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12:35 PM ET, May 27, 2018

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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
U.S. officials hold summit preparation talks despite uncertainty surrounding Trump-Kim meeting  —  SEOUL — A team of U.S. officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday for talks to prepare for a summit between President Trump and Kim Un, as both sides press ahead with arrangements despite the question marks hanging over the meeting.
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump falsely accuses the New York Times of making up a source.  It was an official who briefed reporters.  —  President Trump on Saturday falsely accused the New York Times of using an unnamed source “who doesn't exist” in a story on negotiations between the United States and North Korea …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Says Times Made Up Source in Report on Korea Summit Meeting
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:   No amount of capitulation will ever sate Trump
Associated Press:
Trump's ‘phony’ source turns out to be White House official
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Giuliani slams Mueller probe as ‘illegitimate’  —  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, on Sunday dinged an investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election as illegitimate.  —  Asked in an interview with CNN's “State of the Union” …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump: Lives have been ‘devastated and destroyed’ by Russia probe  —  President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the Russia probe has “devastated and destroyed” the reputations of people, continuing his weekend Twitter assault against the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Giuliani insists Trump won't fire people to end Mueller probe
Discussion: Mother Jones
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Trump's war of attrition against Mueller bears fruit among Republicans
Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:
Trump's land of delusion: Disregard the sycophants; the wheels are coming off, if they were ever on  —  Bluffers bluff, and President Trump just tried to bluff his way through one of the worst weeks of his administration.  —  It's not working.  Donald Trump is a terrible poker player.
Associated Press:
Backchannel with ‘Dracula’ helped free Utah man in Venezuela  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A secret backchannel led by a veteran Republican Senate staffer and a flamboyant Venezuelan official nicknamed “Dracula” broke through hostile relations between the two governments to secure the release …
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Utah Man Returns to U.S. After Two-Year Detention in Venezuela  —  Joshua Holt went to the country to marry a woman and was soon held on espionage charges  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed former missionary Joshua Holt home to the U.S., telling the Utah native that securing …
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Campaign contributor helped Obamas score Netflix deal  —  SEE ALSO  —  Barack and Michelle Obama are raking in the cash, thanks to the influence of a former campaign supporter.  —  The couple last week signed a creative production deal with Netflix that one entertainment-industry source …
Discussion: Breitbart
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton: Trump degrades what it means to be an American  —  Former President Clinton's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, slammed President Trump  —  in a new interview, saying that his actions “degrade what it means to be an American.”  —  Clinton told The Guardian that she used to ignore …
Discussion: Daily Wire and twitchy.com
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump to campaign for Devin Nunes in California  —  's daughter and White House aide Ivanka Trump  —  will visit California to campaign for House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Devin Nunes  —  (R-Calif.) next month, a sign that the Republican could fear a tough reelection battle in November.
Discussion: Raw Story and abc30.com
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
‘No evidence’ FBI spied on Trump campaign, Republican says, contrary to president's claims  —  Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he sees “no evidence” to support President Trump's claims that the FBI used an informant to gather information on his campaign, but that instead the federal probe was focused on …
Discussion: Breitbart
David Pittman / Politico:
Former drug industry lobbyist helps steer Trump drug plan  —  Many health policy watchers say even if Joe Grogan's actions on drug policy have been legal, his role is still troubling.  —  The White House official who will shape a large part of the administration's drug price plan worked …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Flake won't rule out White House run against Trump  —  Sen. Jeff Flake said Sunday he hasn't ruled out a challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential primaries.  —  In an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” the Arizona Republican and frequent Trump critic added that …
Discussion: Breitbart
Dakin Andone / CNN:
US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children, but says it's not ‘legally responsible’  —  (CNN)The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500 of them.  —  Steven Wagner …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. warships sail near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in a move likely to anger Beijing as President Donald Trump seeks its continued cooperation on North Korea.
Jemele Hill / The Undefeated:
NFL shows who and what it values with new anthem policy  —  Rather than let things play out, the league created a new controversy, more animosity and negative headlines just to appease the wrong sensibilities  —  So now we know for certain, the NFL really is full of it.
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
Elon Musk's Crusade for Media Accountability Lasted Three Whole Days Before He Recommended a News Site Affiliated With a Suspected Sex Cult  —  Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's crusade to discredit the press in the wake of negative reporting hit a snag on Saturday when he recommended an article …
Discussion: Politico
NICHOLAS RICCARDI / Associated Press:
Resisting Trump in a bright red state  —  EDMOND, Oklahoma (AP) — Vicki Toombs was watching the returns on election night 2016 when her phone buzzed — a text from her 22-year-old son Beau in Chicago.  Beau, who is gay, was afraid that the new administration would end the Affordable Care Act …
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
She came to the US for a better life.  Moments after arrival, she was killed  —  (CNN)Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez traveled 1,500 miles to the United States, hoping to find a job and a better future.  Shortly after she set foot in Texas, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed her.
 
 
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: The Clinton Foundation is back! …
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WPLG-TV:
Man's expletive-laced tirade when beer stopped flowing turns into fight on flight
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Putin complains that probe around Trump hurting U.S.-Russian relations
Daniel Salami / Reuters:
Iranian FM caught chanting ‘death to US, UK, Israel’
Discussion: twitchy.com
Miranda Sawyer / The Guardian:
Anthony Hopkins: ‘Most of this is nonsense, most of this is a lie’
Curt Stager / New York Times:
The Silence of the Bugs  —  Fifty-six years after Rachel Carson's …
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Ashley Judd / TIME:
What Harvey Weinstein's Arrest Does — And Doesn't — Change for the #MeToo Movement
Discussion: The Guardian, Glamour and Taylor Marsh
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
DHS to issue 15,000 more guest worker visas amid clamor over labor shortage
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Southern Poverty Law Center:
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Stephanie Baumer / KMOV-TV:
Over 200 headstones spray-painted with swastikas at Metro East cemetery
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, fox13now.com and FOX40
A.C. Swiger / RedState:
Democrats Always Drag The Conversation Into An Argument About The English Language!
Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Armed citizen who shot Oklahoma gunman told worried crowd, 'I'm here to help'
Discussion: twitchy.com
Riley Yates / Morning Call:
Neighbor gets state prison for hate crimes against black family: 'It's been hell,' victim says
Discussion: Raw Story