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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 …
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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 …
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” …
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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 …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump-Russia investigation takes sharp turn toward the dumb — Could there a dumber, more obvious come-on than the one Rob Goldstone, described in press reports as a British-born publicist and former tabloid reporter, sent to Donald Trump, Jr. on June 3, 2016?
Wall Street Journal:
Keystone Kops Collusion — Did Don Jr., a Russian pop star and a lawyer steal the 2016 election? — President Trump's critics claim to have uncovered proof, finally, of 2016 collusion between the campaign and the Kremlin. Another reading of the meeting between Donald Trump Jr …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides feeling ‘helpless’ as Trump Jr. scandal explodes
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia
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Bloomberg:
Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Saw a Clinton Scandal in Tax Inquiry
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Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
President Trump personally signed off on false statement claiming Don Jr.'s meeting was about adoption: report
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Who Dished the Dirt on Donald Trump Jr?
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Jake Lahut / Politico:
Trump: ‘I have very little time for watching T.V.’
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Wall Street Journal:
Emails Pose Potential Problem for Trump Jr. After Meeting With Russian Lawyer
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. tells Sean Hannity: ‘In retrospect I probably would have done things a little differently’
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
On ‘Whataboutism’ And Its Moral Hazards
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Makes the Russian Connection
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Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Obama and Bush ethics lawyers call Trump Jr.'s defense of Russia meeting ‘nonsense’
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Connection Has Ties to Former Kremlin Spies
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Pro-Trump media scrambles to react to bombshell emails
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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Senators Explore Bipartisan ‘Plan B’ to Troubled GOP Health Bill
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David Nather / Axios:
Still not seeing a health care game changer
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican voters to GOP: Keep working on Obamacare repeal
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
David Wildstein, a Christie Ally, Is Sentenced to Probation in Bridge Scandal — NEWARK — David Wildstein, the professed mastermind of the so-called Bridgegate scandal, was spared a prison term during his sentencing on Wednesday for his role in the closing of lanes near the George Washington Bridge …
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