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2:35 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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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.
Politico:
Ryan rejects conservative push to impeach Rosenstein  —  The move underscores divisions within his party — and even his own leadership team.  —  Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday firmly rejected an effort by House conservatives to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein …
Washington Post:
Ryan says he opposes conservatives' effort to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that he opposes an effort by conservatives to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, as Republican leaders of the chamber sought to avert a vote on the volatile issue later in the day.
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Sessions defends deputy Rosenstein after impeachment move
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Jim Jordan Announces Bid for Speakership
Discussion: Power Line and The Week
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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Washington Post:
'I'm not going to be a punching bag anymore': Inside Michael Cohen's break with Trump
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
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House press corps showing unity after reporter barred from Rose Garden event  —  White House bans network pool reporter from Rose Garden event  —  The ultra-competitive White House press corps is displaying something rare and refreshing: Solidarity.  —  Journalists reacted with dismay …
Weekly Standard:
CNN Derangement Syndrome  —  The White House disinvites Kaitlan Collins.  —  On Wednesday, White House staff informed a CNN White House reporter, Kaitlan Collins, that she was not permitted to attend an open press availability at the White House with President Donald Trump and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
Discussion: Townhall, Hot Air and Washington Post
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election  —  Start exploring the map by searching for a place you know.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
David Byler / Weekly Standard:
Can Stacey Abrams Turn Georgia Blue?  —  On Tuesday night, Brian Kemp—the Georgia secretary of state and self-proclaimed “politically incorrect conservative” who owns a truck, talks about standing for the national anthem and happily supports President Trump—beat Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle …
Discussion: The Root, Vox and CNN
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Jeff Merkley slams Trump admin as “incompetent,” “callous” in handling family separation  —  As the Trump White House faces yet another deadline Thursday to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the the Justice Department's “zero tolerance policy, Sen. Jeff Merkley …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Migrant family separations have earned Trump the ire of a powerful group: Moms
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
Top committee Republicans vote for border provision WORSE than amnesty  —  We already know that most Republicans support amnesty just as passionately as Democrats, much as they support the key elements of Obamacare.  We learned yesterday, in one of the most spectacular acts of perfidy ever …
Discussion: Breitbart
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Day after Air Force One trip, Yoder defies Trump on immigration
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Legal Opinions Or Political Commentary?  A New Judge Exemplifies The Trump Era  —  Less than a year into a lifetime appointment, a 45-year-old federal appeals court judge named James Ho may embody President Trump's most enduring legacy.  —  Ho has shaken up the staid world of appellate law …
Alison Young / USA Today:
Routine failures  —  For more than a decade, the experts who guide medical practices in the U.S. have been pushing doctors and hospitals to change how they treat pregnant women.  —  At least as far back as 2010, researchers in California began promoting “tool kits” of childbirth safety practices to reduce deaths and injuries.
Discussion: The Week
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
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.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Trump lies.  And lies.  And lies.  —  “What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening.”  —  When the history of the Trump era is written, this quotation from our president will play a prominent role in explaining the distemper of our moment and the dysfunction of his administration.
Discussion: New York Times
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:   Multi-State Lawsuit Against Census Citizenship Question To Move Ahead
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 …
Washington Post:
Death notices for Syrian prisoners are suddenly piling up.  It's a sign Assad has won the war.  —  BEIRUT — The Syrian government has begun issuing death notices for political detainees at an unprecedented rate, according to groups that monitor the prisons, in an effort to resolve the fate …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
New Emails Show Michigan Republicans Plotting to Gerrymander Maps  —  WASHINGTON — Newly disclosed emails show Michigan Republicans angling to give their party a dominant position through gerrymandered maps and celebrating the plight of their Democratic rivals.
RFA:
North Korea's Ruling Party Informs Officials Kim Regime Will Not Give Up Nukes  —  The Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party has decreed that North Korea will not relinquish its nuclear arsenal, which it termed a “precious legacy” of the country's late leaders, according to local sources …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
To Take the Senate, Democratic Group Will Spend Big in Red States  —  A heavily funded Democratic group will spend tens of millions of dollars to mobilize voters in the Republican-leaning states where control of the Senate is likely to be decided this November, stepping in to fill a void left …
Discussion: NTK Network, Daily Kos and CNN
Jacob Snow / ACLU:
Amazon's Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots  —  Amazon's face surveillance technology is the target of growing opposition nationwide, and today, there are 28 more causes for concern.  In a test the ACLU recently conducted of the facial recognition tool …
CNN:
Shadow of a role: John Kelly's 1-year mark approaches  —  Washington (CNN)John Kelly is on the cusp of a milestone: surviving one year as chief of staff to President Donald Trump.  The job comes with the luxury of the second-best piece of real estate in the West Wing, but the biggest headaches.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump-Created European Trade Crisis Averted by Fake Deal  —  Last night, the Trump administration announced with maximum fanfare that the trade war with the European Union was over.  “This was a big day for free and fair trade!,” tweeted an excited President Trump.
Reason:
Liberty Makes Us Unfree, Says the ACLU  —  The government wouldn't abuse us if we'd stop making it upset, according to the one-time civil liberties advocacy group.  —  What purpose is served by the American Civil Liberties Union?  I know that the words “civil liberties” appear right there in the name …
Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
Twitter Is Not ‘Shadow Banning’ Republicans  —  The concept of the “shadowban” has existed practically since the inception of the web forum.  The idea is simple: Instead of banning a user outright and informing them of such punishment, a shadowban makes a user's post visible only to themselves.
James Arkin / Politico:
West Virginia officials deny Blankenship a spot on Senate ballot  —  West Virginia's secretary of state on Thursday denied Don Blankenship's bid to appear on the Senate ballot as a third-party candidate, a victory for Republicans hoping to consolidate votes against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in the general election.
 
 
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Dead body found near Trump golf course
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Just Security:
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Matt Viser / Town & Country:
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CNN:
Michael Avenatti heads to Iowa
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Jennifer Smola / The Columbus Dispatch:
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Los Angeles Times:
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David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
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Adam Johnson / Salon:
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Discussion: Townhall and NewsBusters
Cindy Otis / USA Today:
Ex-CIA analyst: If Trump were a foreign leader, I'd raise possibility of blackmail
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and CNBC
The Daily Beast:
Henry Kissinger Pushed Trump to Work With Russia to Box In China
Discussion: Sputnik International