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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump urged Mexican president to end his public defiance on border wall, transcript reveals  —  President Trump made building a wall along the southern U.S. border and forcing Mexico to pay for it core pledges of his campaign.  —  But in his first White House call with Mexico's president …
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Washington Post:
Highlights … JANUARY 27, 2017, FROM 9:35 TO 10:28 A.M. EST.  —  Hello, good morning.  —  Mr. President, good morning.  —  How are you, Mr. President?  —  I am good.  How are you?  It is good to speak with you.  Let me switch to Spanish so I will be more comfortable.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Australia's Prime Minister Slowly Realizes Trump Is a Complete Idiot  —  The transcript of Donald Trump's discussion with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull obtained by the Washington Post reveals many things, but the most significant may be that Trump in his private negotiations …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Leaking Transcripts of Trump's Calls Is So Dangerous  —  Leaking the transcript of a presidential call to a foreign leader is unprecedented, shocking, and dangerous.  It is vitally important that a president be able to speak confidentially—and perhaps even more important …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump admits he punked his supporters on Mexico paying for the wall  —  The Post's Greg Miller has obtained transcripts of President Trump's calls with the heads of Mexico and Australia during his first days in office, and they are both doozies.  —  One big takeaway is that Trump seems …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Trump berated Australia's prime minister over a refugee policy he barely understood
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump to Mexican president: Stop saying your government won't pay for wall
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump called New Hampshire a ‘drug-infested den’ in call to Mexico
Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Mueller Impanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe  —  Expansion beyond Flynn grand jury is a sign the investigation in election meddling is ramping up  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 elections …
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Associated Press:
Mueller's job would be protected by bipartisan Senate bill  —  WASHINGTON — Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are moving to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller's job, putting forth legislation that aims to ensure the integrity of current and future independent investigations.
Jeff Stein / Vox:
There's now a bipartisan bill to protect Mueller's investigation from Trump
Discussion: Mother Jones
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
You Can Thank Leakers for New Russia Sanctions  —  A good policy outcome, but “unmasking” helped set a troubling precedent that forced Trump to capitulate.  —  If you are inclined, as I am, to see the new congressional sanctions on Russia as a positive development, then take a moment to thank …
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Sara A. Carter / circa.com:
A letter from H.R. McMaster said Susan Rice will keep her top-secret security clearance  —  Almost one month after it was disclosed that former President Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice was unmasking members of President Trump's team and other Americans, Trump's own national security adviser …
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Trump reportedly thinking about making Mike Pompeo national security adviser, shipping H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
McMaster, On ‘Warpath,’ Purges Key Trump Allies From White House NSC
New York Times:
White House Purging Michael Flynn Allies From National Security Council
Murray Waas / Vox:
Exclusive: top FBI officials could testify against Trump  —  The acting head of the bureau told top officials to prepare.  —  Shortly after the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller in May, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told several of the highest-ranking managers of the bureau …
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New Yorker:
Ryan Lizza Revisits His Phone Call with Anthony Scaramucci  —  Anthony Scaramucci placed the phone call that ended his career late at night; he reached Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker's Washington correspondent, at home.  During their conversation, parts of which are available here …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Ugly History of Stephen Miller's ‘Cosmopolitan’ Epithet  —  When TV news viewers saw Trump adviser Stephen Miller accuse Jim Acosta of harboring a “cosmopolitan bias” during Wednesday's news conference, they might have wondered whether he was accusing the CNN White House reporter …
Discussion: ABC News, National Review and Althouse
Associated Press:
Trump set to embark on 1st vacation since inauguration  —  Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations.  “What's the point?” he asked.  —  But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls “the swamp.”
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican  —  WASHINGTON — Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia, a Democrat who was elected last year even as President Trump carried the state by 42 points, is expected to announce Thursday night at a rally with Mr. Trump that he is changing parties …
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats begin to see Pelosi as a 2018 problem  —  Nancy Pelosi might actually be in trouble.  —  In a survey of 20 Democratic House candidates, only one - a former Senate staffer from Orange County, California - would state support for the congresswoman staying on as leader of the House Democratic Caucus.
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con  —  On Wednesday, US authorities detained a researcher who goes by the handle MalwareTech, best known for stopping the spread of the WannaCry ransomware virus.  —  In May, WannaCry infected hospitals in the UK …
GOLF.com:
PODCAST: The story behind our Trump golf story (and a certain explosive quote)  —  The real Donald Trump is revealed through his golf game  —  Of the 7,424 words in Alan Shipnuck's deep dive into President Trump's ties to golf in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, seven words have caused a media frenzy:
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Golf journalist: At least 8 people heard Trump call the White House a ‘dump’
Discussion: RedState
Angelica Robinson / WANE-TV:
50 bikers escort bullied middle school student to school  —  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A sixth grader from DeKalb County who said he was being bullied got some help from a group of bikers.  —  More than 50 bikers escorted Phil Mick to school on his first day.
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Reporter says ‘Russian propaganda outlet’ pushed him to cover conspiracy theory at the center of a White House lawsuit  —  WASHINGTON — Reporter Andrew Feinberg says a Russian state-owned news site he once worked for pressured him to advance a conspiracy theory about the fatal shooting …
Jason Willick / The American Interest:
When Immigration and Affirmative Action Collide  —  Mass immigration and widespread affirmative action are deeply in tension, and ultimately set to destroy one another.
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Why leftists don't trust Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Deval Patrick  —  The contest for control of the Democratic Party between left and center is continuing apace.  The latest battleground is over a handful of minority Democrats being groomed by the centrist establishment to run for office …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
This is not how Mitch McConnell wanted to head into recess  —  It's as if the summer turned into the perfect storm against the best-laid plans of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  Soon after Memorial Day, McConnell (R-Ky.) drew up a game plan around approving a rewrite of the Affordable Care Act by the end of June.
Discussion: The Week
Sen. Marco Rubio / Breitbart:
Marco Rubio: We Need Real Tax Reform that Empowers Families  —  The cornerstone of pro-family economic policy is per-child tax relief.  —  In the 1994 midterm elections, conservative Republicans were swept into Congress after a campaign centered on the “Contract with America.”
Discussion: The Week
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump's New Top Aide Assures Sessions His Job Is Safe  —  New White House chief of staff John Kelly, in one of his first acts in his new post, called Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reassure him that his position was safe despite the recent onslaught of criticism he has taken from President Donald Trump.
Joe Hildebrand / NEWS.com.au:
Bondi synagogue ban over terrorism risk leaves Jewish community shocked and furious  —  A LOCAL council has banned the construction of a synagogue in Bondi because it could be a terrorist target, in a shock move that religious leaders say has caved in to Islamic extremism and created a dangerous precedent.
Discussion: IJR and Washington Post
 
 
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Sessions, Coats to address intelligence leaks Friday
Discussion: IJR
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Top Lawmaker Pushes Trump Admin to Freeze Pakistani Assets Tied to IT Breach Scandal
Discussion: IJR
Lauren Michele Jackson / Teen Vogue:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Dean Heller's Approval Rating Takes A Hit After Health Care ‘Debacle’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Detroit News:
Half of Detroit's 8 mayoral candidates are felons
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
New Fox Harassment Allegations: “A Contributorship...Was Contingent Upon” Sex
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Poll: Flake's approval rating in Arizona at 18 percent
The Hill:
GOP states move to cut Medicaid
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Slate:
The Clarence Thomas Takeover
Mary Beard / TheTLS:
Roman Britain in Black and White
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Fearless Conservative Firebrand Laura Loomer Has Car Tires Slashed (Updated)
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A Vatican Shot Across the Bow for Hard-Line U.S. Catholics
Discussion: Raw Story
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Those Calls to Trump? White House Admits They Didn't Happen
Discussion: The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money