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12:20 PM ET, May 28, 2017

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Thomas E. Ricks / Politico:
General McMaster, Step Down—and Let Trump Be Trump  —  During the presidential transition, when a friend called me to discuss whether he should accept a national security post in the Trump administration, I advised him to do so.  My thinking was that the more mature, thoughtful people we had in the administration, the better.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Kelly: Any channel of communication with a country like Russia a ‘good thing’  —  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Sunday said he doesn't think the reports that White House senior adviser Jared Kushner sought to establish a backchannel line of communication between the Trump transition team and Moscow are a cause for concern.
Discussion: Politico and The Last Tradition
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Former CIA Director: ‘Now we know’ why Trump officials talking to the Russians may have been ‘unmasked’  —  Michael Hayden, the former director of the NSA and the CIA, told CNN on Saturday that the reported content of Jared Kushner's conversations with Russia's ambassador in December …
Discussion: Hot Air
Miguel Medina / Agence France-Presse:
Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must fight for its own destiny in a western alliance divided by Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump, with whom she did not see eye to eye at the “six against one” G7 summit
The Guardian:
Emmanuel Macron: my handshake with Trump was ‘a moment of truth’  —  French president says his white-knuckle prolonged handshake with US counterpart was designed to show he's no pushover  —  The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said his now-famous white-knuckle handshake showdown …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Returns to U.S., and to Berating News Media on Twitter  —  President Trump, back from a nine-day overseas trip, wasted little time on Sunday morning turning his Twitter account back into a political weapon as he assailed what he called the “fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media.”
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Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Exclusive: Suspect confesses to C-L reporter; 8 dead, including deputy  —  Authorities from multiple agencies took Cory Godbolt into custody on East Lincoln Road in Brookhaven Sunday morning after they say he killed eight people, including a Lincoln County deputy.
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Donna Campbell / Daily Leader:
Lincoln County deputy, several others killed in shooting spree; suspect in custody
Discussion: The Week
N.J. Burkett / abc7ny.com:
Half of 8th grade class from New Jersey refuses to pose with Speaker Ryan … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2042084" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  A group of middle school students from New Jersey caused quite a flap …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable
BuzzFeed:
These Are The Victims Of The Portland Train Stabbing Attack  —  Ricky Best, 53, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23 were killed when they tried to stop a man hurling abuse at two women of Muslim appearance, police said.  Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was injured but expected to survive.
Discussion: New York Magazine and twitchy.com
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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About The Suspect In The Portland Train Stabbing Attack
Dr. Keith Ablow / Fox News:
Trumping your life: How to be a better, stronger person by being more like the president  —  Weeks ago, I wrote the first installment of TRUMPING YOUR LIFE, delivering three ways you can change your life by following the example of President Trump.  —  This is the second of five installments I plan to share.
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Wasn't That Election “Special”?  —  Each successive special election has been like watching a kid get socks under the Christmas tree.  Democrats get all excited at the prospect of something happening, but it is always dashed by the reality crashing down around them.
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Route to Air Travel Discomfort Starts on Wall Street  —  When an unlucky passenger was violently dragged off a full United Airlines flight in Chicago in April, setting off a public-relations nightmare for the company, the blame naturally fell on the cabin crew, the police and eventually airline executives.
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Russia scandal ices government lawyer hiring
Discussion: Raw Story
Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
Marine officers are drugged, robbed after Bogotá pub crawl and could face charges
Discussion: The Daily Caller
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-28-17: DHS Secretary John Kelly and Rep. Adam Schiff
Discussion: Politicus USA
Mike Allen / Axios:
Clinton: Trump tapped “malicious nostalgia”
Discussion: TheBlaze
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Yale psychiatrist …
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
A high-stakes gamble: How Jared Kushner reacted to previous crises
Discussion: The Atlantic
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘He played me for a fool’: Kentucky Trump supporter laments he should have voted for Hillary
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Biden Implies Trump Legitimized ‘Hate Speech,’ Rails Against ‘Forces of Populism’
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump tells confidants U.S. will quit Paris climate deal
WTTG-TV:
Criminal charges against March 4 Trump counter-protesters in Minnesota
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Shuns Press Conference, Celebrates Successful Foreign Trip with American Troops
Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Former Navy SEAL to Katy Perry: ‘Hold One of Your Concerts in Syria and See How That Goes’
Tom Kington Taormina / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Out of step: G7 leaders take a stroll, Trump takes a golf cart
Discussion: Politicus USA and Business Insider
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump family members met with GOP leaders to discuss strategy