Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room  —  CNN Special Report “The First Son: The Life of Donald Trump Jr.” airs Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.  —  Washington (CNN)The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort included at least eight people.

White House shakes up legal team as probe gathers steam … Under intensifying fire over its handling of the Russia investigations, the White House is shaking up its legal team, bringing on board a veteran Washington criminal defense lawyer just as another high-profile attorney turns …

More than 3,000 Colorado voters have canceled their registrations since Trump election integrity commission request  —  The withdrawals began in earnest earlier this month, after a presidential advisory commission on election integrity requested publicly available voter information from all 50 states.

‘Lie after lie after lie’: Fox News' Shepard Smith has a Cronkite moment on Russia … Between its “Fox and Friends” morning show and Sean Hannity at night, Fox News has become a haven for those who think this whole Russia thing is nonsense.  On Friday morning, Steve Doocy even declared that …

The GOP's moral rot is the problem, not Donald Trump Jr.  —  The key insight from a week of gobsmacking revelations is not that the Russia scandal may finally have an underlying crime but that, as David Brooks suggests, “over the past few generations the Trump family built an enveloping culture that is beyond good and evil.”

Governors From Both Parties Denounce Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The nation's governors, gathered here for their annual summer meeting, came out strongly on Friday against the new Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, ratcheting up the pressure …

House Republicans weigh massive partisan spending bill  —  House GOP leaders will decide next week whether to brave an ugly floor fight over a massive GOP spending bill — a proposal applauded by some rank-and-file Republicans but that risks embarrassment if it fails.

Roger Stone's Testimony in House Russia Probe Delayed After Radio Tirade  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Stone was to testify July 24  —  Stone had called Democrat on panel a ‘yellow-bellied coward’  —  The House Intelligence Committee has postponed the scheduled July 24 closed-door testimony …

In memo, Trump administration weighs expanding the expedited deportation powers of DHS  —  The Trump administration is weighing a new policy to dramatically expand the Department of Homeland Security's powers to expedite the deportations of some illegal immigrants.

The Projection President  —  In Paris on Thursday, Donald Trump said, “A lot of people don't know” that “France is America's first and oldest ally.”  That may be true.  But commentators noted that when Trump uses the “a lot of people don't know” formulation, it's usually a sign that he didn't know himself.

Judge Tosses Jury's Conviction Of Woman Who Laughed At Jeff Sessions, Orders New Trial  —  A D.C. judge tossed out the conviction of a woman arrested after laughing during Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing.  —  WASHINGTON A D.C. judge has tossed out a jury's conviction of a protester …

LawNewz Prediction: President Trump Fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller Within 100 Days  —  It is common knowledge that President Donald Trump isn't happy with the Russia investigation.  At all.  Trump has now referred to the special counsel investigation as a “witch hunt” at least a dozen times on Twitter.