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Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigation  —  Some of President Trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing …
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New York Times:
Trump Aides, Seeking Leverage, Investigate Mueller's Investigators  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, looking for conflicts of interest they could use …
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
We're on the Brink of an Authoritarian Crisis  —  If Trump fires Robert Mueller or pardons himself, Republicans won't do a thing about it—and our democracy will be changed forever.  —  There were many reasons to be alarmed by the transcript of President Donald Trump's Wednesday interview …
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 …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spokesman for Trump's legal team resigns just two months after starting  —  Mark Corallo had grown frustrated with operation and warring factions, sources say.  —  The spokesman for President Donald Trump's legal team has resigned within two months of being on the job, according to people familiar with the matter.
CNN:
Trump reshuffling legal team  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is reshuffling his legal team as special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation moves full steam ahead.  —  The developments come one day after Trump suggested an aggressive pushback against his investigators …
Bloomberg:
Here's the Chain Reaction Trump Could Set Off by Trying to Fire Mueller
Discussion: The Big Picture
Laura Jarrett / CNN:   President has rare meeting with US attorney nominee
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Yeah, Trump Is Probably Going to Fire Robert Mueller
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's public Russia comments could cause legal headaches for him — and his kids
CNN:
GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials
Annie Karni / Politico:
Steve Bannon's disappearing act  —  Steve Bannon has largely disappeared from the White House's most sensitive policy debates — a dramatic about-face for an operative once characterized as the most powerful man in Washington.  —  Bannon, chastened by internal rivalries …
Discussion: Vox, Axios, Political Wire and The Week
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump expected to make Scaramucci communications director  —  President Trump is expected to announce that Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci will be White House communications director, according to two sources familiar with the planning.  —  Trump has left the role open since Mike Dubke resigned …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Scaramucci under consideration for White House communications post
Discussion: Mediaite
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump 101: How to speak his language  —  One of the more elusive skills in this White House is the ability to communicate effectively with President Trump.  It's no secret he likes things short, simple, graphical.  — Someone who was doing it all wrong (although better lately) …
Discussion: The Week, Balloon Juice and Raw Story
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 …
Florida Today:
Teens filmed, mocked drowning man, Cocoa police say  —  COCOA - Police and prosecutors say little can be done legally after the revelation that a group of teens filmed the dying moments of a 32-year-old disabled man last week, with the teens mocking, cursing and laughing while the man drowned in a fenced-off pond.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News turns to Hillary Clinton amid negative news for Trump  —  Bernstein: ‘We are in a cold civil war’  —  As a cloud of negative news hangs over President Donald Trump and his administration, a familiar face has been all over the airwaves on Fox News: Hillary Clinton.
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Annie Pfeifer / New York Times:
Help! My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump
NBC News:
Russia's Lavrov Says Trump May Have Met Putin More Times  —  MOSCOW — President Donald Trump may have held more meetings with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit earlier this month, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday — but he shrugged off the importance of the encounters.
Discussion: Axios, Mediaite and NBC News
New York Times:
These Americans Hated the Health Law.  Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.  —  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it.  —  “It's going to cost a fortune,” he said in an interview at the time.
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: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Under fire for opposing health bill, Mike Lee hits back  —  Mike Lee hears the chorus of critics, with blame from the establishment wing of the GOP cascading on the Utah senator for being the Republican that stopped Obamacare repeal.  And he's ready to respond.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Victor Davis Hanson / Hoover Institution:
America's Media Meltdown  —  Between 2008 and 2016, the media were unapologetic about their adoration of President Barack Obama.  Now, they are energized by their thorough loathing of President Donald Trump.  In tragic fashion, the hubris of deifying Obama has now come full circle to the nemesis of demonizing Trump.
BBC:
North Korea tourism: US ‘to ban Americans from visiting’  —  The US is to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, according to two agencies that operate tours there.  —  Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours said the ban would be announced on 27 July to come into effect 30 days later.
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 …
Ian Bremmer / Politico:
‘America First’: Who Really Wins?  —  When Donald Trump raised the roof at his raucous rallies with pledges to put “America First,” he hit a political nerve.  The long-mothballed phrase, revived from another era of American history, became shorthand for rethinking our whole relationship to the world.
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: AOL and Raw Story
Spencer Dukoff / New York Daily News:
Katie Couric says fake news is ‘tearing’ America ‘apart at the seams’  —  Katie Couric has (almost) seen it all.  —  Still, little has prepared the world-famous journalist for the phenomenon she says is currently “tearing [America] apart at the seams”: fake news.
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.
Discussion: Business Insider
Washington Examiner:
Ben Carson: HUD will ‘reinterpret’ Obama housing discrimination rule … Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that his agency will “reinterpret” the landmark Obama housing rule meant to address housing discrimination, a regulation that conservatives have criticized as tantamount to a national zoning board.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Power Line
Lance Williams / Mother Jones:
“The Alt-Right Side of History Will Prevail”  —  So says the wealthy fringe Republican bankrolling white nationalist Richard Spencer.  —  Long before Donald Trump's  —  election ushered in an era of resurgent white nationalism, a disaffected Republican named William H. Regnery II was brooding …
Discussion: Raw Story and Reveal
 
 
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NPR.org:
Say Goodbye To X+Y: Should Community Colleges Abolish Algebra?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Alex Morey / FIRE:
BREAKING: UC Berkeley will host Ben Shapiro event, pay fees after College Republicans accuse university of censorship
 Earlier Items: 
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
USA Today Complains About Lack of ‘Women’ and ‘No Lead Actors of Color’ in Movie ‘Dunkirk’
Discussion: TheBlaze and IJR
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie's last big move could be filling Menendez's seat
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Is this still off-camera?’  Press mocks Sarah Huckabee Sanders for bringing visual aids to audio-only briefing
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