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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say  —  The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Mueller's revenge: “Can't fire him now”  —  Most White House officials feared Robert Mueller would go after President Trump for obstruction of justice.  —  The signs were everywhere: James Comey's testimony that Trump urged him to drop the FBI probe of Michael Flynn; Trump's forceful denial …
The Daily Beast:
Even Trump's Aides Blame Him for Obstruction Probe: ‘President Did This to Himself’ … It's exactly the circumstance Donald Trump tried to avoid.  But Trump's own actions have made an FBI investigation into the president himself a reality.  —  Firing James Comey, the FBI director, was …
Discussion: Wired and Washington Monthly
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Hush of tragedy  —  WHAT TO KNOW TODAY  — Rep. Steve Scalise is in critical condition and will undergo more surgery, according to hospital authorities, after he and a lobbyist, a congressional staffer and a Capitol Police officer were struck in a shootout Wednesday morning …
New York Times:
Mueller Seeks to Talk to Intelligence Officials, Hinting at Inquiry of Trump
Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Putin offers James Comey asylum
Discussion: NPR, Political Wire and TASS
John Wagner / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump decries obstruction probe tied to ‘phony’ Russia collusion story
New York Times:
America's Lethal Politics  —  America's elected representatives enjoying America's pastime on a ball field just across the Potomac from the Capitol: A particularly American form of terror changed that idyll early Wednesday morning into what Senator Rand Paul, who was there, called “basically a killing field.”
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
The bogus claim that a map of crosshairs by Sarah Palin's PAC incited Rep. Gabby Giffords's shooting  —  “Was this attack evidence of how vicious American politics has become?  Probably.  In 2011, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a supermarket parking lot, grievously wounding Representative Gabby Giffords …
Jay Caruso / RedState:
NY Times Issues a Correction but Their Editorial Is Still Garbage  —  The NY Times editorial board shamelessly tried to connect Sarah Palin to Jared Loughner's shooting rampage where he killed six people and injured 13 including Rep. Gabby Giffords.  At the time, the media attempted to link …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Scalise in ‘some trouble’ after shooting  —  President Trump said Thursday that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is “in some trouble” following the shooting Wednesday at a GOP congressional baseball practice in Virginia.  —  “It's been much more difficult than people even thought at the time …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Scalise faces third surgery after being wounded in mass shooting  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, shot Wednesday during a congressional baseball practice, was undergoing his third surgery Thursday morning as his colleagues gathered to discuss the horrific shooting and share cautious optimism about the congressman's recovery.
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Home Depot Co-Founder Bernie Marcus: I'm ‘So Worried About the Life’ of President Trump
Chris Massie / CNN:
GOP congressman: Members of Congress should curtail town halls after Scalise shooting
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Joshua Berlinger / CNN:
Dennis Rodman gifts Trump's ‘Art of the Deal’ to North Korean minister  —  CNN on the ground: Waiting for Dennis Rodman  —  (CNN)Dennis Rodman may not have been sent to North Korea by US President Donald Trump, but that's not stopping the former basketball star from promoting his former reality TV co-star.
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CNN:
Ex-North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier has ‘severe neurological injury’
Discussion: Death and Taxes and IJR
9news.com.au:
Leaked audio reveals Malcolm Turnbull roasting Donald Trump over ‘fake polls’ and Russia  —  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn't known for being a comedian but he tried some daring Donald Trump material on a room full of journalists in Canberra last night.
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Seventeen-Point Drop in US Satisfaction Among Republicans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. took a hit since last month.  Forty-one percent of Republicans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., down 17 percentage points since May.
Discussion: Shareblue and Political Wire
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The GOP's Risky Calculation for 2018  —  Scandals have typically operated as a cloud over a president's agenda.  But the Russia-related legal challenges swirling around President Trump are functioning more like a cloak for his joint agenda with congressional Republicans.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans are about to make Medicare-for-all much more likely  —  If Republicans strike down Obamacare, the “Medicare for all” movement will become more powerful than they can imagine.  —  The details of the Senate GOP's Obamacare replacement plan remain a mystery.
Discussion: Mother Jones and rubber hose
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP's fantastically anti-democratic quest to kill health care in the dark
NBC News:   The Senate's Health Care Bill Remains Shrouded in Secrecy
Alex Acquisto / Bangor Daily News:
Maine woman attacked by raccoon drowns rabid animal in puddle  —  HOPE, Maine — While jogging on a familiar, overgrown, wooded trail near her home on a recent warm afternoon, Rachel Borch thought to herself.  “What a beautiful day.”  —  Little did she know she was about to be attacked …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin jokingly offers Comey asylum during annual phone-in session  —  Russian president's yearly question-and-answer event included comments on the former FBI director and a phone call from Arizona about ‘Russophobia’ … Vladimir Putin made a sarcastic offer of asylum to former FBI director James Comey …
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
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NBC News:
Bill Cosby Trial: Judge Orders Deadlocked Jury Keep Trying  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial said Thursday it's deadlocked, but the judge ordered them to try again to reach a verdict.  —  “We cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of these counts,” …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Afghan Push: More Troops, No Plan  —  The president campaigned against nation-building.  But he hasn't decided what to do instead.  —  Usually when a president agrees to send more troops to a war zone, it's part of a broader strategy.  George W. Bush approved the surge of forces …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Yoko Ono to Receive Songwriting Credit on John Lennon's ‘Imagine’  —  At the annual meeting of the National Music Publishers Association in New York on Wednesday, Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon received the organization's new Centennial Song award for John Lennon's legendary 1971 song “Imagine” — and Yoko received more than that.
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP congressman: Trump may lack language ‘discipline’ to avoid appearance of investigation interference
Discussion: Political Wire
Austin Wright / Politico:
Jeh Johnson to testify publicly in House Russia probe
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Wall Street Journal:
Rural America Is Stranded in the Dial-Up Age
Discussion: The Week
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Camille Paglia: On Trump, Democrats, Transgenderism, and Islamist Terror
Discussion: Althouse
Bloomberg:
Message Startup Slack Said to Draw Interest From Amazon.com
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘They tried to make money off it’: Colorado GOP leader busted for fundraising off of baseball shooting
Discussion: KUSA-TV
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Gregory Wallace / CNN:
CNN files lawsuit seeking Comey's Trump memos
The Washington Times http / Washington Times:
A shooting war on Republicans
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
The Emerging Senate Repeal Bill Eviscerates Protections for Millions in Employer Plans Nationwide
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Left Embraces Political Violence
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt used two government email addresses in his last job. He told Congress he used one.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
Rachel Maddow: The Rolling Stone Interview