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1:50 PM ET, July 24, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump ponders Rudy Giuliani for attorney general  —  President Trump is so unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he has raised the possibility of bringing back Rudolph Giuliani to head the Justice Department, according to West Wing confidants.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Tells AP Reporter Asking About O'Care Repeal Effort: ‘Quiet’ (VIDEO)  —  President Donald Trump on Monday scolded an Associated Press reporter who asked about the progress of Senate Republicans' plan to repeal Obamacare.  —  According to a pool report, reporters were “unexpectedly summoned” …
Discussion: The Week
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
GOP congressman blames health care struggles on ‘repugnant’ Republican ‘female senators’
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP despairs at inability to deliver
Discussion: Political Wire
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans can't repeal Obamacare because they can't replace it
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
READ: Jared Kushner's statement on Russia to congressional committees  —  Bolding below included as submitted in statement  —  STATEMENT OF JARED C. KUSHNER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES  —  I am voluntarily providing this statement, submitting documents, and sitting for interviews in order …
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New York Times:
‘I Did Not Collude,’ Kushner Says After Meeting with Senate Investigators  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, emerged Monday from a private, two-hour-long meeting with congressional investigators and said his meetings last year with Russians were not part …
AP Story / Associated Press:
Trump son-in-law Kushner denies collusion with Russia
Associated Press:
The Latest: Kushner blames aide for faulty questionnaire
Discussion: Vox, Politico, RedState, Axios and PEN America
John King / CNN:
A chill emanating from the White House reaches State Department  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Talk of a potential “Rexit” at Foggy Bottom, new tests for President Trump on immigration, tax reform and media relations and a big challenge for the nation's oldest civil rights organization …
Discussion: The Hill
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Priebus sidelined as Washington outsiders' power grows  —  Reince Priebus took the punishing job of President Donald Trump's chief of staff with the idea that he would stick it out for at least one year.  —  Six months in, with one of his top allies in the West Wing — press secretary Sean Spicer …
Discussion: Axios and RedState
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Scaramucci On Hot Mic: I Called On CNN To Send A Message To Jeff Zucker  —  “I have to call on CNN and send a message to Zucker that we are back in business,” Scaramucci said on a hot mic Sunday in between morning show appearances.  —  Anthony Scaramucci is already working to smooth …
The Guardian:
Jared Kushner sealed real estate deal with oligarch's firm cited in money-laundering case  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law bought part of old New York Times building from Soviet-born tycoon, Guardian investigation into Russian money in NYC property market finds
Discussion: Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Trump and Putin, Sanctions Are a Setback Both Sought to Avoid  —  WASHINGTON — Throughout 2016, both Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin complained that American-led sanctions against Russia were the biggest irritant in the plummeting relations between the two superpowers.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
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Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
A Better Deal for American Workers  —  Americans are clamoring for bold changes to our politics and our economy.  They feel, rightfully, that both systems are rigged against them, and they made that clear in last year's election.  American families deserve a better deal so that this country works …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Has Averaged 50% or Higher Job Approval in 17 States  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, who has averaged 40% job approval since his inauguration, received approval ratings of 50% or higher in 17 states in the first half of 2017.  Residents in an equal number of states gave him approval ratings below 40%.
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
Charlie Gard: parents end legal battle as time runs out for critically ill baby  —  Chris Gard and Connie Yates announce decision as high court judge was preparing to oversee latest round of five-month legal battle  —  Charlie Gard's parents have ended their legal fight over treatment …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Scott Pruitt Spent Much of Early Months at E.P.A. Traveling Home, Report Says  —  Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to his home state, Oklahoma, 10 times over three months this year, largely at taxpayer expense, according to a report released Monday.
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Reuters:   EPA chief spent almost half of spring in home state of Oklahoma
David Durenberger / USA Today:
Former GOP senator: Resist the bullying.  Don't vote for a mystery health care bill.  —  There will be no do-overs on this.  Take it from me: a no vote this week is the only one that will be defensible in the years to come.  —  CONNECT  —  What do you do when you are a U.S. senator …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
USA Today:
Poll: Americans split 42%-42% on impeaching Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Just six months after his inauguration, Americans already are split down the middle, 42%-42%, over whether President Trump should be removed from office, a new USA TODAY/iMediaEthics Poll finds.
SpringerLink:
Party and Gender Stereotypes in Campaign Attacks … Research on negative campaigning has largely overlooked the role of stereotypes.  In this study, we argue that the gender and partisan stereotypes associated with traits and policy issues interact with a candidate's gender and partisanship …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Post:
Man ordered to pay $65K in child support for kid who isn't his … A Texas man is battling a court order that mandates he must pay tens of thousands in child support for a child whom he did not biologically father and whom he met only once.  —  In 2003, a child support court in Texas ruled …
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
The Trump White House's War Within  —  Last week, President Donald Trump's senior Cabinet officials and top national security advisers met for a contentious meeting to finally agree on a new strategy for America's longest war.  After months of wrangling, they would ask Trump for a modest troop increase …
 
 
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Aliyya Swaby / The Texas Tribune:
After Texas “human trafficking crime,” Lt. Gov. Patrick lauds sanctuary city law
Jordan Gehrke / The Federalist:
How Kid Rock Can Win Michigan's 2018 Senate Seat
Discussion: The Resurgent and twitchy.com
Jeff Stein / Vox:
It's time to see if Democrats are serious about single-payer
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Jack Shenker / The Guardian:
Revealed: the insidious creep of pseudo-public space in London
Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
Restoring the Republic Means Reimposing ‘Regular Order’
Discussion: EconLog
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, has been caught misstating his background on live television on Sunday.
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans want to break Obamacare, then spend billions of dollars to clean up the mess
Discussion: Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows takes a seat at the top table
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
In Reversal, Colleges Rein In Tuition
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Seized Smashed Hard Drives From Wasserman Schultz IT Aide's Home
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Gateway Pundit
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The Man McMaster Couldn't Fire
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Joe and Mika (and Donald): A Beltway Love Story
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
 

 
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