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Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Like a Soviet-type economy’: GOP free traders unload on Trump  —  The president's $12 billion farm bailout gets an ugly reception among many Republicans in Congress.  —  President Donald Trump's bailout for the ag industry is driving his many Republican trade critics to exasperation.
Discussion: ABC News and HuffPost
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Washington Post:
White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's escalating trade war  —  An announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, according to two people briefed on the matter.  This is the latest sign that growing tensions between the United States and other countries will not end soon.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
White House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's escalating trade war
CNN:
CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape  —  (CNN)Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording …
Discussion: Axios, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
New York Times:
Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality  —  WASHINGTON — On the first couple's recent trip overseas, Melania Trump's television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN.  President Trump was not pleased.  —  He raged at his staff for violating a rule …
Discussion: CNBC, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Exclusive: White House stops announcing calls with foreign leaders  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has suspended the practice of publishing public summaries of President Donald Trump's phone calls with world leaders, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CNN …
Discussion: Bustle, Mediaite and POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Burr breaks with Nunes: ‘Sound reasons’ for judges to approve FISA warrant  —  (CNN)Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr told CNN Tuesday he believed there were “sound reasons” for judges to approve the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on former Trump campaign …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Next step: House Intel asks Trump to declassify rest of FISA application; tantalizing clues about pages 10-12 and 17-34
Discussion: Instapundit
Dow Jones Newswires:
Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter, is closing her namesake fashion brand, more than a year after she formally separated herself from the company and entered the White House as a senior adviser.  —  Apparel sales at the brand, which Ms. Trump launched in its current form in 2014 …
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Ivanka Trump's fashion company is shutting down  —  Ivanka Trump's clothing and shoes company is folding, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  Sources say that it will be shuttered “ASAP” and that staff have been informed that they're being laid off.  —  Since the inauguration of her father …
New York Times:
Two Trump Allies, Seeing Unlimited Opportunity, Instead Drew Scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON — Early one morning in October, Rick Gates, a Washington lobbyist who had been a top official in the Trump campaign, emailed family and friends warning them that he was about to be indicted …
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
Jonathan Karl / Wall Street Journal:
‘The Briefing’ Review: Speaking for Himself  —  Donald Trump's rst White House spokesman compares the president to a rock star, the Energizer Bunny and a unicorn.  Jonathan Karl reviews “The Briefing” by Sean Spicer.  —  Early on a Saturday morning in January 2017, the day after the inauguration …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Spicer book tour stop canceled at Massachusetts store due to ‘political climate’
Discussion: Fox News
VICE News:
Former White House staffers say Sean Spicer lied about taking a mini-fridge from underlings
Discussion: Splinter, The Week and Political Wire
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
The Spy Who Drove Me  —  Last week, as America's top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.  And caused a minor freak-out.  Was the mystery woman some kind of covert agent—or simply a figment of these hyper-paranoid times?
Seeking Alpha:
Farewell For Now  —  In which I bid farewell to Tesla analysis at Seeking Alpha.  —  And explain why I am departing.  —  A victory for Elon Musk?  Perhaps.  Of a dubious sort.  —  Yesterday, July 23, I decided to cease writing about Tesla (TSLA) here at the Seeking Alpha web site.
Pew Research Center:
Growing Partisan Differences in Views of the FBI; Stark Divide over ICE  —  Favorable views of FBI have fallen sharply among Republicans  —  A new survey of public attitudes toward federal agencies finds that partisan differences in views of the FBI have increased markedly over the past year.
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
U.S. appeals court: Constitution gives right to carry gun in public  —  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment protects a right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense, rejecting a claim by Hawaii officials that the right only applies to guns kept at home.
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Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Federal Court Says Hawaii Must Allow Open Carry of Guns
Discussion: twitchy.com
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Says Alex Jones' Threatening Rant Against Robert Mueller Doesn't Violate Its Rules  —  Jones accused the special counsel of participating in child rape and pantomimed shooting Mueller.  Facebook said the rant did not violate its community guidelines.
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Russia slams US general, says he ‘discredited’ Trump  —  Washington (CNN)The Russian Ministry of Defense slammed US Gen. Joseph Votel Tuesday, accusing America's top military commander in the Middle East of discrediting President Donald Trump's position after Votel expressed hesitancy about working with Russia in Syria.
Discussion: TheDrive
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Montana Governor Sues I.R.S., Warning of ‘Foreign Money’ in Elections  —  Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, a Democrat who has crusaded against the loosening of campaign finance rules, is suing the Trump administration to block it from eliminating a mandate that politically active nonprofit groups disclose …
The Daily Beast:
Tronc Exec Tells Daily News Staff to Their Faces: We Have No Strategy … When frugal newspaper giant Tronc was asked Tuesday about the specific strategy behind draconian cuts on the New York Daily News on Monday, the company's top executive in New York didn't have an answer.
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
A million Facebook users watched a video that blurs the line between bad satire and ‘fake news’  —  A conservative news outlet spliced together a “satirical” interview with Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, published it on Facebook without noting it was satire …
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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Whirlpool shares plunge 14.5%, post worst day since 1987 as tariffs wreak havoc with costs and suppliers  — The U.S. based washing machine giant who was once in favor of stricter trade controls for its own industry.  — Whirpool shares plummeted Tuesday after executives blamed rising steel …
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump's latest demand is straight out of the pages of ‘1984’  —  In George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984, the “final, most essential command” of the ruling totalitarian regime is “to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”  —  On Tuesday, President Trump made that same request of his supporters.
Discussion: Slate, HuffPost and The Moderate Voice
Scott McCartney / Wall Street Journal:
When Airline CEOs Try the Cheap Seats  —  The leaders of Delta and American defend the tightest sections of their planes while sitting in them  —  Have you ever been vacuum-packed into a shrunken coach seat wishing the airline CEO had to endure the same discomfort?  —  We did that for you, sort of.
Discussion: The Verge
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Real Mass Hysteria, American Style  —  My friend Dennis Prager writes, “You and I are living through the greatest mass hysteria in American history.  For many Americans, the McCarthy era held that dubious distinction, but what is happening now is incomparably worse.”
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Businesses linked to McCaskill's husband get $131 million in federal dollars  —  WASHINGTON  —  Businesses tied to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's husband have been awarded more than $131 million in federal subsidies since the Missouri Democrat took office in 2007, an analysis by The Kansas City Star found.
Fresno Bee:
Yosemite Valley will close due to fire.  ‘Get yourself out of here,’ official says  —  Yosemite Valley will shut down Wednesday as fire crews try to stop the Ferguson Fire from spreading into the national park, according to fire crews.  —  A noon closure will be imposed on a portion …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Has Advantage in CD17  —  Lamb leads Rothfus in nation's only two-incumbent House matchup  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The Democratic candidate has a sizable advantage in the race for Pennsylvania's newly drawn 17th Congressional District, the nation's only House contest that pits two incumbents against each other.
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Student with banned Trump shirt to get apology, $25,000 from school district  —  The principal of Liberty High School in Hillsboro has agreed to apologize to a student who was told to go home or cover up his “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” shirt in January.
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The House Tilts Toward the Democrats  —  Big-picture factors help minority party, but battle far from over; 17 ratings changes in favor of Democrats  —  Editor's Note: This is a special Tuesday edition of the Crystal Ball.  We'll be back to our regular Thursday schedule next week.
New York Times:
Brian Kemp Wins Georgia G.O.P. Runoff for Governor to Face Stacey Abrams  —  ATHENS, Ga. — Brian Kemp, Georgia's secretary of state, captured the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, dispatching the preferred candidate of the state party establishment after a series of provocative ads …
Discussion: Political Wire
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeats ‘lock her up’ chant  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the top law enforcement officer in the country, participated in a chant of “Lock her up” Tuesday, reviving a rallying cry from Donald Trump campaign events calling to jail Hillary Clinton.
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
She warned America that Russia hacked our voting rolls.  Why is she in jail?  |  Will Bunch  —  Last week's news that special counsel Robert Mueller had the goods on 12 high-level Russian spies whose job was to hack computers and muck up America's 2016 presidential election was a political bombshell …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Top Trump-appointee at Veterans Affairs spread conspiracy theories, made anti-Muslim comments  —  (CNN)A senior Trump administration appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs spread birther conspiracy theories about then-President Barack Obama and made anti-Muslim comments on social media …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Court records show duck boat in Missouri disaster was designed by entrepreneur with no engineering training  —  The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people, was built based on a design by a self-taught entrepreneur who had no engineering training, according to court records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.
Ethan Brown / The Appeal:
A PENNSYLVANIA MAN SURVIVED AN OVERDOSE ONLY TO BE CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE  —  York County resident Aaron Hinds overdosed on heroin with a friend.  The friend died, and Hinds now faces a ‘drug delivery resulting in death’ charge and a 40-year prison sentence.
TMZ.com:
Rep. Maxine Waters' Office Evacuated for ‘Anthrax’ Package  —  Rep. Maxine Waters' Los Angeles office received a package Tuesday labeled “anthrax” and her office has been evacuated ... TMZ has learned.  —  According to law enforcement sources, a hazmat team is on the scene checking out the package.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Justice Department: Use ‘illegal aliens,’ not ‘undocumented’  —  Sessions defends Trump on immigration policy  —  Washington (CNN)The Justice Department has instructed US attorneys offices not to use the term “undocumented” immigrants and instead refer to someone illegally in the US as …
Discussion: Bustle, KTLA and Washington Times
 
 
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