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2:30 PM ET, July 17, 2018

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference  —  Was Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 election the most important issue on the table at President Trump's Helsinki summit with President Vladimir Putin?  No. But it's not an unimportant issue either, and Trump knew the American press is obsessed with it.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump surprised at fierce criticism of Putin news conference  —  Commentators slam Trump for summit performance  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was upbeat immediately after his news conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, but by the time he returned stateside …
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Works Overtime to Explain Directly to Trump What He Got Wrong  —  It's no secret that Fox & Friends is President Donald Trump's preferred morning show, and perhaps banking on his watching on Tuesday, the hosts addressed him directly to explain to him how he screwed up yesterday …
Bill Goodykoontz / USA Today:
Sean Hannity's interview with Donald Trump after the Russia summit was just embarrassing … President Donald Trump's talk with Sean Hannity on Fox News after the summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin was certainly not journalism.  —  A lot of media people wasted no time and spared …
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
It's time for impeachment, says Beto O'Rourke, after Donald Trump summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin  —  WASHINGTON - Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging Sen. Ted Cruz, said Tuesday that he President Donald Trump's performance at a summit with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin merits impeachment.
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Come home, Ambassador Huntsman, your country needs you  —  Ambassador Huntsman, you work for a pawn, not a president.  It's time to come home.  —  There is no other reasonable course of action to take after Monday's disgraceful joint news conference with President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
John R. Schindler / Observer:
Donald Trump Tosses Word-Salad, Ends His Presidency in Helsinki  —  It was like nothing anybody had ever seen.  Nobody acquainted with Donald Trump expected the July 16 Helsinki summit—which wasn't really a summit, more like a one-on-one-date between the presidents of Russia and the United States …
Discussion: USA Today, Washington Post and 1A
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump First Doctrine  —  Putin respects strength but Trump showed weakness.  —  Donald Trump left for Europe a week ago with his reputation enhanced by a strong Supreme Court nomination.  He returned Monday with that reputation diminished after a tumultuous week of indulging what amounts to the Trump First Doctrine.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
NSA and Cyber Command to coordinate actions to counter Russian election interference in 2018 amid absence of White House guidance  —  The head of the nation's largest electronic spy agency and the military's cyberwarfare arm has quietly directed the two organizations to coordinate actions …
Discussion: Axios, Defense One and Mother Jones
Axios:
Trump officials embarrassed by Putin show  —  President Trump sucking up to Vladamir Putin after the summit in Helsinki yesterday was such an unbelievable, indelible moment that many deflated White House officials didn't even bother to defend or explain it.  —  Between the lines …
Julia Ioffe / GQ:   Now We All Know What Putin Has on Trump
Washington Post:
‘Very much counter to the plan’: Trump defies advisers in embrace of Putin
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump lashes out at media coverage of his Putin meeting
Discussion: BBC and Breitbart
Patrick J. Buchanan / The American Conservative:
Trump Calls Off Cold War II
Discussion: Townhall and ABC News
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Critics of Trump Have a New Word in Their Vocabulary: Treason
McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Diplomats say it's settled. They can't rely on Trump.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Maria Bartiromo: Trump's Presser ‘Was Probably the Low Point’ of His Presidency
Discussion: TVNewser and CNN
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Fulfilling All of Those Obama Conspiracy Theories
Discussion: NBC News, Bloomberg and MSNBC
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit
The Daily Beast:
MGM Resorts Sues Victims of Las Vegas Mass Shooting  —  MGM Resorts International has reportedly filed federal lawsuits against hundreds of victims of last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas in an apparent bid to pre-empt any compensation claims.  MGM, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino …
Discussion: Splinter
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Rachel Crosby / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Lawsuits claim MGM has no liability to Las Vegas shooting victims
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Mandalay Bay Owners Sue Vegas Shooting Victims to Avoid Liability
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump's Turnberry firm paid £50,000 by US Government for weekend visit  —  Donald Trump personally profited by more than £50,000 from his weekend stay at his loss-making Turnberry resort, with the US government footing the accommodation bill for the president and his entourage, The Scotsman can reveal.
Kim Zetter / Motherboard:
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States  —  Remote-access software and modems on election equipment ‘is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.’  —  The nation's top voting machine maker …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
A Congressional Candidate Used to Be a Rapper.  Will It Matter?  —  RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Antonio Delgado is a lot of things: a Rhodes Scholar, a graduate of Harvard Law School, a former lawyer at one of the country's largest lobbying firms, and now the Democratic nominee for Congress …
Discussion: Raw Story
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Neck and Neck in CD48  —  6-in-10 partisan voters satisfied with their nominee  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The race for California's 48th Congressional District between Republican incumbent Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic challenger Harley Rouda is virtually tied according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: HuffPost, Roll Call and Mediaite
Patti Greco / Cosmopolitan:
The Great CNN Baby Boom  —  AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF THE NETWORK'S MOST PROMINENT WOMEN ARE PROVING THEY CAN HANDLE A MADDENING NEWS CYCLE  —  When Brianna Keilar saw her CNN colleague Pamela Brown adjust her dress  —  , she became suspicious.  “We were sitting on set …
David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. Treasury moves to protect identities of ‘dark money’ political donors  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday that it will no longer require certain tax-exempt organizations including politically active nonprofit groups, such as the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
One Country, Two Radically Different Narratives  —  The United States is one country, but Americans are living in two separate worlds.  —  In one version of America, the country is headed in the totally wrong direction.  Billionaires control politics.  Foreign governments meddle in elections.
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PRRI:
American Democracy in Crisis: The Challenges of Voter Knowledge, Participation, and Polarization
Discussion: The Atlantic and Political Wire
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Trump's ‘Missing DNC Server’ Is Neither Missing Nor a Server … Donald Trump turns to right-wing conspiracy theories when he's cornered, and he was cornered on Monday.  Standing feet away from Vladimir Putin at a press conference following their Helsinki tete-a-tete, a reporter challenged Trump …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Motherboard
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Beck Dorey-Stein / New York Times:
I Was a White House Stenographer.  Trump Wasn't a Fan.  —  On Friday, at a news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain a reporter asked President Trump about disparaging comments he had made about her to The Sun newspaper.  He denied ever having said them and declared …
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez draws ire from Democrats: ‘Meteors fizz out’  —  Frustrated Democratic lawmakers are offering Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez some advice: Cool it.  —  Ocasio-Cortez stunned the political world with her upset primary victory last month over Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) …
E&E News:
House Republican will introduce $23 carbon tax next week  —  Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) is preparing to introduce legislation that would pause federal regulations on climate change in exchange for an escalating tax on carbon emissions, according to draft legislation obtained by E&E News.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Hot Air:
Too Good To Check: The Great “Mariia Butina In The Oval Office” Photo Fiasco  —  A fleeting sensation on Twitter this morning from Mic reporter Emily Singer, worthy of more than 1,500 retweets:  —  See the redheaded woman in the doorway, her face just visible over the shoulder of the guy in the blue tie?
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Beast and Breitbart
 
 
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Doug Moore / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
10 black Washington U. students stopped by Clayton police, falsely accused of leaving IHOP without paying
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CNBC:
Japan, EU sign trade deal to eliminate nearly all tariffs
Discussion: ThinkProgress and MSNBC
Scott Stedman:
Company part-owned by Chairman of SCL Group sought €200 million investment from Russians in 2015
Sean Wolfe / Business Insider:
Facebook's testimony before Congress started with a surprise as three protestors held …
Rasmussen Reports:
73% of Democrats Want ‘A Fresh Face’ As 2020 Nominee
CBS News:
Trump reveals details of planned Air Force One makeover
Discussion: CNN, TheBlaze and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Bloomfield / Prospect Magazine:
Whatever happened to Seymour Hersh?
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Rand Paul: “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Has Gone Over The Top And People Have Lost The Big Picture
Discussion: CBS News, Breitbart and Instapundit
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats look for another potential House flip in Ohio
Jack Healy / New York Times:
It's 4 A.M. The Baby's Coming. But the Hospital Is 100 Miles Away.
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Legal Experts Say Manafort Could Be Cutting Plea Deal as Judge Suddenly Delays Proceedings
Discussion: Raw Story, CANNONFIRE and POLITICUSUSA
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI prepares to withdraw its Telegraph bid as early as next week, triggering an auction expected to draw bids from Rupert Murdoch and others
 
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