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8:00 AM ET, July 12, 2017

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New York Times:
Rancor at White House as Russia Story Refuses to Let the Page Turn  —  WASHINGTON — If President Trump emerged from his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last week hoping he had begun to “move forward” from the controversy over the Kremlin's election meddling, as advisers put it …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Category 5 hurricane’: White House under siege by Trump Jr.'s Russia revelations  —  The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a lawyer characterized as representing the Russian government …
New York Post:
Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot  —  We see one truly solid takeaway from the story of the day: Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot.  —  SEE ALSO  —  In the heat of your father's presidential campaign, a bozo British publicist e-mails you to set up a sitdown with a “Russian government attorney” …
Discussion: Reuters and Business Insider
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides feeling ‘helpless’ as Trump Jr. scandal blossoms  —  White House aides feel blindsided by the bombshell revelations around Donald Trump Jr.'s campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer, while the president is using his relatively light schedule to watch TV and fume about the latest scandal …
Discussion: ABC News
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. tells Sean Hannity: ‘In retrospect I probably would have done things a little differently’  —  Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged in an exclusive interview with Fox News' “Hannity” Tuesday night that he “probably would have done things a little differently” when he met …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Pro-Trump media scrambles to react to bombshell emails  —  Donald Trump Jr. released emails moments before N.Y. Times report  —  Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of Breitbart London, reacted to the story of Donald J. Trump's newly-released emails in a way that wouldn't typically be expected …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Connection Has Ties to Former Kremlin Spies … The Russian lawyer who peddled dirt on Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump Jr. has ties to former Russian military and intelligence officials, a key congressional committee will hear in testimony next week.
New York Times:
Natalia Veselnitskaya, Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr., Seen as Fearsome Moscow Insider  —  MOSCOW — When American prosecutors accused a senior Russian official's son of laundering $14 million by investing in Manhattan property and other assets, she was called to defend him.
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
President Trump personally signed off on false statement claiming Don Jr.'s meeting was about adoption: report  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump personally signed off on a statement provided Sunday by Donald Trump Jr., which insisted a meeting between …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Gowdy fumes at Trump administration over latest Russia controversy  —  House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy lashed out at the Trump administration Tuesday over the “drip, drip” in the ongoing Russia controversy, sarcastically suggesting that officials get checked for amnesia about any contacts with Russia.
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Lawyer that met Don Jr. had ties to Russian government, spy agency  —  WASHINGTON  —  The Russian lawyer at the center of Donald Trump Jr.'s scandal over possible collusion with Kremlin election meddlers has denied she has ties to the Russian government.  —  But she threatened action …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Conspiracy of Dunces  —  Here is a good rule of thumb for dealing with Donald Trump: Everyone who gives him the benefit of the doubt eventually regrets it.  —  This was true of clients and contractors and creditors throughout his business career.  It was true of the sycophants and opportunists …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Freaking Out Over Don Jr.'s Russia Email: The ‘Sum Of All Fears’ … President Donald Trump's son, his former campaign chairman, and his son-in-law were all told that the opposition research they were soliciting on campaign rival Hillary Clinton was coming from the Russian government …
Michael Crowley / Politico:   Trump Jr.'s love affair with Moscow
Fox News:
Dershowitz: Did Donald Trump Jr. commit a crime or merely political sin? It depends
Discussion: Althouse
National Review:   Don Jr.'s Disgraceful Meeting
New York Times:
Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said
Paul Owen / The Guardian:
Rob Goldstone to Trump Jr
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A revelation unlike any other in the Russia investigation
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump-Russia investigation takes sharp turn toward the dumb
Kayleigh McEnany / The Hill:
OPINION | Forget Don Jr.'s email — it's Hillary Clinton who ‘colluded’ with Russia
New York Times:
‘Not Right Now’: Republicans and the Art of Not Talking About Trump
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:
The Media Is Not Asking the Right Questions on Trump Jr. Emails and Meeting with the “Russian Government Lawyer”
Discussion: New York Magazine and Lawfare
Amy Zegart / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Vindicate the Intelligence Community
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Reluctantly Acknowledge a Failure of Governing  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans are failing at governance.  And they know it.  —  Their senatorially painful decision announced on Tuesday to sacrifice some of lawmakers' usually sacrosanct August recess was a public confession …
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Axios:
Public wants GOP to work with Dems on health care
Discussion: Politico
The Hill:
Senate GOP outlines revised health bill
Discussion: Balloon Juice
ProPublica:
Trump's Russia Lawyer Isn't Seeking Security Clearance, And May Have Trouble Getting One  —  The ongoing investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia involve reams of classified material.  Yet Marc Kasowitz, the New York lawyer whom President Donald Trump …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The 6 toughest questions for the next FBI director  —  Christopher Wray faces a stark question from skeptics as he prepares to take on one of the toughest jobs in the Trump administration: Where does your loyalty lie?  —  The cloud of fired FBI Director James Comey will loom large …
Discussion: ABC News
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Associated Press:
Trump Jr. emails are latest development in Russia probes
Discussion: ABC News
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
A Russia collusion story worth pursuing
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough Announces He's Leaving Republican Party, Now Is an Independent  —  Apparently, Donald Trump as President of the United States has taken its toll on MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.  —  During a taping of tonight's broadcast of CBS's The Late Show, Scarborough divulged …
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Best-Run States Are Low-Tax Republican, Worst-Run Are High-Tax Democratic, Study Finds  —  Several states, including Republican states, have decided to raise taxes this year to cover budget shortfalls.  But a new study suggests that the states might find themselves in worse financial shape after the money starts rolling in.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Mercatus Center:
Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2017 Edition
Discussion: Instapundit
New York Daily News:
Hundreds of NYPD cops turn backs to de Blasio in protest as he speaks at funeral for slain Officer Miosotis Familia  —  The police union is back at it with Mayor de Blasio.  —  Several hundred cops turned away in protest Tuesday morning as the mayor delivered his eulogy at the Bronx funeral of slain Officer Miosotis Familia.
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MIT Technology Review:
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