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Thursday briefing: My fake murder, by Russian journalist    The Guardian North Korea, 'Roseanne,' Arkady Babchenko: Your Thursday Briefing    New York Times 'You can only play this card ONCE' Ukraine issued stark WARNING as threat from Putin LOOMS    Express.co.uk Ukraine's government just faked a journalist's death. Will it be worth the cost?    Washington Post Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2kAZFVh

Virginia General Assembly approves Medicaid expansion to 400000 low-income residents    Washington Post Virginia set to expand Medicaid in policy win for Democrats    CNN Virginia Senate approves Medicaid expansion    The Hill Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2J4efiO

In Southern California, Democrats play the blame game as House races loom    Washington Post State's Top-Two Primary System Could Create Unintended Consequences on June 5    L.A. Weekly Richard Painter makes unlikely Senate bid in Minnesota    The Hill Who's Campaigning on Identity Politics?    New York Times Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2H4Lj8x

FEMA chief: Agency helping Puerto Rico improve disaster response    Orlando Sentinel Rosario: Official death tally from Hurricane María isn't even close, locals and others say    TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Poor People's Campaign: Hundreds Arrested Across US in Nonviolent Protests    Democracy Now! The Health 202: Why Hurricane Maria killed not dozens but thousands of Puerto Ricans    Washington Post The Worst Disaster of Trump's Presidency May Have Already Happened    Vanity Fair Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2H6bxHF

Trump Oversells New 'Right to Try' Law    New York Times Trump signs 'right to try' drug bill    The Hill Trump's drug price comments appear to catch industry off guard    Politico The Right-To-Try Bill Puts Patients At Risk In The Name Of Helping Them    HuffPost Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2siuySO

Landslide causes destruction of Watauga County home, killing 2 inside    WSOC Charlotte North Carolina floods trigger house collapse; two people missing    Fox News 2 killed after house collapses following landslide, NC police say    The State Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2JjgXEh

Woman's body found in stairwell at San Francisco General Hospital building    SFGate Woman found dead in stairwell of San Francisco hospital property    Los Angeles Times Full coverage from More Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2J1uWLy

US sizes up Kim ahead of possible nuclear summit    CNN AP News in Brief at 12:09 am EDT    Washington Post Pompeo Meets With Top North Korean Official In Hopes Of Reviving Singapore Summit    NPR HANNITY: The Media is 'OPENLY ROOTING' for Trump to Fail on North Korea    Sean Hannity (blog) Trump just canceled a high-stakes summit. In 1972, Nixon almost did the same    Chicago Tribune Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2J31epE

US rebrands Pacific command amid tensions with China    CNN Pentagon Changes Top Officer, Name for Its Command Covering Asia    Wall Street Journal The US Pacific Command Gets a New Chief and a New Name    TIME Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2kCSdJm

Czech Republic re-opens honorary consulate in Jerusalem    Yahoo News Hamas, Israel OK cease-fire    Waterbury Republican American A Gaza Cease-fire, but Only Under These Conditions    Haaretz Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2sj0PZY

Assad says US will leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas    Reuters Assad: Syria to Beef Up Air Defenses Amid Threat From Israel    Sputnik International 'We were close to direct conflict between Russia & US inside Syria' – Bashar Assad    RT The world learns to live with Assad in Syria    Washington Post Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2xAfV2i

US military says it killed dozens of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan    CNN US Marines kill more than 70 Taliban leaders in Afghanistan    Fox News The top US general in Afghanistan says some Taliban are interested in peace    Military Times US Commander In Afghanistan Says Some Taliban Interested In Peace Talks    Gandhara US, UN need to take sterner view of Pakistan's terror export    Asia Times Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2sk4gj3

US Sanctions Iran's Evin Prison, Broadcasting Chief and Others, Alleging Human Rights Abuses    Wall Street Journal China May Get World's Largest Gas Field Because of US Sanctions Against Iran    Newsweek US Sanctions Iranian Entities, Individuals for Abusing Human Rights    Voice of America Tension rises in the Middle East    gulfnews.com The return of US sanctions is expected to sow misery in Iran. But for those with money, there's a haven: dollars    Los Angeles Times Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2H4GewP

US general says some Taliban interested in peace    Washington Post Pick of Special Forces chief to lead Afghanistan war signals more aggressive stance    Washington Times Top US commander says secret talks are underway to end Afghan war    Washington Examiner Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2skMc88

Russian foreign minister meets with North Korean counterpart    Washington Post Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Pyongyang: KCNA    Yahoo News North Korea: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for talks    Deutsche Welle Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2stpGt5

Study on hurricane casualties fuels talk of statehood for Puerto Rico    Yahoo News White House defends FEMA after study finds Hurricane Maria killed 5000 in Puerto Rico    WUSA9.com Poor People's Campaign: Hundreds Arrested Across US in Nonviolent Protests    Democracy Now! Puerto Rico and Maria, an American tragedy    The Boston Globe Puerto Rico grid 'teetering' despite $3.8 billion repair job    Washington Post Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2H39tAc

PM Modi Meets Newly Elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad    NDTV Live | Modi leaves for Singapore after brief stop in Malaysia    The Hindu Malaysia's worse-than-thought debt raises market alarms    Nikkei Asian Review Does Malaysia need its now-canned high-speed rail? | Bangkok Post: opinion    Bangkok Post Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2JmAdB3

In South Sudan, a Never-Ending Hunger Season Puts Millions in Danger    New York Times Cease-fire monitors accuse South Sudan and rebels of killing civilians    The Japan Times Disabled are the hidden victims of South Sudan's long war    Daily Mail Nikki Haley: South Sudan has failed its children. We must not.    Washington Post Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2sp8UeO

Philippines' Duterte Threatens War in South China Sea if Troops Are Harmed    Yahoo News Mattis: US will confront China on militarization of islands    Chattanooga Times Free Press Philippines says it protests China 'harassment' of navy boat    Washington Post Duterte's 'red lines' in the West Philippine Sea    GMA News Tensions rise in South China Sea region as China consolidates position    Economic Times Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2LJX085

UCLA ranks as second-best public university nationwide, ninth in world    Daily Bruin IISc Bangalore back in world top university list, Oxford drops few notches    Deccan Chronicle Winners and losers in THE reputation rankings 2018    University World News Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2JeAhCL

Vedanta prepares legal challenge to India copper plant closure after fatal protest: sources    Yahoo News No lasting impact of Sterlite plant closure: Industrialists    Economic Times Rajinikanth trolled over his comments on Sterlite issue [Memes]    International Business Times, India Edition Contract workers of Sterlite hail shutdown as success    India Today Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2H4Xmmg

Rival of Venezuela President Maduro demands new election    Washington Post Cuban leader defends Maduro on first foreign visit    Yahoo News Venezuela presidential challenger demands new election    Fox News Why Nicolás Maduro Clings to Power    The Atlantic Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2J1oBj8

Here's How AMLO Could Still Lose Mexico's Presidential Election    BuzzFeed News Leftist Andres Lopez Obrador widens lead in Mexican presidential race    Washington Times Mexican Businesses Can Pitch Employees on Candidates, Agency Says    Bloomberg 'Tropical Messiah': A Trump-Style Politician Is Mexican Presidential Front Runner    Wall Street Journal Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2siFVd5

Some of Germaine Greer's most controversial quotes    Daily Mail Rape is rarely violent and doesn't merit a jail term, claims Germaine Greer    Telegraph.co.uk Germaine Greer thinks punishment for rape should be lowered to an 'R' tattoo on the rapist's hand    Her.ie Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2ss47t4

Mexican President Tweets at Trump: 'We'll NEVER Pay For The Wall'    Newsweek Mexican president to Trump: 'Mexico will NEVER pay for a wall'    Washington Examiner Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2JiHe5J

Ireland votes to play God    Washington Times Tory deputy chair attacks MPs over Northern Ireland abortion law    The Guardian Media Applauds Ireland Vote to Legalize Abortions as “Historic Vote For Women's Rights”    LifeNews.com Catholic Ireland says, 'Yes, we trust women'    The Boston Globe Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2xuAGfH

Half A Million Sign #FreeTommy Petition    Breitbart News The Suicide of Europe    RealClearPolitics UK Arrests Anti-Muslim Activist Tommy Robinson for Livestreaming Outside a Trial    Reason (blog) 'Tommy Robinson' is no martyr to freedom of speech    The Guardian Full coverage from World - Google News https://ift.tt/2J1i3kH

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CNN US sizes up Kim ahead of possible nuclear summit CNN Washington (CNN) While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were billed primarily as diplomatic missions, the face-to-face encounters have also served as valuable intelligence gathering opportunities ... Mike Pompeo, top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol have dinner in New York CBS News Congress must step up sanctions law to stop American adversaries The Hill Talks Aim to Put Summit With North Korea on Track Wall Street Journal ABC News  - CNBC  - Bloomberg  - New York Magazine all 668 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2H7fN9K

CNN Andrew McCabe turned over his memo on Comey's firing to Robert Mueller CNN (CNN) Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has turned over a memo he drafted related to the firing of his former boss, FBI Director James Comey, to the special counsel's office, according to a source familiar with the matter. The document, first ... Ex-FBI official McCabe gives memo on Comey firing to Mueller - New York Times Reuters Former FBI deputy director wrote memo detailing discussion with deputy attorney general: Source ABC News Report: McCabe Feared Rosenstein Gave Trump 'Cover' for Comey Firing Daily Beast all 52 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2J2iQSo