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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledges he may need to recuse himself from Russia probe, sources say  —  The senior Justice Department official with ultimate authority over the special counsel's probe of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election has privately acknowledged …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Declares War on Rosenstein: ‘He Has No Qualms About Throwing Him Under a Bus’ … President Donald Trump woke up on Friday and decided to publicly confirm that he is under criminal investigation—and to put his deputy attorney general in the line of fire.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump allies on the offensive against Mueller  —  President Trump's legal team and political allies have launched a preemptive strike against special counsel Robert Mueller.  —  Trump's backers are furious about a story that appeared Wednesday in The Washington Post, in which five anonymous sources alleged …
CNN:
Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought 13 lawyers on board to handle the Russia investigation, with plans to hire more, according to his spokesman Peter Carr.  —  Mueller has assembled a high-powered team …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump appears to confirm obstruction investigation, attack Rosenstein in morning tweet rant
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Scoops Megyn Kelly And Proves The Media Isn't Ready For The Trolls  —  Thursday evening, Alex Jones dropped a bomb on Twitter.  After a week of roiling controversy surrounding the conspiracy theorist's upcoming interview with Megyn Kelly, Jones announced a plan to take the interview into his own hands and scoop NBC.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Alex Jones releases more secretly taped Megyn Kelly audio; NBC responds
Discussion: The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Murkowski ‘committed’ to funding Planned Parenthood
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Vox
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Mitch McConnell is crippling The Resistance with his secret health care bill
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson's Body  —  James T. Hodgkinson, the shooter who opened fire on dozens of Republican congressmen and staffers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, had a list of Republican names in his pocket that was recovered by the FBI, The Daily Caller has learned.
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile  —  ST. PAUL — A Minnesota police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black motorist transfixed the nation when his girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges on Friday.  —  The officer, Jeronimo Yanez …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Minn. officer acquitted of manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile during traffic stop  —  The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop was acquitted on all charges by a jury Friday, a decision that came nearly a year after the encounter …
CNN:
Officer who shot Philando Castile found not guilty
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has officially reversed his campaign pledge to deport the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small children.  —  The Department of Homeland …
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Washington Post:
Michelle Carter, who urged her boyfriend to commit suicide, found guilty in his death  —  In a landmark case, a Massachusetts judge has ruled that Michelle Carter, who urged her boyfriend through phone calls and text messages to kill himself, is responsible for his death.
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director  —  Trump: Russia investigation a witch hunt  —  (CNN)House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Business Wire:
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods Market  —  Whole Foods Market ranked #28 and Amazon ranked #2 on Fortune's 2017 list of World's Most Admired Companies  —  SEATTLE & AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) today announced that they have entered …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Coulter on Trump: ‘This Jackass is Really Ticking Me Off’  —  Ann Coulter is furious with President Trump today, and she's not holding back.  —  Earlier today, Mediaite took notice of how the conservative commentator launched a brutal tweetstorm, blasting Trump for not making more progress …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump announces revisions to parts of Obama's Cuba policy  —  MIAMI — President Trump announced a new policy toward Cuba Friday that seeks to prohibit commercial dealings that benefit the Castro regime and somewhat limits the freedom of U.S. citizens to travel to the island …
Discussion: USA Today, Daily Wire and Politico
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BuzzFeed:
The FBI Won't Release Comey's Trump Memos Because They're Part Of “Law Enforcement Proceedings”  —  BuzzFeed News requested the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey on his interactions with the president via the Freedom of Information Act.  —  The FBI will not release memos written …
Discussion: Axios and The Week
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Who in the White House Will Turn Against Donald Trump?  —  The yearning in the character of Donald Trump for dominance and praise is bottomless, a hunger that is never satisfied.  Last week, the President gathered his Cabinet for a meeting with no other purpose than to praise him …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Beware of Blaming Government for London Tower Fire  —  Perhaps safety rules could have saved some residents.  But at what cost to others' lives?  There's always a trade-off.  —  A few days ago fire swept through Grenfell Tower, a large apartment building in London.
Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
Defense Secretary Mattis explains what war with North Korea would look like  —  Asked on Thursday by Rep. Tim Ryan of the House Appropriations Committee to explain why the US doesn't just go to war to stop North Korea from developing the capability to hit the US, Secretary of Defense James Mattis painted a grim scenario.
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and AOL
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric's wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs  —  She's arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump's wedding.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Scalise's vital signs have ‘stabilized,’ hospital ‘encouraged’ by ‘improvement’ in last 36 hours  —  Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition, hospital officials said this afternoon, after the House majority whip and three others were shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Associated Press
John Podhoretz / Weekly Standard:
The Other Tom  —  So, The Mummy.  The question that bedevils me as I begin this review is how I can get to the end of it.  Like Lucy in Peanuts, I am now counting words to see how quickly I can get to 700, which fills my slot here at The Weekly Standard.  That was 53 words.  I'm 8 percent of the way there.
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Bill O'Reilly Assembling Production Team to Launch New Project
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Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Consumerist
Sarah Leonard / New York Times:
Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists?
CBS News:
Could Illinois be the first state to file for bankruptcy?
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, hires his own lawyer in Russia probe
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BuzzFeed:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
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