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1:10 PM ET, May 27, 2017

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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin  —  Jared Kushner and Russia's ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Ex-CIA Director: CIA would consider Kushner actions ‘espionage’  —  Former acting CIA director John McLaughlan on Friday responded to reports that President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner discussed setting up a secret communications line between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Jared's Jam has White House on edge  —  The hottest topic among top White House officials is the FBI's interest in Jared Kushner, the closest adviser and son-in-law of the President.  The Washington Post report that Kushner discussed “a secret and secure communications channel between Trump's transition team …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Russian Once Tied to Trump Aide Seeks Immunity to Testify Before Congress  —  Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch once close to President Trump's former campaign manager, has offered to cooperate with congressional committees investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
NBC News:
Kushner Met With Russian Banker Who Is Putin Crony, Spy School Grad  —  The Russian banker Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner met with in December is viewed by U.S. intelligence as a “Putin crony” and a graduate of a “finishing school” for spies who was often tasked with sensitive financial operations by Putin …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump adviser: ‘I would not be concerned’ about a Russia back channel, irrespective of Kushner  —  TAORMINA, Italy — President Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Saturday he “would not be concerned” about having a back-channel communications system with Russia …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
McMaster ‘not concerned’ following Kushner reports
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   ‘Game-changer’: MSNBC panelists explain magnitude of ‘devastating’ Kushner revelations
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How Worried Should Jared Kushner Be?
Discussion: Washington Post
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:   ‘This is off the map’: Former intelligence officials say the reported Kushner-Russia plan …
Jim Ryan / Oregonian:
2 killed in stabbing on MAX train in Northeast Portland as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say  —  Gallery: Deadly MAX stabbing, May 26, 2017  —  Update, 3:30 a.m., May 27: Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of aggravated murder …
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Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
The attack occurred in the Hollywood District.  “He said, 'Get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here.'”  —  A man riding the MAX in Northeast Portland fatally stabbed two passengers who tried to stop him from hurling racial and anti-Muslim insults at women on the train …
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Two Killed in Portland After Trying to Stop Anti-Muslim Rant, Police Say  —  Two men were fatally stabbed Friday on a train car in Portland, Ore., when they tried to intervene as a fellow passenger screamed anti-Muslim insults at two women, the authorities said.
Discussion: Fusion
Doug Brown / Portland Mercury:
Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist
Discussion: The Guardian
KATU-TV:   PPB: Suspect hurled insults at Muslim women, slashed throats of men who tried to stop him
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
As Trump's Problems Mount, Breitbart's Numbers Are Cratering  —  A media business based on attack has been much less successful when forced to defend.  —  With its former chairman Steve Bannon as White House chief strategist and plans for an ambitious international expansion …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Merkel Furious With Trump After “Unprecedented” G-7 Failure To Reach Consensus On Climate Change  —  In the end it was not mean to be.  As discussed on Friday, during Trump's first G-7 summit, world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Leaders issue G7 declaration with U.S. a holdout on climate change
Discussion: The Week
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe  —  Robert Mueller's special investigation may just be starting, but for President Donald Trump and his aides, it's already entered one of the most legally treacherous phases.  —  Now that Trump's current and former aides and allies officially …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump cancels Iowa rally  —  President Donald Trump has canceled a rally in Iowa next week, citing “an unforeseen change” in the president's schedule.  —  “Due to an unforeseen change in President Trump's schedule, we will need to unfortunately postpone the previously scheduled rally …
The Intercept:
LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL COUNTERTERRORISM TACTICS USED AT STANDING ROCK TO “DEFEAT PIPELINE INSURGENCIES”  —  A shadowy international mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan targeted the movement opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline with military-style counterterrorism measures …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Raw Story
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Team Obama tried to hack the election  —  MORE FROM: … New revelations have surfaced that the Obama administration abused intelligence during the election by launching a massive domestic-spy campaign that included snooping on Trump officials.  —  The irony is mind-boggling …
Nicola Harley / Telegraph:
Manchester attack: Terror threat level reduced as streets evacuated in Moss Side police raids  —  Theresa May reduces UK threat level to severe  —  The UK's most senior counter-terror officer has warned there will be “more arrests and more searches” after an area of Manchester was evacuated.
Discussion: Business Insider and RT
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When Al Franken body-slammed a demonstrator  —  When I wrote about Fightin' Greg Gianforte's assault (as it seems to me) on a reporter, I believed that Al Franken had a history of physical aggression against folks who annoyed him.  However, the only incident I recalled (and only vaguely) …
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Post
 
 
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