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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House bans network pool reporter from Rose Garden event  —  The White House took retaliatory action against Kaitlan Collins, a White House reporter for CNN, after Collins asked President Trump questions at an Oval Office photo op on Wednesday.  —  Collins was representing …
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Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip, Logo Indicates  — World Cup feature opens fan experience, isn't a spy device  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings — some of them only half in jest …
Washington Post:
'I'm not going to be a punching bag anymore': Inside Michael Cohen's break with Trump  —  For the past decade, Michael Cohen worked as Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer.  He was an eager supplicant, executing the wishes of his celebrity boss and forever seeking his attaboy affection.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't intentionally edit a question to Putin out of a video  —  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow led her show Tuesday night with an explosive allegation: The administration of President Trump had intentionally buried a question asked of Russian President Vladimir Putin during last week's news conference in Helsinki.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House lawyer Passantino planning to leave
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Soccer ball Putin gave Trump contains transmitter chip — but for Adidas: report
Discussion: Chicks On The Right
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:   White House: Nothing malicious in Trump-Putin omission
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein  —  A group of conservative House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein  —  , the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller
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VICE News:
Twitter is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.'s spokesman  —  Twitter is limiting the visibility of prominent Republicans in search results — a technique known as “shadow banning” — in what it says is a side effect of its attempts to improve the quality of discourse on the platform.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House conservatives move to impeach Rosenstein  —  House conservatives have filed articles of impeachment in an effort to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the overseer of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.  —  The articles, filed late Wednesday by Reps. Mark Meadows …
Rick Cowan / Reuters:
Republican lawmakers launch move to impeach Justice Department's Rosenstein
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
How Michael Cohen's Audio Clip Unraveled Trump's False Statements  —  WASHINGTON — Just before Election Day, when The Wall Street Journal uncovered a secret deal by The National Enquirer to buy the silence of a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Donald J. Trump, his campaign issued a flat denial.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Former Lawyer Michael Cohen Formed Delaware Company to Purchase Former Playboy Model's Story  —  Attorney created shell firm in September 2016 to buy rights to Karen McDougal's story of having affair with Trump; rights weren't ultimately purchased  —  President Donald Trump's former …
Wall Street Journal:
National Enquirer's Years-Long Dealings With Trump Lawyer Fall Under Federal Scrutiny  —  Michael Cohen and tabloid publisher traded favors over many years; the Omarosa mediation  —  Michael Cohen and the publisher of the National Enquirer forged an alliance over the years, looking out for the interests of Donald Trump and each other.
Associated Press:
Trump tape a turning point in legal game of cat-and-mouse  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The sudden public airing of Donald Trump talking about paying for a Playboy model's silence marks a turning point in the legal game of cat-and-mouse between the president and the lawyer who once promised …
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
“I Am Laying Down a Marker”: Lanny Davis Reveals His Bazooka P.R. Strategy
The Daily Beast:
Henry Kissinger Pushed Trump to Work With Russia to Box In China … Henry Kissinger suggested to President Donald Trump that the United States should work with Russia to contain a rising China.  —  The former secretary of state—who famously engineered the tactic of establishing diplomatic relations …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him  —  Several of President Trump's senior economic advisers believe he plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on close to $200 billion in foreign-made automobiles later this year, three people briefed on discussions said.
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump secures concessions from Europeans to avoid trade war: DJ, citing EU official
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Trump approval sags in trio of Midwest states  —  Democrats also enjoy an advantage on congressional preference in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.  —  WASHINGTON — In three politically important Midwest states — including two that were key in deciding the 2016 election …
Fayette Advocate:
Whistleblower provides emails that show Stormy Daniels' arrest was pre-planned  —  In an exclusive investigation, the Advocate has obtained emails from a whistleblower from inside the Columbus Police Department that outline the arrest of Stormy Daniels earlier this month may have been pre-planned days before she ever arrived in town.
Washington Post:
Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Trump's latest effort to stop a lawsuit that alleges Trump is violating the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments.  —  The ruling, from U.S. District …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“We Didn't Expect to Make Money”: How The Daily's Michael Barbaro Unexpectedly Became the Ira Glass of The New York Times  —  He's the star of the Times's most promising new-media franchise.  But will his success eventually carry him away from 620 Eighth Avenue?  —  BY - JOE POMPEOJuly 25, 2018,
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
Separated Parents Were “Totally Unaware” They Had Waived Their Right To Be Reunified With Their Children  —  Immigrant parents who were separated from their children at the border told attorneys they were misinformed, coerced, or tricked into waiving their rights to be reunified with their kids.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Most deported migrants were not asked about leaving children behind, Trump official says
Discussion: Fox News
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Men Are Panicking About Their Sperm Count  —  A study suggests that sperm counts have been dropping for decades.  Is this how the big dystopia begins?  Silicon Valley is at hand to help men get their mojo back.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Paul Turek was on his way to speak to employees …
John Melloy / CNBC:
Tech stocks set to crater on Thursday with Facebook on track for biggest drop ever  —  The tech-heavy Nasdaq was set for a big down day Thursday after disappointing quarterly results from Facebook sent the social media giant hurtling toward its biggest share price decline ever and on track to lose more than $125 billion in market value.
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz / USA Today:
Jerry Jones: Cowboys will require players to stand for anthem, not remain in locker room  —  Amid a pause in the NFL's implementation of a new policy regarding the national anthem and players' decisions to protest during the song, one owner appears to be going his own way.
Discussion: The Root
Bill Alpert / Barron's Online:
Browder Launches New Money-Laundering Complaint  —  Hedge-fund founder Bill Browder is hitting back, a week after the Helsinki summit press conference where Vladimir Putin asked Donald Trump to surrender the financier and human-rights activist to Russian interrogators.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Brennan Kilbane / Wall Street Journal:
You're Not Too Old for a Tattoo  —  The new tattooed man is just as likely to get around by private jet as by Harley-Davidson.  How to ink elegantly  —  WE ARE LIVING in a Golden Age of Tattoos.  And while tattoos have heretofore mostly been brandished as signs of swagger by youthful sailors …
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will watch ‘any channel she wants,’ spokeswoman says  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump will watch “any channel she wants,” according to her spokeswoman in an apparent rebuke to the report President Donald Trump was upset to find her Air Force One television tuned into CNN.
Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
The Dead Can Vote (At Least on the Ninth Circuit)  —  A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit casts a decisive vote four months after his death  —  Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided Altera Corporation v. Commissioner …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
The ‘Democratic Extremism’ Narrative Is a Handy Way to Distract Attention From Republican Extremism  —  There is a convention going back into the mists of time whereby the Democratic Party is thought of as a disorganized and divided mess.  The early 20th-century humorist Will Rogers, himself a Democrat, once said:
Discussion: HuffPost and Roll Call
CNN:
Dozens of lawmakers have reviewed unredacted Page surveillance documents; Nunes is not one of them  —  Nunes to reporter: Democracy dies in darkness  —  (CNN)Thirty members of Congress have reviewed largely unredacted copies of the highly sensitive surveillance-warrant applications …
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors  —  Gov. Phil Scott's (R-Vermont) approval falls far amid re-election run  —  The popularity of Republican governors in solidly blue Northeastern states has been a thematic mainstay of Morning Consult's quarterly Governor Approval Rankings since their launch in 2016.
Tom Metcalf / BloombergQuint:
Zuckerberg Loses $16.8 Billion in a Snap as Facebook Plunges  —  (Bloomberg) — Mark Zuckerberg is counting the cost of user disenchantment with Facebook Inc.  —  His fortune tumbled by $16.8 billion in late trading Wednesday, as shares of the social media giant slid 20 percent at 5:37 p.m. in New York on disappointing results.
Discussion: infowars.com and Bloomberg
U.S. Department of Justice:
Owner Of Russian Import/Export Company Charged With Evading U.S. Export Controls By Smuggling Sensitive Electronics To Russian Military And Intelligence Agencies  —  NEWARK, N.J. - A resident and citizen of Russia was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his alleged role …
Benjamin Wood / Salt Lake Tribune:
What Utah law says about leaving your loaded gun in, for example, a restroom near a children's play area  —  Prosecutors have declined to charge a Utah woman who left a loaded handgun — with a round in the firing chamber — in a children's-area restroom at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper.
 
 
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Nithin Coca / Foreign Policy:
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Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Gillibrand Has Received Big Campaign Donations from Puerto Rico Bondholders
Discussion: CNN and The Intercept
David Welch / Bloomberg:
GM Falls Victim to Trump's Trade War as Metal Prices Sink Profit
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Justice News:
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Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
Centrism Is Dead  —  Last week, moderate Democrats gathered …
Discussion: Shadowproof and New York Times
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz proposes five debates with Beto O'Rourke in U.S. Senate race
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Delay Putin Meeting Until ‘After the Russia Witch Hunt’
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