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Nuclear Negotiations: President Trump announced that he will hold talks with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, on June 12 in Singapore. The location has no symbolic connection to the Korean War or to the North Korean nuclear program, making it a safe diplomatic choice if not an especially striking one. Meanwhile, critics of the Iran nuclear deal say the U.S.’s withdrawal could have big rewards if handled carefully, but Peter Beinart worries that the administration may have done far less planning than necessary.

: The business dealings and other clients to a company Cohen owned. As David A. Graham writes, the emerging picture suggests that Cohen “seems to have pursued the purest version of the Trumpian scheme: Make big promises, pull in big money, underdeliver big-league”—  

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