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2:45 PM ET, July 11, 2017

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New York Times:
Russian Dirt on Clinton?  ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said  —  The June 3, 2016, email sent to Donald Trump Jr. could hardly have been more explicit: One of his father's former Russian business partners had been contacted by a senior Russian government official and was offering to provide …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
We are past the point of innocent explanations on Trump and Russia  —  Imagine if the Clintons had done what the Trumps did on Russia.  —  Imagine the names were different.  —  Imagine Chelsea Clinton had taken Bill Clinton and campaign chair John Podesta to a meeting set …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Trust Nothing, Defend Nothing  —  I don't write or even tweet about the Russia investigation much.  I think the most I've written is that I think it probably won't pan out and if it does, it'll be Paul Manafort or Roger Stone or some other expendable type who'll end up getting to know the underside of a bus.
Mike Allen / Axios:
3 days, 3 Don Jr. shocks to West Wing  —  Top West Wing aides acknowledge that the three consecutive days of baffling, brutal disclosures about Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting during the campaign is a story that will stick, with potentially momentous political and legal consequences.
Weekly Standard:
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia
Discussion: Associated Press
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's fishy behavior on Russia is bigger than possible email collusion
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. releases ‘entire email chain’ regarding Russian meeting
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The White House knows the Trump Jr. story is bad news
Discussion: Daily Kos
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow tanks 100 points, then recovers as traders debate impact of Trump Jr. emails
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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Politico:
Senate GOP ‘very pessimistic’ on Obamacare repeal  —  A push by Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to pull the bill to the right is dividing the caucus and complicating Republicans' already-beleaguered effort.  —  Tensions are rising between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's leadership team …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell: Senate will work through first two weeks of August recess  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will keep the Senate in session the first two weeks of August, the Kentucky Republican announced Tuesday — as the GOP faces a daunting to-do list that includes repealing Obamacare and raising the debt limit.
Discussion: Axios
Austin Wright / Politico:
Graham drafting alternative heath care plan
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
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 …
Fox News:
Marine aircraft disaster: 15 Marines, 1 Navy Corpsman killed in Mississippi crash  —  The FBI on Tuesday continued to investigate the deaths of 15 Marines and one Navy Corpsman who were killed when their U.S. military plane spiraled out of the sky and into a Mississippi field on Monday.
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
16 service members killed in military plane crash in Mississippi
Discussion: The Clarion Ledger, CNN and twitchy.com
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Addresses False Comey Memo Report: ‘We Were Mistaken’  —  Fox & Friends reported yesterday that former FBI Director James Comey had leaked classified information in a memo he had written to memorialize a meeting with President Trump, which he then passed on to a friend to leak to the press.
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Reuters:
Syrian Observatory says it has ‘confirmed information’ that Islamic State chief is dead  —  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.  —  The report came just days …
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Jack Moore / Newsweek:
ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI DEAD: SYRIAN MONITOR
Discussion: Telegraph, The Daily Caller and IJR
Eryn Dion / Northwest Florida Daily News:
Amazing human chain formed to rescue drowning family in PCB  —  “I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Roberta Ursrey said.  “It was like, 'Oh God, this is how I'm going.' ”  —  PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was supposed to just be a quick trip to the beach …
CNN:
An avalanche of hate: How a Montana mom became the target of a neo-Nazi troll storm  —  Whitefish, Montana (CNN)Once the calls began, they did not stop.  Swiping to decline a call just led to the phone ringing again.  Blocked number after blocked number filled up the voice mail.
Discussion: Mediaite
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump adds two to election integrity commission  —  plans to appoint two more members to his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, the White House announced Monday evening.  —  Christian Adams of Virginiaand Alan Lamar King of Alabama will join the15-member commission …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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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