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4:00 PM ET, July 7, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Presses Putin on Russian Meddling in U.S. Election  —  Right Now: President Trump pressed Vladimir V. Putin on Russia's interference in the 2016 United States election but did not dwell on the subject.  Their encounter lasted two hours and 15 minutes, far longer than expected.
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RT:
‘Phone talks obviously not enough’: Putin & Trump meet on sidelines of G20 summit (VIDEO) … Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have held a much-anticipated first meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany, which lasted more than two hours.  —  The meeting in Hamburg was initially planned …
Discussion: IJR, Daily Mail, The Week and Axios
Sputnik International:
Putin Reveals What He Discussed With Trump During Two-Hour-Long Meeting  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has commented on the topics that he and his American counterpart Donald Trump covered in their long-awaited meeting in Hamburg on Friday.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Jake Lahut / Politico:
Trump says Mexico should ‘absolutely’ pay for border wall
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Melania was sent in to Trump-Putin meeting to get them to wrap up, Tillerson says
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
The White House got in the game after Russia took charge of the Trump-Putin narrative
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: How Putin could define the Trump legacy
Lazaro Gamio / Axios:
The most unpopular bill in three decades  —  This is why Senate Republicans are having so much trouble with the health care bill.  The Republican health care effort is the most unpopular legislation in three decades — less popular than the Affordable Care Act when it was passed …
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Washington Post:
McConnell says GOP must shore up ACA insurance markets if Senate bill dies
Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
Why Single-Payer Health Care Saves Money
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and The Week
The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides on Podesta Tweet: ‘No Idea What He Is Talking About’ … The world's most powerful leaders gathered in Germany this week to hammer out tough geopolitical issues—and, according to a tweet from President Donald Trump, to dump on Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Trump criticizes media over alleged mind-meld of ‘17 intelligence agencies’ over Russia meddling  —  As a matter of timing, it was odd: Last week, the New York Times attached a lumpy correction to a story about the political dynamics of President Trump's various proclamations on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Trump Misleads on Russian Meddling: Why 17 Intelligence Agencies Don't Need to Agree
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bundesregierung:
Exklusive Perspektive!  Nicht stören - aber alles im Blick haben, das ist die Arbeit der offiziellen Fotografen.  Wir haben unserem Kollegen eine Videokamera auf seine Fotokamera gesetzt.  Ganz besondere Einblicke in das informelle Treffen der #G20-Chefs, das so genannte „Retreat":
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New York Times:
Police: Senator Impostor Tries to See Ivanka at Trump Tower
Discussion: IJR and AOL
Rich Calder / New York Post:
De Blasio begins all-expense-paid trip to G20 riots  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio (inset) is getting set to join the G20 summit protests in Germany.  —  Stefan Jeremiah  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio landed Friday morning in Germany, where he will spend the weekend attending various events …
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New York Post:
De Blasio races to Germany to protest G20 summit
MSNBC:
Maddow to news orgs: beware of forged Trump Russia documents!  —  Rachel Maddow explains how an ostensible top secret NSA document submitted through the show's inbox is likely a fake, and points out the perils of such forgeries to news organizations trying to report out important stories like the Trump Russia story.
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Credibility Problem at the G-20 Summit  —  With North Korea's successful testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile that might be able to reach parts of the United States, Donald Trump is facing a foreign-policy challenge of the first order.
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James Stavridis / Bloomberg:   The Worst Option on North Korea: Striking First
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Hackers are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Dept. and F.B.I. Say  —  Since May, hackers have been penetrating the computer networks of companies that operate nuclear power stations and other energy facilities, as well as manufacturing plants in the United States and other countries.
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
A Treaty Is Reached to Ban Nuclear Arms. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Alexander Nazaryan / Newsweek:
BIZARRE ALT RIGHT CARTOON OF TRUMP AS 9/11 PLANE AND CNN AS TWIN TOWERS CONFUSES TWITTER  —  The American right frequently delights in its mockery of CNN, dutifully following in the footsteps of President Trump, who spent much of the last week maligning the cable news network.
Battle Creek Enquirer:
Are goats taking jobs from union workers?  —  A battle is brewing at Western Michigan University this summer between a group of hungry goats and a labor union.  —  The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work …
Mike Konczal / Vox:
What the stock market's rise under Trump should teach Democrats  —  A lot of predictions were upended when Donald Trump won the presidency.  But one of the most interesting was the idea that a President Trump would cause a stock market collapse — or at least a sharp decline.
The Guardian:
US mint employee placed on leave after putting noose on black co-worker's chair  —  Surveillance video captured the employee creating the noose with rope used to seal coin bags and walking across the factory floor on 28 June … An employee at the US mint in Philadelphia has been placed …
Discussion: Shakesville
David Freedlander / Politico:
Andrew Cuomo Could Beat Trump ... If He Can Win Over the Left First  —  NEW YORK — The scene is unfolding in the shabby headquarters of the Hotel Trades Council just off Times Square in the late spring of 2017, but it's not hard to imagine the speech somewhere in the Rust Belt in 2020 …
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Republican Lawmakers Buy Health Insurance Stocks as Repeal Effort Moves Forward  —  Just as the House Republican bill to slash much of the Affordable Care Act moved forward, Rep. Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican and member of Speaker Paul Ryan's leadership team, added a health insurance company to his portfolio.
Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Melania Trump unable to leave hotel because of G-20 protests  —  First lady Melania Trump is unable to leave her resident in Hamburg, Germany because of protests against the Group of 20 (G-20) summit.  —  A spokeswoman confirmed they have no security clearance from the police to leave …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's leaks crackdown sends chills through national security world  —  National security officials across the federal government say they are seeing new restrictions on who can access sensitive information, fueling fears in the intelligence and security community that the Trump administration …
Discussion: RedState and neo-neocon
 
 
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