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New York Times:
Russian Government Sought to Aid Trump's Candidacy, According to Email — WASHINGTON — Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
GOP Campaign Veterans Say They Wouldn't Have Met With Foreign Agent Offering Dirt — “Senior presidential campaign officials don't take meetings with nameless people.” — WASHINGTON Veterans of several Republican presidential campaigns say they would never have taken a meeting …
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The Atlantic
Amanda Taub / New York Times:
When the Kremlin Says ‘Adoptions,’ It Means ‘Sanctions’ — President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. initially defended his meeting with a Russian lawyer connected to the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential campaign by saying that it was primarily about adoption — a seemingly innocent humanitarian issue.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
An NYT report indicates Donald Trump Jr. tried to collude with the Russian government — A bad look for a man already in hot water. — An explosive new report in the New York Times says that Donald Trump Jr. was told in advance of his meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya …
NBC News:
Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.: I Didn't Have Clinton Info They Wanted — MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the presidential campaign denied in an exclusive interview with NBC News that she had any connection to the Kremlin and insists she met …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
3 days, 3 Don Jr. shocks to West Wing
3 days, 3 Don Jr. shocks to West Wing
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. in legal danger for Russia meeting about Clinton dirt
Donald Trump Jr. in legal danger for Russia meeting about Clinton dirt
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Jr. Hires Lawyer and Pledges to Work With Congress
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. hires N.Y. lawyer for Russia probes
Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. hires N.Y. lawyer for Russia probes
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New York Times:
Trump Aides Recruited Businessmen to Devise Options for Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — President Trump's advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon's plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan …
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The Hill, Political Wire and No More Mister Nice Blog
Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Officials: 16 dead in military plane crash in Leflore County — A military plane has crashed in a soybean field in Leflore County, killing at least 16 and leaving a debris field five miles in radius, officials said. — Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson …
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Therese Apel / USA Today:
Military plane crashes in Mississippi; 5 dead
Military plane crashes in Mississippi; 5 dead
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
16 service members killed in military plane crash in Mississippi
16 service members killed in military plane crash in Mississippi
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David Nather / Axios:
What's next if the Senate health bill fails — We know — the Republican health care effort has been declared dead many times, so this is not a prediction. There's still a lot of motion, and we could see a revised Senate bill on Thursday and a vote next week.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP struggles to revamp ailing Obamacare repeal bill
GOP struggles to revamp ailing Obamacare repeal bill
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Robert Wright / Financial Times:
Trump set to postpone UK visit — Read next … Donald Trump's state visit to the UK looks set to be postponed until next year, amid reports that the president wants to avoid a visit that could be marred by protests over his being offered the honour. — A Downing St spokesman repeated …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
This Town Melts Down — A veteran political reporter takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn't — changed in the time of Trump. — Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was running late and “tied up in the Oval,” an assistant explained. It was late on a Thursday afternoon in June …
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Political Wire and Axios
Ben Cohen / Algemeiner.com:
Award-Winning Journalist Who Broke Story of Jewish Women Barred From Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Removed From Reporting Duties — An award-winning journalist who broke the story of the group of Jewish women ejected from an LGBTQ march in Chicago last month has been reassigned to non-journalistic duties …
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Geller Report
Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
NRA Breaks Its Silence on Philando Castile Shooting — Yesterday the National Rifle Association broke its recent silence on the shooting of Philando Castile, a Minnesota carry permit holder who was killed during a traffic stop last summer by a cop who panicked when Castile reached for the wallet containing his driver's license.
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Federal government cancels costly, decade-long search for a new FBI headquarters — The federal government is canceling the search for a new FBI headquarters, according to officials familiar with the decision, putting a more than decade-long search by the bureau to move out of the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building back at square one.
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Graham Vyse / New Republic:
How to Sell “Medicare for All” to All Americans — Democrats increasingly support a single-payer health care system—and Republicans are already on the attack. Let the messaging wars begin. — Early in her campaign last year for the Democratic presidential nomination …
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Florida Politics and Vox
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Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon:
Sanders Compares GOP Health Care Bill to 9/11
Sanders Compares GOP Health Care Bill to 9/11
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — New Jersey — Choice Words for “Beachgate” — Most think state is now worse off because of Gov. Christie — West Long Branch, NJ - The past few weeks have been no day at the beach for New Jersey's governor... except for that day at the beach, of course.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
How We Are Ruining America — Over the past generation, members of the college-educated class have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status. They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.
Bloomberg:
One of the Biggest Reasons Republicans Stick by Trump — They blocked Obama's court nominees for years. Now they're filling those seats, starting a huge shift rightward for the judiciary. — Although he's been thwarted so far on his legislative agenda before Congress, most notably on health care …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Mika Brzezinski lands mega 3-book deal — MORE FROM: … Fresh off her spat with President Donald Trump, Mika Brzezinski has landed new a three-book deal with Weinstein Books, which published her 2011 book “Knowing Your Value.” — The “Morning Joe” anchor has signed a deal with Harvey …
Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
In Blow to Tech Industry, Trump Shelves Start-Up Immigrant Rule — The Trump administration said it would delay, and probably eliminate down the line, a federal rule that would have let foreign entrepreneurs come to the United States to start companies. — The decision, announced …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help — The saga of Peter Smith's quest to obtain 33,000 emails deleted by Hillary Clinton—an effort now at the center of intrigue swirling around the Donald Trump campaign's ties to Russia— keeps getting weirder.
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The Week
Salon:
CNN hired top al-Qaeda propagandist for award-winning Syria documentary and wants to cover its tracks — Star CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward worked with al-Qaeda “media man” Bilal Abdul Kareem — On June 16, an American media activist living in rebel-held Syrian territory sat …
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The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
White House criticizes Russia sanctions stalled in House — A new package of economic sanctions on Russia and Iran unacceptably constrains the president's authority, the White House says, as Democrats complain that the Trump administration is trying to weaken the penalties.
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Politico
Mark K. Matthews / Denver Post:
Ed Perlmutter to drop out of Colorado governor's race, sources say — Decision coming just weeks after entry of fellow Democratic congressman Jared Polis into the race — WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter plans to announce Tuesday that he will end his run for Colorado governor …
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