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11:30 AM ET, May 24, 2018

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Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Threatens to Call Off Summit, Calls Pence a ‘Political Dummy’  —  Trump-Kim Jong Un summit planned for June 12 in Singapore  —  North Korea's senior envoy for U.S. affairs renewed a threat to call off a planned summit with President Donald Trump and warned that Pyongyang could …
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
North Korea calls Pence ‘stupid,’ threatens ‘nuclear showdown’ amid summit jitters  —  North Korea slammed Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday, calling comments he made earlier this week “stupid” and saying it's prepared for a “nuclear showdown” if ongoing talks with the U.S. fail.
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Pulls Out of June Summit Meeting With North Korea  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has notified Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, that he has canceled their much-anticipated meeting, which was set for June 12.  —  In a letter dated Thursday to Mr. Kim, the American president …
Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire
Joshua Berlinger / CNN:
North Korea warns of nuclear showdown, calls Pence ‘political dummy’  —  (CNN)A North Korean official has lashed out at US Vice President Mike Pence and said Pyongyang is ready for a nuclear showdown if dialogue with the United States fails.  —  Choe Son Hui, a vice-minister …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump calls off historic meeting with Kim Jong Un
Mike Calia / CNBC:
Trump cancels Singapore nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Discussion: CNN and Daily Wire
Associated Press:
North Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts
Discussion: infowars.com, Axios and CBS Pittsburgh
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
The NFL's New Anthem Policy Is Madness—But the Players Can Stop It … In its own, typically blinkered and inimitable fashion, the NFL decided to dig in its heels on Wednesday, wrapping itself in the flag, and requiring players who are on the field to stand during the national anthem or face a series of penalties.
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New York Times:
The N.F.L. Kneels to Trump  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  The owners of the National Football League have concluded, with President Trump, that true patriotism …
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
What the NFL Should Have Done About the National Anthem
Discussion: Al Jazeera English, twitchy.com and Vox
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: NFL players unwilling to stand for anthem maybe 'shouldn't be in the country'
Discussion: Shakesville, Newsday, USA Today and Deadspin
MSNBC:   Fmr. NFL star slams Trump, says players will fight anthem decision
CNN:
Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment  —  An Phung and Chloe Melas  —  Morgan Freeman at an event in California in 2016.  —  (CNN)A young production assistant thought she had landed the job of her dreams when, in the summer of 2015, she started work on …
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama officials' spying on Trump a departure from norms  —  “FBI used informant to investigate Russia ties to campaign, not to spy,” read the headline on a lengthy New York Times story May 18.  —  “The Justice Department used a suspected informant to probe whether Trump campaign aides …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Grassley rips Strzok-Page redactions amid mystery text: Obama ‘White House is running this’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FBI appears ready to miss another deadline in Trump-Russia probe
Discussion: RedState
Adriana Cohen / Boston Herald:   Democrats' Russia truth coming out
The Hill:
Bowing to pressure, White House to host bipartisan briefing on Russia investigation
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Security troops on US nuclear missile base took LSD  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — One airman said he felt paranoia.  Another marveled at the vibrant colors.  A third admitted, “I absolutely just loved altering my mind.”  —  Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America's arsenal.
BBC:
MH17 missile owned by Russian brigade, investigators say  —  The missile that downed a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 belonged to a Russian brigade, international investigators say.  —  For the first time, the Dutch-led team said the missile had come from a unit based in western Russia.
Mackenzie Mays / Fresno Bee:
A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes: Winery partly owned by Nunes sued after fundraiser event  —  In 2015, Alene Anase was asked by her employer Alpha Omega Winery to serve guests as part of a charity cruise on the San Francisco Bay.  —  But what she expected to be a routine shift serving wine turned …
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: FBI Seizes Control of Russian Botnet … FBI agents armed with a court order have seized control of a key server in the Kremlin's global botnet of 500,000 hacked routers, The Daily Beast has learned.  The move positions the bureau to build a comprehensive list of victims of the attack …
CNBC:
The Trump-Russia ties hiding in plain sight  —  Trump's in-plain-sight embrace of Russia gets obscured by the Trump news avalanche.  But long before running for president, Trump relied on Russian money.  Trump also consistently defends Russia and attacks U.S. officials investigating Russia.
Discussion: Raw Story
Yascha Mounk / Slate:
The Conversations We Need to Have  —  With every dispiriting headline and each passing day, the full scale of the Trump administration's corruption and lawlessness is coming into a less forgiving view.  And yet it is now becoming obvious that many Americans have ceased to see what is going …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Amazon demonetizes conservative website (us)  —  Our participation in Amazon Associates terminated without warning, with false and shifting explanations.  —  For as long as I can remember, Legal Insurrection has participated in Amazon Associates, a way for websites to earn fees when readers shop …
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Breitbart and Betsy's Page
Associated Press:
The Latest: German industry says car tariffs a ‘nasty blow’  —  The Latest on the Trump administration's interest in putting tariffs on auto imports (all times local):  —  The head of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry says the U.S. intention to raise auto tariffs is …
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Washington Post:
Trump officials weigh 25 percent tax on imported cars to force concessions in NAFTA talks
Discussion: Mother Jones and Reuters
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller fights media access to secret court filings  —  The special prosecutor's portrayal of an active, ongoing investigation seems at odds with claims by Trump's lawyers.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller is fighting a drive by media organizations to unseal secret court filings relating …
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
‘Arrested Development’: We Sat Down With the Cast.  It Got Raw.  —  In a wide-ranging conversation about the new season, cast members became emotional as they discussed accusations of sexual misconduct against Jeffrey Tambor.  —  Perhaps no moment better defines “Arrested Development” …
Online NewsHour:
Russia ‘turned’ election for Trump, Clapper believes  —  Trump demands ‘total transparency’ about FBI informant  —  Russians not only affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election — they decided it, says James Clapper, who served as the director of national intelligence in the Obama administration, and during the 2016 vote.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Stop Talking about ‘Norms’  —  I just finished listening to a CNN segment where “norms” figured heavily in the discussion.  It was a good segment.  I clipped a couple snippets of video because they were so good.  But we need to stop talking so much about “norms”.  And it's not just CNN.
Annie Karni / Politico:
George Conway's Tweets Raise West Wing Eyebrows  —  The spicy Twitter feed of Kellyanne Conway's husband has gotten noticed in the Oval Office.  But friends say the real target of his ire isn't Donald Trump.  —  George Conway's Manhattan law firm sits near the corner of Sixth Avenue and 52nd Street …
Discussion: Mediaite
Glamour:
'It's Our Time': Meet 18 Candidates Leading the Historic Rise of Black Women Running for Office in Alabama  —  Before Black Panther celebrated the all-­female freedom fighters of Wakanda, real-life black women formed their own type of special-forces unit in Alabama.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Elevation of Imprecision  —  There has been no shortage of analysis of Donald Trump's rhetorical tics, the way he overuses particular phrases, the way he falls back on others.  The way he lies.  The way he threatens, bullies and whines with language.  —  All of these observations …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Fifteen Unanswered Criminal-Law Questions About Trump  —  President Trump speculated on Tuesday that “if” the FBI placed a spy inside his campaign, that would be one of the greatest scandals in U.S. history.  On Wednesday morning on Twitter, the “if” dropped away—and Trump asserted yesterday's wild surmise as today's fact.
Uri Blau / Haaretz:
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
Emmanuel Macron slams Washington over lax tech rules  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron accused Washington of failing to address a loss of trust in technology firms and having a laissez-faire approach to regulation that was not “politically accountable.”
 
 
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Teresa Tomlinson / The Daily Beast:
Just Peachy: A Great Night for Women Candidates in Georgia
Discussion: Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Vox
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump is holding up funding for war crimes investigations in Syria
Erik Avanier / WJXT-TV:
Knife, stun gun pulled in dispute at St. Augustine McDonald's
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Parkland victims sue, calling gun maker and seller complicit in massacre
Grabien News:
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's torch-it-all strategy
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Sarah Sanders: It ‘Bothers Me’ Being Called A Liar
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John Binder / Breitbart:
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 Earlier Items: 
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: 'There'll be no approvals from me' on House immigration moves without border wall, tougher security
Discussion: Breitbart
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Nicolle Wallace Warns Viewers About Lies And Smears Before Playing Trump Comments
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
CEO of American investment firm believed Michael Cohen could bring in GOP donors for deals: report
Discussion: New York Times
Elias Muhanna / New Yorker:
A New History of Arabia, Written in Stone
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Truth in a Post-Truth Era: Sandy Hook Families Sue Alex Jones, Conspiracy Theorist
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
America's Version of Capitalism Is Incompatible With Democracy
Discussion: BloombergQuint