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New York Times:
From the Start, Trump Has Muddied a Clear Message: Putin Interfered  —  WASHINGTON — Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election.
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Washington Post:
As Russians describe ‘verbal agreements’ at summit, U.S. officials scramble for clarity  —  Two days after President Trump's summit with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin, Russian officials offered a string of assertions about what the two leaders had achieved.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
House GOP refuses to renew election security funding as Democrats fume over Russian interference  —  House Republicans plan to vote Thursday on a spending bill that excludes new money for election security grants to states, provoking a furious reaction from Democrats amid a national controversy over Russian election interference.
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Trump Wanted a Summit With Putin.  He Got Way More Than He Bargained For  —  ‘Who do you believe?’  —  It was a simple question, asked of President Trump by a seasoned reporter, but it sent a jolt through the assembled media at the July 16 press conference held at an ornate palace in Helsinki.
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
We should have a debate over whether treason is being committed by the White House.  Yes, I just typed those words.  —  Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump says he'll have another meeting with Putin, again calls media ‘enemy of the people’
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Officials ‘at a Fucking Loss’ Over Latest Russia Sellout
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Lawmakers condemn White House suggestion that Kremlin could interrogate former US ambassador
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Joe.My.God.
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Putin summit  —  Only a third of Americans (32 percent) approve of the way Donald Trump handled his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a CBS News poll shows.  Sixty-eight percent of Republicans approve.
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Axios:
Poll: Huge GOP majority backs Trump's Putin performance  —  Republicans overwhelmingly approve of President Trump's handling of his press conference in Helsinki when he seemed not to side with U.S. intelligence agencies instead of Russian President Vladimir Putin over election meddling, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.
Martin Matishak / Politico:
House Republicans defeat attempt to subpoena Trump interpreter  —  Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday defeated an attempt by panel Democrats to subpoena the interpreter who worked for President Donald Trump during his summit Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Trump Calls Media ‘Real Enemy of the People’ While Revealing ‘Second Meeting’ With Putin
Senator Bernie Sanders / Senator Sanders's Feed:   Sanders Introduces Resolution to Protect American Democracy from Russian Meddling
Kate Irby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Nunes used political dollars for $15K in Celtics tickets, winery tours and Vegas trips  —  WASHINGTON  —  Rep. Devin Nunes used political donations to pay for nearly $15,000 in tickets to Boston Celtics basketball games as well as winery tours and lavish trips to Las Vegas …
John Parkinson / ABC News:
Republicans block Democrat attempt to subpoena Trump interpreter  —  Republicans blocked an attempt Thursday morning to subpoena the interpreter who sat in on President Donald Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland on Monday.
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USA Today:   In bid to impeach Rod Rosenstein, House Republicans are abusing power to protect Trump
CNN:   Democratic push to investigate Russia stymied by partisan acrimony
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Accused Russian Spy's Boy Toy Is a Serial Fraud: Lawsuits … This isn't the first time Paul Erickson, the Republican political consultant at the center of a Russian espionage probe, has found himself in middle of some drama.  —  Erickson—who served as a media advisor to a famously-emasculated porn actor …
Discussion: Argus Leader, Boing Boing, CNBC and HuffPost
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The investigations and reporting of BuzzFeed News — *not* BuzzFeed — are now at their own BuzzFeedNews.com
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TechCrunch
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:
Maria Butina Spent Years Wooing US Conservatives. Here's How She Did It.
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
A Democratic Blue Wave?  Don't Forget the Republicans' Big Hill  —  One seems like an unstoppable force, but a G.O.P. structural advantage may represent an immovable object.  —  Democrats are optimistic about riding a so-called blue wave to control of the House this November, and it's easy to see why.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump lays into the Federal Reserve, says he's ‘not thrilled’ about interest rate hikes  — President Donald Trump, in a rare statement for Oval Office holders, criticized the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates.  — He said he's “not thrilled” with rate hikes and worries …
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Trump's Ties  —  For the better part of two years now, reporters have been trying to find the issue or offense that could fracture Donald Trump's base of support.  They have traveled to “Trump country” for regular updates from working-class whites and other key Trump constituents …
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Steve King Is A White Supremacist, And The GOP Doesn't Care  —  Among other white supremacist views, the congressman refused to apologize for promoting a neo-Nazi on Twitter.  Republicans continue to look the other way.  —  On June 12, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tweeted: “Europe is waking up …
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
New York Is Said to Open Tax Inquiry Into Trump Foundation  —  The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has opened an investigation into whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation violated state tax laws, a move that could lead to a criminal referral for possible prosecution …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Reuters
ITV:
‘Russian suspects identified’ from CCTV in Skripal poison attack  —  Police are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on Russian former spy Sergei Skripal.  —  Officers think several Russians were involved in the attempted murder of the former double agent …
Discussion: Sputnik International and Politico
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Britain has identified Russians suspected of Skripal nerve attack: PA
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Duterte's drug war killed thousands, and Filipinos still loved him.  Then he called God ‘stupid.’  —  President Rodrigo Duterte slams his hand lightly on the podium, as if to show exasperation.  Speaking in his usual casual tone, he unloads an expletive-laden tirade over what he sees as a bizarre story rife with stupidity.
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Sean Spicer: Mueller's investigation is not a witch hunt  —  “I think it's very important to be clear that Russia meddled in our election and there's no evidence of collusion,” Spicer said.  —  Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that he does not believe special counsel …
Discussion: Vox, Bustle, IJR, HuffPost, Contemptor and Joe.My.God.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
He thought white men were vanishing from TV.  I disagreed.  So we conducted an experiment.  —  I have this friend I'll call Tom, and when we each watch TV, we notice different things.  Recently, Tom had been noticing white men like him — or rather, noticing a lack of them.
CBS News:
Trump on a 2020 Joe Biden run: “Obama took him out of the garbage heap”  —  For the first time as president, Donald Trump is holding his Russian counterpart responsible for interfering in the 2016 election.  In an exclusive interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Reporters, Facing a Hostile White House, Try a New Tactic: Solidarity  —  Reporters, Facing a Hostile White House, Try Solidarity  —  The Town at the Heart of  —  Nicaragua's Opposition Movement  —  Masaya is one of the few places in Nicaragua where President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on protesters has faltered.
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Trump Nominee Is Behind Anti-Union Legal Campaign  —  Even before the Supreme Court struck down mandatory union fees for government workers last month, the next phase of the conservative legal campaign against public-sector unions was underway.  —  In March, with the decision looming …
Ziva Branstetter / Reveal:
Contractor clears out Phoenix office where it held immigrant children  —  Hours after a Reveal investigation was published, a government defense contractor cleared out the Phoenix office space where it had detained immigrant children, where some were held overnight and others were seen bathing in office sinks.
Coleman Hughes / Quillette:
Black American Culture and the Racial Wealth Gap  —  There is arguably no racial disparity more striking than the wealth gap.  While the median white household earns just 65 percent more income than its black counterpart, its net worth is fully ten times as high.
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Three Republican Governors Face Increasingly Tough Election Contests  —  Ratings changes in Arizona, Illinois, and Iowa  —  KEY POINT FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The Crystal Ball has three ratings changes in gubernatorial contests, all shifts in the Democrats' direction …
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Deficit Projected to Top $1 Trillion Starting Next Year  —  Most recent administration estimates show challenge of reducing red ink  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration expects annual budget deficits to rise nearly $100 billion more than previously forecast in each of the next three years …
Discussion: MSNBC
Charlotte Graham-McLay / New York Times:
A 4-Day Workweek?  A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result  —  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand firm that let its employees work four days a week while being paid for five says the experiment was so successful that it hoped to make the change permanent.
VoxEU.org:
Stable genius: Estimating the ‘Trump effect’ on the US economy  —  Benjamin Born, Gernot Müller, Moritz Schularick, Petr Sedláek 18 July 2018  —  Growth and employment in the US have been robust over the past 18 months, and President Trump frequently takes personal credit for these trends.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
The Districts Are Mostly White.  The Candidates Are Not.  —  NORTH AURORA, Ill. — Most of the room's occupants looked nothing like Lauren Underwood, but no one seemed to care.  —  Ms. Underwood, the Democratic congressional nominee in northern Illinois's pivotal 14th District …
France 24:
Weinstein lawyers claim actress Judd made sexual ‘deal’ with disgraced mogul  —  Harvey Weinstein's lawyers are calling on a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit from actress Ashley Judd — who accuses the disgraced mogul of torpedoing her career — on the grounds that she had made a sexual “deal” with him.
Discussion: Daily Wire
 
 
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
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Statesman Journal:
Anti-sanctuary state initiative qualifies for November ballot
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