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10:50 AM ET, August 1, 2017

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Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House officials tricked by email prankster  —  (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner …
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Associated Press:
Kelly flexes muscle his first day on the job at White House  —  https://apnews.com/290dfd4f9e364a29ba0e 4d7f6e7ad9aa  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly — then secretary of Homeland Security — offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump.
New York Times:
Trump Removes Anthony Scaramucci From Communications Director Role  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director, three people close to the decision said Monday, relieving him just days after Mr. Scaramucci unloaded …
John Podesta / Washington Post:
The best advice I could have given to John Kelly: Don't do it!  —  John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, served as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.  —  As a former White House chief of staff …
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Kelly called Comey to express anger over firing, sources say  —  Who is John Kelly?  —  Washington (CNN)New White House chief of staff John Kelly was so upset with how President Donald Trump handled the firing of FBI Director James Comey that Kelly called Comey afterward …
The Daily Beast:   Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda
Blain Rethmeier / Washington Examiner:   Take it from this former colleague: John Kelly will bring order to the White House chaos
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Anthony Scaramucci's Ouster May Show That John Kelly Has the Rare Ability to Rein In Trump
Mike Allen / Axios:
5 tests for new WH Chief of Staff John Kelly
Washington Post:
Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer … On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Kushner On Middle East Peace: “What Do We Offer That's Unique?  I Don't Know.”  —  ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior advisor Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series.  During the question-and-answer portion of the event …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
Kushner to Interns: Trump Team Too Disorganized to Collude With Russia  —  In off-the-record remarks, the president's son-in-law offers a unique defense.  —  Donald Trump's election team could not have colluded with Russia because they were barely talking to each other, according to Jared Kushner …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Behind Fox News' Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale  —  The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Jeff Flake / Politico:
My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump  —  Who could blame the people who felt abandoned and ignored by the major parties for reaching in despair for a candidate who offered oversimplified answers to infinitely complex questions and managed to entertain them in the process?
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Flake: Republicans in denial about Trump
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Republican Senator Jeff Flake Rails Against Trump, but to What End?
Discussion: Washington Times and Politico
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski Has Been Fired From The One America News Network … Corey Lewandowski has been fired.  Again.  —  Three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that the former Trump campaign manager and current informal adviser to the president has been let go from …
David Morgan / Reuters:
Senate Democrats offer Republicans help on tax reform - with conditions  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats offered to work with Republicans on a bipartisan tax reform package on Tuesday but only if it does not cut taxes for the wealthy, add to the federal deficit or allow Republicans to enact legislation on their own.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
White House aide hopes to see tax reform done by November
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Military Coup Against Donald Trump of 2018, Part 2  —  The New York contingent of plotters gathered in the Times building so they could use the company's considerable communications resources to monitor the coup.  In Washington, the plotters were spread out - the State Department …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
State Department considers scrubbing democracy promotion from its mission  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered his department to redefine its mission and issue a new statement of purpose to the world.  The draft statements under review right now are similar to the old mission statement …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Republicans ignore Trump's Obamacare taunts  —  Senate Republicans have no plans to revive their party-line attempts to repeal Obamacare this summer, despite President Donald Trump's increasing frustration over the chamber's failed attempts last week to gut the law.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP leaders say it's time for Senate to move on from health care
Discussion: Associated Press
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
J.K. Rowling apologizes for falsely accusing Trump of ignoring boy in wheelchair  —  It took three days, but J.K. Rowling says she's sorry.  —  The “Harry Potter” author apologized on Monday for a series of tweets that falsely accused President Donald Trump of refusing to shake the hand …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama's Inner Circle Is Urging Deval Patrick to Run  —  BOSTON—Barack Obama is nudging him to run.  His inner circle is actively encouraging it.  Obamaworld's clear and away 2020 favorite is sitting right here, on the 38th floor of the John Hancock Building, in a nicely decorated office at Bain Capital.
Discussion: CBS Boston
Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
Stinger Missiles And Shady Deals: Ex-Biz Partner To Trump Has A Tall Tale To Tell  —  In December 2015, an Associated Press reporter asked Donald Trump why he had appointed Felix Sater, a man who'd been convicted for stock fraud, his senior advisor.  “Felix Sater, boy, I have to even think about it,” Trump told the AP.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Kellyanne Conway May Be The Next Communications Director  —  REVOLVING DOOR: 11 People Who Have Joined And Left The Chaotic Trump Administration  —  POLITICS |  PETER HASSON  —  Smashed Hard Drives Can Still Talk  —  INVESTIGATIVE GROUP |  MARK TAPSCOTT  —  ‘Even if it is hit with a hammer’
 
 
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Wilbur Ross / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
Russia's Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Spy agencies changed rules, making it easier to unmask members of Congress
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‘Hurry up and die’: Threats, racism intensify against California officials
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Associated Press:
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