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8:40 AM ET, July 18, 2018

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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting  —  Congress needs to know what Trump “promised Putin on our behalf,” says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.  —  WASHINGTON Nobody knows what President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their private …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In his prepared remarks, Trump removed a line about bringing election hackers to justice  —  In preparation for a public statement meant to mitigate the damage from Monday's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump brought four pages of handwritten notes to a meeting with congressional leaders.
Reuters:
Majority of Americans think Trump mishandling Russia: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - More than half of Americans disapprove of the way U.S. President Donald Trump is handling relations with Russia, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after his controversial summit and joint news conference …
Discussion: CNBC, TheBlaze and Political Wire
New York Times:
A Besieged Trump Says He Misspoke on Russian Election Meddling  —  WASHINGTON — Under unrelenting pressure from congressional Republicans, his own advisers and his allies on Fox News, President Trump abruptly reversed course on Tuesday and claimed he had misspoken during a news conference …
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
The White House Transcript Is Missing the Most Explosive Part of the Trump-Putin Press Conference  —  It was perhaps the most explosive exchange in an incendiary press conference: Russian President Vladimir Putin appearing to frankly admit to a motive for, and maybe even to the act of …
Julia Ioffe / GQ:   Now We All Know What Putin Has on Trump
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:   After Putin Meeting, Trump Voters Mostly Dig In. But Cracks Are Showing.
CNN:
US offers no details as Russia claims Trump and Putin reached military agreements
Discussion: The Resurgent, Hullabaloo and Hot Air
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump returns to touting his summit with Putin a day after doing damage control
Rick Klein / ABC News:   The Note: Trump's do-over doesn't mean it's over
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:   The Likeliest Explanation for Trump's Helsinki Fiasco
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Helsinki fiasco showcases Pence's hypocrisy once again
Discussion: The Atlantic
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Was the Nightmare Scenario”: The West Wing Revolts After Trump Embraces Putin  —  As Trump grappled with his error, Chief of Staff John Kelly went into overdrive to get Trump to walk it back.  —  As he flew home from Helsinki on Air Force One following his disastrous press conference …
Joe Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Vote Joe Crowley, for Working Families  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hurts the party, Congress and even America.  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley seems likely to hurt Congress, America and the Democratic Party.  It doesn't have to.
Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill and Mediaite
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
This sad, embarrassing wreck of a man  —  America's child president had a play date with a KGB alumnus, who surely enjoyed providing day care.  It was a useful, because illuminating, event: Now we shall see how many Republicans retain a capacity for embarrassment.
The Daily Beast:
'Putin's Favorite Congressman' Now Engulfed in NRA Spy Case … Pro-Kremlin GOP Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with a Putin ally in Russia in August 2015, The Daily Beast has confirmed, matching an account in Monday's blockbuster FBI affidavit against accused Russian spy Maria Butina.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rep. Rohrabacher: Indictment of NRA-linked Russian is ‘stupid’
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Trump seems to question US commitment to defending all NATO allies  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump seemingly questioned the United States' commitment to defending all NATO allies in an interview that aired Tuesday evening.  —  At the end of a major international trip with three stops …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Stop calling it ‘meddling.’ It's actually information warfare.
Discussion: BloombergQuint
CNNMoney:
Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data was accessed from Russia, MP says  —  The now infamous Facebook data set on tens of millions of Americans gathered by a Cambridge University scientist for a firm that went on to worked for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was accessed from Russia, a British member of parliament tells CNN.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Scott Stedman
Thomas Rid / Politico:
What Mueller Knows About the DNC Hack—And Trump Doesn't  —  The president's bizarre obsession with “the DNC server” defies logic or even a basic understanding of what actually happened.  —  In Helsinki on Monday, President Donald Trump stood feet away from Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Intel Chair: FBI, DOJ Obstructing Trump Probe in Hope of Dem Takeover in Congress
Discussion: Power Line
RealClearInvestigations:
Mueller All but Ignores the Other Russian Hack Target: the GOP
Scott Bland / Politico:
Roby wins Alabama primary runoff  —  The Republican defeats former Rep. Bobby Bright.  —  Rep. Martha Roby won her Republican primary runoff Tuesday in Alabama, defeating a former Democratic congressman who gained traction attacking Roby as insufficiently supportive of President Donald Trump.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Martha Roby Wins Alabama House Runoff After Reconciling With Trump
Discussion: NPR and Roll Call
National Journal:
Wave Alert: House Democrats Setting Fundraising Records  —  Republicans are getting beaten badly on the financial front.  It's an ominous sign for their chances of holding a House majority.  —  To understand why House Democrats are still in strong position to retake the majority, simply follow the money.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘These guys need to wake up’: House Republicans badly outraised in midterms
Discussion: Washington Post and Splinter
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
The Queen's Not-So-Subtle Nod to Barack Obama You May Have Missed During Trump's U.K. Visit  —  Queen Elizabeth has no shortage of fancy brooches, so her choice of shiny accessory while President Donald Trump was visiting her country has raised some eyebrows for its potential hidden meaning.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Putin Jet Trespassed in NATO Airspace on Way to Summit, Estonia Says  —  MOSCOW — Even before his plane touched down in Finland for a summit meeting with President Trump, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who was widely seen as coming out ahead at the meeting, had notched a victory in the air, the Estonian authorities say.
Bloomberg:
Trump Decided Russia Indictments Should Come Pre-Summit, Sources Say  — Rosenstein gave Trump options on the timing, two people say  — Trump now says he misspoke in his comments alongside Putin  —  President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead to announce new Russian election-hacking indictments …
Just Security:
Exclusive: Trump White House's Intelligence Chief Is Leaving  —  Michael Barry, the senior National Security Council director for intelligence programs, is leaving the White House, according to two government officials.  —  Barry's departure adds to the growing list of vacant senior NSC positions since …
 
 
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
A New Reason for Trump to Release His Tax Returns: Helsinki
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Politico:
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Washington Post:
ISIS is making a comeback in Iraq just months after Baghdad declared victory
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Powell backs more rate hikes as economy growing ‘considerably stronger’
David Kopel / Reason:
Ninth Circuit upholds preliminary injunction against magazine confiscation in California
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Sparks fly at hearing on anti-conservative bias in tech
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Neck and Neck in CD48  —  6-in-10 partisan voters satisfied with their nominee
Discussion: HuffPost and Roll Call
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Survey: Military binge drinking drops, but this service stood out in a bad way
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Bregman making DC debut 50 years after grandfather recruited Senators owner who would move team to Texas
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Russia Liquidates Its US Treasury Holdings
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
The Biggest Spender of Political Ads on Facebook? President Trump
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Politico:
Why Trump's GOP critics never go nuclear
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