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1:30 AM ET, July 9, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign  —  Two weeks after Donald J. Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination last year, his eldest son arranged a meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan with a Russian lawyer who has connections to the Kremlin …
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Jen Psaki / CNN:
Putin set a trap and Trump fell into it  —  Jen Psaki, a CNN political commentator and spring fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service, was the White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman during the Obama administration.
Masha Gessen / New York Times:
Trump Gave Putin Exactly What He Wanted  —  While American news media offered differing interpretations of the meeting between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, debating whether Mr. Trump had shown resolve or had fallen into a trap set by Mr. Putin …
Discussion: DCReport.org and NPR.org
David Morgan / Reuters:
Trump Jr., Kushner met with Russian lawyer: New York Times  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son, son-in-law and former election campaign manager met with a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin soon after Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination last year, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Despite Deep Policy Divides, Europe Trip Seen by Buoyant Trump as High Point  —  HAMBURG, Germany — The rumble of police helicopters and armored riot trucks shook President Trump's suite deep inside the convention center, but his staff found unexpected comfort as they watched on TV as protesters rampaged through the streets of Hamburg.
Discussion: CNN and ThinkProgress
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump: Meeting with Putin ‘tremendous’
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico, RedState and The Week
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Trump Caves to Putin
New York Times:   Even Now, Does Mr. Trump Get It on Hacking?
Telegraph:
Emmanuel Macron jostles his way to the front of G20 photo to stand by Donald Trump  —  French President Emmanuel Macron left his position during the family picture to place himself next to US President Donald Trump as German Chancellor Angela Merkel watched on.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump takes her father's seat at world leaders' table during a G-20 meeting  —  HAMBURG — President Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump has an expansive portfolio in her father's administration.  But on Saturday, she literally took his seat at the table at the G-20 Summit here.
Craig Gordon / Bloomberg:
Ivanka Trump Sat In for Her Father at the G-20 Leaders' Table
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘True Blood’ Star Nelsan Ellis Dies at 39  —  “He was a great talent, and his words and presence will be forever missed.”  —  Nelsan Ellis, the actor who starred in HBO's True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds, has died, his manager Emily Gerson Saines, told The Hollywood Reporter.  —  He was 39.
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
In Alexandria shooter's hometown, rage-filled radio host channels middle America's inner frustration  —  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — It's not yet 11 a.m., and Bob Romanik, sitting behind the microphone at his radio station in a rundown strip mall in the middle of America, already has said the “n-word” …
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Pope Francis Says America Has ‘a Distorted Vision of the World’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Pope Francis told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Thursday that the United States of America—and Russia, China, North Korea and Bashar al Assad's Syria—have “a distorted vision of the world” …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Trump to China President Xi: N Korea nuclear threat will end ‘one way or another’
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks  —  Russian government hackers were behind recent cyber-intrusions into the business systems of U.S. nuclear power and other energy companies in what appears to be an effort to assess their networks …
AOL:
Paul Ryan: No more public town hall meetings  —  To avoid situations involving protesters coming in from other districts, House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will no longer hold public town halls.  —  The announcement came after CBS News asked when the next open town hall would take place.
Discussion: Political Wire
CBS News:
Iowa woman who tried to vote for Trump twice pleads guilty to election misconduct  —  A woman from Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty to election misconduct for attempting to cast two separate ballots in the 2016 presidential election for then-Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Discussion: RedState
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Josh Delk / The Hill:   Iowa woman pleads guilty for trying to vote twice for Trump
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists  —  Over the past six years, rooftop solar panel installations have seen explosive growth — as much as 900 percent by one estimate.  —  That growth has come to a shuddering stop this year, with a projected decline in new installations of 2 percent …
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Trump Jr. shares video of president shooting down ‘CNN’ in fighter jet  —  Jr. shared a video meme Saturday portraying President Trump shooting down a fighter jet that included CNN's logo.  —  “One of the best I've seen,” the younger Trump wrote in a tweet, which included laughing emojis and American flags.
Blair Miller / TheDenverChannel.com:
Hundreds withdraw Colorado voter registrations in response to compliance with commission request  —  DENVER - At least two Colorado county clerks say they've seen a large increase in the number of people who have withdrawn their state voter registration since Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams …
Discussion: The Hill, BuzzFeed and Daily Kos
 
 
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Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
NY Times says blaming Palin for shooting was ‘an honest mistake’
Discussion: Power Line
Audra D.S. Burch / New York Times:
He Became a Hate Crime Victim. She Became a Widow.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Tim Funk / The Charlotte Observer:
Let married men become priests, says pastor of America's largest Catholic church
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
American college graduate beaten to death in Greece
Discussion: AOL, KXAN-TV and The Week
USA Today:
Nevada dispensaries running out of marijuana
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mashable
Lawrence Kudlow / Real Clear Politics:
Trump Has Putin Over a Barrel
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Hawaii renews bid to narrow Trump travel ban
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Suarez / Daily Progress:
Charlottesville on edge as KKK rally approaches
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A flight attendant smashed wine bottles on a man who tried to open the exit midair, FBI says
Discussion: Mashable, New York Times and Daily Wire
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans thought they could force 2018 Democrats to cut deals, but Trump keeps sliding in polls
Publishers Weekly:
Milo Yiannopoulos Strikes Back
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Conservative warns McConnell to not give up on ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Carl Reiner / New York Times:
Justice Kennedy, Don't Retire
Discussion: IJR
Donna F. Edwards / Washington Post:
To my colleagues in Congress: I have MS. Don't make my insurance unaffordable.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 

 
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Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
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Financial Times:
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