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10:30 PM ET, July 13, 2017

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Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’  —  After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign.  Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity.  —  Marc Kasowitz, President Trump's …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails back in June  —  President Trump's legal team was informed more than three weeks ago about the email chain showing that his son Donald Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer last June, two sources familiar with the handling of the matter told Yahoo News.
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Kushner pushed for more aggressive defense of Trump Jr. meeting  —  Jared Kushner has been pressing other White House aides to more vigorously defend the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer that Kushner also attended, but has faced resistance from some of Trump's top press aides …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's legal team faces tensions — and a client who often takes his own counsel  —  The challenge for President Trump's attorneys has become, at its core, managing the unmanageable — their client.  —  He won't follow instructions.  After one meeting in which they urged Trump to steer clear …
Alex Ward / Vox:
Top Democrat on Senate Intelligence Committee fears Trump will pardon anyone who colluded  —  A one-on-one interview with Sen. Mark Warner.  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee doesn't buy the Trump administration's spin about the Donald Trump Jr. email scandal.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal  —  Senate Republicans included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from part of their latest health care plan.  —  This exemption could have the effect of ensuring that members of Congress …
Discussion: Politicus USA and Daily Kos
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Bloomberg:
GOP Health Bill Steers Cash to the Home State of a Reluctant Senator  —  Alaska would benefit disproportionately from funding formula  —  Senator Lisa Murkowski has been a holdout on Republican bill  —  Call it the Polar Payoff.  —  Changes made to the Republican legislation …
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Senate Republicans one vote away from Obamacare repeal failure
Bloomberg:
Here's the White House's Transcript of What Trump Told Reporters Off the Record  —  Trump spoke to reporters on his way to Paris to meet Macron  —  White House later released excerpts of president's remarks  —  President Donald Trump spoke to reporters off the record Wednesday aboard Air Force …
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Trump misstates details to paint pipelines as tool to fight Russia
Discussion: CNN and Gizmodo
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I'd invite Putin to the White House
Discussion: Politico
Los Angeles Times:
No need for a full border wall, Trump says
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump explains why he wants to be able to ‘see through’ his border wall
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Newly released security document confirms Jeff Sessions “successfully misled the FBI”  —  Forced by court order to release his security clearance form, the document confirms Attorney General Jeff Sessions omitted all mention of his previous contacts with Russians.
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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
DOJ Settled Massive Russian Fraud Case Involving Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.  —  Lawmakers are concerned Justice's abrupt settlement ‘may be connected’ to Russian overtures to Trump campaign.  —  Democratic congressmen on the House Judiciary Committee want to know why Attorney General …
Jeff Sessions / The Federalist:
Here's The Speech Jeff Sessions Delivered To Christian First Amendment Lawyers  —  Thank you for that introduction.  And thank you for the important work that you do every day to uphold and protect the right to religious liberty in this country.  This is especially needed today.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Two former staffers charged in cyberstalking of U.S. House member, husband  —  Two former staff members have been charged in the circulation of nude images and video of an elected representative to Congress and her husband, federal prosecutors and the U.S. Capitol Police announced Thursday in Washington.
Discussion: The Root
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Former Employees of House Member Indicted On Federal Charges in Cyberstalking Case  —  WASHINGTON - Two former staff employees of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives have been indicted following an investigation into the circulation of private, nude images and videos of the member …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Leaked Documents Suggest Secretive Billionaire Trump Donors Are Milo's Patrons  —  Photo illustration by BuzzFeed News; Getty Images  —  Secretive hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his family launched themselves into the top rank of American power through a series …
Kid Rock:
Once again the press is wrong.  —  Once again the press is wrong.  First of all, I've got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC!  Second, I'm not signed to Warner Bros!!! - which simple fact-checking would have revealed.  I have recently worked out a unique deal with BMG …
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Christina Wilkie / Center for Public Integrity:
Steve Bannon misreports $2 million debt in financial disclosure  —  Top Trump adviser to amend filing after Center for Public Integrity questions  —  White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon failed to properly disclose more than $2 million in mortgage debt on his required financial disclosure form …
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Fresh Freedom Caucus demands stall GOP budget  —  Republican plans to advance a budget bill have again stalled in the face of fresh demands from the House Freedom Caucus.  —  The conservative lawmakers are now saying they will not back a budget until they know exactly what the House GOP's plan is on tax reform.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Airbnb host who canceled reservation using racist comment must pay $5,000  —  Exclusive: Tami Barker, who said she was canceling a guest's booking because the woman was Asian, must take a course in Asian American studies  —  An Airbnb host who canceled a woman's reservation using a racist remark …
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
Florida state attorney pulled over in traffic stop that goes nowhere fast  —  (CNN)A Florida state attorney who was pulled over in a traffic stop said she hopes to use the incident as a teachable moment for the community.  —  Aramis Ayala is Florida's first and only black elected state attorney.
Daniel Gross / Slate:
Why Can't Americans Get a Raise?  —  Companies have forgotten how to compensate workers fairly—and workers have forgotten what they deserve.  —  There's a disturbance in the force of the U.S. economy.  An airline canceled flights because it couldn't find enough pilots to steer them.
 
 
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Senate GOP may not use CBO to score Cruz amendment
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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Sanders draws Democratic challenger tired of his ‘Robin Hood shtick’
New York Times:
Yes, Trump Can Accept Gifts
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
How ‘GMA’ hides George Stephanopoulos' ‘little-boyish mini-legs’
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan moves to ‘modernize’ dress code of Speaker's lobby
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Wire
Liz Farmer / Dallas Morning News:
Activists say Arlington police promised to drop charges against teens if mom gave up video
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
This Time We Liberals Have Totally Got Trump. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill
Craig Unger / New Republic:
Trump's Russian Laundromat
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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