‘face me directly’
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Leads High-Level Bipartisan Delegation to Jordan — Amman, Jordan — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Jordan for meetings with King Abdullah II and top U.S. government officials. — “This evening, our bipartisan delegation was honored to meet …
New York Times:
Review of Russia Inquiry Grows as F.B.I. Witnesses Are Questioned — The review, led by the prosecutor John Durham, has focused on former investigators who are frequent targets of President Trump. — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors reviewing the origins of the Russia investigation …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's season of weakness: A president who prizes strength enters key stretch in a fragile state — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — President Trump, whose paramount concern long has been showing strength, has entered the most challenging stretch of his term …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Bannon Teams Up With Chinese Group That Thinks Trump Will Bring on End-Times — Steve Bannon made a fiercely anti-China movie for some of the Chinese government's biggest foes. — After trying to launch his own cryptocurrency and failing to turn an Italian monastery into a training camp …
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq facing deportation to El Salvador — “He is a soldier who put his life on the line to defend his country,” his mother said. “But when he returned from the war, he came back with problems.” — Supporters of a Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq …
Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Elijah Cummings widow Maya Rockeymoore expected to run for his House seat — Rep. Elijah Cummings's widow Maya Rockeymoore is seen as the most likely successor to fill his congressional seat after his death on Thursday, sources told the Washington Examiner.