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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.
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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 …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job — Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News and top lieutenant to the network's founder, Roger Ailes, has spoken with White House officials about taking a position on President Trump's communications team, according to several people briefed on the discussions.
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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.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda … Fresh off a stinging health-care defeat and with internal chaos embroiling the Trump administration, White House aides are signaling newfound openness to working with congressional Democrats—or, at least …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Debt-ceiling talks between White House, Senate break up with no progress — Talks between the White House and the Senate's top Republican and Democrat broke up Tuesday with no progress on raising the country's debt ceiling, an impasse that threatens a financial crisis if left unresolved.
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Pro-Trump media is getting harder to ignore — Before the tweet left President Trump's fingers, alt-right digital media personality Mike Cernovich had already reported to his 323,000 followers that Reince Priebus was being replaced as chief of staff:
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NBC News:
What Really Happened to Anthony Scaramucci
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Eric Trump: I Want Somebody To Start Fighting For My Father
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - The last supper: The Mooch dines at the Trump hotel in DC as he waves goodbye …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Lawsuit: Fox News concocted Seth Rich story with oversight from White House
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer claimed to be unaware of Seth Rich story after meeting with donor who pushed it
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Blain Rethmeier / Washington Examiner:
Take it from this former colleague: John Kelly will bring order to the White House chaos
Mike Allen / Axios:
5 tests for new WH Chief of Staff John Kelly
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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 …
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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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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
Kushner to Interns: Trump Team Too Disorganized to Collude With Russia
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer repeatedly denied Trump was involved in Trump Jr.'s statement. But he was.
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Reuters:
North Korea can hit most of United States: U.S. officials — Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.
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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 …
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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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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Republican Senator Jeff Flake Rails Against Trump, but to What End?
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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. Obama world'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.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
GOP House member calls on Mueller to resign — (R-Ariz.) is calling on Robert Mueller, special counsel for the Justice Department's Russia investigation, to resign. — Franks, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, claims Mueller is violating a law governing the special counsel …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The last GOP health plan left standing, explained — Senate Republicans rejected four different Obamacare repeal plans last week. — Now just one remains — and in many ways, it's the most radical one yet. — Sign up for VoxCare — Vox's daily email explaining the biggest news in health care, edited by Sarah Kliff
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Republicans ignore Trump's Obamacare taunts
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP leaders say it's time for Senate to move on from health care
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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 …
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TMZ.com:
Anthony Scaramucci Mum On Goodbyes to Trump, Send-off Message for Gen. Kelly — Anthony Scaramucci is not done with D.C. yet — the morning after he bolted from the White House, he was cruising out of the Trump Hotel ... and talking about his future. — This is the first time the Mooch …
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