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President Donald Trump is lashing out in all directions as the fallout from his summit with Vladimir Putin becomes ever more toxic, the Russia investigation grinds on with no end in sight, and his frustration boils over on a lack of progress on North Korea. Source: CNN

CNN’s Brian Stelter says there are warning signs everywhere after President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Source: CNN

Former Russian interpreter for Ronald Reagan, Dimitry Zarechnak, details the exchange that goes on between two presidents and their interpreters during one-on-one meetings. Source: CNN

In The Boston Globe last week, distinguished scholar Andrew Bacevich put forth some strong criticism of President Donald Trump’s opponents. He said he increasingly has come to believe that “Trump’s election has induced a paranoid response, one that, unless curbed, may well pose a greater danger to the country than Trump himself. This paranoid response finds expression in obsessive attention …

CNN political analyst and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman discusses how President Trump operates with CNN’s Brian Stelter, saying people shouldn’t always look for underlying motives for Trump’s actions. Source: CNN

With the recent criminal indictment of 12 Russian intelligence agents, the special counsel’s office made clear it has a treasure trove of information for its investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. What’s less obvious is how long Robert Mueller will continue his work. Source: CNN

President Donald Trump’s lawyers have waived attorney-client privilege regarding a secretly recorded conversation he had in September 2016 with his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen in which they discussed payments to an ex-Playboy model who says she had an affair with the President, according to sources familiar with the matter. Source: CNN

President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday morning at his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and mischaracterized the government’s April raid of Cohen’s home and business, one day after reports that Cohen recorded a conversation with Trump about a former Playboy model who says Trump had an affair with her. Source: CNN

Sources say that President Donald Trump wasn’t aware his former attorney Michael Cohen recorded their conversations. CNN’s Dana Bash has more. Source: CNN

Michael Avenatti was right: The “#trumptapes” do exist. Michael Cohen, the man who once said he’d be willing to take a bullet for Donald Trump, has now provided perhaps the strongest evidence against him. Source: CNN