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10:50 AM ET, July 13, 2018

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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
TRUMP'S BREXIT BLAST I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump  —  In a world-exclusive interview with The Sun, the US President said Theresa May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit strategy  —  DONALD Trump today accuses …
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Scotsman:
Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump  —  Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can  —  Waiting for Video...  Donald Trump, due to arrive in the UK later today, is a racist, a serial liar, and either a sex abuser …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump denies he criticized British prime minister after criticizing her  —  Experience  —  Preview expires in In partnership with  —  London (CNN)President Donald Trump denied Friday that he criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May, the day after a British tabloid published an interview with him in which he did just that.
William Davies / New York Times:
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Donald Trump, Theresa May and a ‘wrecked Brexit’
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
PROTESTERS BRUSHED OFF Donald Trump ‘feels unwelcome’ in London but insists real Brits ‘love the President’
David Smith / The Guardian:
With criticism of May's Brexit, Trump detonates a diplomatic grenade
Discussion: Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Mueller probe results should be dismissed after Strzok testimony  —  President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led …
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The Peter Strzok Hearing Was a Total Fiasco, but One Moment Was Particularly Unreal  —  On Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform and the House Judiciary committees held a joint hearing on the Clinton email investigation in which they questioned FBI agent Peter Strzok.
Discussion: MSNBC, NBC News, Vox and Washington Post
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Thought Peter Strzok Would Be a Punching Bag.  He Just Knocked Them Out. … Those who forget the lessons of televised congressional hearings are doomed to repeat them, which is why the morning segment of the Capitol Hill show trial of veteran FBI agent and former head …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Things will not be okay  —  Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape.  After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …
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NBC News:
Pentagon goes into ‘damage control’ mode to reassure NATO allies  —  “One thing you need in this alliance is predictability,” one diplomatic official said.  —  Between NATO and Putin meetings, what is Trump's strategy?  —  WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald Trump departed NATO …
Foreign Policy:
Trump Fumed, but NATO Members Got What They Wanted  —  Think the NATO summit was a complete dumpster fire?  Think again.  —  He ranted, he threatened, he rebuked.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump did just about everything he could to spoil the NATO summit in Brussels this week.
Discussion: Just Security and Associated Press
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Ronald's out.  Donald's in.  —  President Trump's trip to Europe …
Discussion: CNN, IJR and Front Page Magazine
Amy Chua / Wall Street Journal:
Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women  —  I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship.  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead.  I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.
Discussion: National Review
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Politico:
‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight  —  The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most.  —  Chuck Schumer says he's going to fight Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I've got.”  To do so, he'll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line.
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:   What the Yale Law School Freakout Says About the Opposition to Kavanaugh
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:   Trump is a bully. Brett Kavanaugh will stand up to him.
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
White House Orders Broader Access to Files About F.B.I. Informant  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has rebuffed concerns among American intelligence and law enforcement officials and ordered that more lawmakers be given access to classified information about an informant the F.B.I. used …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Don't drink the water if you live in parts of Northeast and Northwest Washington  —  D.C. residents who live in parts of Northwest and Northeast should not drink the water until further notice, officials said, after a problem arose at a pumping station.  —  The warning came from D.C. Water …
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Prince Of Petworth / PoPville:   DC Water issues boil water advisory if you live in the shaded areas on this map and/or lost pressure last night
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“An Amateur Boxer Up Against Muhammad Ali”: Washington Fears Trump Will Be No Match for Putin in Helsinki  —  All American Presidents adore the pageantry of summits, none more so than Donald Trump, who is addicted to the idea of himself as one of the great men making history with a capital “H.”
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
A Man Has Been Charged With A Hate Crime After Going On A Racist Tirade Against A Woman For Her Puerto Rico Shirt  —  “You should not be wearing that in the United States of America.  Are you a citizen?  Are you a United States citizen?” the man said.  —  A man who was filmed yelling …
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Chicago Tribune:
Hate crime charges filed against man caught on video confronting woman over Puerto Rico shirt
Discussion: The Week, AOL, Law & Crime and WGN-TV
Gary Varvel / USA Today:
Donald Trump is the president I didn't want, but now I know we need … Over the years, my caricatures of Donald Trump have evolved but not as much as my opinion of him.  —  When Trump announced he was running for president, I admit that I didn't take this millionaire, hotel magnate, reality TV show celebrity as a serious candidate.
Barack Obama:
This week, I'm traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office - a continent of wonderful diversity, thriving culture, and remarkable stories.  —  I was proud to visit sub-Saharan Africa more times than any other sitting President, and I'll return this week to visit Kenya and South Africa.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Senate Democrats blast former Trump attorney for ‘selling access’ to White House  —  Michael Cohen's relationship with the Swiss drug company Novartis was more extensive than the company previously disclosed, as shown in newly uncovered emails exchanged by President Donald Trump's former lawyer and the company's former top executive.
Discussion: Roll Call and Raw Story
Minky Worden / Politico:
Russia's bloody World Cup  —  The 2018 World Cup is winding down with memorable play, but for FIFA itself, this was a preventable own goal.  —  FIFA's flagship tournament could have done something to relieve the worst human rights crisis in Russia since the Soviet era …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
ME-02: Poliquin Moves From Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  Rep. Bruce Poliquin (ME-02) has proven an elusive Democratic target.  In both 2014 and 2016, Democrats touted promising polls and swore they could turn Poliquin's wealth and Wall Street past against him.
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
Police Pointed A Gun At Four Black Boys After A 911 Caller Falsely Claimed They Were Armed  —  Park police in Minneapolis handcuffed and drew a gun on four black boys on Tuesday after a 911 caller falsely claimed they had weapons.  —  Brianna Lindell, who witnessed and filmed the incident …
Sally Quinn / Politico:
What Ben Bradlee Would Think of Donald Trump  —  My late husband would not have been impressed.  Nor intimidated.  He believed the truth mattered.  —  There is a big, white, two-story wall in the center of the newsroom at the Washington Post directly across from the glass-walled Ben Bradlee conference room.
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump lost millions at golf courses in Scotland.  U.S. voters weren't told that.  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump's pair of golf resorts in Scotland have steadily lost money, with losses calculated at $23 million the last year his company reported figures to United Kingdom officials.
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
GOP braces for Trump tariff pain  —  Congressional Republicans think President Trump's tariffs are going to hurt the economy, undoing some of their economic wins — but they're not ready to cross the president until their voters feel the pain.  —  Between the lines: While some Republicans …
 
 
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Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
Jill Stein's Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense
Discussion: Raw Story
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Secret money funds more than 40 percent of outside congressional ads
Discussion: Political Wire
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
House Dem amendment seeks to ensure Pruitt probes are completed
Discussion: Washington Post
Alexandra King / CNN:
The moment they were separated  —  In heartbreaking letters to CNN …
Tim Kaine / The Atlantic:
Don't Let Trump Go to War With Iran
New York Times:
As Trade War Persists, Mnuchin Says China Talks Have ‘Broken Down’
Discussion: theconversation.com
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Donald Trump has long obsession with the British royal family
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Quiet Death of Racial Progress
Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
FEMA admits failures in Puerto Rico disaster response, in after-action report
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The Trump administration kidnapped children. Someone should go to jail.
Associated Press:
Maine governor Paul LePage says he'd go to jail before he expands Medicaid
Associated Press:
Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Axios
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democrats ahead in election enthusiasm, interest — and the vote
Miles Parks / NPR:
A Family Of Woodchucks Ate Paul Ryan's Car
 

 
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