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9:20 AM ET, May 28, 2018

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Joel Adams / Telegraph:
Knives are too sharp and filing them down is solution to soaring violent crime, judge says  —  A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country's soaring knife crime epidemic.  —  Last week in his valedictory address …
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Laura Forsyth / Daily Mail:
Judge calls for 10in pointed kitchen knives to be ground down to a rounded end after hearing …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Stunning Oval Office leak: Aides fight in front of Trump — about leaks  —  Shortly after word leaked that Kelly Sadler had taken a nasty shot at John McCain, President Trump convened a meeting in the Oval Office for a tiny group of communications staffers, according to sources familiar with the gathering.
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Rudy Giuliani admits ‘Spygate’ is Trump PR tactic against Robert Mueller  —  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that his repeated imputations of a supposed scandal at the heart of the Robert Mueller investigation - which Donald Trump calls “Spygate” - amounted to a tactic …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Rudy Giuliani Admits White House Is Trying To Discredit Russia Investigation
Discussion: Splinter and AOL
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:   ‘Throw the bums out’ of Congress to protect Russia probe, top Democrat says
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Jeff Flake: GOP needs to stand up to Trump more forcefully
Discussion: Splinter, CNN, The Week and Washington Times
Noah Berlatsky / NBC News:
Noah Berlatsky The Trump effect: New study connects white American intolerance and support for authoritarianism  —  Since the founding of the United States, politicians and pundits have warned that partisanship is a danger to democracy.  George Washington, in his Farewell Address …
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
Jon Favreau, Shaun King, Linda Sarsour and other libs just committed the greatest self-own in the history of Twitter  —  Shot...  Ex-Obama staffer Jon Favreau, in a now-deleted tweet, linked to an AZCentral.com article title, “First glimpse of immigrant children at holding facility” and said …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Steve LeVine / Axios:
Forget about broad-based pay hikes, executives say  —  Very few Americans have enjoyed steadily rising pay beyond inflation over the last couple of decades, a shift from prior years in which the working and middle classes enjoyed broad-based wage gains as the economy expanded.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
ERIKA KINETZ / Associated Press:
China approves 13 new Ivanka Trump trademarks in 3 months  —  SHANGHAI (AP) — Ivanka Trump's brand continues to win foreign trademarks in China and the Philippines, adding to questions about conflicts of interest at the White House, The Associated Press has found.
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Reporter accuses Melania Trump's spokeswoman of creating an ‘atmosphere of hate’ after Twitter feud  —  A CNN White House correspondent on Sunday accused First Lady Melania Trump  —  's spokesperson of creating an “atmosphere of hate.”  —  The back-and-forth is the latest public feud between …
Baltimore Sun:
Ellicott City awash in flood waters as heavy rain drenches the Baltimore region  —  Ellicott City was devastated by a massive storm on the Sunday before Memorial Day, just two years after a flash flood forced the historic city in Howard County to rebuild much of its Main Street.
Discussion: Breitbart
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Double Down After New York Times Gets Busted Peddling Fake News  —  There may have been a real White House briefing with real White House officials, but The New York Times couldn't be trusted to accurately summarize what the White House official said.  And it wasn't on a minor point.
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Louis Farrakhan: ‘Mr. Trump is destroying every enemy that was an enemy of our rise’  —  Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam movement, appears to have changed his opinion of Donald Trump since two years ago, when he warned black Americans: “If Donald Trump becomes president, he will take America into the abyss of hell.”
NBC News:
Holy Cross valedictorian denied right to speak at graduation  —  Christian Bales, a student at Holy Cross High School, was denied the honor to give his valedictorian speech at Friday's graduation.  The Diocese of Covington found that the speech contained “elements that were political …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats Are Running a Smart, Populist Campaign  —  Stacey Abrams and Conor Lamb are supposed to represent opposite poles of the Trump-era Democratic Party.  She is the new progressive heroine — the first black woman to win a major-party nomination for governor, who will need a surge of liberal turnout to win Georgia.
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Dem money floods Calif. primaries to avert electoral disaster  —  Outside money is flooding into a trio of key California House primaries, as Democrats try to avoid being shut out of the general election.  —  The total outside spending in those June 5 primary races had eclipsed more than $8 million …
Politico:
Senators to Trump: It's do-or-die time on DACA  —  A small group of bipartisan senators has been holding back-channel talks in the hopes of reviving a deal.  But it's a tall order.  —  Cory Gardner, the leader of the Senate GOP's campaign arm, delivered an urgent message to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
U.S. and North Korean Officials Race to Resurrect Trump-Kim Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and North Korea on Sunday kicked off an urgent, behind-the-scenes effort to resurrect a summit meeting between their two leaders by June 12, racing to develop a joint agenda and dispel deep skepticism …
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump is blaming Democrats for separating migrant families at the border.  Here's why this isn't a surprise.  —  President Trump's attempt to blame Democrats for separating migrant families at the border is renewing a political uproar over immigration, an issue that has challenged Trump throughout …
Discussion: Political Wire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Alexander Downer Describes Barroom Meeting With Trump Adviser George Papadopoulos  —  In a little-noticed interview in April, former Australian diplomat Alexander Downer spoke publicly for the first time about his barroom conversation with President Donald Trump's campaign adviser that would serve …
Discussion: RedState
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
In Britain, Austerity Is Changing Everything  —  After eight years of budget cutting, Britain is looking less like the rest of Europe and more like the United States, with a shrinking welfare state and spreading poverty.  —  PRESCOT, England — A walk through this modest town in the northwest …
ABC:
New Zealand to slaughter thousands of cows in attempt to eliminate Mycoplasma bovis bacteria  —  New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd.  —  Politicians and industry leaders announced the ambitious plan …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
The Latest: Man to head Italy government big backer of euro  —  The Latest on Italy's political crisis (all times local):  —  The man tapped to head a neutral government in Italy after two populists failed in their bid is a former official at the International Monetary Fund who is a firm believer …
Discussion: Politico
Helena Horton / Telegraph:
Butchers ‘living in fear’ as vegan attacks on the rise, says Countryside Alliance  —  Attacks on small businesses by vegan activists are on the rise, according to the Countryside Alliance.  —  Death threats, stoked by social media and encouraged by international groups of activists, have caused butchers and farmers to “live in fear.”
Discussion: Breitbart and Kent Online
 
 
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Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times:
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Christina Caron / New York Times:
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Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
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N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
40 Years of Chronicling the Unnoticed
Louis Lucero II / New York Times:
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HuffPost:
Almost Half Of Republicans Believe Millions Voted Illegally In The 2016 Election
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
Elon Musk's Crusade for Media Accountability Lasted Three Whole Days Before He Recommended …