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10:55 AM ET, July 21, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump's Putin fallout: Inside the White House's tumultuous week of walk backs  —  Executive time began early on Thursday, just after sunrise.  —  Feeling exasperated and feisty as he awoke in the White House residence, President Trump fired off his grievances on Twitter about how the media had been covering his Helsinki summit.
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Associated Press:
Inside Trump's isolation after Putin summit, walkbacks  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office.  Top aides gathered to convince the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments …
New York Times:
Trump Doubles Down on Russia.  The Spies Shake Their Heads in Disbelief.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump directed aides to ask President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to the White House this fall, the invitation was his latest attempt to use personal diplomacy in the pursuit of better relations with the Kremlin.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Digs In Against Criticism on Multiple Fronts  —  A hectic week that began with the controversial Putin summit ends with new tariff threats, public pressure on Fed  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump ended a turbulent week by shrugging off criticism of his dealings with Russia …
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
'I Couldn't Stop Laughing.  It's So Ridiculous.' A Surreal Week of Excuse-Making at the White House.  —  It's the end of the week in Washington, and there are some things that we know to be true: It's 83 degrees and partly cloudy, with 47 percent humidity.  At 11:30 a.m., Donald Trump's …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Russia continues to shape narrative of Helsinki summit
Discussion: Brookings and Vox
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:   “There Is a Reason We Tried to Kill This”: After Helsinki, the Deep State Fears Trump Cannot Be Saved
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump calls Cohen's taping of phone call ‘inconceivable,’ possibly illegal  —  Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation with then-candidate Trump two months before the presidential election in which they discussed payments, which were never made, to a former Playboy model.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI seizes records from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen  —  Materials include privileged communications with clients.  —  The FBI seized records from President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen on Monday, acting on a “referral” from special counsel Robert Mueller's office, according to a lawyer for Cohen.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Reuters and Politico
Washington Post:
In secret recording seized by FBI, Trump and Cohen discuss making payments for story of model …
Michael Sykes / Axios:
Trump floats season suspension for NFL players protesting anthem  —  President Trump took to Twitter Friday to call out the NFL on their national anthem policy.  —  The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again - can't believe it!  Isn't it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart?
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Inside Bannon's Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right … LONDON—Steve Bannon plans to go toe-to-toe with George Soros and spark a right-wing revolution in Europe.  —  Trump's former White House chief advisor told The Daily Beast that he is setting up a foundation in Europe called …
Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God. and Althouse
Wall Street Journal:
Bad Debts, Fraud Claims Trail Boyfriend of Alleged Russian Agent  —  Paul Erickson, a smooth-talking U.S. political activist, was romantically involved with alleged Russian agent  —  They both had secrets.  —  Maria Butina worked clandestinely as an agent of the Russian government …
Discussion: Post and Courier
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The entire Republican Party is becoming a Russian asset
CNN:
How Mark Sanford met Maria Butina
Discussion: NPR
Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone:
The NRA Is Awfully Quiet About Maria Butina
Discussion: Politico
Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
Neo-Confederates reach out to their ‘Russian friends’ in new project
Michael Gordon / The Charlotte Observer:
A mother and her son turned up for a domestic-violence case.  Then ICE arrested them.  —  A Charlotte woman and her 16-year-old son, who are both involved in a domestic-violence dispute, were arrested in the Mecklenburg courthouse by federal immigration agents after they turned up for a hearing, their attorneys said.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Did Putin share stolen election data with Trump?  —  Data is the energy, the lifeblood, the food and drink of any modern election campaign.  From the mundane — names, addresses, voting districts — to the specifics of habits and interest, data matters more than television time …
TMZ.com:
Manhattan Madam Kristin Davis — Subpoenaed by Robert Mueller  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kristin Davis, the Manhattan Madam who went to prison and was connected to former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, is being subpoenaed in the Robert Mueller investigation ... TMZ has learned.
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Mueller seeking to question ‘Manhattan madam,’ a friend of Roger Stone, in Russia probe, she says
Discussion: CNBC and Mediaite
CNN:
Mueller team wants to talk to ‘Manhattan Madam’
Discussion: KTLA
Bethany Mandel / New York Post:
It's no crime to be happy in the age of Trump  —  A fellow mom friend recently posted an idyllic picture of her kids online, writing about what a magical summer they've had so far.  She ended the post by saying “even in dark times like these, my kids are such a bright spot.”
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
So, Here's A Giant List Of All The Dumb Stuff I've Ever Done (Don't Worry, I'll Keep Updating It)  —  This week, in the space of 24 hours, I went from a nice person with good intentions who differs politically from liberals but doesn't bend the truth to a racist, sexist, bigot homophobe …
Discussion: Mediaite, Conservative Review and Vox
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Midterm history 101: Trump's win a boost to chances for Senate Democratic incumbents  —  In 2012, Sen. Sherrod Brown faced more than $24 million in ads from conservative groups opposing his first reelection.  —  Six years later, the Democrat has been forgotten as outside groups …
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
The Midterm Elections Are Already Under Attack  —  WITH PRIMARIES UNDERWAY and less than four months to go until this year's midterm elections, early signs of attack have already arrived—just as the US intelligence community warned.  And yet Congress has still not done everything in its power to defend against them.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Axios
Washington Post:
Russian operatives blasted 18,000 tweets ahead of a huge news day during the 2016 presidential campaign.  Did they know what was coming?  —  On the eve of one of the newsiest days of the 2016 presidential election season, a group of Russian operatives fired off tweets at a furious pace, about a dozen each minute.
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Israel Cements Right-Wing Agenda in a Furious Week of Lawmaking  —  JERUSALEM — Wrapping up its business before a long summer recess, the right-wing, religious coalition that rules Israel's Parliament moved aggressively this week to push through its polarizing agenda, piling up points at the expense of its already weakened foes.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Four reasons we've reached a tipping point on Trump  —  As a preliminary matter, I'm delighted to be back from vacation and back in the United States.  Easily forgotten during the coverage of the incompetent and intellectually corrupted officials who populate this administration are the honorable men …
BuzzFeed News:
Here Are The Victims Of The Missouri Duck Boat Accident  —  At least 17 people are dead after a tourist duck boat sank during a sudden storm Thursday near Branson, Missouri.  —  Nine members of an 11-person family group from Indianapolis, Indiana, aboard the vessel are among the victims, Gov. Mike Parsons said Friday.
Discussion: FOX59, AOL and FOX 61
New York Times:
Trump Endorsement in Georgia Race Surprised, and Frustrated, Some Republicans  —  SANTA FE, N.M. — President Trump's unexpected endorsement of Brian Kemp this week in the Georgia governor's race blindsided and alarmed Republican governors, who fear that Mr. Trump's penchant for capriciously intervening …
Discussion: The Atlantic
David Lawder / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. open to lifting sanctions off aluminum giant Rusal - Mnuchin  —  SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is open to removing Russian aluminum producer Rusal from a U.S. sanctions list, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, adding the objective was “not to put Rusal out of business.”
 
 
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving the Atlantic
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
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Discussion: Althouse, Splinter and Mediaite