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3:45 PM ET, July 23, 2018

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Bloomberg:
Trump to Seek Repeal of California's Smog-Fighting Power  — Proposed revision to auto emission standards to come out soon  — Will propose end of state's waiver from federal standards  —  The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile emissions …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort trial postponed to July 31  —  Updated: 3:28 p.m.: Paul Manafort's trial has been postponed a week to July 31.  —  U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III agreed to a weeklong delay but rejected Manafort's larger request to delay the trial until later this fall, after a separate case goes to trial in Washington, D.C.
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Evan Perez / CNN:   Judge grants immunity for five witnesses in Manafort case
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Judge approves Mueller request to grant immunity for witnesses in Manafort trial
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Talking Points Memo:
Judge Orders Witnesses Granted Immunity To Testify At Manafort Trial
Discussion: Law & Crime and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
Risks pile up for Trump as Manafort heads to trial
Discussion: ABC News
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Rand Paul to ask Trump to revoke security clearance of ex-CIA chief Brennan  —  Sen. Rand Paul Monday said he is meeting with President Donald Trump to ask for former CIA director John Brennan to have his security clearance revoked.  —  “Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance?
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Wavering Rand sets off Supreme Court spectacle  —  The Kentucky Republican says he's genuinely undecided on whether to back Brett Kavanaugh.  His vote could be decisive.  —  Rand Paul is one of a handful of senators who'll determine whether Brett Kavanaugh lands on the Supreme Court …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ignore Trump's clueless bluster on Iran  —  The Post reports: … The verbal exchange comes in the wake of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's fiery speech on Sunday in which he excoriated the Iranian regime for human rights abuses and corruption.  —  Commentators might become alarmed …
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Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter, Warning Rouhani of Dire ‘Consequences’
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. lawmaker urged to resign after using racial slurs, dropping pants in TV show  —  Spencer apologizes for ‘ridiculously ugly’ episode but refuses to step down  —  Georgia House Speaker David Ralston demanded that state Rep. Jason Spencer resign after he yelled racial slurs and exposed himself …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
FISA Applications Confirm: The FBI Relied on the Unverified Steele Dossier  —  A salacious Clinton-campaign product was the driving force behind the Trump-Russia investigation.  —  On a sleepy summer Saturday, after months of stonewalling, the FBI dumped 412 pages of documents related …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo's Shaky Foundation
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump calls for end of Mueller probe, saying it's ‘discredited’ by Carter Page surveillance
Christine Todd Whitman / Los Angeles Times:
Calling my fellow Republicans: Trump is clearly unfit to remain in office  —  President Trump's disgraceful performance in Helsinki, Finland, and in the days since is an indication that he is not fit to remain in office.  Trump's 2016 “America First” platform might be more aptly named …
Discussion: IJR, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: ‘I gave up nothing’ during Putin meeting
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Tronc Cuts Daily News Newsroom in Half; Ousts Editor in Chief  —  The meeting lasted less than a minute.  By the time it was over, reporters and editors at The Daily News had been told that the newsroom staff was being cut in half and that the editor in chief, Jim Rich, was out of a job.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'I'm ashamed': Trump voter admits she got it wrong after ICE deports her daughter-in-law  —  A woman who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 this week expressed regret after the president's government agents deported her daughter-in-law to Mexico.  —  The Associated Press this week published …
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Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:   'I'm ashamed': Americans blame Trump after mom's deportation
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Michael Cohen Prosecutors Get 12 Audio Recordings to Review  — There's no longer dispute over recordings, retired judge says  — Michael Cohen secretly recorded Trump discussing hush payments  —  U.S. prosecutors probing Michael Cohen are reviewing 12 audio recordings seized …
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Sounds Like Everyone Should Lay Off That Cubs Fan Who “Stole” A Baseball From A Kid  —  Sunday outrage gives way to Monday fact-checking.  If you were one of the people who (reasonably) got very angry at a short video clip appearing to show an adult Cubs fan intercepting a ball meant for a child, you can stand down.
Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal:
2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat Piles Up in U.S. as Production Grows, Exports Slow  —  Profits, prices are threatened as record amounts of red meat and poultry fill U.S. warehouses  —  Meat is piling up in U.S. cold-storage warehouses, fueled by a surge in supplies and trade disputes that are eroding demand.
The Intercept:
Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan Is Telling People He Will Run for President in 2020, Hoping to Win “Yoga Vote”  —  Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan has been telling political consultants and operatives that he intends to run for president of the United States in 2020, and is beginning to put together a team …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments  —  In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that these public lands boosted tourism and spurred archaeological discoveries, according to documents …
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Times
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Supreme Court Vote Is Just One of Heidi Heitkamp's Headaches  —  PETERSBURG, N.D. — Before Senator Heidi Heitkamp spoke to constituents in this tiny rural town, population 175, Mary Ann Dunbar confessed that she had reservations about Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and YouTube
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Anton's creed is not just racist; it is patently un-American.  —  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.  —  Michael Anton is the author of the infamous …
The Marshall Project:
New York on ICE  —  As a precaution, some have stopped traveling.  —  “The moment [Trump] became president, I panicked.  Last year, we didn't go on vacation.  I was like, We're not going anywhere.  In February, my husband's nephew passed away in Houston and even though half of me was worried …
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Florida Cops Ship 24-Year-Old Mom to ICE After She Paid Traffic Ticket … Maria, an undocumented, 24-year-old mother of three from Guatemala, showed up to the Martin County Jail earlier this year to voluntarily pay a $150 traffic fine.  —  Instead, she wound up handcuffed and thrown inside that jail.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Splinter
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Congressman Calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘This Girl ... Or Whatever She Is’  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis was referring to a full-grown woman who is a New York Democratic congressional nominee.  —  WASHINGTON Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Saturday referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Discussion: Naked Politics
Politico:
Pompeo urged to not cut State Department refugee office  —  Several former U.S. diplomats and national security officials are urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, amid fears he could cut the office, according to a letter viewed by POLITICO.
Discussion: ABC News
Sean Keach / The Sun:
DOOMSDAY FEAR Google Translate warns of APOCALYPSE in bizarre ‘end times’ message about the Antichrist  —  Warnings about the Doomsday Clock and the return of the Antichrist have left some Google Translate users worried  —  PICTURED  —  FEARS of an imminent apocalypse have been sparked by a mysterious warning from Google Translate.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Kate Knibbs / The Ringer:
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Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Scandals Pile Up For Interior Chief Ryan Zinke
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Congratulations, You Are Now a U.S. Citizen. Unless Someone Decides Later You're Not.
John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
Expert makes the case for $400 per barrel oil
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Wannabe socialite swindler may have bilked Fyre Festival fraudster
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
R Kelly Drops 19-Minute Song ‘I Admit’ Addressing ‘Pedophile’ and ‘Sex Slave’ Accusations (Audio)
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Former Obama adviser: Ignoring Syria ‘red line’ was ‘big mistake,’ Trump progress ‘commendable’
Discussion: Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
How a Small Bank Became a Go-To Lender to the Trump Family
Discussion: Politico
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Why the left needs to wise up to the growing Trump-Russia scandal
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / The Daily Beast:
Meet the U.S. Officials Who Now Lobby for China
New York Post:
Cuomo had the MTA waste $30M on tunnel vanity project
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Portugal Dared to Cast Aside Austerity. It's Having a Major Revival.
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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