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5:00 AM ET, July 13, 2017

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Shane Harris / WSJ:
Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began  —  U.S. intelligence starting in the spring of 2015 detected conversations in which Russian government officials discussed meetings with Trump associates  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence agencies starting …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he was unaware of son's meeting with Russian lawyer  —  2 MIN READ  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of his son Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last year with a Russian lawyer at the heart of a White House controversy …
CBN.com:
President Trump to CBN's Pat Robertson: Putin Would Have Been Happier With Clinton  —  President Donald Trump sat down with CBN Founder Pat Robertson for an exclusive “700 Club” interview at the White House this morning.  —  It comes as the media firestorm over Russia and the election continues to dominate headlines.
Reuters:
Highlights of Reuters interview with Trump  —  7 MIN READ  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are highlights of the Reuters Oval Office interview with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday.  —  ON WHETHER HE WAS AWARE HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JR. WAS MEETING WITH A RUSSIAN LAWYER  —  “No. That I didn't know.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lawyers want wall between Kushner, president  —  President Trump's outside legal team wants to wall off Jared Kushner from discussing the Russia investigation with his father-in-law, according to sources with direct knowledge of the discussions.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: Intel Committee Knew In April That Kushner Met Russian Lawyer  —  Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday said the panel knew about Jared Kushner's attendance of a June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer as early as April.
Discussion: Politico
Adam Pribila / IJR:
Roger Stone Alleges That He Knows Who Is Behind the White House Leaks  —  Much speculation has been made regarding the role former Trump presidential campaign advisor Roger Stone played in the various hacking and leaking scandals that plagued the 2016 election.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem senator calls for Kushner to resign from White House  —  (D-Conn.) called Wednesday for Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, to resign from his White House post in the wake of revelations about a campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton
New York Times:
With Glare on Trump Children, Political Gets Personal for President
Discussion: Washington Post
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:   Are Donald Trump, Jr.,'s E-mails About Meeting with a Russian Lawyer Evidence of a Crime?
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   The blackmail factor: Trumpworld's Russia lies are a major risk to national security
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Senate Intelligence Committee list of interviewees expands amid Trump Jr. email controversy
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Was Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Connect in U.S. Illegally? … Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. in New York last summer, said she was denied a U.S. visa in 2015.  —  She then asked federal prosecutors for permission to enter the U.S. to work on behalf of a client in a Manhattan.
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The Hill:
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team  —  The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump  —  's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Democrats Ask DOJ About Settlement Involving Trump-Linked Lawyer  —  Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. connected to case  —  Justice, Cyprus-based company settled in money-laundering suit  —  Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to explain …
Discussion: Political Wire
Committee on the Judiciary:
JUDICIARY DEMS DEMAND ANSWERS ON DOJ SETTLEMENT OF FRAUD CASE HANDLED BY RUSSIAN LAWYER WHO MET WITH TRUMP JR.
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Senate moderates sidelined in new Obamacare repeal bill  —  In a closed-door meeting of Senate Republican chairmen Wednesday, Lisa Murkowski ripped GOP leaders' attempt to scale back Medicaid spending in their Obamacare repeal bill.  —  The two matters were unrelated, she argued …
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Congressman Brad Sherman:
Congressman Sherman Introduces Article of Impeachment: Obstruction of Justice  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), joined by Congressman Al Green (D-TX), introduced an Article of Impeachment (H. Res. 438) against President Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Millions of Verizon customer records exposed in security lapse  —  Customer records for at least 14 million subscribers, including phone numbers and account PINs, were exposed.  —  An Israeli technology company has exposed millions of Verizon customer records, ZDNet has learned.
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Selena Larson / CNNMoney:
Verizon data of 6 million users leaked online
Discussion: Refinery29
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robotics contest  —  At the urging of President Donald Trump, U.S. officials have reversed course and decided to allow into the United States a group of Afghan girls hoping to participate in an international robotics competition next week …
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Watchdog Group Sues Trump Campaign, Roger Stone Over Wikileaks Email Dump  —  United to Protect Democracy, a nonprofit watchdog group, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in connection with Wikileaks' publication …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:   Democrats Sue Trump Campaign Over Leaked Emails Tied to Russia
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Exclusive: Video shows Trump with associates tied to email controversy  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Video obtained exclusively by CNN offers a new look inside the web of relationships now at the center of allegations of collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia.
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 …
Discussion: Mashable and Gizmodo
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
DHS's Kelly tells Hispanic caucus DACA might not survive court challenge  —  Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in a closed-door meeting Wednesday that an initiative that grants work permits to more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants may not survive a looming legal challenge.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Ted Hesson / Politico:   Kelly won't commit to defending DACA in court
Reuters:
Online ads offer legal option for U.S. election meddling  —  SAN FRANCISCO The laws that prohibit foreign nationals from spending money to influence U.S. elections do not prevent them from lawfully buying some kinds of political ads on Facebook and other online networks, campaign finance lawyers said.
 
 
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Heather Stewart / The Guardian:
Brexit: Labour threatens to defeat Theresa May over ‘great repeal bill’
Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Mail
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Gillespie's primary scare has White House, others urging ‘Trump world’ hires
Discussion: Breaking News USA
Ashley May / USA Today:
Employee takes sick leave for mental health, CEO's response is refreshingly rare
Discussion: Mashable, WREG-TV and AOL
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trump's election commission has been a disaster. It's going exactly as planned.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Pence: Leaders should be humble, exercise self-control
Discussion: Newsweek, RedState and Axios
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Trump's proposals could hike taxes for nearly a quarter of the middle class
Discussion: Vox and taxpolicycenter.org
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Big Trumpers Still Don't Get The Trouble They're In
New York Times:
An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Just Broke Away From Antarctica
CNN:
Trump seen bowing in prayer during Oval Office session
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