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7:15 PM ET, July 26, 2018

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New York Times:
Mueller Examining Trump's Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has used Twitter as his go-to public relations weapon, mounting a barrage of attacks on celebrities and then political rivals even after advisers warned he could be creating legal problems for himself.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Finance Chief Called to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury  —  Longtime Trump executive Allen Weisselberg has been subpoenaed in Michael Cohen probe  —  Allen Weisselberg, a longtime financial gatekeeper for President Donald Trump, has been subpoenaed to testify …
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
People think Trump is saying one of 3 things on the bombshell Michael Cohen tape, and the answer could have significant ramifications for what's next  — People now hear at least three different things at a pivotal point in the secret recording of a conversation between President Donald Trump …
Discussion: CNN, Law & Crime and Mother Jones
The Daily Beast:
Russian Hackers' New Target: a Vulnerable Democratic Senator … The Russian intelligence agency behind the 2016 election cyberattacks targeted Sen. Claire McCaskill as she began her 2018 re-election campaign in earnest, a Daily Beast forensic analysis reveals.
Robert Donachie / The Daily Caller:
Sources: Jim Jordan Officially Announcing Bid For Speaker  —  House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan will formally announce his campaign for speaker of the House Thursday at noon, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.  —  TheDCNF confirmed the announcement with two sources with direct knowledge of Jordan's plans.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
After Trump's Russia Summit, Freaked-out Republicans Are Supporting Mueller Probe  —  Before President Trump's bizarre trip to Helsinki — where he met privately with Vladimir Putin, expressed confidence in the Russian dictator's professions of innocence in the email-hacking crime …
Discussion: WPIX 11 New York, Hullabaloo and KTLA
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's most ardent defenders are a bunch of clowns
Discussion: infowars.com, ABC News and The Week
Politico:
Ryan rejects conservative push to impeach Rosenstein
Jack Goldsmith / Weekly Standard:   The Rod Rosenstein ‘Impeachment’ Is a Sham
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Sessions defends deputy Rosenstein after impeachment move
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Washington Post:
Ryan says he opposes conservatives' effort to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein
Wall Street Journal:
Juncker's Trade Pitch to Trump: ‘I Can Be Stupid, as Well’  —  How bravado, flip cards and a White House ally helped European official sell U.S. president on trade detente  —  WASHINGTON—When Jean-Claude Juncker arrived the White House on Wednesday, the European Commission president …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump mounts vigorous defense of his trade policy
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR and Daily Kos
CNBC:
Facebook's $100 billion-plus rout is the biggest loss in stock market history  —  Facebook was on track Thursday to post the largest one-day loss in market value by any company in U.S. stock market history after releasing a disastrous quarterly report.  —  With less than an hour to go in trading …
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials  —  LONDON (AP) — The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump's presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously let on, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Scott Walker, other GOP candidates in key Midwest states trail Democratic rivals  —  NBC/Marist polls: Democrats lead in Senate contests in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin  —  WASHINGTON — New polls in three key Midwest states show Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates trailing …
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life  —  Monika Glennon has lived in Huntsville, Alabama, for the last 12 years.  Other than a strong Polish accent, she fits a certain stereotype of the All-American life.  She's blonde.  Her husband is a veteran Marine.
Discussion: Hot Air
Toledo Blade:
DeVos' $40 million yacht vandalized at Huron dock  —  HURON, Ohio — A boat owned by the family of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was vandalized over the weekend while moored at a Huron dock, according to the Huron Police Department.  —  The Seaquest was moored at the Huron Boat Basin …
ABC:
Donald Trump could be ready to order a strike against Iran, Australian Government figures say  —  Senior figures in the Turnbull Government have told the ABC they believe the United States is prepared to bomb Iran's nuclear capability, perhaps as early as next month, and that Australia is poised to help identify possible targets.
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
GOP Politician Switches Parties Over Trump Administration's ‘Racism’ And ‘Misogyny’  —  After 40 years as a Republican, Oregon elected official Lori Stegmann is now a Democrat.  —  An elected official in Oregon is leaving the Republican Party, and she says President Donald Trump is to blame.
Discussion: Oregonian
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
From Russia to Bistro Bis: The Calif. congressman who dined with alleged Russian agent  —  When FBI counterintelligence agents plowed through the emails of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina's networking around Washington, they discovered her plan to arrange “friendship and dialogue dinners” with influential Americans.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The heiress has no clothes.  —  I once flew to Germany for 19 hours to watch Ivanka Trump sit on a panel with a bunch of female leaders, and to be summoned by her later that evening for an off-the-record chat in her hotel lobby, where she ordered red wine in a white dress, which seems …
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Sarah Silverman latest in Hollywood to have past social media commentary resurface  —  (CNN)A tweet Sarah Silverman sent nine years ago, which she says was a joke, has some labeling her a pedophile.  —  In July 2009, the comedic actress tweeted, “Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move?
David French / TIME:
What Democrats Don't Get About the South  —  Trump's 2016 victory continued the GOP's dominance of Southern politics Luke Sharrett—Bloomberg/Getty Images  —  There is no accent quite like the southern accent, and there is no Southern accent quite like the Southern politician's.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Nunes: Redactions in FISA documents just as bad or worse than what has been released  —  House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes  —  (R-Calif.) said in an interview that aired on Thursday that the redacted portions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application the FBI used …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:   Devin Nunes Gifted With Bright, Yellow Sneakers to Help Him Run Away from Tough Questions
Eve Peyser / Rolling Stone:
The Summer's Hottest Trend Is Owning the Libs  —  Conservatives love it earnestly, liberals love it ironically.  How did we get here?  —  “Raise your hand if you've ever posted anything online to quote unquote own the libs,” President Trump's Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley recently asked a crowd of high schoolers.
New York Times:
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election  —  Start exploring the map by searching for a place you know.
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
In Off-The-Record Meeting, Jonathan Chait Says Part Of Him Is Glad Trump Won  —  “Maybe that makes me a sociopath,” the columnist told his colleagues.  —  On Wednesday, New York magazine's periodic all-hands staff meeting came with a little bonus for the assembled staff: a 15-minute …
Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
REVEALED: NYT Targets Kavanaugh's Wife, Looking For ‘Abortion,’ ‘Gun,’ ‘Gay,’ ‘Federalist’ Emails  —  The New York Times and Associated Press both filed requests under the Maryland Public Information Act (PIA) seeking e-mails that Ashley Kavanaugh, the wife of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee …
Josh Eells / Rolling Stone:
The Defiant One  —  Modern country's sharpest songwriter sounds off - on gun-control, what country should (and shouldn't) be, hating lip-syncing, loving Bernie Sanders, and that time he almost died.  —  A few miles outside Nashville, as the Walmarts and Waffle Houses give way to country roads …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Omarosa's surprise book: ‘Unhinged’ will come out in August  —  The publishing house Gallery Books has an August surprise for the president and the public: A “tell-all” book by former Trump administration aide, Omarosa Manigault-Newman.  —  The former “Apprentice” star worked in the White House Office …
Discussion: Chicks On The Right and CANNONFIRE
New York Times:
A Kushner Ally Was Up for a Federal Post.  Then the F.B.I. Began Digging.  —  Ken Kurson is a confidant of Rudolph W. Giuliani.  He is a onetime speechwriter for Donald J. Trump.  And he is a close friend of Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump's son-in-law, who appointed Mr. Kurson to run his weekly newspaper, The New York Observer.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Foreign Affairs chair says Trump is ignoring sanctions on Russia for former spy poisoning  —  Rep. Ed Royce is asking the president for new sanctions on Russia for attack in Britain.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is chastising President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Arnold / Yahoo! News:
Arizona town ‘heartbroken’ after Sacha Baron Cohen's ‘Who Is America?’ brands them racist  —  A town in Arizona is the latest to kick back against Sacha Baron Cohen and his new TV series Who Is America?  —  Residents of Kingman, in Mohave County, unwittingly took part in one of Cohen's skits in the show's latest episode.
Dan Levin / New York Times:
'I'm Not the Only Young Conservative'  —  About 700 teenage conservatives visited the nation's capital this week for a four-day leadership conference organized by Turning Point USA, a group founded in 2012 to promote activism skills among high school and college students and help young conservatives network with leaders in the movement.
Discussion: Splinter
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Migrant family separations have earned Trump the ire of a powerful group: Moms  —  There's a message for the White House in our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll when it comes to the issue of family separations at the nation's southern border: Mom is mad.
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes in the 2016 Election But No One Will Admit It  —  Circumstantial Evidence: Evidence in a trial which is not directly from an eyewitness or participant and requires some reasoning to prove a fact.  —West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Discussion: Shakesville
Abdullah Shihipar / The Nation:
Whom Is the DSA Reaching?  The Teens.  —  Since Ocasio-Cortez's win, a surge of YDSA members from high schools around the country want to organize chapters at their schools.  —  Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary victory late last month, there has been a renewed interest in the Democratic Socialists of America.
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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