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Former Soviet Counter Intelligence Officer at Meeting With Donald Trump Jr. and Russian Lawyer — WASHINGTON — The Russian lawyer who met with the Trump team after a promise of compromising material on Hillary Clinton was accompanied by a Russian-American lobbyist — a former Soviet counter …
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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.
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Grace Wyler / BuzzFeed:
Trump Blamed Loretta Lynch For Letting A Russian Lawyer Into The US. Here's How She Actually Got In. — Natalia Veselnitskaya was issued a visa in June 2016 — the same month that she met with top advisers of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. — In the days before her June 2016 meeting …
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CNN:
WH aides exposed to scrutiny over Russia meeting response — (CNN)A scramble by White House aides to respond to the brewing controversy over Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer may have exposed those aides to special counsel scrutiny. — They can now be called on by investigators led …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump says he wants victories — but he isn't selling the GOP agenda to voters — When the GOP's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care laws was near death in the House in March, President Trump rallied 10,000 supporters in downtown Nashville and reassured his party's base.
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Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump will take health care credit or cast blame
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Senate health care bill is in moderates' hands
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - July 2017: What's Next for Republican ACA Repeal and Replacement Plan Efforts?
Bloomberg:
GOP Health Bill Steers Cash to the Home State of a Reluctant Senator
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal
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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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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Six People Were Involved In The Trump Tower Meeting, But We Only Know About Five Of Them — Six people were involved in the June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting, but so far only five have been publicly identified. — Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, Rob Goldstone and Natalia Veselnitskaya …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Lynch distances herself from Russian lawyer after Trump attack — Former attorney general Loretta Lynch on Thursday distanced herself from the Russian lawyer that gained passage into the U.S. before landing a meeting with Donald Trump — Jr. during the 2016 campaign.
Joyce Chen / Rolling Stone:
Watch Kellyanne Conway Use Flashcards to Infantalize Concern Over Trump, Russia
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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 …
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Hawaii Judge Orders Loosening of Trump Travel Ban — Ruling applies nationwide and means grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles and cousins are no longer subject to the ban — WASHINGTON—A Hawaii judge late Thursday ordered a nationwide loosening of President Donald Trump's temporary ban …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Says Trump Travel Ban Can't Keep Out Grandparents And Other Family Members
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CNN:
London acid attacks: 5 victims assaulted in 70 minutes — London (CNN)Five men were attacked with acid in London on Thursday night with one man suffering life-changing facial injuries in what police are treating as linked assaults. — The five attacks, which took place over 70 minutes …
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Trump, in France, Tells Brigitte Macron, 'You're in Such Good Shape' — Shortly after President Trump arrived in France on Friday for an official visit, he took a moment to tell the country's first lady, Brigitte Macron, what he thought of her physical appearance.
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James McAuley / Washington Post:
Trump revels in French military pomp far from White House turmoil
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Trump misstates details to paint pipelines as tool to fight Russia — President Donald Trump misstated key details about an oil pipeline he approved to present the project as part of a strategy to undercut Russia. — “Dakota Access takes it to the Pacific,” Trump told reporters on Air Force …
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David Nather / Axios:
The least convincing Republican holdout — It's Marco Rubio. He went on a mini-tweetstorm on Wednesday night, saying he needed things like more hospital money for Florida and the ability to waive Medicaid spending limits if there's another outbreak like the Zika virus.
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 …
Tracy Wilkinson / Associated Press:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in a rare and candid moment, talks about the frustrations of his job — His boss contradicts him. Sometimes sends him off to clean up messes. Makes him explain controversial policies. — When you have been chief executive of one of the largest companies on the planet …
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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 …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Two former staffers charged in cyberstalking of U.S. House member, husband
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