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On the one hand, Morning Joe breathlessly reported today that Michael Cohen has allegedly said that President Trump had advance knowledge of the meeting between members of his campaign and a Russian offering to dish dirt on Hillary. On the other hand, just a bit later in the show, Morning Joe literally laughed off Cohen’s credibility. Jonathan Swan of Axios reported that Cohen told friends that President Trump’s Helsinki press conference “was a turning point in the Trump presidency and he said that he’s long questioned Trump’s fitness to be President but had no occasion to Trump’s loyalty to the...

he White House said Wednesday that President Trump would consider whether to allow Russian prosecutors to interview onetime U.S. ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul and other Americans in connection with criminal claims against Bill Browder, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday, Sanders said there "was some conversation" between Trump and Putin at their Monday summit about Russia's request, "but there wasn’t a commitment made on behalf of the United States and the president will work with his team and we’ll let you know if there’s an announcement on that front." "Work with his team to do...

On today’s Morning Joe, Matthew Miller, former spokesman for Obama AG Eric Holder, suggested that during their Helsinki meeting, President Trump might have leaked to Putin the existence of a “human source close to Vladimir Putin who was cooperating with the US intelligence community.” Miller described such information as the “crown jewels” of US intelligence, and continued: “I can’t believe this is something I’m saying about the President of the United States, but it made me wonder if people are suspicious that [Trump] revealed sensitive classified intelligence, including human source information, to the President of the Russian Federation?” Get the...

PUTIN (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Thank you so much. Shall we start working? I guess. Distinguished Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, negotiations with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, took place in a frank and business-like atmosphere. I think we can call it a success and a very fruitful round of negotiations. We carefully analyzed the current status, the present and the future of the Russia-United States relationship, key issues of the global agenda...

President Donald Trump will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin next month in Helsinki, the White House confirmed on Thursday. ​”​President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will meet on July 16, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland​,” the statement said. “The two leaders will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues.​”​