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12:25 AM ET, July 10, 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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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.
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s stunning admission 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 before meeting …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer on Trump Jr: ‘This borders on treason’ … An ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush blasted Donald Trump  —  Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer who claimed to have compromising information on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton  —  during the campaign, saying it “borders on treason.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. 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 potentially damaging information …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and twitchy.com
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Two Different Explanations for Russian Meeting  —  In less than 24 hours, President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has given two different explanations for a meeting he held during the 2016 campaign with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer who promised to provide damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
The Times ‘exposé’ on Donald Trump Jr. is a big yawn  —  The news was delivered by the New York Times in the breathless tones that might announce a cure for cancer or the discovery of life on Mars:  —  “President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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 …
David Frum / The Atlantic:   Will Congress Hold Russia Accountable for the Behavior Trump Excuses?
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
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material  —  More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information …
Joshua Green / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon Is Out of Trump's Doghouse and Leading the Charge Against Mueller  —  Why does Trump double-down every time it seems like he should retreat?  Because Steve Bannon is back in his boss's good graces.  —  On May 22, just as a strange photo of President Trump, Saudi king Salman …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot For Humans?  Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.  —  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. … It is, I promise, worse than you think.  If your anxiety about global warming is dominated …
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 …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP returns from break no closer to Obamacare deal  —  Senate Republicans appear miles away from their long-sought repeal of Obamacare, returning to Washington on Monday with just a few weeks to put the pieces back together before they could be forced to abandon their partisan attempts at a health care overhaul altogether.
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Reuters:
Republicans voice growing doubts on U.S. healthcare bill's fate
Discussion: Political Wire
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama returns to political fray for a Democratic Party cause  —  Former president Barack Obama will formally reenter the political fray this week less than six months after leaving office, headlining a fundraiser for a group that could prove critical to the Democratic Party's rebuilding efforts.
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The demise of the deficit hawks  —  Conservatives are curiously zen about the debt ceiling hike, which points to a tectonic shift in the politics of debt now that we've entered the Trump Era.  Not a single major conservative outside group is demanding the White House slash spending in exchange …
Linda Sarsour / Washington Post:
Islamophobes are attacking me because I'm their worst nightmare  —  Linda Sarsour is an activist and a co-chair of the Women's March on Washington.  —  This week, conservative media outlets took a speech I gave to the largest gathering of Muslims in America out of context and alleged …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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Discussion: RedState
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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