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2:15 PM ET, May 29, 2017

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New York Times:
Kushner's Relationship With Trump Tested as Russia Accusations Swirl  —  WASHINGTON — The most successful deal of Jared Kushner's short and consequential career in real estate and politics involves one highly leveraged acquisition: a pair of adjoining offices a few penny-loafer paces from his father-in-law's desk in the White House.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Grassley calls for investigation into Chinese promotion of Kushner family company deal  —  (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is calling for an investigation into “potentially fraudulent statements and misrepresentations” made by a Chinese company promoting investments …
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 …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's obsession over Russia probe deepens
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
The shadow secretary of State
Scott Sutton / WPTV:
Golfer Tiger Woods arrested on DUI charges in Jupiter  —  JUPITER, Fla. - Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested on charges of driving under the influence early Monday morning in Jupiter.  —  More celebrity mugshots  —  Woods, a Jupiter Island resident, was taken into custody at 3 a.m. on Military Trail South of Indian Creek Parkway.
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Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
Tiger Woods is arrested for 3am DUI in Florida
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
BBC:
Manchester attacks: MI5 probes bomber ‘warnings’  —  MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat.  —  The security service, which was alerted to Abedi's extremist views three times prior …
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Fiona Hamilton / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Power to ban UK jihadis has been used just once, Rudd confirms
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 …
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Washington Post:
Following Trump's trip, Merkel says Europe can't rely on ‘others.’ She means the U.S.
Nile Gardiner / CNN:
President Trump passes his first test on the world stage
Discussion: Axios, War in Context and New York Post
Arutz Sheva:
‘Netanyahu no longer supports two-state solution’  —  Senior Likud official and Netanyahu ally says Prime Minister no longer believes in two-state solution laid out in 2009 Bar Ilan address.  —  Binyamin Netanyahu and Tzachi Hanegbi  —  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu no longer supports …
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Israpundit
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Arutz Sheva:
Trump furious with Abbas: You lied to me
Discussion: Israpundit and RedState
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Are Shocked To Find We're Starting To Hate Them Right Back  —  I know it's theoretically wrong for a Republican candidate to smack around an annoying liberal journalist, but that still doesn't mean that I care.  Our ability to care is a finite resource, and, in the vast scheme of things …
New York Times:
The Groundhog Day War in Afghanistan  —  It's hard not to feel a disquieting, even disheartening, sense of déjà vu as the Pentagon presses its request to increase the American forces in Afghanistan.  That is where the United States has spent 16 years fighting the longest war …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump calls Portland stabbings ‘unacceptable’  — The nature of the Portland attack led many to call on Trump to denounce the attack and others like it  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump condemned the racially charged Portland, Oregon, train stabbings on Monday, tweeting that they were “unacceptable.”
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
GOP's Proposed Tax Changes Are No Match for Status Quo  —  Republicans are scouring the tax code, searching for breaks to eliminate so they can offset the deep rate cuts they desire.  But the biggest tax breaks are surviving and the boldest ideas for change are on political life support or already dead.
 
 
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Trump honors fallen service members and Gold Star families in Memorial Day speech
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Pugh to explore removing Confederate monuments in Baltimore
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Root and NPR
Elloise Farrow-Smith / ABC:
Great white shark jumps into fisherman's boat, injuring 73yo man
Graham Allison / Politico:
On Memorial Day, What Do the Living Owe the Dead?
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Constitutional Puzzle: Can the President Be Indicted?
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Huckabee on Trump priorities: ‘A beheading is still worse than a sunburn’
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Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: Don't pass discriminatory laws
Discussion: The Verge and Joe.My.God.
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Credit Scores Hit Record High as Recession Wounds Heal
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
These 8th-graders from New Jersey refused to be photographed with Paul Ryan
Discussion: RedState, Politico and IJR
Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Kellyanne Conway and other women reveal what it's like to work in Trump's White House
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Jim Bunning, RIP
Discussion: Washington Post
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
The Coat of Arms Said ‘Integrity.’ Now It Says ‘Trump.’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
 

 
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