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10:25 AM ET, July 12, 2017

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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation  —  WASHINGTON  —  Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether the Trump campaign's digital operation - overseen by Jared Kushner - helped guide Russia's …
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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 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” …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides feeling ‘helpless’ as Trump Jr. scandal explodes  —  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: New York Magazine, ABC News, Vox and Axios
New York Times:
Did Donald Jr. Break the Law?  —  The revelation that Donald Trump Jr. enthusiastically accepted an offer to meet with an individual described as a “Russian government attorney” bringing “official documents and information” to help the Trump campaign and injure the Clinton campaign is a bombshell.
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Saw a Clinton Scandal in Tax Inquiry  —  An offer of foreign tax allegations against Clinton supporters  —  Russian lawyer denies she had information to harm Democrats  —  Donald Trump Jr. was tantalized by an offer of Russian government documents …
National Review:   Don Jr.'s Disgraceful Meeting
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump Jr.'s love affair with Moscow
Discussion: Mother Jones
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump-Russia investigation takes sharp turn toward the dumb
Discussion: CNN, The Atlantic, Scared Monkeys and IJR
New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Makes the Russian Connection
Kayleigh McEnany / The Hill:
OPINION | Forget Don Jr.'s email — it's Hillary Clinton who ‘colluded’ with Russia
Fox News:
Dershowitz: Did Donald Trump Jr. commit a crime or merely political sin? It depends
Discussion: Althouse
Walter Shapiro / The Guardian:   Fox News might buy Donald Trump Jr's spin. But Republicans have no excuse
Jack Shafer / Politico:
If Donald Trump Jr. Sinks, Who Goes Down With Him?
Weekly Standard:
Senate Republicans Eager to Hear From Donald Trump Jr.
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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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: Balloon Juice
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican voters to GOP: Keep working on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Washington Times and Axios
Axios:
Public wants GOP to work with Dems on health care
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  —  (CNN)A massive iceberg weighing more than one trillion tons has broken away from western Antarctica, according to a UK-based research team.  —  Scientists from Project MIDAS had been monitoring a break in the Larsen C ice shelf …
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 …
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
What Did Hillary Know about Russian Interference?  —  A congressional committee examines the Kremlin's campaign to influence U.S. energy policy.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
A Russia collusion story worth pursuing
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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: Axios and ABC News
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Associated Press:
Trump Jr. emails are latest development in Russia probes
Discussion: ABC News
 
 
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