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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
TRUMP'S BREXIT BLAST I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump  —  In a world-exclusive interview with The Sun, the US President said Theresa May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit strategy  —  DONALD Trump today accuses …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Things will not be okay  —  Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape.  After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump tries to defuse bomb he threw at U.K.'s Theresa May
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Foreign Policy:
Trump Fumed, but NATO Members Got What They Wanted
Discussion: Just Security and Associated Press
William Davies / New York Times:
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Ronald's out.  Donald's in.  —  President Trump's trip to Europe …
Discussion: CNN, IJR and Front Page Magazine
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's comments on European immigration mirror white nationalist rhetoric
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Bustle
Politico:
Full text: Donald Trump-Theresa May press conference
Discussion: Front Page Magazine, MSNBC and Axios
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Highlights from Trump and Theresa May's joint press conference
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Spies for Hacking in 2016 Campaign  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking offenses related to the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Bloomberg News reports.  —  The announcement came only three days before President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Mueller probe indicts 12 Russians for hacking Democrats in 2016  —  A dozen Russian intelligence officers have been charged with conspiring to hack Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a new indictment in the probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller indicts 12 Russians for email hacking days before Trump-Putin summit  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian military officials on Friday and accused them of hacking into two Democratic Party computer systems to sabotage the 2016 presidential election.
New York Times:
12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, on Friday announced new charges against 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton presidential campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Buckle Up, Folks  —  TPM's Tierney Sneed is at the DOJ …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Mueller probe results should be dismissed after Strzok testimony  —  President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led …
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The Peter Strzok Hearing Was a Total Fiasco, but One Moment Was Particularly Unreal  —  On Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform and the House Judiciary committees held a joint hearing on the Clinton email investigation in which they questioned FBI agent Peter Strzok.
Discussion: NBC News, MSNBC, Washington Post and Vox
Amy Chua / Wall Street Journal:
Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women  —  I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship.  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead.  I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi calls for delay in leadership elections to thwart fellow Dems
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:   What the Yale Law School Freakout Says About the Opposition to Kavanaugh
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:   Trump is a bully. Brett Kavanaugh will stand up to him.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Sacha Baron Cohen's Latest Victim Is GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz: ‘They Totally Got Me’ … The latest confirmed victim of Sacha Baron Cohen's hilarity-inducing antics appears to be freshman Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).  —  That is, according to Gaetz himself.  —  Initially contacted …
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Don't drink the water if you live in parts of Northeast and Northwest Washington  —  D.C. residents who live in parts of Northwest and Northeast should not drink the water until further notice, officials said, after a problem arose at a pumping station.  —  The warning came from D.C. Water …
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Prince Of Petworth / PoPville:   DC Water issues boil water advisory if you live in the shaded areas on this map and/or lost pressure last night
Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
Jill Stein's Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense … Money that Jill Stein raised to recount votes in 2016 swing states is being used by her campaign to pay for legal bills stemming from the investigation of Russian interference in the last presidential election.
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump lost millions at golf courses in Scotland.  U.S. voters weren't told that.  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump's pair of golf resorts in Scotland have steadily lost money, with losses calculated at $23 million the last year his company reported figures to United Kingdom officials.
NBC News:
Pentagon goes into ‘damage control’ mode to reassure NATO allies  —  “One thing you need in this alliance is predictability,” one diplomatic official said.  —  Between NATO and Putin meetings, what is Trump's strategy?  —  WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald Trump departed NATO …
Barack Obama:
This week, I'm traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office - a continent of wonderful diversity, thriving culture, and remarkable stories.  —  I was proud to visit sub-Saharan Africa more times than any other sitting President, and I'll return this week to visit Kenya and South Africa.
Discussion: Axios, Front Page Magazine and Mashable
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“An Amateur Boxer Up Against Muhammad Ali”: Washington Fears Trump Will Be No Match for Putin in Helsinki  —  All American Presidents adore the pageantry of summits, none more so than Donald Trump, who is addicted to the idea of himself as one of the great men making history with a capital “H.”
Discussion: Spectator USA and Politico
Taki / Spectator USA:
Harvey Weinstein: ‘I offered acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so does everyone - they still do’ … He used to ring me via his assistants and make me wait on hold.  It was normal; he was, after all, the biggest Hollywood tycoon of them all.  This time he called me directly …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Bustle
ABC News:
Mueller indicts 12 Russian intel officers for hacking Democrats  —  A federal grand jury on Friday returned a new indictment against a dozen Russians as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential campaign.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Quiet Death of Racial Progress  —  How can we stop backsliding toward inequality?  —  Over the past few months, I've been trying to write a comforting column.  The thesis was going to be that even though Donald Trump is doing his best to inflame racial division, we are still making gradual progress …
Discussion: National Review and Splinter
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
ME-02: Poliquin Moves From Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  Rep. Bruce Poliquin (ME-02) has proven an elusive Democratic target.  In both 2014 and 2016, Democrats touted promising polls and swore they could turn Poliquin's wealth and Wall Street past against him.
Discussion: Axios and Kennebec Journal …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
White House Orders Broader Access to Files About F.B.I. Informant  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has rebuffed concerns among American intelligence and law enforcement officials and ordered that more lawmakers be given access to classified information about an informant the F.B.I. used …
Ted Thornhill / Daily Mail:
An Air China jet that plunged 25,000ft in an emergency descent did so after a co-pilot mistakenly turned off air-conditioning systems in a bid to conceal his e-cigarette smoke  —  The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a press conference in Beijing that the drama was triggered …
Discussion: Daily Wire
 
 
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