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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani: Trump Could Have Shot Comey And Still Couldn't Be Indicted For It  —  Congress would have to impeach Trump first before any criminal prosecution could move forward, the president's lawyer says.  —  WASHINGTON Candidate Donald Trump bragged that he could shoot someone …
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
President Trump ‘probably does’ have the power to pardon himself: Giuliani
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he still couldn't be indicted for it
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:   James Comey isn't above the law
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's legal memo to Robert Mueller is a recipe for tyranny
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Giuliani calls it ‘unthinkable’ that Trump would pardon himself
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump has spent more visiting Mar-a-Lago than Mueller has on Russia probe
Discussion: Hullabaloo and infowars.com
Reuters:
North Korea's top three military officials replaced, U.S. official says  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepare to meet on June 12 in Singapore.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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CNN:
Trump's man with the Singapore plan: Joe Hagin  —  (CNN)In the early days of the Iraq War, the director of the Secret Service was summoned to the White House Situation Room for a meeting with Joe Hagin, then serving as President George W. Bush's operations chief.
Yonhap News Agency:   (LEAD) N. Korea brings in moderate as new defense minister
Lee Jeong-Ho / Politico:
Why U.N. sanctions did not bring North Korea to the summit table
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
First lady Melania Trump will not join President Trump on G7, Singapore summits  —  First lady Melania Trump will not be joining President Donald Trump on his upcoming trips to the G7 summit in Quebec and the highly anticipated summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore, her spokeswoman told ABC News.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump expected to attend Gold Star event at White House  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump is expected to attend a White House event on Monday evening to honor Gold Star families, her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, confirms to CNN.  —  Although the President and Mrs. Trump hosted …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Michael Cohen's secret dream  —  On election night 2016, shortly after Donald Trump's team realized he would win the presidency, Michael Cohen told a handful of people on the 14th floor of Trump Tower about his own dreams for the future — to be mayor of New York.
Discussion: Mediaite
CBS News:
Bill Clinton and James Patterson co-author a political beach read  —  A political thriller has to convincingly blend both fact and fiction, which is just what a certain debut novelist with plenty of White House experience says he has to offer.  He and his writing partner are talking with Mo Rocca:
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Bill Clinton says impeachment process over Russia probe would be underway if Democrat were in office
Discussion: RedState
Janet Maslin / New York Times:
Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Clinton: ‘Impeachment hearings would have begun’ for a Dem president
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Trump's Right Hand Man in Europe Rick Grenell Wants To ‘Empower’ European Conservatives  —  BERLIN, Germany: Trumpian U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has expressed great excitement over the wave of conservatism in Europe, saying he wants to “empower” leaders of the movement.
Discussion: CNBC, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Weighs Expanding Military Role in Yemen War  —  United Arab Emirates seeks direct U.S. help to capture Red Sea port from Iran-backed Houthi fighters  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is weighing an appeal from the United Arab Emirates for direct U.S. support to seize Yemen's main port …
CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: The House is a toss-up  —  Dems 219- Reps 216 in tight contest for control  —  In the race for Congress, most polls report one national percentage for Democrats and Republicans.  But that's not very helpful - because this is a race for seats.  435 of them, in fact.
James Downie / Washington Post:
The forgotten dead of Puerto Rico  —  On Friday night, the Puerto Rico Department of Health for the first time in six months released official mortality numbers related to Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island last September.  The department counted at least 1,400 additional deaths …
Discussion: New York Times
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Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Protesters Demand Audit of Hurricane Maria Death Toll in Puerto Rico
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
New York Times:
Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends  —  The company formed data-sharing partnerships with Apple, Samsung and dozens of other device makers, raising new concerns about its privacy protections.  —  As Facebook sought to become the world's dominant social media service …
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Virginia Democratic Candidate Stomps Pete Hegseth In Train Wreck Interview: ‘Change Is Coming’  —  Fox News host Pege Hegseth on Sunday came out on the losing side of an interview with Virginia candidate for U.S. House Dan Helmer (D).  —  In a Sunday interview on Fox & Friends …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Joe Biden steams into midterm campaigns as 2020 question looms  —  WASHINGTON — There are two questions Joe Biden just can't avoid most days: When can you campaign for me?  And what are you doing in 2020?  —  The former vice president already has been one of the most active Democratic surrogates …
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Devin Nunes warns Google may need to testify if anti-GOP search results keep showing up  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said on Sunday there may be a need for Google to testify after the company's search engine showed results linking Republicans to “Nazism.”
Discussion: Splinter
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron when gun falls out of holster while dancing  —  An FBI agent got himself into an embarrassing situation on Saturday when his service weapon fell out of its holster while dancing at a Denver club and he accidentally shot a fellow patron while retrieving it.
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Gaza preschoolers seen performing mock execution of Israeli soldier  —  A shocking video recently surfaced that allegedly shows a play at a preschool in the Gaza Strip where children dressed up as commandos and performed a mock hostage-taking situation and execution of an Israeli soldier.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind closed doors: Republicans worry tax reform won't save GOP  —  In mid May, senior House Republican officials huddled at the Hyatt on the Chesapeake Bay to discuss their messaging plan to save the House majority.  —  One of their guest speakers was the well-respected election forecaster Charlie Cook …
Derek Hunter / Townhall:
Liberals (Once Again) Exempt Themselves from the Rules  —  Imagine a scenario in which a woman posts a picture of herself with her son and people simply appreciate the expression of parental love.  Sounds nice, and rational, doesn't it?  Unfortunately, thanks to the liberal mob, nice and rational no longer exist in the public arena.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
The celebrity pardoner  —  IN AUGUST 2012, Dinesh D'Souza …
Discussion: Power Line
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When Guns Are Sold Illegally, A.T.F. Is Lenient on Punishment
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Cait Kelly / Daily Mail:
From gouging out his wife's eyes because she was ‘the Islamic anti-Christ’ …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
NBC News:
Full Giuliani: ‘Could lead to impeachment’ if president stopped investigation of himself
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's 500-day coup of the GOP, conservatism
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Jon Tester, a Democrat in Deep-Red Montana, Isn't Sweating Trump's Threats
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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