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Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigation — Some of President Trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing …
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New York Times:
Trump Aides, Seeking Leverage, Investigate Mueller's Investigators — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, looking for conflicts of interest they could use …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spokesman for Trump's legal team resigns just two months after starting — Mark Corallo had grown frustrated with operation and warring factions, sources say. — The spokesman for President Donald Trump's legal team has resigned within two months of being on the job, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Joe.My.God. and Talking Points Memo
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
We're on the Brink of an Authoritarian Crisis — If Trump fires Robert Mueller or pardons himself, Republicans won't do a thing about it—and our democracy will be changed forever. — There were many reasons to be alarmed by the transcript of President Donald Trump's Wednesday interview …
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CNN:
Trump reshuffling legal team — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump is reshuffling his legal team as special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation moves full steam ahead. — The developments come one day after Trump suggested an aggressive pushback against his investigators …
Bloomberg:
Here's the Chain Reaction Trump Could Set Off by Trying to Fire Mueller — Warning on Russia investigation renews speculation of firing — Dismissing Mueller ‘not politically survivable,’ Democrat says — President Donald Trump's interview with the New York Times on Wednesday …
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Yeah, Trump Is Probably Going to Fire Robert Mueller
Yeah, Trump Is Probably Going to Fire Robert Mueller
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CNN:
GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials
GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
President has rare meeting with US attorney nominee
New York Times:
President Trump's Contempt for the Rule of Law
President Trump's Contempt for the Rule of Law
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Made Several Misleading Claims in Times Interview
Trump Made Several Misleading Claims in Times Interview
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's public Russia comments could cause legal headaches for him — and his kids
Trump's public Russia comments could cause legal headaches for him — and his kids
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Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump expected to make Scaramucci communications director — President Trump is expected to announce that Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci will be White House communications director, according to two sources familiar with the planning. — Trump has left the role open since Mike Dubke resigned …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Steve Bannon's disappearing act — Steve Bannon has largely disappeared from the White House's most sensitive policy debates — a dramatic about-face for an operative once characterized as the most powerful man in Washington. — Bannon, chastened by internal rivalries …
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Axios, Political Wire and The Week
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Scaramucci under consideration for White House communications post
Scaramucci under consideration for White House communications post
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Investigating Possible Money Laundering by Paul Manafort — Probe by Mueller into former Trump campaign manager is part of examination of Russian meddling in election — WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating possible money laundering by Paul Manafort …
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Rebecca Berg / Real Clear Politics:
Grassley: Subpoenas Ready for Trump Jr., Manafort
Grassley: Subpoenas Ready for Trump Jr., Manafort
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CNN:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors — Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning …
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New York Magazine, Business Insider, Raw Story, Politicus USA and Axios
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
During ‘Made in America Week,’ President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club applies to hire 70 foreign workers — President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida has asked permission to hire 70 foreign workers this fall, attesting — in the middle of the White House's “Made in America Week” …
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Jeremy Singer-Vine / BuzzFeed:
More Foreign Workers Requested By Trump's Mar-A-Lago
More Foreign Workers Requested By Trump's Mar-A-Lago
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News turns to Hillary Clinton amid negative news for Trump — Bernstein: ‘We are in a cold civil war’ — As a cloud of negative news hangs over President Donald Trump and his administration, a familiar face has been all over the airwaves on Fox News: Hillary Clinton.
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Annie Pfeifer / New York Times:
Help! My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump
Help! My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Billionaire GOP donor out of politics calls Trump ‘abortion of a human’ — TALLAHASSEE — Billionaire health care mogul and GOP megadonor Mike Fernandez has one message to Republicans who don't stand up to President Donald Trump: Grow a pair. — “All the Republicans who hide behind the flag …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump 101: How to speak his language — One of the more elusive skills in this White House is the ability to communicate effectively with President Trump. It's no secret he likes things short, simple, graphical. — Someone who was doing it all wrong (although better lately) …
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New York Times:
These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In. — DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it. — “It's going to cost a fortune,” he said in an interview at the time.
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NBC News:
Russia's Lavrov Says Trump May Have Met Putin More Times — MOSCOW — President Donald Trump may have held more meetings with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit earlier this month, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday — but he shrugged off the importance of the encounters.
Spencer Dukoff / New York Daily News:
Katie Couric says fake news is ‘tearing’ America ‘apart at the seams’ — Katie Couric has (almost) seen it all. — Still, little has prepared the world-famous journalist for the phenomenon she says is currently “tearing [America] apart at the seams”: fake news.
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twitchy.com, Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit
Erin Durkin / New York Daily News:
NYC law that makes dog-sitting illegal without kennel license triggers rage from pet lovers — Pet lovers are barking mad over a little-known city rule that makes dog-sitting illegal in New York. — Health Department rules ban anyone from taking money to care for an animal outside a licensed kennel …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Under fire for opposing health bill, Mike Lee hits back — Mike Lee hears the chorus of critics, with blame from the establishment wing of the GOP cascading on the Utah senator for being the Republican that stopped Obamacare repeal. And he's ready to respond.
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Dept. ordered Glacier park chief, other climate expert pulled from Zuckerberg tour — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg flew to Glacier National Park on Saturday to tour the melting ice fields that have become the poster child for climate change's effects on Montana's northern Rockies.
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TMZ.com:
Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead, Commits Suicide by Hanging (UPDATE) — 12:32 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bennington was home alone at the time of the suicide. We're told his family was out of town and he was found upstairs by an employee.
Chris Conte / WTVF-TV:
White County Inmates Given Reduced Jail Time If They Get A Vasectomy — Inmates in White County, Tennessee have been given credit for their jail time if they voluntarily agree to have a vasectomy or birth control implant, a popular new program that is being called “unconstitutional” by the ACLU.
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Ian Bremmer / Politico:
‘America First’: Who Really Wins? — When Donald Trump raised the roof at his raucous rallies with pledges to put “America First,” he hit a political nerve. The long-mothballed phrase, revived from another era of American history, became shorthand for rethinking our whole relationship to the world.
Florida Today:
Teens filmed, mocked drowning man, Cocoa police say — COCOA - Police and prosecutors say little can be done legally after the revelation that a group of teens filmed the dying moments of a 32-year-old disabled man last week, with the teens mocking, cursing and laughing while the man drowned in a fenced-off pond.
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