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5:05 AM ET, July 29, 2017

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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci's wife files for divorce  —  MORE FROM: … Anthony Scaramucci, the White House's potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blond wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Sessions: Officials holding briefing next week on intel leaks
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Deidre is not a fan of Trump’: Scaramucci's wife reportedly files for divorce over his ‘naked political ambition’
Discussion: IJR
Washington Post:
Trump names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as White House chief of staff, ousting Reince Priebus … President Trump ousted White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and replaced him with Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly on Friday, a major shake-up designed to bring order …
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New York Times:
Reince Priebus Is Ousted Amid Stormy Days for White House  —  WASHINGTON — Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff who failed to impose order on a chaos-racked West Wing, was pushed out on Friday after a stormy six-month tenure, and President Trump replaced him with John F. Kelly …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Priebus wasn't acting today like someone who resigned yesterday  —  Reince Priebus told CNN he resigned on Thursday.  If that's true, today he sure wasn't acting like someone who had quit, according to sources with direct knowledge.  —  Priebus was seeing subtle assurances from colleagues about his future …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump unhappy with Priebus for not ‘returning fire’ at Scaramucci: report  —  President Trump was reportedly unhappy with former chief of staff Reince Priebus for not “returning fire” at White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci following an explosive interview with the New Yorker this week.
Discussion: RedState and Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as New Chief of Staff  —  Kelly to replace former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Friday that he has replaced his chief of staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general.
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
With Priebus out, Trump moves still further away from the Republican establishment
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Watch The Shocking Moment John McCain Killed The Republican Health Care Bill  —  There is so much going on in this clip.  I can't stop watching.  —  While you were sleeping, Senate Republicans held a late-night vote to try to pass their last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare …
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
McConnell's Strange Achievement  —  For obvious reasons, the big story out of the failed Republican effort to repeal Obamacare was the surprise tie-breaking vote cast by Senator John McCain.  For political drama, it's hard to beat a cancer-stricken war hero defying his party to save …
Discussion: Media Matters for America and Vox
Avik Roy / National Review:
For Conservatives, Health-Care Reform Is Not Optional  —  The proximate reason, of course, for the failure of the GOP effort to repeal and replace Obamacare is that moderate Republican senators voted against it: in the most recent instance, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and John McCain.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com and CNBC
BuzzFeed:
Part Four: The Secrets Of The Spy In The Bag  —  Vladimir Putin's former media czar was murdered in Washington, DC on the eve of a planned meeting with the U.S. Justice Department, according to two FBI agents whose assertions cast new doubts on the US government's official explanation of his death.
New York Times:
Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The closing argument was a curious one: Vote yes, Republican leaders told the holdouts in their conference.  We promise it will never become law.  —  After seven years of railing against the evils …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Taking Stock Of Trumpcare's Epic Collapse
David Wright / All Things Nuclear:
North Korean ICBM Appears Able to Reach Major US Cities  —  Based on current information, today's missile test by North Korea could easily reach the US West Coast, and a number of major US cities.  —  Reports say that North Korea again launched its missile on a very highly lofted trajectory …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Woody Allen Without the Humor  —  Half his tweets show utter weakness.  They are plaintive, shrill little cries, usually just after dawn.  —  The president's primary problem as a leader is not that he is impetuous, brash or naive.  It's not that he is inexperienced, crude, an outsider.
New York Post:
Couple caught in ‘financial spiral’ jump to their deaths  —  A couple jumped to their death in Murray Hill early Friday.  —  Seth Gottfried  —  A broke Manhattan chiropractor and his wife jumped to their deaths from an office building Friday — leaving suicide notes describing how they …
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The quest to prove collusion is crumbling  —  While everyone is fixated on President Trump's unbecoming and inexplicable assault on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the media has been trying to sneak away from the “Russian collusion” story.  That's right.  For all the breathless hype …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Democrats want to know who's behind Trump dossier
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and RedState
Daniel Hoffman / New York Times:
The Russians Were Involved.  But It Wasn't About Collusion.  —  Russians are fond of a proverb, “besplatniy sir biyvaet tol'ko v mishelovke”: “Free cheese can be found only in a mousetrap.”  —  Having long considered the United States its main enemy, the Kremlin deploys a full quiver …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Wall Street Journal:
P&G Cuts More Than $100 Million in ‘Largely Ineffective’ Digital Ads  —  Consumer product giant steers clear of ‘bot’ traffic and objectionable content  —  Procter & Gamble Co. PG -.52% said that its move to cut more than $100 million in digital marketing spend in the June quarter …
Discussion: Political Wire
John Delaney / Washington Post:
Why I'm running for president  —  John Delaney, a Democrat, represents Maryland's 6th Congressional District in the House.  —  The American people are far greater than the sum of our political parties.  It is time for us to rise above our broken politics and renew the spirit that enabled us to achieve the seemingly impossible.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republicans despair after health care collapse  —  Speaker Paul Ryan had none of his Eagle Scout-like optimism.  —  At a closed-door conference meeting with House Republicans hours after Sen. John McCain scuttled perhaps the last best hope of repealing Obamacare, Ryan read an excerpt from …
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Associated Press:
House lawmakers left Washington for their weeks long August vacation …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Damon Linker / The Week:
What happened? What happened?! You blew it, Hillary.
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Rep. Gohmert: I Prayed For McCain, Cancer 'Doesn't Give Him Right To Make People Suffer'
Josh Levin / Slate:
Donald Trump Just Stole Jerry Seinfeld's Old Bit About Police Brutality
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Too soon to say whether Keystone XL will be built, TransCanada exec says
Discussion: Axios
Mary Finlay / The Guardian:
Experience: my dog underwent gender reassignment surgery
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Dara Lind / Vox:
Trump just delivered the most chilling speech of his presidency
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
John Leland / New York Times:
The Rise and Fall of Liz Smith, Celebrity Accomplice
Discussion: Jezebel
 Earlier Items: 
Bjorn Lomborg / Wall Street Journal:
Al Gore's Climate Sequel Misses a Few Inconvenient Facts
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Guarding Trump's Mar-a-Lago club by air and sea has cost taxpayers $6.6 million
Discussion: The Hill
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Choire Sicha wins Times Styles Section Bake-Off
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department briefing at White House fuels ethics worries
Discussion: Mediaite and Vox
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Mark Meadows: New healthcare bill is coming ‘that can get to 51’
Discussion: Axios, Vox, STAT and TheBlaze
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA announces comprehensive regulatory plan to shift trajectory of tobacco-related disease, death
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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