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New York Times:
Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’  —  WASHINGTON — A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, that he said would help Mr. Trump win the presidency.
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NBC News:
Mueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly focused on President Donald Trump's role in crafting a response to a published article about a meeting between Russians …
Washington Post:
Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal  —  (© Stephanie Keith / Reuters/REUTERS) … A top executive from Donald Trump's real estate company emailed Vladi­mir Putin's personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump knew of Moscow tower proposal during campaign, lawyer says  —  Four months into his campaign for president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a “letter of intent” to pursue a Trump Tower-style building development in Moscow, according to a statement from the then-Trump Organization Chief Counsel Michael Cohen.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: How a request about Russians made its way from West Virginia to Trump's team  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)A West Virginia man who was a former contractor in Iraq proposed setting up a meeting with Russians and the Trump campaign last year to discuss their …
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer … Explosive allegations about Donald Trump made by online writers with large followings among Trump critics were based on bogus information from a hoaxer who falsely claimed to work in law enforcement.
Bloomberg:
Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say  —  George Gigicos removed as president's rally organizer  —  Sparse crowd put Trump in foul mood before delivering remarks  —  Donald Trump was in a bad mood before he emerged for a confrontational speech in Arizona last week.
Discussion: Shareblue, Raw Story and Mediaite
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Joe Arpaio may challenge Jeff Flake for Arizona Senate seat: Exclusive  —  After receiving President Trump's first pardon, Joe Arpaio's plans have gone from possible prison to book-writing, speeches and potentially another run for office in Arizona, with Sen. Jeff Flake's seat one opportunity he is eyeing.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump: I pardoned Arpaio during hurricane because I thought TV ratings would be higher
Marina Fang / HuffPost:
Trump Defends Pardoning Joe Arpaio During Hurricane, Saying He Did It For ‘The Ratings’
CNN:
Trump defends Arpaio pardon, says timing was intended to draw attention
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Amid Harvey havoc, northeastern politicos sourly recall Texas “no” votes on Sandy aid  —  Several members of Congress from New York and New Jersey remain resentful over Texas Republicans that voted against a Hurricane Sandy aid package in 2013.  —  WASHINGTON - Many New Yorkers …
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Alfredo Corchado / Dallas Morning News:
Mexico offers to help Harvey-soaked Texas
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Trump refuses to retract government shutdown threat despite hurricane crisis
Discussion: Politico and ImmigrationProf Blog
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Lawmakers vow Harvey aid package, but there's no plan yet
Discussion: Politico
ABC News:
Trump confronts the tricky politics of natural disasters
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
David K. Li / New York Post:
Joel Osteen shuts megachurch amid flooding crisis … Televangelist Joel Osteen cancelled services at his Houston megachurch Sunday and has yet to reopen its doors — despite the fact that thousands of flooded-out residents are desperately seeking shelter.  —  The perpetually smiling pastor …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Houston needs you’: Social media rains scorn on Joel Osteen for closing megachurch after hurricane  —  Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen is drawing intense criticism online for keeping his megachurch closed during Hurricane Harvey and instead offering social media promises of prayers.
Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter gives President Trump a profane compliment  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter in his Rayburn office in January.  (Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call)  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter, one of Donald Trump's first allies in Congress, described the president in profane terms to a group of Republicans on Friday …
Austin Wright / Politico:
Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is pushing an amendment to severely curtail special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.  —  DeSantis has put forward a provision that would halt funding …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker proposes amendment to stop Mueller investigation after 180 days
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Bolton writes in op-ed he can't get in to see Trump anymore  —  Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton once enjoyed regular access to President Donald Trump, but can no longer get a hearing with him.  “I requested a meeting with him and I was turned down,” Bolton told POLITICO, though he declined to offer further details.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Top Trump ally says he can't get a meeting with the president
Discussion: Political Wire
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump unusually silent after aides challenge him  —  President Donald Trump is not happy with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, for publicly criticizing his response to violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Next stop for Trump dossier probe: the FBI  —  In late July, the Justice Department refused a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee — a bipartisan, joint request from Chairman Charles Grassley and Ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein — to make two top FBI officials available for an interview …
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Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Top Democrat fears House Intelligence Committee may split on Russia probe findings
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Harvey may force 30,000 people into shelters while flooding will linger, officials warn … HOUSTON — Rain pelted this battered city anew Monday as emergency teams — aided by a growing contingent of citizen-rescuers — plunged into waist-deep water seeking people stranded by devastating …
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Harvey's death toll climbs to 6 in Texas amid ‘epic and catastrophic’ flooding
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan in ‘Unprecedented’ Act  —  Missile landed in Pacific Ocean off coast of Hokkaido  —  S&P 500 futures drop after latest provocation from North Korea  —  North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, escalating tensions following a war …
Discussion: CNBC and The Last Refuge
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Washington Post:   North Korean missile flies over Japan, sharply escalating tensions and eliciting an angry response from Tokyo
abc13.com:
Houston police focus on saving lives, battling looters … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc13.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2350426" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  As the sun rose over Houston this morning, police went to work to rescue victims of the flash flood emergency …
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Morgan Clendaniel / Fast Company:
Michael Moore Says Trump Is On Track To Win Again In 2020  —  Moore's new Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender, is his attempt to change that.  —  BY CHRISTINE CHAMPAGNE5 MINUTE READ  —  Three weeks into the run of his anti-Trump Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender …
KRQE-TV:
Police: 2 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Clovis library  —  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) - Multiple people were victims of a shooting rampage at a Clovis public library.  —  Two people are dead and four others injured after a gunman opened fire inside that Clovis library.
Discussion: KXAN-TV
 
 
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump's Pivot to Taxes Is Fraught With ‘Pitfalls Everywhere’
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Jefferson Morley / Salon:
It is time to examine the words and the origins of our national anthem, another neo-Confederate symbol
Discussion: NewsBusters, IJR and twitchy.com
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bannon wages war against Trump-backed candidate in Alabama
Yotam Berger / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Vows to Never Remove Israeli Settlements From West Bank: 'We're Here to Stay, Forever'
Discussion: New York Magazine
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Illinois becomes 10th state to automatically register voters, a Democratic Party goal
Discussion: Feeds, Chicago Tribune and Mother Jones
Farhan Majid / The Hill:
Minimum wage hikes may harm child health
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Gorka rips Trump's Cabinet and White House team on way out
Discussion: RedState
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
A Fond Farewell To The Daily Wire
CNN:
First on CNN: Tillerson moves to ditch special envoys
Discussion: Politico
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Comcast's spinoff of the majority of the NBCU cable network portfolio will be named Versant; the “holding company” name is for “business-to-business purposes”

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC plans to use generative AI to recreate the voice of famed NBA narrator Jim Fagan, who died in 2017, to use in promos, title sequences, and show opens

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: The Guardian is hiring for 12+ new editorial roles to support its US expansion; reader contributions to The Guardian US were ~$44M last FY, a new record
 
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