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12:40 PM 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” …
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:
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.
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia  —  “That means go back all the way to the 650,000 emails of Anthony Weiner.”  —  During a CNN interview Wednesday morning, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) issued a threat—if Democrats don't move …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Jake Lahut / Politico:
Trump: ‘I have very little time for watching T.V.’  —  Amid swirling revelations surrounding his eldest son's meeting with a Russian lawyer and cascading reports of infighting in the White House, President Donald Trump pushed back on Twitter on Wednesday morning.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
New York Times:   Did Donald Jr. Break the Law?
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. tells Sean Hannity: ‘In retrospect I probably would have done things a little differently’
Wall Street Journal:
Keystone Kops Collusion
New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Makes the Russian Connection
Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Obama and Bush ethics lawyers call Trump Jr.'s defense of Russia meeting ‘nonsense’
Discussion: RedState
National Review:   Don Jr.'s Disgraceful Meeting
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Who Dished the Dirt on Donald Trump Jr?
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Gowdy fumes at Trump administration over latest Russia controversy
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump Jr.'s love affair with Moscow
Discussion: Mother Jones
CNN:
Source: Justice Dept. probe will look at Trump Jr.'s disclosed emails, meeting
Fox News:
Dershowitz: Did Donald Trump Jr. commit a crime or merely political sin? It depends
Discussion: Althouse
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: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican voters to GOP: Keep working on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Washington Times and Axios
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
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Trump goes AWOL, hasn't shown up to work all week  —  Day after day, Donald Trump's schedule remains empty.  He hasn't made an official, stateside public appearance in more than a week.  —  Donald Trump's public schedule has gone blank once again, as the amorphous Republican retreats behind the walls of the White House.
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
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.
 
 
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Exclusive: House Democrats introduce new plan to fix Obamacare
David Weigel / Washington Post:
GOP establishment goes after Alabama congressman running for Senate for criticizing Trump
Discussion: RedState
Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
Two cops are accused of racially profiling Florida's only black state attorney as they struggle …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Ari Berman / The Nation:
American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression
HuffPost:
Hillary Clinton Campaign Aide To Press: We Told You Russia Was A BFD
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New York Times:
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Wray says Russia inquiry is not a witch hunt
Discussion: Politico
Kaileen Gaul / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Clinton is sued for $150,000 by writer who claims she ripped off his idea …
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
What Did Hillary Know about Russian Interference?
Discussion: Power Line
Fox News:
Baltimore teacher sex case: Spanish instructor left during daytime hours to record sex act with student
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Mike Allen / Axios:
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