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12:25 PM 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 …
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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 …
Discussion: 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.
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 …
Discussion: Power Line, Shareblue, IJR and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: 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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
Discussion: The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Vox
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
Discussion: Politico
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Forecast of weak economic growth raises big questions about Trump's populist agenda
Discussion: Daily Wire and Bloomberg
Sam Baker / Axios:
Senate health care bill is in moderates' hands
Discussion: Shareblue, Politico, The Atlantic and Vox
Wall Street Journal:   ObamaCare Moment of Truth
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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BBC:
London acid attacks: Two teenagers arrested
Discussion: NPR, The FADER and The Daily Caller
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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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 …
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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Lynch distances herself from Russian lawyer after Trump attack
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, Politico and The Hill
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Grandparents Win Reprieve From Trump Travel Ban in Federal Court
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: EconLog and Cafe Hayek
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 …
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.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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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. …
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 …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House Dems plan to force Russia votes  —  House Democrats announced a new strategy on Friday to force votes in an effort to highlight President Trump's possible ties to Russia.  —  Democrats plan to offer measures known as resolutions of inquiry that automatically trigger floor votes …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING  —  It's well known that my father …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Xenos / newsbusters.org/feed/all:
CNN's Trump Hatred: Host Says President Would Have Sold Uranium to Russia
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Ivanka Inc.  —  The first daughter talks about improving the lives of working women.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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