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10:40 PM ET, July 27, 2017

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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon  —  He started by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff.  It escalated from there.  —  On Wednesday night, I received a phone call from Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director.
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The Daily Beast:
With Trump's ‘Green Light,’ Scaramucci Declares Total War on Reince Priebus … President Donald Trump has not only blessed efforts by his new communications director Anthony Scaramucci to wage a battle against chief of staff Reince Priebus, he's actively egging on the very public and painful feud.
Alex Conant / Politico:
Why Trump's White House Won't Stop Leaking  —  The new White House communications director is launching a take-no-prisoners mole hunt, promising to stop future leaks.  —  He won't succeed.  —  Over the past 15 years, I've worked in dozens of political organizations that all leaked to varying degrees.
Discussion: ABC News
Fox News:
Anthony Scaramucci uses vulgar language to lash out at Priebus, make fun of Bannon in interview  —  Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is using vulgar language to lash out against Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and make fun of Senior Adviser Steve Bannon in a new interview.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Newt Gingrich: White House communications director Scaramucci has been ‘divisive,’ ‘full of himself’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich harshly criticized White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci in a radio interview Thursday, calling his recent actions “divisive” and “unhelpful.”
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
How Long Can the Trump Tumult Go On?  —  This has been a wild week, even for him.  It also ought to be a wake-up call.  —  Even for this dramatic administration, the past seven days have been extraordinary.  Start a week ago Wednesday, when President Trump said Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: Washington Post and NPR
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Reince Priebus's Days Are Numbered, Trump Allies Say
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   White House tensions flare in the open as Scaramucci rips Priebus in vulgar tirade
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Real Story Behind Mooch's War on Reince
Scouting Wire:
From the Chief: Our Perspective on the Presidential Visit  —  In the last two weeks, we have celebrated the best of Scouting at our 20th National Jamboree with nearly 40,000 participants, volunteers, staff and visitors.  The 2017 National Jamboree has showcased and furthered the Scouting mission …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate Republicans hope their own Obamacare repeal won't become law  —  Updated, 5:45 p.m.: Three Republican senators said they will block the GOP's “skinny” Obamacare repeal bill without an ironclad guarantee from House Speaker Paul Ryan that the bill will go to conference committee …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senators threaten to blow up Trumpcare unless they are given an unconstitutional guarantee  —  Everything about this process is shocking.  —  Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) held an odd press conference Thursday evening where they announced …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House weighs ‘martial law’ for Obamacare repeal
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Pity Paul Ryan: Moderates adopt Freedom Caucus tactics
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Ryan drops border-tax proposal as GOP unifies around principles
Discussion: Vox and Axios
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Senate sends Russia sanctions to Trump's desk  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)The Senate on Thursday passed sweeping legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and rebuking President Donald Trump in a bill that now will head to the President's desk.  —  The bill, which gives Congress …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Congress sends Russia sanctions bill to Trump's desk, but it's unclear whether he will veto it
Discussion: The Hill and IJR
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin: Russia promises retaliation as Senate passes sanctions bill
Discussion: NPR and Pacific Standard
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Female senators are increasingly on receiving end of insults from male officials  —  Republican women senators whose disapproval of the GOP health-care effort has at times endangered its progress are facing an increasingly pointed backlash from men in their own party, including a handful of comments that invoked physical retaliation.
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CBS News:
Hillary Clinton lets her “guard down” in new memoir after stunning election defeat  —  For the first time since her stunning 2016 presidential election defeat to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton reveals personal details of the unprecedented campaign through her tell-all book “What Happened.”
Discussion: Althouse, Mediaite and The Root
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton calling new book ‘What Happened’
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Michiko Kakutani, the Legendary Book Critic and the Most Feared Woman in Publishing, Is Stepping Down from The New York Times  —  Kakutani, who helped make the careers of writers from Foster Wallace to McEwan, and put fear in the hearts of Mailer and Vidal, will leave her post as one of the most formidable critics in the Times history.
John Solomon / The Hill:
Intelligence chairman accuses Obama aides of hundreds of unmasking requests  —  The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing top political aides of President Obama of making hundreds of requests during the 2016 presidential race to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports …
Michelle Ruiz / Vogue:
Look, It's Time to Collectively and Officially Give Up on Ivanka Trump  —  It was Groundhog Day, dystopia edition, yesterday morning when the president banned all transgender servicepeople from the U.S. military, unfurling yet another reversal of an historic Obama-era policy.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Norm Macdonald Sounds Off on SNL: 'I Think They're Playing Into Trump's Hands' … Norm Macdonald is stuck on a golf course.  “We have all these children in front of us, so we're not going anywhere,” the 57-year-old comedian tells me by phone as he waits to move on to the next hole.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and MyNewsLA.com
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Healthcare groups blast skinny repeal, warn premiums will spike  —  Healthcare groups are coming out against the Senate GOP's plan to pass a scaled-down ObamaCare repeal bill, saying it would spike insurance premiums.  —  The American Medical Association, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association …
Discussion: RedState, Snopes.com and Politico
Kate Brannen / Foreign Policy:
Top Middle East Advisor Out On the National Security Council  —  National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has removed Derek Harvey, the top Middle East advisor on the National Security Council (NSC), from his post on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the personnel move.
Discussion: CNN, The Atlantic and The Daily Caller
Sara A. Carter / circa.com:
Sources: A top FBI lawyer is under an investigation for allegedly leaking classified information  —  EXCLUSIVE: FBI General Counsel James A. Baker is purportedly under a Department of Justice criminal investigation for allegedly leaking classified national security information to the media …
CNN:
US Joint Chiefs blindsided by Trump's transgender ban  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The Joint Chiefs of Staff, including chairman General Joseph Dunford, were not aware President Donald Trump planned to tweet a ban on transgender service members, three US defense officials told CNN …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Trump advisers eyeing possible Priebus replacements  —  Reince Priebus is still the White House chief of staff and on Wednesday he told ABC News he intends to remain in the position, but people close to President Donald Trump say he is increasingly frustrated with the management of the West Wing …
Discussion: Political Wire
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Here's what's in ‘skinny repeal’  —  Senate Republicans are still editing their “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, but it's changed since yesterday to include slightly more than the law's mandates but no repeal of the law's industry taxes, per two senior GOP aides.  —  Here's what's now in it:
CNN:
Pakistani village elders order retaliatory rape of 17-year-old girl  —  (CNN) Village elders in Pakistan ordered the rape of a 17-year-old girl after her brother was accused of raping another girl.  —  Twenty people have been arrested by police following the two assaults …
Christina Wilkie / Center for Public Integrity:
Steve Bannon has a shadow press office.  It may violate federal law.  —  Private publicist, not White House spokespeople, flacking for top Trump aide  —  In an arrangement prominent ethics experts say is without precedent and potentially illegal, the White House is referring questions …
ESPN:
Anthem protests led poll of reasons viewers tuned out  —  National anthem protests were the top reason that NFL fans watched fewer games last season, according to a new survey released by J.D. Power.  —  The pollster said it asked more than 9,200 people who attended either one football …
 
 
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Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
‘I Am Totally Burned Out’: Patients Watch Health Care Debate With Dread
Discussion: Washington Post and Splinter
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Trump to announce MS-13 gang crackdown in Long Island
Bennett Gershman / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Russia Pardons Would Be an Obstruction of Justice
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
House Dems to call on Trump to fire Kushner
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump to Lead the United States Delegation to the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Canada
Discussion: NBC News and AOL
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Liberal groups add to 2018 political campaign targets
Discussion: Refinery29
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Twitter Fails to Grow Its Audience, Again
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Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democratic Rep. Delaney eyes 2020 presidential run
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Enthusiastic, prolific, simplistic Chris Cillizza reaches new heights
CNN:
Trump urged to use recess appointment to replace Sessions — is that possible?
Discussion: Shareblue and Washington Post
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Weighs In Against Protections for Gays in the Workplace