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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: Mediaite, 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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
Joyce Chen / Rolling Stone:
Watch Kellyanne Conway Use Flashcards to Infantalize Concern Over Trump, Russia
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
All Roads Now Lead to Kushner
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 …
The Hill:   Five takeaways from the GOP's healthcare reboot
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Senate Republicans one vote away from Obamacare repeal failure
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Senate GOP may not use CBO to score Cruz amendment
Discussion: Axios
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill
Chicago Tribune:
Peter W. Smith, GOP operative who sought Clinton's emails from Russian hackers, committed suicide, records show  —  In late June 2017, the Wall Street Journal published a story about a longtime Republican political operative from the Chicago area.  His name was Peter Smith and the story focused …
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
New York Times:
Excerpts From Trump's Conversation With Journalists on Air Force One
Discussion: Business Insider
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
BuzzFeed:
How A False Conspiracy Theory About The Russian Lawyer Who Met With Don Jr. Spread To Trump  —  Pro-Trump media figures have gone as far as to falsely suggest that the Russian attorney may have planted a listening device for the Obama administration.  —  Right-wing outlets …
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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 …
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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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.
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 …
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 …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Two former staffers charged in cyberstalking of U.S. House member, husband
Discussion: The Root
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 …
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke raises more than Ted Cruz in second quarter  —  U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, posted a strong first fundraising quarter as a Senate candidate.  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's fundraising numbers.
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: The Daily Caller and IJR
Los Angeles Times:
No need for a full border wall, Trump says  —  President Trump, who made the building of a wall along the border with Mexico a central promise of his campaign, significantly scaled back the pledge Thursday.  —  “You don't need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump explains why he wants to be able to ‘see through’ his border wall
Amanda Petrusich / New Yorker:
Kid Rock's Senate Run Is a Terrifying New Normal  —  Kid Rock—the goofy sobriquet of Robert James Ritchie, the forty-seven-year-old rapping rock star from Detroit—has been an inscrutable presence on the American political scene for several years now, and on Wednesday afternoon he appeared …
 
 
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Tennessean.com:
In Trump Country, Russia scandal doesn't resonate
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Fresh Freedom Caucus demands stall GOP budget
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
Florida state attorney pulled over in traffic stop that goes nowhere fast
Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
Gore compares climate fight to slavery, gay rights & apartheid at Aussie summit
Discussion: Fox News, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller and IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Gross / Slate:
Why Can't Americans Get a Raise?
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
How ‘GMA’ hides George Stephanopoulos' ‘little-boyish mini-legs’
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside
Discussion: Fox News, NPR and AOL
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
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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