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11:50 AM ET, May 25, 2018

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Washington Post:
After summit pullout, South Korea and China have little appetite for Trump's ‘maximum pressure’  —  SEOUL — President Trump credited his “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions and threats with bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear weapons program.
Discussion: Politico
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
President Trump Is a Better Dealbreaker Than Dealmaker  —  His blown-up North Korea summit proves it.  —  At 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, I was speaking with a senior Administration official involved in the preparations for President Trump's summit with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and American Thinker
NBC News:
Inside the summit collapse: Trump wanted to cancel before N. Korean leader could  —  WASHINGTON — Early Thursday morning, after a flurry of calls with a handful of senior advisers, an angry President Donald Trump personally dictated the three-paragraph letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un …
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Trump's true talent isn't negotiating.  It's marketing.  —  By Fareed Zakaria Columnist May 24 at 4:53 PM Email the author Follow @FareedZakaria  —  Donald Trump's recurring criticism of his predecessor is that he just didn't know how to make a deal.  “Obama is not a natural deal maker …
Axios:
White House officials: We were closer to war with North Korea than realized
Associated Press:   No deal: Inside Trump's decision to walk on NKorea summit
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump sounds optimistic tone about future North Korea talks, suggests June 12 summit could happen after all
Discussion: New York Times, RedState and BBC
Laura Rosenberger / Washington Post:
How the United States botched its North Korea strategy.
Discussion: Vox, CNN and New York Times
Conrad Black / American Greatness:   Making International Relations Great Again
Washington Post:
‘A lot of dial tones’: The inside story of how Trump's North Korea summit fell apart
New York Times:
At Trump Tower, Michael Cohen and Oligarch Discussed Russian Relations  —  Eleven days before the presidential inauguration last year, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin visited Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer and fixer …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and The Week
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Constitutional Crisis  —  The FBI and Justice Department continue evading congressional oversight.  —  Democrats and their media allies are again shouting “constitutional crisis,” this time claiming President Trump has waded too far into the Russia investigation.
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Andrew Egger / Weekly Standard:
Why Is Devin Nunes So Quiet?
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:   The Chilling Effect of Trump's War on the FBI
Wall Street Journal:
Roger Stone Sought Information on Clinton from Assange, Emails Show  —  Ex-Trump adviser urged intermediary to ask WikiLeaks for specific dates of rival candidate's communications  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone privately sought information he considered damaging to Hillary Clinton …
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CNN:
Assange's refuge in Ecuadorian embassy ‘in jeopardy’  —  Washington (CNN)Julian Assange's nearly six-year refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is in danger, opening the WikiLeaks founder to arrest by British authorities and potential extradition to the US, multiple sources with knowledge tell CNN.
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Behind the Scenes of Harvey Weinstein's Impending Arrest  —  After a seven-month investigation, the producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to the New York Police Department's First Precinct on Friday to face sexual-assault charges.  According to law-enforcement officials …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Harvey Weinstein arraigned on rape, criminal sex act charges
Discussion: Axios
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Concerned by Trump, Some Republicans Quietly Align With Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — Since Donald J. Trump began dominating American politics more than two years ago, Democrats concerned about his policies and behavior have taken solace in a group of influential Republicans who have consistently assailed …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
'We're closed!':  Trump vents his anger over immigration at Homeland Security secretary  —  President Trump began berating Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in the Oval Office earlier this spring, according to administration officials, griping about her performance and blaming her for a surge in illegal border crossings.
Lorenzo Reyes / USA Today:
Seahawks' Doug Baldwin: President Trump is ‘an idiot, plain and simple’  —  Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin ripped into President Trump for comments made earlier Thursday in which he said players who protest social inequality during the playing of the national anthem “maybe ... shouldn't be in the country.”
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Washington Post:
Sterling Brown's arrest shows why NFL players have a reason to kneel
Discussion: USA Today and The Atlantic
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
It's time to cancel the NFL and its plantation-style politics
Discussion: Towleroad, Salt Lake Tribune and Vox
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Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:   Immigrant families separated at border struggle to find each other
Bob Norman / WPLG-TV:
Parents call for investigation into Stoneman Douglas assault involving sheriff's son  —  Embattled former Deputy Scot Peterson handled case 4 years ago  —  PARKLAND, Fla. - Several parents of victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre said that if former Broward Sheriff's …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
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Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans.  How Did That Happen?  —  Escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student-loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back  —  DRAPER, Utah—Mike Meru, a 37-year-old orthodontist, made a big investment in his education.
Jeff Collins / Orange County Register:
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors  —  U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.
Sabrina Russello / WALV-TV:
Two victims transported to hospital after Noblesville school shooting  —  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WTHR) — Noblesville West Middle School is on lockdown after reports of shots fired.  —  Two victims have been transported to the hospital.  One minor is going to Riley, while an adult is going to IU Health-Methodist in Indianapolis.
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Kylee Wierks / FOX59:
At least one injured after reports of shots fired at Noblesville West Middle School, suspect in custody
Charles E. Cook, Jr / The Cook Political Report:
Why November's Downballot Races Matter  —  As Rhodes Cook, the longtime political analyst, recently wrote in his newsletter, “The breadth of Republican dominance these days is not just impressive, it's staggering.  They control the White House, both chambers of Congress …
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Tom Perriello / Slate:
It's Time for Democrats to Turn the Tables on Health Care
Discussion: Politico and LifeZette
CNN:
GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati  —  (CNN)The Republican nominee for a US House seat in Illinois has said the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job and that singer Beyonce Knowles has ties to the Illuminati.
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
The Reporter Who Took Down a Unicorn … In late September of 2015, Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the once-high-flying but now disgraced Silicon Valley health-care company Theranos, was in the News Corp. office of Rupert Murdoch.  She had first met Murdoch in 2014 to pitch him on Theranos …
KHQ-TV:
FIRST ON KHQ: Former Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal facing felony theft charges for welfare fraud  —  Former Spokane Chapter NAACP President Rachel Dolezal is now facing legal trouble that could land her behind bars.  KHQ has confirmed that Dolezal, who legally changed her name …
Bloomberg:
Mick Mulvaney Is Having a Blast Running the Agency He Detests  —  One of the first things Mick Mulvaney did last year after President Trump asked him to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was to read the statute dictating the agency's powers.
Discussion: RGA and Axios
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Are Republicans abetting a demagogue — or something worse?  —  By Michael Gerson Opinion writer May 24 at 5:14 PM Email the author Follow @mjgerson  —  Much about the future of American politics — and the historical judgment that will be visited on those associated with it …
 
 
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New York Daily News:
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CBC News:
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