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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.
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Splinter, Raw Story, Mediaite, IJR and Washington Press
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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Conservative News Today, HuffPost and Yahoo
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Jeff Flake: GOP needs to stand up to Trump more forcefully — WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Flake on Sunday called on Republicans in Congress to more forcefully push back against President Donald Trump and said there is growing concern behind the scenes that the president could take action against special counsel Robert Mueller.
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CNN, Splinter, The Week and Washington Times
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump: Lives have been ‘devastated and destroyed’ by Russia probe
Trump: Lives have been ‘devastated and destroyed’ by Russia probe
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Breitbart and Joe.My.God.
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Giuliani slams Mueller probe as ‘illegitimate’
Giuliani slams Mueller probe as ‘illegitimate’
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Washington Press, Hullabaloo and Breitbart
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Giuliani insists Trump won't fire people to end Mueller probe
Giuliani insists Trump won't fire people to end Mueller probe
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Mother Jones
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's war of attrition against Mueller bears fruit among Republicans
Trump's war of attrition against Mueller bears fruit among Republicans
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Hot Air and Washington Times
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 …
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Trump's insisting his campaign was spied on is ‘part of the propaganda machine’: Top Democrat
Trump's insisting his campaign was spied on is ‘part of the propaganda machine’: Top Democrat
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Politico
Louis Lucero II / New York Times:
F.B.I.'s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware — Hoping to thwart a sophisticated malware system linked to Russia that has infected hundreds of thousands of internet routers, the F.B.I. has made an urgent request to anybody with one of the devices: Turn it off, and then turn it back on.
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Mother Jones
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Avenatti says Trump ‘participated’ in Cohen schemes: Their swamp ‘makes everglades look like a backyard plastic pool’ — Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, revealed on Sunday that evidence will show that President Donald Trump participated in his personal attorney's business …
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 …
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The Daily Caller
Politico:
Poland offers US up to $2B for permanent military base — Poland wants a permanent U.S. military presence — and is willing to pony up as much as $2 billion to get it, according to a defense ministry proposal obtained by Polish news portal Onet. — The Polish offer reflects a long-standing desire …
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Political Wire and Axios
N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
40 Years of Chronicling the Unnoticed — “Don't you have better things to do than watch me vacuum apartments?” wondered a cleaning woman I spent some time tagging along with. I didn't. — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
HuffPost:
Almost Half Of Republicans Believe Millions Voted Illegally In The 2016 Election — Republicans also said by a 56-point margin that voter fraud is a more widespread problem than eligible voters being prevented from voting. — Nearly half of Republicans believe millions of people voted illegally …
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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 …
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RedState and Conservative News Today
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.
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Breitbart
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.
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
A One-Eyed Québécois ‘Rambo’ Captures Imaginations in Canada — MONTREAL — It is a plot worthy of Hollywood: A courageous, one-eyed soldier single-handedly liberates a Dutch city during World War II, tricking a German officer into believing the city is surrounded.
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 …
Christina Caron / New York Times:
‘OMG This Is Wrong!’ Retired English Teacher Marks Up a White House Letter and Sends It Back — The notes were sprawled across a letter bearing President Trump's signature. — In the top left corner: “Have y'all tried grammar & style check?” — At the top right: “Federal is capitalized only when used as part of a proper noun.”
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 …
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Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump ramps up his political travel before midterms — Trump is getting back on the campaign trail, hitting rallies in the states where he's still fairly popular, and raising money for select Republican candidates heading into November's midterm elections. He's been doing this sporadically …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
CNN panel goes ballistic as Rick Santorum dismisses 1,500 missing immigrant kids with ‘we lose people all the time’ — Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum got it from all sides on Sunday morning after he attempted to dismiss reports that immigration officials can't account for close …
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Progressives Everywhere, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
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.
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story and abc30.com
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