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In Interview, Trump Expresses Anger at Sessions and Comey, and Warns Mueller — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged …
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Excerpts From The Times's Interview With Trump — President Trump spoke on Wednesday with three New York Times reporters — Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman — in an exclusive interview in the Oval Office. Also in attendance was Hope Hicks, a White House spokeswoman.
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Fox News:
Fox News Exclusive: Rosenstein says internal memos should stay ‘confidential,’ after Comey leak
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump turns against his attorney general over Russia
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Axios:
GOP health care holdouts to meet tonight to work it out — All of the Republican senators who oppose the Senate health care bill are meeting tonight to work out their differences — after being told by President Trump this afternoon that they need to work late into the night to get a deal.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus to try to force vote on Obamacare repeal — House conservatives are launching a late effort to force their colleagues to vote on an outright repeal of Obamacare. — Leaders of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday evening will jump-start a process intended to force the measure …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate Republicans still at impasse after late-night health care meeting
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 74 percent want GOP to reach out to Democrats on health care
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The Senate Is About To Confirm A Federal Judge Who Compared Abortion To Slavery
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Washington Post:
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow — President Trump has decided to end the CIA's covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials.
Susan Scutti / CNN:
Sen. John McCain has brain cancer, aggressive tumor surgically removed — Lab results from a surgery on Friday confirmed the presence of glioblastoma associated with the blood clot — (CNN)Sen. John McCain, 80, has been diagnosed with a primary glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
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CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017 — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $473 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 32 million in 2026 relative to current law.
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New York Times:
Big German Bank, Key to Trump's Finances, Faces New Scrutiny — During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pointed to his relationship with Deutsche Bank to counter reports that big banks were skeptical of doing business with him. — After a string of bankruptcies in his casino …
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Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show — Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt …
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Joel Clement / Washington Post:
I'm a scientist. I'm blowing the whistle on the Trump administration. — Joel Clement was director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Interior Department until last week. He is now a senior adviser at the department's Office of Natural Resources Revenue. — I am not a member of the deep state.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
A reporter broke White House rules by streaming live audio of an off-camera briefing — It was only a matter of time. — At every White House news briefing since June 29 — and many before, too — President Trump's spokesmen have ordered a room full of smartphone-toting journalists …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Jared Kushner to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee Monday — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian election meddling on Monday, July 24, ABC News has learned.
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Donald Trump Jr. and the whiff of treason: Morally, he's in deep.
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The Intercept:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel — The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.
Indianapolis Star:
Carrier lays off first 300 employees on 6-month anniversary of Trump's presidency — President-elect Donald Trump gave one number on the amount of jobs that would be saved and a union president, another. So which is it? Nate Chute/IndyStar — CONNECT
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
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Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
TRUMPCARE IS DEAD. “SINGLE PAYER IS THE ONLY REAL ANSWER,” SAYS MEDICARE ARCHITECT. — Thanks to a pair of defections from more GOP senators late yesterday, the Republican plan to repeal and replace or simply repeal the Affordable Care Act is dead — for now.
New Jersey Online:
Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates. Just ask Kim Guadagno. — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. — NJ Advance Media for NJ.com — TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell and Discovered a Million-Year-Old Fossil — Jude Sparks was only 9 years old when he made a remarkable paleontological discovery. — While out for a walk with his family in Las Cruces, N.M., in November, Jude had been running to hide from his younger brothers when he tripped and fell.
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions's Justice Department turns a $65 million asset forfeiture spigot back on — The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that it will be restarting a federal asset forfeiture program that had been shut down by the previous administration. — Known as “adoptive forfeiture …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Jeff Sessions Treads on the Property Rights of Americans
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Haley Byrd / IJR:
Mulvaney to Insurers on Trump Plans if Health Bill Fails: 'You Probably Won't Like It That Much' — Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told attendees of a Bloomberg Government dinner Tuesday night that a long-term commitment from the Trump administration …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump just nominated a climate skeptic to USDA's top science post … President Trump on Wednesday nominated Sam Clovis, a former college professor and talk radio host who has challenged the scientific consensus that human activity has been the primary driver of climate change …
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Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene — The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week. The case has been dropped. — Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump refugee ban but backs broader exemptions for relatives — The Supreme Court on Wednesday brokered a new compromise over President Trump's travel ban, saying the government for now may enforce tight restrictions on refugees but also must make it easier for people …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court says grandparents, relatives can enter US despite travel ban
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