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11:05 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.
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
The Scaramucci Show: New Communications Director Unloads Nasty Attack on White House Colleagues to Opposition Party  —  Move over President Donald Trump.  You are yesterday's news.  It seems like this is now The Anthony Scaramucci Show.  And Trump better get used to it.
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.
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
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   White House tensions flare in the open as Scaramucci rips Priebus in vulgar tirade
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Reince Priebus's Days Are Numbered, Trump Allies Say
Discussion: Business Insider
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
Associated Press:
The Latest: GOP turns toward scaled back health measure
Discussion: Axios
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Pity Paul Ryan: Moderates adopt Freedom Caucus tactics
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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 …
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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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin: Russia promises retaliation as Senate passes sanctions bill
Discussion: NPR and Pacific Standard
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, IJR and Balloon Juice
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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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 …
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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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.
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
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 …
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
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 …
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:
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
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democratic Rep. Delaney eyes 2020 presidential run  —  Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) plans on bypassing runs for governor and reelection and has told associates he is seriously considering a bid for president in 2020, according to two Democratic sources.  —  Five Democratic sources in the state …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
Palin to subpoena two dozen reporters in defamation suit  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to subpoena close to two dozen New York Times reporters, editors and other workers as part of her defamation lawsuit against the newspaper, it was revealed in court documents Wednesday.  —  SEE ALSO
 
 
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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
 Earlier Items: 
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’
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Ross McKitrick / The Hill:
In the fight between Rick Perry and climate scientists — He's winning
Christina Wilkie / Center for Public Integrity:
Steve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.
Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:
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
 

 
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