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12:00 AM ET, July 13, 2017

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Shane Harris / WSJ:
Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began  —  U.S. intelligence starting in the spring of 2015 detected conversations in which Russian government officials discussed meetings with Trump associates  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence agencies starting …
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CBN.com:
President Trump to CBN's Pat Robertson: Putin Would Have Been Happier With Clinton  —  President Donald Trump sat down with CBN Founder Pat Robertson for an exclusive “700 Club” interview at the White House this morning.  —  It comes as the media firestorm over Russia and the election continues to dominate headlines.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he was unaware of son's meeting with Russian lawyer  —  2 MIN READ  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of his son Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last year with a Russian lawyer at the heart of a White House controversy …
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Was Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Connect in U.S. Illegally? … Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. in New York last summer, said she was denied a U.S. visa in 2015.  —  She then asked federal prosecutors for permission to enter the U.S. to work on behalf of a client in a Manhattan.
The Hill:
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team  —  The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump  —  's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: Intel Committee Knew In April That Kushner Met Russian Lawyer  —  Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday said the panel knew about Jared Kushner's attendance of a June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer as early as April.
Discussion: Politico
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem senator calls for Kushner to resign from White House  —  (D-Conn.) called Wednesday for Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, to resign from his White House post in the wake of revelations about a campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Politico
Adam Pribila / IJR:
Roger Stone Alleges That He Knows Who Is Behind the White House Leaks  —  Much speculation has been made regarding the role former Trump presidential campaign advisor Roger Stone played in the various hacking and leaking scandals that plagued the 2016 election.
Discussion: RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The investigation goes digital: Did someone point Russia to specific online targets?
Discussion: The Atlantic and Slate
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Watchdog Group Sues Trump Campaign, Roger Stone Over Wikileaks Email Dump
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:   Are Donald Trump, Jr.,'s E-mails About Meeting with a Russian Lawyer Evidence of a Crime?
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Senate Intelligence Committee list of interviewees expands amid Trump Jr. email controversy
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Congressman Brad Sherman:
Congressman Sherman Introduces Article of Impeachment: Obstruction of Justice  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), joined by Congressman Al Green (D-TX), introduced an Article of Impeachment (H. Res. 438) against President Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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Sen. Rand Paul / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Sen. Rand Paul: Senate GOP Decides to Keep Obamacare  —  I miss the old days, when Republicans stood for repealing Obamacare.  Republicans across the country and every member of my caucus campaigned on repeal - often declaring they would tear out Obamacare “root and branch!”
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Senate moderates sidelined in new Obamacare repeal bill  —  In a closed-door meeting of Senate Republican chairmen Wednesday, Lisa Murkowski ripped GOP leaders' attempt to scale back Medicaid spending in their Obamacare repeal bill.  —  The two matters were unrelated, she argued …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lawyers want wall between Kushner, president  —  President Trump's outside legal team wants to wall off Jared Kushner from discussing the Russia investigation with his father-in-law, according to sources with direct knowledge of the discussions.
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Millions of Verizon customer records exposed in security lapse  —  Customer records for at least 14 million subscribers, including phone numbers and account PINs, were exposed.  —  An Israeli technology company has exposed millions of Verizon customer records, ZDNet has learned.
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Selena Larson / CNNMoney:
Verizon data of 6 million users leaked online
Discussion: Refinery29
Wall Street Journal:
Mark Zuckerberg Hits the Road to Meet Regular Folks—With a Few Conditions  —  As he tours America, Facebook CEO appears at homes and businesses with little notice, asks not to be quoted; not always recognized  —  Mark Zuckerberg is trying to understand America, so he's embarked on a journey …
Discussion: Mashable and Gizmodo
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Exclusive: Video shows Trump with associates tied to email controversy  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Video obtained exclusively by CNN offers a new look inside the web of relationships now at the center of allegations of collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia.
New York Times:
Campus Rape Policies Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos's Ear  —  WASHINGTON — The letters have come in to her office by the hundreds, heartfelt missives from college students, mostly men, who had been accused of rape or sexual assault.  Some had lost scholarships.  Some had been expelled.
Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and AOL
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Kelly won't commit to defending DACA in court  —  An Obama-era deportation relief program may soon face a legal challenge — and the Trump administration won't commit to defending it, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told Hispanic lawmakers at a closed-door meeting Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
DHS's Kelly tells Hispanic caucus DACA might not survive court challenge
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Democrats Ask DOJ About Settlement Involving Trump-Linked Lawyer  —  Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. connected to case  —  Justice, Cyprus-based company settled in money-laundering suit  —  Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to explain …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Committee on the Judiciary:
JUDICIARY DEMS DEMAND ANSWERS ON DOJ SETTLEMENT OF FRAUD CASE HANDLED BY RUSSIAN LAWYER WHO MET WITH TRUMP JR.
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robot contest  —  At the urging of President Donald Trump, U.S. officials have reversed course and decided to allow into the United States a group of Afghan girls hoping to participate in an international robotics competition next week …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mashable and Daily Wire
CNN:
Trump seen bowing in prayer during Oval Office session  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump, who has remained out of public view since returning from Europe late Saturday, welcomed evangelical leaders into the Oval Office on Monday for a prayer session.  —  Photos posted by some of the invitees show …
Project MIDAS:
Larsen C calves trillion ton iceberg  —  A one trillion tonne iceberg - one of the biggest ever recorded - has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica.  The calving occurred sometime between Monday 10th July and Wednesday 12th July 2017, when a 5,800 square km section of Larsen C finally broke away.
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New York Times:
An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Just Broke Away From Antarctica
Harvard News:
BREAKING: FACULTY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SOCIAL GROUPS BE ‘PHASED OUT’  —  A faculty committee has recommended that the College forbid students from joining all “fraternities, sororities, and similar organizations”—including co-ed groups—with the goal of phasing out the organizations entirely by May 2022.
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
State Department spent more than $15,000 for rooms at new Trump hotel in Vancouver  —  The State Department spent more than $15,000 to book 19 rooms at the new Trump hotel in Vancouver when members of President Trump's family headlined the grand opening of the tower in late February.
 
 
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Reuters:
Online ads offer legal option for U.S. election meddling
Associated Press:
AP Explains: Why do politicians want opposition research?
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Gillespie's primary scare has White House, others urging ‘Trump world’ hires
Discussion: Breaking News USA
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Democrats Sue Trump Campaign Over Leaked Emails Tied to Russia
Emily Wood / Google:
Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help preserve the open internet
 Earlier Items: 
Ashley May / USA Today:
Employee takes sick leave for mental health, CEO's response is refreshingly rare
Discussion: Mashable, WREG-TV, AOL and Refinery29
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trump's election commission has been a disaster. It's going exactly as planned.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Pence: Leaders should be humble, exercise self-control
Discussion: Newsweek, RedState and Axios
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Trump's proposals could hike taxes for nearly a quarter of the middle class
Discussion: Vox and taxpolicycenter.org
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Big Trumpers Still Don't Get The Trouble They're In
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The blackmail factor: Trumpworld's Russia lies are a major risk to national security
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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