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9:35 PM ET, July 22, 2018

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FISA warrant application supports Nunes memo  —  The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo …
Discussion: Washington Post
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David Stamp / Reuters:
Trump says Carter Page documents show DoJ and FBI misled courts  —  (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that documents about his former presidential campaign adviser Carter Page confirmed with little doubt that the Department of Justice and FBI had misled the courts.
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Accused Russian agent Butina met with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials …
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
The Accused Russian Agent as Trump Republican  —  Maria Butina is charged with infiltrating the party.  She also reflects it.  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  6:30  —  SHARE THIS ARTICLE  —  Facebook  —  Twitter  —  LinkedIn  —  Email  —  Here are some things we know about Maria Butina.
Discussion: Hot Air, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Russian billionaire with U.S. investments backed alleged agent Maria Butina, according …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is Mueller handing off key cases?  —  Something has been going on with Robert Mueller's investigation of people thought to have played significant roles in the Trump-Russia affair.  The special counsel, assigned to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government …
Discussion: National Review
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Daniella Cheslow / NPR:
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: ‘The President Was Manipulated By Vladimir Putin’
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace on Interviewing Putin, and Why He Isn't Afraid to Visit Russia
Discussion: Mediaite
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:   Congress, contain Trump: We cannot let him continue to bend to Vladimir Putin
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support  —  In the latest WSJ/NBC News poll, the president's job approval rose to 45% but remains among the lowest of any modern president at this point his first term  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's approval rating …
Discussion: National Review and Mediaite
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy  —  ‘The more Trump gets criticized by the media, the more his base seems to rally behind him,’ pollster Fred Yang says.  —  WASHINGTON — After an eventful and tumultuous month in American politics …
New York Times:
As Trump Struggles With Helsinki's Fallout, Congress Faces a New Charge: Complicity  —  WASHINGTON — In the nearly two years since Russia attacked the American democratic process, congressional Republicans have played conflicting roles in the drama: Some have pressed to impose sanctions …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and The Gateway Pundit
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New York Times:
Without Evidence, Trump Claims Vindication From Release of Carter Page Documents  —  BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump claimed without evidence on Sunday that his administration's release of top-secret documents related to the surveillance of a former campaign aide had confirmed …
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:   Carter Page was ‘more like Inspector Gadget than Jason Bourne,’ Gowdy says amid FISA release
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE TRUMP GOP-RUSSIA ALLIANCE IS A NATURAL ALLIANCE  —  Many Republicans must be asking themselves how their party came to be led by a pawn of the Russian government.  Russians must be similarly surprised that Vladimir Putin has found an ally in an American political party …
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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Judgment days  —  In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality  —  Clay Crum opened his Bible to Exodus Chapter 20 and read verse 14 one more time.  —  “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” it said.  —  He prayed about what he was going to do.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Asks Suppliers for Cash Back to Help Turn a Profit  —  Electric-car company, in memo, requests supplier returns meaningful portion of money spent since 2016  —  Tesla Inc. TSLA -2.08% has asked some suppliers to refund a portion of what the electric-car company has spent previously …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders' wing of the party terrifies moderate Dems.  Here's how they plan to stop it.  —  Party members and fundraisers gathered for an invitation-only event to figure out how to counteract the rising progressive movement.  —  Ocasio-Cortez joins Sanders to rally for Kansas Democrat, progressive values
Discussion: Common Dreams and New York Times
Olivia Goldhill / Quartz:
“Nanette” and why a new wave of comedians don't want to be funny  —  In Hannah Gadsby's highly acclaimed comedy special Nanette, she announces that she's quitting comedy.  Jokes are too simplistic, she says: they convert her trauma into humor and obscure the ugly truth of her story.
Discussion: Althouse and twitchy.com
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Why we need local journalism: Look around at how vulnerable we are right now  —  No one lives in America, exactly.  We all live somewhere in America, like the nearly 9 million of us in New York City.  —  The thing I love about local news is that it doesn't scale.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The G.O.P. Stands By as Trump Upends American Security  —  In the aftermath of Helsinki, there has been outcry, but no real action, from the Republican establishment.  —  Fifty years ago, America was in agony.  Its unity at home, and its standing abroad, were deteriorating.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House: Plane intercepted after entering ‘restricted’ Trump golf club airspace  —  A plane breached the “no fly” zone surrounding the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey Saturday, and U.S. military aircraft “intercepted the violator and escorted them from restricted airspace,” the White House said.
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Michael Anton / Claremont Institute:
Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics  —  expected the reaction to a recent op-ed I published calling for the end of birthright citizenship to be cantankerous.  I even expected it to be hysterical—from the Left.  I did not expect self-described “conservatives” …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Samantha J. Gross / Dallas Morning News:
Defending Donald Trump, First Baptist's Robert Jeffress compares him to ‘known womanizer’ Ronald Reagan
Daily Mail:
Revealed: How 'Putin's spy agency' hit-squad ‘including a woman’ …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: World leaders turning Trump tricks against him
Wall Street Journal:
China's Global Building Spree Runs Into Trouble in Pakistan
Jeff Seldin / Voice of America:
Estonia Spy Chief: Network of Operatives Pushing Russian Agenda in West
Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times:
We all live in Jonathan Gold's Southern California
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
General Says Talk of More U.S.-Russia Cooperation Gives Him ‘Pause’
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
In First Lady's Hometown in Slovenia, the Business Is Melania
Discussion: Bustle
 Earlier Items: 
Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
Bill Browder just revealed a big secret about Putin and the Russian oligarchs
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
After a tumultuous run in the White House, Sean Spicer is ready to talk now
Discussion: Bustle and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Menendez was meant to be safe. Is this how New Jersey's 46-year drought ends?
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Charles J Sykes / The Guardian:
As a conservative, I despair at Republicans' support for Trump. His vision is not conservatism
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's judicial legacy will last for decades — and not solely because of his Supreme Court picks
Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
Dependent on trade, Mike Pence's hometown takes a hit due to Trump's tariffs
Panos Mourdoukoutas / Forbes:
Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money
Discussion: Gizmodo, Mashable and Balloon Juice
 

 
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