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Bloomberg:
Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions  —  Special counsel examines dealings of Kushner, Manafort, Trump  —  Trump has warned Mueller against going beyond Russia in probe  —  The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia …
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Investigating Possible Money Laundering by Paul Manafort  —  Probe by Mueller into former Trump campaign manager is part of examination of Russian meddling in election  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating possible money laundering by Paul Manafort …
Bloomberg:
Here's the Chain Reaction Trump Could Set Off by Trying to Fire Mueller  —  Warning on Russia investigation renews speculation of firing  —  Dismissing Mueller ‘not politically survivable,’ Democrat says  —  President Donald Trump's interview with the New York Times on Wednesday …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Yeah, Trump Is Probably Going to Fire Robert Mueller  —  The Trump New York Times interview was, as Jim pointed out, a wholly gratuitous slap at Jeff Sessions (that aside, the interview is classic, madcap, highly entertaining Trump, e.g. “Napoleon finished a little bit bad").
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CNN:
Trump's blast of Sessions has ‘chilling’ effect inside West Wing  —  Trump: ‘I love getting even with people’ (1992)  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)For President Donald Trump, loyalty in Washington is a one-way street.  —  Trump's trashing of several of his administration's …
CNN:
GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials  —  Sessions: I plan to continue as attorney general  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)A group of Republican senators criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday, a day after the President rebuked top law enforcement officials …
Bwittes / Lawfare:
The President vs. Federal Law Enforcement: Trump Attacks Everyone
New York Times:
Sessions Vows to Remain Attorney General ‘as Long as That Is Appropriate’
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Dean Heller is keeping his options open on health care
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trumpcare still isn't dead
TMZ.com:
Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead, Commits Suicide by Hanging (UPDATE)  —  12:32 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bennington was home alone at the time of the suicide.  We're told his family was out of town and he was found upstairs by an employee.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
During ‘Made in America Week,’ President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club applies to hire 70 foreign workers  —  President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida has asked permission to hire 70 foreign workers this fall, attesting — in the middle of the White House's “Made in America Week” …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Used Obamacare Money to Run PR Effort Against It … The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it.  —  The effort, which involves a multi-pronged social media push …
CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to the number under current law.
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Bloomberg:
GOP Health Bill's $13,000 Deductibles Would Be Illegal, CBO Says
Discussion: NPR
CNN:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors  —  Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning …
Erin Durkin / New York Daily News:
NYC law that makes dog-sitting illegal without kennel license triggers rage from pet lovers  —  Pet lovers are barking mad over a little-known city rule that makes dog-sitting illegal in New York.  —  Health Department rules ban anyone from taking money to care for an animal outside a licensed kennel …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Dept. ordered Glacier park chief, other climate expert pulled from Zuckerberg tour  —  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg flew to Glacier National Park on Saturday to tour the melting ice fields that have become the poster child for climate change's effects on Montana's northern Rockies.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Billionaire GOP donor out of politics calls Trump ‘abortion of a human’  —  TALLAHASSEE — Billionaire health care mogul and GOP megadonor Mike Fernandez has one message to Republicans who don't stand up to President Donald Trump: Grow a pair.  —  “All the Republicans who hide behind the flag …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Kamala Harris and Rand Paul: To Shrink Jails, Let's Reform Bail  —  Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old New Yorker, was arrested on charges of stealing a backpack in 2010.  To ensure he would show up for trial, and because of a previous offense, the judge set bail at $3,000.  But his family could not afford to pay.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
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Jamiles Lartey / The Guardian:
New legislation encourages states to end discriminatory ‘money bail’ practice
Discussion: Common Dreams
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Top Democrats on the House and Senate Russia investigations and a top digital staffer from the campaign of President Donald Trump split sharply on whether the campaign colluded with Russia …
Chris Conte / WTVF-TV:
White County Inmates Given Reduced Jail Time If They Get A Vasectomy  —  Inmates in White County, Tennessee have been given credit for their jail time if they voluntarily agree to have a vasectomy or birth control implant, a popular new program that is being called “unconstitutional” by the ACLU.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Louise Mensch's Destructive Fantasies  —  Mensch, a former British MP, is now the purveyor of fantastical conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and Russia.  —  A few years back, my father and I voluntarily submitted ourselves to an episode of Question Time, a long-running program on the BBC …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Mike Cason / al.com:
Lawyer blasts court ruling allowing abortion for 12-year-old who was raped  —  Lawyer slams ruling allowing abortion for 12-year-old rape victim  —  A former state court official and a counselor for pregnant women today criticized an Alabama court ruling allowing a 12-year-old girl who was raped …
Samantha Swindler / Oregonian:
IQ costs Oregon parents their kids, but is that fair?  (Column)  —  Gallery: Redmond couple fights for custody of their children  —  The nursery in Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler's home is filled with unread children's books and unworn baby clothes.  A Winnie the Pooh blanket lies untouched inside …
Discussion: RedState, Hit & Run, Raw Story and Jezebel
Washington Post:
Two of six African teens who went missing from robotics competition are in Canada, D.C. police say … Two of the six teenage members of the Burundi robotics team who went missing from Washington this week have crossed into Canada and are safe, D.C. police said on Thursday.
Annie Pfeifer / New York Times:
Help!  My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump  —  My 3-year-old daughter is obsessed with Donald Trump.  —  This is a problem if 1) you live in New York City, 2) you are liberal, 3) your friends are liberal, 4) your daughter attends a liberal school and 5) your relatives are affected by the Trump administration's travel ban.
Jon Sarlin / CNN:
Why not turn the White House cameras on?  —  With each day cameras at the White House briefing room are banned from filming, the White House is chipping away at decades of tradition.  Should networks and journalists ignore the White House's press restrictions?
Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times:
Column Bill Nye on the terrifying ascendancy of American ‘dingbatitude’  —  From the Emmy-winning “science guy on” the PBS children's television program to the lab-coat crusader who “saves the world” on Netflix, Bill Nye is a longtime science-is-entertaining educator, a onetime mechanical engineer and a perpetual science lover.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Is this still off-camera?’  Press mocks Sarah Huckabee Sanders for bringing visual aids to audio-only briefing  —  White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday befuddled members of the press corps when she shared visual aids at a briefing where video cameras had been banned by the Trump administration.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Lessons Learned From Roger Ailes One Year After His Fox Firing  —  On the anniversary of the ouster of the most influential man in conservative politics, who died in May, a legacy is revealed in Trump's anti-media venom, Rupert Murdoch's unrest and a vision that has jumped cable news to become the dominant historical current.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
One in eight people who voted for Trump having second thoughts - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  6 MIN READ  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in eight people who voted for President Donald Trump said they are not sure they would do so again after witnessing Trump's tumultuous first six months in office …
Associated Press:
Cancer isn't silencing McCain in career's latest chapter  —  John McCain couldn't bring himself to vote for Donald Trump — so he talked about writing in his best friend's name for president.  After the election, he's been the leading Senate Republican critic of Trump's posture toward Russia.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie's last big move could be filling Menendez's seat  —  Gov. Chris Christie is the most unpopular governor in the country, but in his last days in office he may get to exercise enormous influence nationally: Choosing a successor to embattled U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
For House Republicans, Past Performance Is No Guarantee of Future Results
Discussion: New York Magazine
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
USA Today Complains About Lack of ‘Women’ and ‘No Lead Actors of Color’ in Movie ‘Dunkirk’
Discussion: TheBlaze and IJR
David Colon / Gothamist:
If You Need To Put Up Walls When You Go To The Beach, You're Doing It Wrong
Discussion: Jezebel
Detroit News:
Michigan woman convicted of murder in parrot case
Discussion: Daily Wire
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Donald Trump said 414 false things in his first six months. Here's what we've learned
Reuters:
U.S. says Exxon under Tillerson violated Russia sanctions in 2014
Discussion: The Federalist
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Teachers union boss skewers Betsy DeVos on vouchers, likening them to ‘cousins’ of segregation
 Earlier Items: 
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
The Mystery of Why Japanese People Are Having So Few Babies
Joshua Eaton / ThinkProgress:
Students say Christian college turned a blind eye to serial rapists
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Blest / The Nation:
How the Left Can Win in the South
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Key Trumpcare Holdout Says He's A Yes If Guaranteed A Vote On His Amendment
Discussion: IJR and Balloon Juice
Pew Research Center:
Since Trump's Election, Increased Attention to Politics - Especially Among Women
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR and Axios
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
GOP signals infrastructure bill must wait
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
A Top Rohrabacher Aide Is Ousted After Russia Revelations
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
 

 
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