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8:45 AM ET, July 14, 2017

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NBC News:
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 …
Discussion: NBC News
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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
BuzzFeed:
How A False Conspiracy Theory About The Russian Lawyer Who Met With Don Jr. Spread To Trump
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
Alex Ward / Vox:
Top Democrat on Senate Intelligence Committee fears Trump will pardon anyone who colluded
Discussion: Politico
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 …
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - July 2017: What's Next for Republican ACA Repeal and Replacement Plan Efforts?  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — The July Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that most Americans (61 percent) …
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David Nather / Axios:   The least convincing Republican holdout
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 …
Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump will take health care credit or cast blame  —  If congressional Republicans succeed in repealing and replacing “Obamacare,” expect a big Rose Garden celebration with President Donald Trump taking credit.  —  If they fail?  Trump has already indicated he will hold Senate …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and ABC News
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Wall Street Journal:   ObamaCare Moment of Truth
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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James McAuley / Washington Post:
Trump revels in French military pomp far from White House turmoil
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN, Gizmodo and Axios
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New York Times:
Excerpts From Trump's Conversation With Journalists on Air Force One
Discussion: Business Insider
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Politico
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Says Trump Travel Ban Can't Keep Out Grandparents And Other Family Members
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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 …
Heather Gerken / TIME:
Gerken is the dean of Yale Law School and the Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law  —  Ideas
Discussion: Althouse
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
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Trigger Warning, Democrats: Your Path To Political Revival Is Through Trump Voters  —  Whether the Left realizes it or not, their favorite publications have been writing somewhat extensively how they can reverse their political fortunes.  Seriously, in some cases, like The New York Times and Washington Post …
Discussion: Instapundit
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 …
 
 
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Tracy Wilkinson / Associated Press:
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
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Tennessean.com:
In Trump Country, Russia scandal doesn't resonate
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
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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
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Kid Rock:
Once again the press is wrong.
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
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