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8:50 AM ET, May 27, 2018

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Says Times Made Up Source in Report on Korea Summit Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump falsely accused The New York Times on Saturday of making up a source in an article about North Korea, even though the source was in fact a senior White House official speaking …
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Associated Press:
Trump's ‘phony’ source turns out to be White House official  —  President Donald Trump accused The New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:   Trump falsely accuses the New York Times of making up a source.  It was an official who briefed reporters.
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 …
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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 …
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: Talking Points Memo
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Christianna Silva / Teen Vogue:
The Federal Government Lost 1,475 Immigrant Children  —  The figure raises concerns about the new child separation policy.  —  The federal government lost track of 1,475 immigrant children last year, according to an April report from the Associated Press.  —  The children, who were placed …
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:   Trump calls family separation policy ‘horrible’ in tweet
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
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
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.
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Trump taps hate group fellow Ronald Mortensen for important post dealing with refugees  —  On Thursday, President Trump nominated Ronald W. Mortensen, a fellow with the anti-immigrant hate group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), for Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
New York Times:
Trump Versus Law Enforcement: A Confrontation With No Precedent  —  WASHINGTON — At a White House meeting last winter, leaders of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department made an urgent appeal to John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, to side with them against Republicans in Congress …
Christina Caron / New York Times:
Woman Fatally Shot by Border Patrol Agent Came to U.S. Seeking Work, Family Says  —  The aunt of the woman shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent last week after crossing the border illegally near Laredo, Tex., has a message for the United States: “Don't treat us like animals.”
Discussion: Splinter and The Guardian
Ashley Judd / TIME:
What Harvey Weinstein's Arrest Does — And Doesn't — Change for the #MeToo Movement  —  Ashley Judd, actor Billy & Hells for TIME  —  Judd is an actor and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund  —  When the news broke that Harvey Weinstein would be surrendering himself …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Curt Stager / New York Times:
The Silence of the Bugs  —  Fifty-six years after Rachel Carson's “Silent Spring” warned of bird die-offs from pesticides, a new biocrisis may be emerging.  A study published last fall documented a 76 percent decline in the total seasonal biomass of flying insects netted at 63 locations in Germany over the last three decades.
Discussion: Althouse
Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Ireland Votes to End Abortion Ban in Rebuke to Catholic Church  —  DUBLIN — Ireland voted decisively to repeal one of the world's more restrictive abortion bans, sweeping aside generations of conservative patriarchy and dealing the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
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Associated Press:
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Stephanie Baumer / KMOV-TV:
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
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Discussion: Breitbart
Benjamin Landy / Vanity Fair:
Is Don Jr. a Criminal or an Idiot?
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
John Bowden / The Hill:
Christie blocks release of correspondence with Kushner Companies
Riley Yates / Morning Call:
Neighbor gets state prison for hate crimes against black family: 'It's been hell,' victim says
Discussion: Raw Story