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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Donald Trump Jr. and the whiff of treason: Morally, he's in deep.  —  Treason is not just a legal term.  It encompasses disloyalty to the country and betrayal of its basic principles and interests.  —  “This is moving into perjury, false statements and even into potentially treason,” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Bombshell report: Kremlin directed GOP congressman to stage pro-Putin ‘show trial’ on the House floor  —  A bombshell report claims that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who has long been described as “Putin's favorite congressman,” was given explicit instructions by the Kremlin for how to attack sanctions against Russia last year.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Report: Donald Trump Jr. ‘miserable’
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow  —  President Trump has decided to end the CIA's covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials.
Axios:
GOP health care holdouts to meet tonight to work it out  —  All of the Republican senators who oppose the Senate health care bill are meeting tonight to work out their differences — after being told by President Trump this afternoon that they need to work late into the night to get a deal.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Lewandowski: The President Is Going To Close The Deal On O'care Repeal Today
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump to GOP senators: Cancel your recess
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Key Senate Republicans to meet and try to revive health bill
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump calls Mike Lee in attempt to revive Senate healthcare bill
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban enforcement, but says it must allow broader exemptions for relatives  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its refu­gee ban for now, but said it must allow broader exemptions to the president's travel ban for family members, including grandparents.
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Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
Supreme Court Allows ‘Grandparent’ Exemption To Trump Travel Ban
Discussion: TalkLeft and KQED News
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg.com:
Trump Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court on Reach of Travel Ban
Adam Liptak / New York Times:   Trump Refugee Restrictions Allowed for Now; Ban on Grandparents Rejected
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court says grandparents, relatives can enter US despite travel ban
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This poll should be a warning sign for Democrats  —  History suggests the 2018 election will almost surely be a bad one for Republicans.  Midterms are generally considered a referendum on the president, and the results are almost always bad for said president.
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Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
A midterm preference for Democrats, but without anti-Trump motivation (POLL)
Discussion: The Week
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Voters Cool on Trump-Russia Meeting, but Resist Impeachment Calls
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
ANOTHER pivot: tax reform and infrastructure, but Trump needs to BEWARE …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump can't make a health care deal because he doesn't understand health care  —  Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result.  —  The blame in the Senate's health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and understandably so …
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New York Times:   White House Scaling Back Goals for Business Tax Cuts
New Jersey Online:
Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates.  Just ask Kim Guadagno.  —  Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and Shareblue
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog says  —  The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Postal Service broke law in pushing time off for workers to campaign for Clinton, investigation finds
Discussion: Political Wire
The Intercept:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel  —  The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west.  In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.
Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene  —  The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week.  The case has been dropped.  —  Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and The Daily Caller
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WBFF-TV:
Baltimore police camera shows officer may have manipulated evidence
Discussion: Vox and Fusion
Kelly Swanson / Vox:
A new poll finds even Trump supporters are wavering on his scandals  —  In counties that supported Trump heavily in 2016, voters are souring on the scandals surrounding Trump's presidency.  —  According to a new NBC News/WSJ poll of 439 key Trump counties in 16 states …
Discussion: NBC News, Mother Jones and The Week
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Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:   The President's Base vs. the Republican Party
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment  —  Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs …
Discussion: Politico, Axios and ACASignups.net
Indianapolis Star:
Carrier lays off first 300 employees on 6-month anniversary of Trump's presidency  —  President-elect Donald Trump gave one number on the amount of jobs that would be saved and a union president, another.  So which is it?  Nate Chute/IndyStar  —  CONNECT
Discussion: The Week
Haley Byrd / IJR:
Mulvaney to Insurers on Trump Plans if Health Bill Fails: 'You Probably Won't Like It That Much'  —  Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told attendees of a Bloomberg Government dinner Tuesday night that a long-term commitment from the Trump administration …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
It Has Only Been Six Months Since Trump Became President.  Feels Like an Eternity.  —  Editor's Note: You know, I had it originally as six months, but then as I was clicking “publish” the first time, I thought it had to be seven since it is July.  But it really has only been six months.  Good grief.
Daily Mail:
Charlie Gard is given legal permanent residence in US by Congress so ‘he can fly to the States for world class treatment’  —  Charlie Gard is being given legal and permanent residence in the US by Congress in order to allow him to fly to America for treatment.
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror  —  The producers of children's television know the key to holding a distractible audience's attention: interactivity.  —  Dora the Explorer asks kids to repeat after her ("Swiper, no swiping!").  Mister Rogers broke the fourth wall to welcome them to his neighborhood.
 
 
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CBS News:
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LPGA only receives attention when controversy involved?
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The Dirtbag Left and the Problem of Dominance Politics
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Trump: Voter fraud panel will find ‘full truth’
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Bloomberg:
Tillerson to Shut Cyber Office in State Department Reorganization
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