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12:20 PM ET, May 21, 2017

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Fox News:
Trump to call for ‘stamping out extremism’ in speech to Muslim leaders  —  President Trump Sunday in a highly-anticipated speech to Muslim leaders during his first foreign trip is expected to call for unity in the fight to “stamp out extremism.”  —  During his second day of his first trip abroad …
Discussion: TheBlaze, Fox News Insider and Mediaite
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump mocked Obama for bowing to a Saudi king.  And then he ...  After two weeks of what one Washington Post writer calls “nearly unrelenting disaster of bad decisions and bad news,” Trump embarked on his first overseas trip as president to visit Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Mike Allen / Axios:
In speech to Muslims, Trump to push teamwork against terror  —  Seeking to reset both his own and his country's relationship with the Muslim world, President Trump will declare Sunday during a major speech in Saudi Arabia that he hopes the United States and Islamic countries can share …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:   Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain critical
Fox News:
Trump shakes hands with Saudi leader, doesn't bow as Obama appeared to do
Discussion: Slate and AOL
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Conservative media coverage gap on Trump, Obama bows
Discussion: Mediaite and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia
CNN:
Sheriff David Clarke plagiarized portions of his master's thesis on homeland security  —  Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who this week announced he will be joining Donald Trump's administration as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Chaffetz: Jail individuals leaking information  —  (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on Sunday said individuals leaking information to the press should go to jail.  —  “You cannot have that happen,” Chaffetz told ABC's “This Week,” referencing the information leaking …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Republicans fearing for their safety as anger, threats mount  —  A growing number of House Republicans are facing physical threats from angry constituents in their districts, leading many to fear for their safety.  —  In the last few weeks alone, the FBI arrested a man threatening Rep. Martha McSally's …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Harvard study: CNN, NBC Trump coverage 93 percent negative  —  How negative was press coverage of President Trump's first 100 days in office?  Far more than that of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, or Bill Clinton, according to a new report from the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, TheBlaze and Mediaite
Matt Latimer / Politico:
President Mike Pence Would Be in for a World of Pain  —  If any political pundit has learned anything over the last year—which is doubtful—that lesson is never to write off Donald Trump, who has time and again shown a Road Runner-like resilience that has both surprised and just plain ticked off his critics.
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
McMaster won't say if President Trump confronted Russian officials about election interference  —  President Donald Trump's national security adviser declined to say if the president confronted Russian officials about the country's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election during …
New York Times:
Will the Presidency Survive This President?  —  Mr. Trump's recklessness may force Congress or the courts to constrain him, diminishing the power of the office.  —  As President Trump stumbled from crisis to crisis this past week, he reminded the country of a lesson it didn't really need to learn …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
At the Pentagon, overpriced fuel sparks allegations — and denials — of a slush fund  —  The Pentagon has generated almost $6 billion over the past seven years by charging the armed forces excessive prices for fuel and has used the money — called the “bishop's fund” by some critics …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RT
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Pledge $100 Million to World Bank's Women Entrepreneurs Fund  —  The World Bank fund, proposed by Ivanka Trump, aims to help women run successful businesses by easing their access to finance, markets and networks.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Outside Washington's ‘Blazing Inferno,’ Democrats Seek an Agenda  —  WASHINGTON — As the nation's capital was rocked by revelation after revelation from the investigation into any connection between the Trump campaign and Russia, Democrats in Washington were focused on what they saw as nothing less than saving the republic.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and NBC News
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:   For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
House Inquiry Turns Attention to Trump Campaign Worker With Russia Ties  —  Michael Caputo, who served as a communications adviser to the Trump campaign, has been asked by the House committee investigating Russian election meddling to submit to a voluntary interview and to provide any documents …
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and Mediaite
Miranda Green / CNN:
Comey's father: Trump was ‘scared to death’ of FBI director  —  Washington (CNN)The father of former FBI Director James Comey says his son was fired because President Donald Trump was “scared to death of him.”  —  In a phone interview with CNN on Saturday, J. Brien Comey called his son's firing last week “a Trump deal.”
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Comey's father rips Trump: 'He's nuts'
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and RedState
 
 
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CBS News:
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Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
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patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment
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Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Black voters say they're already losing under Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times:
Buckhorn's joke about pointing machine guns at media draws fire
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Raw Story
 

 
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