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8:25 PM ET, July 9, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton  —  President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
President's son met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised information helpful to father's effort  —  Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, said in a statement Sunday that a Russian lawyer with whom he met in June 2016 claimed she could provide …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Jr.'s ‘Denials’ of Russian Collusion Are Actually Confessions  —  Many figures in Donald Trump's orbit have been caught denying contacts with Russia that have later surfaced.  What's unusual about the lies that Donald Trump Jr. tells is that they aren't even exculpatory.
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Reince Priebus Accuses Democratic Operatives Of Setting Up Russia Meeting With Trump Jr.  —  The meeting just came to light on Saturday.  —  White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus has accused Democratic operatives of arranging a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer last summer …
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s stunningly incriminating statement to the New York Times  —  Donald Trump Jr. has made a potentially damaging New York Times report much, much worse.  —  The Times on Sunday reported that the president's eldest son was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton …
Kevin Dolak / ABC News:
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner met with Russian lawyer during 2016 campaign: source
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton looks for her role in midterms
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
WikiLeaks proposes Assange to lead Trump's US-Russia cyber security unit  —  WikiLeaks suggested on Sunday that its founder, Julian Assange, should lead the U.S.-Russian cyber security unit after President Trump announced the idea on Twitter.  —  “Why not put @JulianAssange in charge of it?
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Associated Press:
Trump says it's ‘time to move forward’ with Russia
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Vlad, the Trump Impaler
Discussion: Business Insider
Red Painter / Crooks and Liars:
BRUTAL: Australian Journalist Sums Up Trump's G20 Visit In 2 Minutes  —  This is the most brutal and succinct analysis of Donald Trump, the man and the scripted, fake President*, I have seen since election day.  Take 2 minutes and watch this.  Then, pick your jaw up and wipe your tears.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Outgoing ethics chief accuses Reince Priebus of making ‘explicit threat’ to silence his complaints about Trump  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Outgoing Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub Jr. accused White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus of making a …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Reuters:
Republicans voice growing doubts on U.S. healthcare bill's fate  —  Republicans expressed increasing pessimism on Sunday about the prospects for the healthcare bill in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers prepared to return from a week-long recess.  —  One prominent Republican lawmaker …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP returns from break no closer to Obamacare deal
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Chris Baynes / The Independent:
Britain's first pregnant man gives birth to girl  —  Hayden Cross, who has been legally male for three years, paused his gender reassignment to have a child  —  Britain's first pregnant man has given birth to a girl.  —  Hayden Cross, 21, made headlines around the world when he announced …
Discussion: RedState
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
At Private Dinners, Pence Quietly Courts Big Donors and Corporate Executives  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has been courting scores of the country's most influential donors, corporate executives and conservative political leaders over the past several months in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
‘Grandstanding’ or truth teller?  CNN's Acosta walks a fine line with Trump.  —  These are times that try a White House reporter's soul.  Jim Acosta hasn't kept quiet about what's been troubling his.  —  CNN's senior White House reporter has been frustrated by many things …
Discussion: Mediaite
Bruce Bialosky / Townhall.com:
The Foolishness of Never Trumpers  —  Note: On January 22, 2017 I wrote a column that made clear that the claim 17 intelligence agencies agreed that Russia was responsible for the interference in the election was a lie.  Last week, both the NYT and AP retracted their statements and stated …
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
Germany's Newest Intellectual Antihero  —  After the German historian Rolf Peter Sieferle took his own life last September at age 67, Süddeutsche Zeitung, the country's progressive paper of record, called his erudition “breathtaking.”  For three decades Mr. Sieferle had applied …
Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun:
Trudeau should be charged with treason: Morris  —  Layne Morris admits the “sneakiness” of the Canadian government to shield Omar Khadr from having his sweet cash settlement being exposed to an American court order felt like another terror attack.  —  “Like a punch in the face,” Morris said.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks  —  The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md.(Patrick Semansky/AP)  —  Russian government hackers were behind recent cyber-intrusions into the business systems …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Pope Francis: US-Russia alliance ‘dangerous’  —  Pope Francis issued a stark warning against “dangerous” international alliances, including between the U.S. and Russia, on Saturday.  —  The Pope said that he was afraid of “very dangerous alliances among [foreign] powers that have a distorted vision …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Muslim leaders begin European bus tour against terrorism in the name of Islam
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Bevin revises Medicaid plan, seeks to reduce Kentucky's rolls by another 9,000 people
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