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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's obsession over Russia probe deepens  —  President Donald Trump has been aggressively working the phones since returning this weekend from his foreign trip, talking to friends and outside lawyers as he obsesses over the deepening investigations into his aides and Russia.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
NBC News:
Kushner Asked to ‘Lay Low’ After Russia-Related Reports, Source Says  —  WASHINGTON — Back on his home turf after an eight-day foreign trip, President Donald Trump is once again facing down controversy — and now it's hitting close to home.  —  Trump was greeted on U.S. soil by new reports involving …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Kushner under pressure to take hiatus from White House: report
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
The shadow secretary of State
Discussion: Political Wire, IJR and emptywheel
ABC:
Vladimir Putin a bigger threat than Islamic State, John McCain says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the Islamic State group, US senator John McCain has told the ABC.  —  The Republican also admitted in an exclusive interview with 7.30 …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
McCain: Putin a greater threat than ISIS … (R-Ariz.) said Monday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a greater threat to the world than ISIS.  —  In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's “7:30,” McCain said Putin is the “premier and most important threat, more so than ISIS.”
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
How Trump Is Torturing Capitol Hill  —  The speaker of the house strode to his lectern on a recent Thursday to confront another totally normal day on Capitol Hill: health care, tax reform, a president under investigation, rumblings of impeachment.  —  “Morning, everybody!”  Paul Ryan chirped.
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Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
President Trump Turned International Diplomacy Into A Fistfight—And Lost … During his inaugural international trip as the leader of the free world, President Donald Trump learned the problem with first impressions—you only get to make one.  —  After indulging the royals of Saudi Arabia …
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
What Angela Merkel meant at the Munich beer hall  —  Spoiler alert: The German chancellor didn't just throw in the towel on the alliance with America.  —  BERLIN — Did Angela Merkel just draw a line under the Western postwar order?  —  In a word, Nein.  —  A comment by Merkel …
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Washington Post:
Following Trump's trip, Merkel says Europe can't rely on ‘others.’ She means the U.S.
Discussion: The Atlantic, France 24 and Hot Air
Nile Gardiner / CNN:
President Trump passes his first test on the world stage
Discussion: Axios, War in Context and New York Post
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
The Coat of Arms Said ‘Integrity.’ Now It Says ‘Trump.’  —  LONDON — At the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, which hosted the Senior P.G.A. Championship this weekend, the president's coat of arms is everywhere — the sign out front, the pro shop, even the exercise room.
Sam Stein / HuffPost:
The Madness And Science Behind The Donald Trump Handshake  —  The definitive breakdown of the most insane greeting in all of politics.  —  Had French President Emmanuel Macron been paying close attention, he would have recognized quickly just how fraught his coming exchange with Donald Trump was to be.
Arutz Sheva:
Trump furious with Abbas: You lied to me  —  President Trump reportedly outraged with Palestinian Authority leader.  ‘The Israelis showed me that you are involved in incitement.’  —  Abbas and Trump  —  President Donald Trump lambasted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas …
Discussion: Israpundit and RedState
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Maxine Waters: American Public ‘Getting Weary’ That Trump Not Impeached Yet  —  Sunday on MSNBC's “AM Joy,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said the public was “getting weary” that Democrats have not done enough to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump.  —  Partial transcript as follows:
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Huckabee on Trump priorities: ‘A beheading is still worse than a sunburn’ … Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) touted President Trump's priorities as combatting terrorism ahead of addressing climate change on Sunday by saying, “a beheading is worse than a sunburn.”  —  “I think Donald Trump
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Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
Angela Merkel says Germany can no longer rely on Donald Trump's America: 'We Europeans must …
 
 
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