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11:50 AM ET, June 10, 2018

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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's top economic adviser said on Sunday that Mr. Trump had pulled out of a joint statement with allies at the Group of 7 meeting over the weekend because a “betrayal” by the Canadian prime minister …
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Goes to War Against the Democracies  —  “He's like Heath Ledger's Joker—but without the operational excellence.”  That was the grim after-action assessment of one senior G7 official with whom I spoke in the shocked aftermath of President Donald Trump's savage post-summit tweets.
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's deal-of-the-decade North Korea plan  —  President Trump will confront Kim Jong-un using “a strategy to impress as well as intimidate” — and is open to planting a U.S. embassy in North Korea.  —  The big picture: U.S. officials involved in the summit preparations …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Business as usual in North Korea as public unaware of summit  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With all the international attention focused on Singapore and the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang must be buzzing with excitement, right?
Annabelle Liang / Associated Press:
Singapore deports South Korean journalists in trespass case  —  SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore officials said Sunday that two South Korean journalists arrested on suspicion of trespassing at the residence of the North Korean ambassador have been deported.  —  “I think it's a bad idea in any country to break into ambassador's residences.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Axios:
Kudlow: Trump's G7 decision was a show of strength before Kim summit  —  During an appearance on CNN's “State of the Union” this morning, President Trump's chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said that Trump's unprecedented decision not to sign onto the G7 summit's joint communique came …
Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Isolated Kim takes big gamble leaving home for Trump summit
Discussion: Politico
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore for historic summit with Trump
BBC:
Leave.EU ‘downplayed Russian links’  —  The founder of Leave.EU, Arron Banks, has confirmed he will appear before MPs this week to answer new allegations about his links with Russia.  —  It has been reported that Mr Banks, who bankrolled the unofficial leave campaign, had more contact …
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The Guardian:   Arron Banks ‘met Russian officials multiple times before Brexit vote’
The Times & The Sunday Times:   Email trail shows how Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore were cultivated
Isabel Oakeshott / The Times & The Sunday Times:   A classic Russian fishing expedition lands back channel to White House
The Times & The Sunday Times:   Exclusive: Emails reveal Russian links of millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks
New York Times:
‘Drama, Action, Emotional Power’: As Exhausted Aides Eye the Exits, Trump Is Re-Energized  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has gone overseas to embark on some of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of his tenure, threatening an all-out trade war with allies and seizing a chance to make peace with a nuclear-armed menace.
Discussion: IJR, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ashish Kumar Sen / Atlantic Council:
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms, Divide Transatlantic Alliance  —  Russia is attempting to influence the midterm elections in the United States in November as well as divide the transatlantic alliance, US Director …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and HuffPost
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W.G. Dunlop / Yahoo:
US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
Discussion: Althouse
Guy Lawson / New York Times:   First Canada Tried to Charm Trump. Now It's Fighting Back.
New York Times:
Turning Affluent Suburbs Blue Isn't Worth the Cost  —  Ms. Geismer is the author of “Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party.”  Mr. Lassiter is the author of “The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South.”
Washington Post:
‘They just took them?’  Frantic parents separated from their kids fill courts on the border  —  By Michael E. Miller June 9 at 6:44 PM Email the author  —  MCALLEN, Texas — The words “all rise” were still ringing in the brightly lit South Texas courtroom last week when Peter E. Ormsby slipped unceremoniously into his seat.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
New York Times reporter broke the biggest rule in journalism  —  On previous occasions, I've written about the blunt way legendary New York Times editor Abe Rosenthal dealt with a conflict of interest.  The story bears repeating after the indictment of a top Senate official over his contacts with reporters …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney looks to lead GOP's establishment wing  —  Mitt Romney is positioning himself to be a force in the Senate — and a potential counterweight to Donald Trump.  —  DEER VALLEY, UTAH - Mitt Romney is mapping out plans to become a major player in the Senate — positioning himself …
Discussion: New York Times
Steve Hilton / Fox News:
Trump's criticism of G-7 is ‘unprecedented’ scream the elite — That's the whole point of Trump!  —  President's confrontational trade policies and controversial idea of resurrecting Russia's membership in the elite club raise eyebrows; Kevin Corke reports from Quebec City.
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How George Orwell Predicted the Challenge of Writing Today  —  The following is adapted from a lecture delivered in Barcelona at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona on June 6, 2018, in honor of Orwell Day.  —  Some essays are letters into the future.
Salena Zito / New York Post:
How suicide became my ‘family secret’ — and shaped who I am  —  On May 12, 1915, Clifford G. Peiffer walked down East Lacock Street on Pittsburgh's North Side with a note in his pocket, sadness in his heart and a determination in his step.  —  Earlier that morning, he had told his wife …
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
A Restaurant Owner Featured On “No Reservations” Said Anthony Bourdain Changed Their Lives  —  Xi'an Famous Foods said it was donating all of its June 8 sales to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to honor Bourdain's memory.  —  After Anthony Bourdain was found dead Friday of a reported suicide …
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Blue states find ways to undercut GOP tax law
Wall Street Journal:
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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New York Times:
Documents Show Political Lobbying in Census Question About Citizenship
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
DeVos reinstated for-profit college accreditor despite staff objections, report shows
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
Judge Stops Deportation of a New York Pizza Delivery Man
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC
Melissa Hoppert / New York Times:
Belmont Stakes 2018: Justify Wins the Triple Crown
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sean Rossman / USA Today:
USA TODAY foreign affairs reporter Oren Dorell killed in hit-and-run
Washington Post:
Why can't we hate men?  —  Suzanna Danuta Walters …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice.
Discussion: Axios
 

 
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

 
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