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2:30 PM ET, July 10, 2017

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Joshua Green / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon Is Out of Trump's Doghouse and Leading the Charge Against Mueller  —  Why does Trump double-down every time it seems like he should retreat?  Because Steve Bannon is back in his boss's good graces.  —  On May 22, just as a strange photo of President Trump, Saudi king Salman …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. just contradicted a whole bunch of White House denials of Russian contacts  —  (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)  —  Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged Sunday that he met with a Russian lawyer who had promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton in June 2016.
New York Times:
How a Pageant Led to Trump Son's Meeting With Russian Lawyer  —  During the summer of 2013, Donald J. Trump mused about whether President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would meet him at the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow that fall.  “If so, will he become my new best friend?”  Mr. Trump posted on Twitter.
Discussion: Politico
Josiah Ryan / CNN:
CNN's Cuomo, Conway clash over Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russian lawyer  —  (CNN)White House counselor Kellyanne Conway defended Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer in a wide-ranging, 35-minute interview Monday with CNN's Chris Cuomo, saying there was “no information provided that was meaningful.”
Washington Post:
Meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer was requested by Russian pop star whose family is close to Putin
Bob Bauer / Just Security:
Open Door to Moscow?  New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with Russia
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Truth Behind Donald Trump, Jr.,'s Meeting with a Russian Lawyer
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Schiff: House Intelligence Committee ‘Will Want to Question’ Trump Jr.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
The Times ‘exposé’ on Donald Trump Jr. is a big yawn
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material  —  More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump accuses James Comey of breaking the law — based on a misleading Fox News report  —  President Trump's first day back in the office after his brief trip to Europe began, as so many do, with a flurry of tweets.  It seems that Trump, as he so often does, tuned into “Fox and Friends” …
The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Tried and Failed to Get a Half-Billion Dollar Bailout From Qatar  —  Not long before a major crisis ripped through the Middle East, pitting the United States and a bloc of Gulf countries against Qatar, Jared Kushner's real estate company had unsuccessfully sought …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story and The Week
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP aims to release new health bill by week's end  —  Senate Republicans are hoping to unveil a revamped draft of their legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare by the end of this week, though there are major questions about how it will address roiling GOP disagreement over a proposal touted by conservative senators.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Andy Slavitt / USA Today:
Republicans' best play amid health bill chaos is failure
Dylan Scott / Vox:
The only way for Senate Republicans to repeal Obamacare? Ignore everything they've said
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
How Trumpcare Dies  —  Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot For Humans?  Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.  —  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. … It is, I promise, worse than you think.  If your anxiety about global warming is dominated …
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Pew Research Center:
Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions  —  Republicans increasingly say colleges have negative impact on U.S.  —  Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments of the impact of several of the nation's leading institutions - including the news media …
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  New Jersey  —  Choice Words for “Beachgate”  —  Most think state is now worse off because of Gov. Christie  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The past few weeks have been no day at the beach for New Jersey's governor... except for that day at the beach, of course.
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Times
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ABC News:
Gov. Chris Christie burned by ‘beachgate’
Discussion: Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
President Trump's enemies list  —  Donald Trump is less than six months into his presidency, yet one of the organizing principles of his political operation is already becoming clear: payback.  —  In private, Trump has spoken of spending $10 million of his own money to defeat an incumbent senator …
Discussion: Shakesville and The Hill
Owen Bennett / HuffPost UK:
Tory MP Anne Marie Morris Recorded Saying Brexit No Deal Is A ‘N***** In A Woodpile’  —  No reaction from other Tory MPs on the panel.  —  Deputy Political Editor, HuffPost UK  —  A Tory Brexiteer has described the UK leaving the EU without a deal as a “real n*****r in the woodpile” at a meeting of eurosceptics in Central London.
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of Bernie Sanders  —  A federal investigation into a land deal led by Jane Sanders, the wife and political adviser of Sen. Bernie Sanders, has accelerated in recent months — with prosecutors hauling off more than a dozen boxes …
Discussion: AOL
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Lena Dunham selling the dress she wore the night Trump won  —  Lena Dunham is selling the dress she says she cried in on election night last year, when President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton  —  The Kenzo ruffle-accented printed dress is one of more than a hundred items up for grabs from the former …
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Dem seeks to block funding for cyber effort with Russia  —  Two Democratic lawmakers in the House have introduced amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act hammering President Trump's posture toward Russia.  —  Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced an amendment blocking funding …
Discussion: RedState
TheDenverChannel.com:
Bear attacks camp staffer at Glacier View Ranch Christian retreat northwest of Boulder  —  Eric Lupher, Amanda del Castillo  —  UPDATE: Officials said Monday they have killed a bear believed to be the one that attacked a camper.  Get the latest details here.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Have a Point About Obama and Russia?  —  Did President Barack Obama “choke,” as his successor has now taken to claiming, by failing to respond more aggressively to the Russian hacking of the 2016 elections?  —  For President Donald Trump to say so carries more than a whiff …
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Actor-comedian George Lopez sent a message to President Donald Trump: instead of deporting Latinos to make America's streets safer, he should “deport the police.”  —  In a post published on his Instagram Friday, Lopez is seen standing next to a caption that reads, “The Trump administration …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Medicaid cuts could affect coverage of special needs kids  —  The new Senate health bill would drastically affect children who depend on Medicaid to cover their special medical needs, even though Senate Republicans tried to shield them, reports Kaiser Health News.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Pearce to run for governor of New Mexico
Aaron Gregg / Washington Post:
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Kevin Krause / Dallas Morning News:
IRS shuts down mom and pop dressmaker, sells dresses within hours
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Senate Intelligence Committee to begin interviews of Trump campaign officials this week
Discussion: Raw Story
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Dem support for 'Kate's Law' angers Latino group
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Long After Protests, Students Shun the University of Missouri
Discussion: Washington Post
Jeff Stein / Vox:
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Cynthia Cox / The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
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Discussion: The Hill and Balloon Juice
Karol Markowicz / Reuters:
Why Democrats are still losing the war of ideas