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12:15 PM ET, July 25, 2017

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Washington Post:
Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly  —  President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and some confidants are floating prospects who could take his place were he to resign or be fired, according to people familiar with the talks.
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Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump messes with Sessions, and Senate Republicans are not pleased  —  President Donald Trump is getting a bitter Washington lesson when he messes with Jeff Sessions - you don't pick a fight with one of the Senate's guys.  —  It's a lesson that could cost him politically in a Senate …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump slams Sessions, rips DOJ in Twitter outburst  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump lashed out at his attorney general and Justice Department in an extraordinary outburst on Twitter Tuesday morning, continuing his public shaming of Jeff Sessions while appearing …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Cabinet Level Revolt Over Trump's Treatment of Jeff Sessions.  “A Clusterf**k” One Secretary Calls It.  —  “If he can get treated that way, what about the rest of us?” one of the President's Cabinet secretaries asked me with both shock and anger in his voice.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and twitchy.com
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump in phone call: “What would happen if I fired Sessions?”  —  President Trump, in one of his hallmark rituals, recently called a longtime political associate and asked out of the blue: “What would happen if I fired Sessions?”  — Trump has been openly undermining Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump has sights set on belittling Sessions  —  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY  — Is Jeff Sessions in danger of losing his job?  The president is continuing his public attacks against Sessions, tweeting this morning: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position …
Associated Press:
AP sources: Trump speaks to advisers about firing Sessions  —  https://www.apnews.com/966ae4f389064b2b 90d84b03d260730e  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as he continues to rage …
Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
Trump's Attack on Sessions over Clinton Prosecution Highlights His Own ‘Weak’ Stance
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Scaramucci plans to oust White House press aide, offers ‘amnesty’ to others  —  Newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on Tuesday that he plans to dismiss assistant press secretary Michael Short.  —  It would be Scaramucci's first step toward shaking …
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Washington Post:
New communications director moves toward possible staff purge at White House … Anthony Scaramucci, the flashy financier President Trump hired to overhaul the White House communications operation, is exercising a broad mandate from the president and intends to follow through on threats …
William D. Cohan / New York Times:   This Is Not the Mooch I Know  —  It's been a rough start …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Obamacare repeal vote still too close to call  —  Senate Republicans are barreling toward a dramatic and highly unusual vote on Obamacare Tuesday without knowing whether they'll have the votes to start dismantling the health care law.  —  At stake is not just the seven-year-old campaign pledge …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trumpcare Is the Worst-Designed Social Policy in History
Discussion: The Atlantic
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Senate Republicans don't know what's in their health bill or what it would do.  They're voting anyway.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Wall Street Journal:   Can Republicans Govern?  —  Some Senators want to talk forever about health care.
Associated Press:
The Latest: McConnell calls for GOP dissenters to back bill
Sharon Begley / STAT:
Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump's mental health  —  leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare  —  Former House speaker John A. Boehner, who has mostly avoided public commentary since leaving Congress two years ago, told a business gathering last week that Republicans are “not going to repeal and replace Obamacare” …
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Senate panel subpoenas Manafort as campaign aides provide Russia information  —  A Senate committee said Tuesday it sent Paul Manafort a subpoena compelling his testimony in its Russia probe, even as he and Jared Kushner were providing information to other congressional investigators …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Pressure on Trump grows as Kushner is questioned
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Washington Post:
Trump's Boy Scouts speech broke with 80 years of presidential tradition … For 80 years, American presidents have been speaking to the National Scout Jamboree, a gathering of tens of thousands of youngsters from around the world eager to absorb the ideas of service, citizenship and global diplomacy.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
After Trump's partisan speech, Boy Scouts of America reiterates that it is ‘wholly non-partisan’
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and The Week
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scaramucci says it's ‘probably’ correct Trump wants Sessions gone  —  White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Tuesday said it is “probably” correct that President Trump wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  gone.  —  But Scaramucci said he didn't want to speak for the president.
Discussion: AOL and The Week
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Axios:
Scaramucci: Trump “probably” wants Sessions gone
Wall Street Journal:
More U.S. Cars Are Being Made in Mexico  —  Donald Trump may have targeted offshore production, but it has grown this year, fueled by sales of popular SUVs and pickups  —  The “Made in Mexico” label has become more plentiful on American car lots this year, even as auto makers pressured …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Kat Timpf Goes Off on Twitter After Having Water Dumped on Her: ‘Infantile Bullsh*t’  —  Fox News Specialist co-host Kat Timpf released a lengthy tweetstorm on Monday where she alleged that someone dumped a bottle of water on her just ahead of a speaking engagement in Brooklyn Monday evening.
Discussion: TVNewser, twitchy.com, RedState, IJR and AOL
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Cool Works in America Today  —  If you grew up in the 20th century, there's a decent chance you wanted to be like Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Humphrey Bogart, Albert Camus, Audrey Hepburn, James Dean or Jimi Hendrix.  In their own ways, these people defined cool.
Discussion: Mediaite
Courtney Vinopal / Washingtonian:
Joshua Green: In Trump's World, “You're Never Really Dead if You Just Stick Around and Endure It”  —  The Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent has written a fascinating account of Steve Bannon's role in Trump's campaign.  —  When journalist Joshua Green attended a screening of a documentary …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump White House Tests a Nation's Capacity for Outrage  —  GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Remember that time President George W. Bush told his attorney general to investigate Al Gore for his “crimes”?  Or President Barack Obama called for a Justice Department prosecution of John McCain?
CNN:
Videos suggest Russian government may be arming Taliban  — Two videos obtained by CNN suggest the Taliban have received improved weaponry supplied by the Russian government  — Russia's Foreign Ministry declined to comment but has previously called claims they are arming the Taliban “utterly false”
 
 
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