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 …

White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information  —  The White House on Thursday made public a trove of emails it received from voters offering comment on its Election Integrity Commission.  The commission drew widespread criticism …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Startup That Got a Seat at White House Roundtable Is Part-Owned by Kushner Family  —  Venture-capital firm run by Kushner's brother partly owns OpenGov, whose CEO last month attended summit with Donald Trump, leaders of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft  —  Prominent technology-industry leaders …

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 …

The Senate health care bill is getting dangerous for Donald Trump  —  It's alienating a crucial chunk of his supporters.  —  There have been, for most of the past six months, two kinds of Americans: one group that was confident that President Trump was going to make their lives better, and one group that never believed that.

A 39-year-old man is mysteriously still a ‘kid’  —  All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr.  —  “He's a good boy,” President Trump said of his scandal-engulfed son, in remarks that started off the record and then became on the record, apparently because he liked them so much.