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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Politicus USA and Raw Story
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story, Vox, IJR and Shareblue
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump Jr. delivers ‘smoking gun’ to Mueller  —  Donald Trump Jr. may have just given Robert Mueller “smoking gun” evidence signaling his father's presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election, according to veteran prosecutors and white-collar defense attorneys experienced in Washington scandals.
Fox News:
Dershowitz: Did Donald Trump Jr. commit a crime or merely political sin?  It depends  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller will surely be looking into the meeting between Donald Trump, Jr., and a Russian lawyer named Natalia Veselnitskaya.  Part of the meeting was also attended by Jared Kushner …
Discussion: Althouse
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
President Trump personally signed off on false statement claiming Don Jr.'s meeting was about adoption: report
Paul Owen / The Guardian:
Rob Goldstone to Trump Jr
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the White House scramble on the Trump Jr. emails
Kayleigh McEnany / The Hill:
OPINION | Forget Don Jr.'s email — it's Hillary Clinton who ‘colluded’ with Russia
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
David Weigel / Washington Post:   Tested by the many chapters of the Russia story, Republicans stand by Trump
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Donald Trump Jr. Emails Paint Serious Case of Campaign Finance Violations
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Look At The Timeline
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Jr. Releases Emails; They Support His Account
Discussion: Washington Post
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Blackburn: Maybe Trump Jr. Got ‘Duped’
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
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
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
New details emerge on Moscow real estate deal that led to the Trump-Kremlin alliance … While in Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in November 2013, Donald Trump entered into a formal business deal with Aras Agalarov, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, to construct a Trump Tower in the Russian capital.
New York Post:
Cops protest de Blasio at slain officer's funeral  —  Hundreds of cops once again turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio at a police funeral.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Scores of officers who assembled outside the World Changers Church in The Bronx for assassinated police officer Miosotis Familia …
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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 …
Discussion: Mashable, The Guardian and Daily Wire
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Bloomberg:
Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working With Russian Intelligence  —  Emails show the security-software maker developed products for the FSB and accompanied agents on raids.  —  Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab boasts 400 million users worldwide.  As many as 200 million may not know it.
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Trump administration restricts popular Russian security software
Discussion: Business Insider, Mediaite and ABC News
 
 
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