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11:05 AM ET, June 11, 2018

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Kim Jong-un's Flight to Singapore a Precision Maneuver  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's flight to Singapore was a tightly planned maneuver using a decoy to throw attackers off the scent.  Three planes took off in North Korea at about an hour's interval on Sunday — an IL-76 …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit  —  WASHINGTON — Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family.  His crime: illegally possessing a bag of rice during the 1990s famine.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Fox News host apologizes after calling Trump-Kim summit ‘meeting between two dictators’  —  Fox News host Abby Huntsman apologized on Sunday after she referred to an upcoming summit between President Trump  —  and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a meeting between “two dictators.”
Washington Post:
With smiles and a handshake, Trump and Kim could mask gulf on nuclear arms
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un likely to meet alone at Singapore summit
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:   Trump Could Transform the U.S.-North Korea Relationship
New York Times:
The Nine Steps Required to Really Disarm North Korea
Discussion: Power Line
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:   Reporter's notebook: Covering North Korea, daring to hope for change.
Tonda MacCharles / Toronto Star:
What led to Trump's outburst against Trudeau: Behind the scenes at the G7  —  QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warmly Friday morning as he arrived at the G7.  —  Although he'd tweeted grumpily the night before that Trudeau was “so indignant” …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America's closest allies on Sunday, lashing out through his advisers at Canada's prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself …
New York Times:
Trump's ‘Bully’ Attack on Trudeau Outrages Canadians  —  MONTREAL — Canadians have had enough.  —  It takes a lot to rile people in this decidedly courteous nation.  But after President Trump's parting shots against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the day he left the Group of 7 summit meeting in Quebec …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign  —  WASHINGTON  —  Several prominent Russians, some in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle or high in the Russian Orthodox Church, now have been identified as having contact with National Rifle Association officials during the 2016 U.S. election campaign.
Discussion: The Week
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Robert De Niro throws F-bombs at Trump during Tony Awards  —  Actor Robert De Niro launched a profanity-laced tirade at President Trump during Sunday's politically charged Tony Awards, earning a standing ovation.  —  “I'm gonna say one thing: F— Trump!” he stated, as he clenched his two fists in the air …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Robert De Niro Says ‘F— Trump’ at Tony Awards, Gets Standing Ovation  —  Robert De Niro had a few choice words for President Donald Trump while the legendary actor was on stage at Sunday's Tony Awards to introduce Bruce Springsteen's musical performance.  —  “I'm going to say one thing …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Inside Obama's secret meetings with 2020 contenders  —  Still the reluctant leader of the Democratic Party, Obama has been providing counsel to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other presidential hopefuls.  —  Barack Obama has in recent months met with at least nine prospective 2020 …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together  —  The president's ‘unofficial filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved.  —  Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building …
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's New World Order  —  How the President, Israel, and the Gulf states plan to fight Iran—and leave the Palestinians and the Obama years behind.  —  On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party.
Nolan Finley / Detroit News:
Darn.  I may outlive Social Security  —  I've got to quick go see my doctor.  —  For years he's had me on a health maintenance plan with the goal, he says, of keeping me alive until I'm 90.  —  Now I need him to ease back on the medicine and good living advice.  I'm not sure my money will hold out that long.
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The cowardice of the political class
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Craig Calcaterra / NBCSports.com:
Report: Shohei Ohtani likely to have Tommy John surgery, will be out until 2020  —  Here was Gomez's comment on SportsCenter: … There has been no confirmation by the Angels or anyone close to Ohtani, but nor has there been contradiction.  We'll obviously hear more on this today.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary  —  A last-minute barrage of commercials from Sanford — a notoriously frugal figure who hasn't spent money on TV advertising in five years — is a sure sign he's under duress.  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent …
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:   Will Voters Tell Mark Sanford To ‘Take A Hike’ For His Criticism Of Trump?
New York Magazine:
A Company Built on a Bluff … It was sunny in Williamsburg on the last Wednesday in May, which also happened to be the second day of a new era at Vice Media.  Visitors were still required to sign in on a tablet that featured an image of a woman's red lips opened wide to reveal a tab of acid …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
British campaigners file US lawsuit against firms controlled by Arron Banks  —  A British public interest group has filed a lawsuit in a Mississippi court against two companies controlled by Arron Banks, the pro-Brexit donor, following allegations that the firms may have violated UK data protection rules …
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CNN:
629 migrants stranded after Italy's populists refuse to let rescue ship dock  —  (CNN)A ship carrying more than 600 rescued migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women, remained stranded in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday after Italy's new populist government refused permission …
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Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Italian mayors rebel against Salvini's order to block migrant ship
New York Times:
‘I Am Qualified!’  Why Democratic Women Running for Governor Are Saying This  —  LAS VEGAS — When Chris Giunchigliani told former Senator Harry Reid about her plans to run for governor of Nevada in 2018, he candidly told her that he thought her opponent, Steve Sisolak, would make a stronger candidate …
Fay Vincent / Wall Street Journal:
Charles Krauthammer Goes Out Like Gehrig  —  I, too, was paralyzed in a college accident, so I especially value his courage and grit.  —  Charles Krauthammer is one of my heroes.  For years my wife and I watched Fox News's “Special Report With Bret Baier, ” where Charles softly delivered …
Discussion: National Review
VICE News:
Exclusive: First photos emerge of shadowy Manafort aide tied to Russian intelligence  —  KIEV, Ukraine — Konstantin Kilimnik, the shadowy Russian political operative indicted Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller, has led such an intensely secretive life that no photograph of him has ever emerged in public.
Cuny J / CUNY J-School:
Craig Newmark Endows the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism With a $20 Million Gift  —  Craig Newmark, the founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, has donated $20 million to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism's foundation to enhance the school's mission of training journalists …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Craigslist Founder Gives $20 Million to CUNY Journalism School
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Supreme Court Just Upheld Ohio's Aggressive Process For Purging Voters From The Rolls  —  The court split 5-4 on ideological grounds.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  The Supreme Court upheld Ohio's system for purging inactive voters from the rolls — a decision that could lead …
 
 
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Going it alone: Trump increasingly relies on unilateral action to wield power
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Putin On Trump Suggestion That Russia Return To G-7: Thanks, But No Thanks
Discussion: Balloon Juice and New York Times
NBC News:
Democrats' October ‘surprise’ in the midterms? Hint: It has to do with health care costs
Tami Abdollah / Associated Press:
Maryland judge to hear foreign payments case against Trump
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
The Equal Rights Amendment Is a Feminist Ruse
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
The FBI's fractured fairytale
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A skeptical chairman Grassley really, really wants to see the Michael Flynn 302
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Top Senate Democratic super PAC to make $80 million fall TV investment in nine battleground states
Discussion: Political Wire
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott surges past Nelson with older Florida voters
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times and The Capitolist
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Ex-NFL player was house hunting when neighbor called police, rep says
Discussion: ProFootballTalk and The Root
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
New Russian Media Venture Wants to Wage ‘Information War’ in Washington, D.C.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Should Democrats find a Trump of their own?  Political outsiders find little room in 2020 presidential field.
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Facebook “embeds,” Russia and the Trump campaign's secret weapon
Drew Costley / San Francisco Chronicle:
Jogger dismantles Lake Merritt homeless man's encampment, throws some of it into lake
Discussion: Raw Story and Splinter
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Elise Morton / Associated Press:
Russia arrests two journalists, Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin, on “extremism” charges for allegedly working for a group founded by the late Alexei Navalny

 
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