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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 …
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 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.
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” …
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 …
New York Times:
Did Donald Jr. Break the Law?
Discussion: Politicus USA
Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:   Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Are Headed to Sun Valley, Source Says
Wall Street Journal:   Keystone Kops Collusion
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia
Discussion: Raw Story
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Who Dished the Dirt on Donald Trump Jr?
Jake Lahut / Politico:
Trump: ‘I have very little time for watching T.V.’
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
On ‘Whataboutism’ And Its Moral Hazards
National Review:
Don Jr.'s Disgraceful Meeting
Discussion: CNBC
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. tells Sean Hannity: ‘In retrospect I probably would have done things a little differently’
Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Obama and Bush ethics lawyers call Trump Jr.'s defense of Russia meeting ‘nonsense’
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Makes the Russian Connection
Bloomberg:
Senators Explore Bipartisan ‘Plan B’ to Troubled GOP Health Bill  —  McConnell to push for vote on his Obamacare repeal next week  —  Some senators seek instead to shore up Obamacare markets  —  More than half a dozen Republican and Democratic senators have discussed alternatives …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Balloon Juice and CNN
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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 …
Sen. Rand Paul / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Sen. Rand Paul: Senate GOP Decides to Keep Obamacare
Discussion: Business Insider
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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Lauren Said-Moorhouse / CNN:
Massive iceberg breaks away from Antarctica
Discussion: Refinery29 and IJR
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 …
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Trump goes AWOL, hasn't shown up to work all week  —  Donald Trump's public schedule has gone blank once again, as the amorphous Republican retreats behind the walls of the White House.  —  His strange disappearing act comes as Trump's family becomes deeply embroiled in the Russia collusion story …
Discussion: NPR, NBC News, Rewire and The Guardian
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
HuffPost:
Hillary Clinton Campaign Aide To Press: We Told You Russia Was A BFD  —  A top aide details the many attempts to get the media to pay more attention to the election meddling.  —  The most ignored story of the 2016 presidential campaign is the press corps' unwillingness to focus …
New York Post:
Teen blasted ‘F-k Tha Police’ during slain officer's funeral  —  A Bronx teen defiantly blasted the NWA song “F— Tha Police” out his third-floor apartment window Tuesday as thousands of cops were gathered below to mourn slain cop Miosotis Familia — prompting a house call from about 20 officers.
Ari Berman / The Nation:
American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression  —  The same Republicans who benefited from Russian hacking in the 2016 election have been suppressing the vote for years.  —  In September 2010, the District of Columbia unveiled a pilot project …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Exclusive: House Democrats introduce new plan to fix Obamacare  —  A small group of Democratic legislators will do something unusual Wednesday morning: hold a press conference to talk about the parts of Obamacare that are broken.  —  Ten House Democrats will unveil a new plan to fix Obamacare …
 
 
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Illegal immigrant who sneaked into US 7 times was drunk during deadly crash, prosecutor says
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican pushes cuts for food stamps to pay for Trump's border wall
Discussion: Salon and The Root
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
David Wildstein, a Christie Ally, Is Sentenced to Probation in Bridge Scandal
Discussion: Political Wire and Above the Law
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Steve Scalise released from intensive care unit
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
GOP establishment goes after Alabama congressman running for Senate for criticizing Trump
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Associated Press:
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Mike Allen / Axios:
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