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11:05 PM ET, July 7, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Presses Putin on Russian Meddling in U.S. Election  —  Right Now: President Trump pressed Vladimir V. Putin on Russia's interference in the 2016 United States election but did not dwell on the subject.  Their encounter lasted two hours and 15 minutes, far longer than expected.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN's Gergen praises Trump on Putin meeting: ‘This was big-league stuff’  —  CNN's David Gergen said President Trump “seemed presidential today” and “we were back to normal life for the first time” following a two-hour-plus meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Politico and IJR
CNN:
Trump, Putin reach Syria deal, discuss election interference  —  Hamburg, Germany (CNN)President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for over two hours Friday afternoon, discussing interference in US elections and ending with an agreement on curbing violence in Syria, the top American diplomat said.
The White House:
Press Briefing on the President's Meetings at the G20 |  July 7, 2017  —  BY SECRETARY OF STATE TILLERSON AND SECRETARY OF TREASURY MNUCHIN  —  ON THE PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS AT THE G20  —  SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Hi, everybody.  I just want to highlight very briefly, and then Secretary Tillerson will go on …
Sputnik International:
Putin Reveals What He Discussed With Trump During Two-Hour-Long Meeting
Discussion: The Atlantic
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John Podesta / Washington Post:
Why is Trump tweeting about me when he should be doing his job?  —  John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, served as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.  —  MOREHEAD, Ky.  —  Weaving through the mountains …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
FBI investigated complaints that Bobby Knight groped women at U.S. spy agency  —  Even before he started cursing from the podium at a U.S. spy agency, Bobby Knight was an unorthodox choice to deliver a lecture on leadership.  —  Employees at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) …
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Senate GOP and White House plan final, urgent blitz to pass health-care law  —  The White House and Senate Republican leaders are planning a final, urgent blitz to pressure reluctant GOP senators to pass an overhaul of the Affordable Care Act before their month-long August recess.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Wire, IJR and The Week
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump personally pockets club membership fees, breaking with industry norms  —  Even as he serves as president, Donald Trump earns a tidy sum — tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars — every time a new member joins one of his tony clubs.  —  Whether it's the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster …
Discussion: Liberal Values
Alison Chandra / Vox:
I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter.  First came supporters — then death threats.  —  I was offered a .22 bullet, although I'm still not sure whom he meant it for, me or my child.  —  It was late on a Friday evening when I collected the day's letters from the mailbox.
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Rachel Maddow's Exclusive “Scoop” About A Fake NSA Document Raises Several Key Questions  —  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow devoted the first 21 minutes of her Thursday night program to what she promoted as an “exclusive” scoop.  The cable news host said that someone had sent her a “carefully forged” …
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two  —  A few weeks ago, Colton Merwin, a nineteen-year-old from Maryland who recently dropped out of college, decided to organize a rally on the National Mall.  “I got all the permits and stuff myself,” he said.  “It was pretty easy, actually.”
Discussion: Daily Kos, RedState and American Power
TMZ.com:
Claim Racial Profiling  —  Migos Kicked off Delta Flight, Claim Racial Profiling (UPDATE)  —  Migos just got thrown off a Delta flight ... the question, were they thrown off because they were out of control or because they're black?  —  The incident went down Friday on a flight scheduled from Atlanta to Des Moines.
Discussion: The FADER and Mashable
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
A New Warsaw Pact  —  Trump's speech in Poland defending “Western civilization” from its enemies sounded less like Reagan's Cold War-era speeches than white nationalist rhetoric.  —  Thus far, Donald Trump has governed as a typical Republican president, with the usual suite of tax cuts …
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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Iraqis detained by ICE ask Gov. Snyder for pardons  —  Gov. Snyder is reviewing pardon requests form Iraqis in Michigan with criminal records detained by ICE  —  About 40 of the Iraqi immigrants with criminal records arrested by Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
New holes in Loretta Lynch's story on the Hillary probe  —  MORE FROM: … When former Attorney General Loretta Lynch testified last year about her decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information, she swore she never talked to “anyone” on the Clinton campaign.
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Loretta Lynch denies offering assurances to Clinton campaign over email probe
Discussion: New York Post, IJR and Political Wire
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Credibility Problem at the G-20 Summit  —  With North Korea's successful testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile that might be able to reach parts of the United States, Donald Trump is facing a foreign-policy challenge of the first order.
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James Stavridis / Bloomberg:   The Worst Option on North Korea: Striking First
Battle Creek Enquirer:
Are goats taking jobs from union workers?  —  A battle is brewing at Western Michigan University this summer between a group of hungry goats and a labor union.  —  The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work …
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Muslim activist Linda Sarsour's reference to ‘jihad’ draws conservative wrath … Linda Sarsour, a lead organizer of the Women's March on Washington and one of the most high-profile Muslim activists in the country, gave an impassioned speech last weekend that at first gained little attention.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Trump Will Get To Pick A New Judge For A Key Appeals Court  —  Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit is stepping down, a source familiar with the circumstances told BuzzFeed News.  The DC Circuit hears challenges to federal agency actions.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Discussion: Washington Post
Lena H. / Washington Post:
26 key bioterrorism jobs the Trump administration has not yet filled  —  Biological threats pose some of the gravest health risks in our increasingly interconnected world.  They can be naturally occurring, such as outbreaks of Ebola infections, or bioterrorism, such as the anthrax attacks in 2001.
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
A Court Is Considering A Request To Halt The Trump Election Commission's Request For State Voter Lists  —  US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly held arguments Friday as part of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's lawsuit against Trump's “election integrity” commission.
Alena Maschke / Naples Daily News:
Driver accused of resisting arrest, punching Collier deputy in face, making threat  —  Authorities said a Golden Gate man resisted arrest Wednesday, threatened to harm a deputy and yelled “black lives matter” while being booked into jail.  —  Anthony Denson Jr., 34, was stopped …
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
London Hospital Reconsiders Decision to Turn Off Sick Baby's Life Support  —  LONDON — In an shift, a London hospital said on Friday that it would reconsider its decision to turn off life support for Charlie Gard, a brain-damaged and terminally ill British infant, in light of “fresh evidence” about a potential treatment.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Dangers of Arrogant Ignorance  —  Widespread historical ignorance is driving political polarization.  —  During President Trump's speech in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, he memorialized Pope John Paul II's momentous 1979 visit to the city.  —  For many historians …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Bye-bye beach house?  Guadagno wants to sell Christie's Island Beach retreat  —  Gallery: Gov. Chris Christie and family on closed Island Beach State Park in N.J.  —  cbrodesser@njadvancemedia.com,  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  TRENTON — Blasting Gov. Chris Christie's summer home as …
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Times
 
 
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Baltimore Sun plans to close City Paper
TMZ.com:
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Airs Concerns About Russian Meddling in Talk With Putin
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