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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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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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Shakesville
The Daily Beast:
Trump Team Met Russian Accused of International Hacking Conspiracy … The alleged former Soviet intelligence officer who attended the now-infamous meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and other top campaign officials last June was previously accused in federal and state courts of orchestrating an international hacking conspiracy.
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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.
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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Jack O'Donnell / Vox:
Trump put family first when I worked for him. It was disastrous. — Trump Jr. is another case. — “If it's what you say I love it,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote in an email last summer to an English publicist who offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton, provided by the Russian government.
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Raw Story
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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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
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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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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 …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump says he wants victories — but he isn't selling the GOP agenda to voters
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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?
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Washington Times
Sam Baker / Axios:
Senate health care bill is in moderates' hands
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Watch never-ending handshake between Trump and Macron — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's saga of awkward handshakes continues. — On Friday, right before he left France, Trump said goodbye to France's President Emmanuel Macron, with the two grabbing and holding hands for a long, long handshake.
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Trump, in France, Tells Brigitte Macron, 'You're in Such Good Shape'
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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon blows up at DC's dysfunction, says he's tired of ‘listening to the stupid s—’ — On the bank's earnings call, CEO Jamie Dimon answered a question about his view on Washington's impact on the economy. — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon expressed frustration …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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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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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Silver May Start ‘Parade of Horribles’ Out of McDonnell Case, Critics Say
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and New York Magazine
Vox:
Even the intellectual left is drawn to conspiracy theories about the right. Resist them. — How not to write about “radical” libertarians. — It's always hard in politics for people to take their opponents' views seriously, but it has become ever harder in Trump's America.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bill Clinton: If You Want To Be President, You Have To Know Why The Heck You're Running — At an event Thursday evening at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, former Presidents Clinton and Bush reflected on their time in office and what it takes to become president.
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Lisa Maria Garza / Reuters:
Presidents Bush and Clinton: Be humble in victory, responsible with power
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Foreign Policy:
Private Email of Top U.S. Russia Intelligence Official Hacked — As concerns about cyberattacks grow, hackers are going after Russia wonks. — On Tuesday morning, a hacker going by the name Johnnie Walker sent a group email to an unknown number of recipients claiming to have a trove …
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Hullabaloo and Media Matters for America
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
AT&T Is Said to Plan Organizational Changes After Deal — Co-chiefs to run separate communications and media businesses — Stephenson to remain chairman and CEO after merger, AT&T says — AT&T Inc. is planning major organizational changes to follow the $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc. …
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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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