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Washington Post:
Trump expresses regret about escalating China trade war, then reverses course and says he wishes he raised tariffs higher — ● The White House said President Trump's earlier suggestion that he regretted escalating the trade war with China was “misinterpreted” and that what he regrets is not raising tariffs higher.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, The Week, Associated Press and UPI
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Iran's Zarif makes surprise trip to G-7, catching Trump off-guard — BIARRITZ, France — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made a surprise visit to the city hosting the Group of Seven summit Sunday, a move that caught President Trump off-guard and added another element of tension to the meeting of world economic leaders.
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Talking Points Memo and NBC News
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Trump accuses news media of trying to make reelection more difficult — President Trump early Sunday lashed out at the news media, accusing it of trying to hurt his reelection chances. — “Before I arrived in France, the Fake and Disgusting News was saying that relations with the 6 others countries …
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Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Macron Invites Iran's Zarif to G-7 Sidelines, Risks U.S. Outrage — Emmanuel Macron has thrown his G-7 guests a mid-summit curveball — inviting Iran's foreign minister for a surprise visit in a move that risks infuriating Donald Trump's administration. — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad …
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Washington Post and UPI
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
China trade war: White House clarifies Trump comments about “second thoughts”
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Vox, Reuters, The Guardian, BizPac Review and The Week
Associated Press:
Trump signals some regret on China trade war
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Politico, Axios, Slate, New York Times and The Week
New York Times:
Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House — WASHINGTON — A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Steve King Is Broke And Has Been Abandoned by His Colleagues as He Runs for Re-Election — It turns out that there are some actual political consequences for a congressman sounding off repeatedly about white supremacy and abortion. — As he gears up for a difficult re-election cycle, Rep. Steve King's campaign is strapped for cash.
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Axios and Talking Points Memo
Will Steakin / ABC News:
‘THIS WEEK’ EXCLUSIVE: Joe Walsh announces Republican primary challenge against Trump — Conservative firebrand former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh announced Sunday with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on ABC's “This Week” that he's launching a long-shot Republican presidential primary challenge against President Donald Trump.
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Axios:
Republican Joe Walsh announces he will primary Trump in 2020
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Chicago Sun-Times, CBS Chicago and Mediaite
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Joe Walsh Confirms He Will Challenge Trump for Republican Nomination
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CNN, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, Law & Crime and Hot Air
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Joe Walsh Officially Announces 2020 Campaign Against Trump
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Balloon Juice
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
‘A deep and boiling anger’: NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite current economic satisfaction — A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 70 percent of Americans say they're angry at the political establishment — WASHINGTON — The political and cultural upheaval …
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Axios, Hullabaloo, CBS News and Political Wire
Julio Rosas / Washington Examiner:
Duke psychiatrist: Trump ‘may be responsible for many more million deaths’ than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao — The former chairman of the Psychiatry Department at Duke University claimed on CNN that President Trump is as bad as the worst dictators of the 20th century, and that his presidency might lead to even more deaths than they did.
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The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
CNN:
Under Trump, the deficit has ballooned, exploding a GOP myth — Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.” Follow him on Twitter at @julianzelizer.
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Teresa Ghilarducci / Forbes:
Trump's Second-Term Plan For Social Security: Starve The Beast — I am an economics professor focusing on retirement security and jobs. — “> In using deficit fears to target entitlement programs, many Republicans are hoping to use Trump's second term to cut Medicare and Social Security.
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Andrew McCabe's Unjust Deserts — I was going to pass by in silent contempt the news that CNN—the network that patrons of airport lounges cordially dislike and that no one else watches—just decided to hire disgraced former FBI honcho Andrew McCabe as a commentator.
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National Review
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Cindy McCain on political division: “This country is not well right now” — On the anniversary of John McCain's death, his wife Cindy reflected on the late senator's legacy and said on ABC's “This Week” that she was launching a new social media initiative called #ActsOfCivility in his memory.
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Breitbart
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
‘Speed dating’: Candidates connect early with super delegates amid fear of convention chaos — At the Democratic National Committee meeting in San Francisco last week, concern mounted that the primaries won't yield a clear winner. — SAN FRANCISCO — For more than three decades …
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Political Wire
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Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Scaramucci appears at Biden campaign event and says Trump will lose in 2020 — SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — President Trump's wayward former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci appeared at a Southampton, New York, campaign stop where Joe Biden addressed well-heeled Democrats.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Breitbart and Bloomberg
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Anthony Scaramucci Turns Up At Hamptons Charity Event Featuring ... Joe Biden
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Talking Points Memo
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Former Kirsten Gillibrand staffers want senator to quit presidential campaign — It's time for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's sputtering presidential campaign to call it quits, a friend of hers and two former aides told The Post. — “It would be best if she decided that this was not her time …
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart, BizPac Review and IJR
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