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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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Fusion and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions  —  Special counsel examines dealings of Kushner, Manafort, Trump  —  Trump has warned Mueller against going beyond Russia in probe  —  The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia …
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 …
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 …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Yeah, Trump Is Probably Going to Fire Robert Mueller  —  The Trump New York Times interview was, as Jim pointed out, a wholly gratuitous slap at Jeff Sessions (that aside, the interview is classic, madcap, highly entertaining Trump, e.g. “Napoleon finished a little bit bad").
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 …
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
CNN:
GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials
New York Times:
Trump's Fury Erodes His Relationship With Sessions, an Early Ally
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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Scaramucci under consideration for White House communications post
Discussion: Mediaite
Jon Sarlin / CNN:   Why not turn the White House cameras on?
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” …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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 …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Politicus USA
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Key Trumpcare Holdout Says He's A Yes If Guaranteed A Vote On His Amendment  —  For months, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been a staunch critic of Senate Republicans' replacement for the Affordable Care Act, publicly blasting it as “Obamacare-lite” because it leaves many of the law's taxes …
Discussion: IJR and Balloon Juice
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Dean Heller is keeping his options open on health care
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox
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.
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 …
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
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 …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Used Obamacare Money to Run PR Effort Against It … The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it.  —  The effort, which involves a multi-pronged social media push …
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.
CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to the number under current law.
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Bloomberg:
GOP Health Bill's $13,000 Deductibles Would Be Illegal, CBO Says
Discussion: NPR
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Louise Mensch's Destructive Fantasies  —  Mensch, a former British MP, is now the purveyor of fantastical conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and Russia.  —  A few years back, my father and I voluntarily submitted ourselves to an episode of Question Time, a long-running program on the BBC …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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.
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.
Alex Morey / FIRE:
BREAKING: UC Berkeley will host Ben Shapiro event, pay fees after College Republicans accuse university of censorship  —  The University of California, Berkeley has confirmed to FIRE it will host an on-campus event sponsored by the Berkeley College Republicans featuring conservative commentator Ben Shapiro …
Rebecca Berg / Real Clear Politics:
Grassley: Subpoenas Ready for Trump Jr., Manafort  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee will subpoena President Trump's son Donald Jr. and former campaign manager Paul Manafort if they do not agree to testify next week, the committee's chairman told RealClearPolitics.
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie's last big move could be filling Menendez's seat  —  Gov. Chris Christie is the most unpopular governor in the country, but in his last days in office he may get to exercise enormous influence nationally: Choosing a successor to embattled U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez …
New York Times:
Kamala Harris and Rand Paul: To Shrink Jails, Let's Reform Bail  —  Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old New Yorker, was arrested on charges of stealing a backpack in 2010.  To ensure he would show up for trial, and because of a previous offense, the judge set bail at $3,000.  But his family could not afford to pay.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
NPR.org:
Say Goodbye To X+Y: Should Community Colleges Abolish Algebra?  —  Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads.  —  It is also the single most failed course in community colleges across the country.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Mike Cason / al.com:
Lawyer blasts court ruling allowing abortion for 12-year-old who was raped  —  Lawyer slams ruling allowing abortion for 12-year-old rape victim  —  A former state court official and a counselor for pregnant women today criticized an Alabama court ruling allowing a 12-year-old girl who was raped …
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Top Democrats on the House and Senate Russia investigations and a top digital staffer from the campaign of President Donald Trump split sharply on whether the campaign colluded with Russia …
 
 
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Annie Pfeifer / New York Times:
Help! My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
USA Today Complains About Lack of ‘Women’ and ‘No Lead Actors of Color’ in Movie ‘Dunkirk’
Discussion: TheBlaze
Washington Post:
Two of six African teens who went missing from robotics competition are in Canada, D.C. police say
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Is this still off-camera?’  Press mocks Sarah Huckabee Sanders for bringing visual aids to audio-only briefing
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
David Colon / Gothamist:
If You Need To Put Up Walls When You Go To The Beach, You're Doing It Wrong
Discussion: Jezebel
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Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Donald Trump said 414 false things in his first six months. Here's what we've learned
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
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Joshua Eaton / ThinkProgress:
Students say Christian college turned a blind eye to serial rapists
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Blest / The Nation:
How the Left Can Win in the South
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Pew Research Center:
Since Trump's Election, Increased Attention to Politics - Especially Among Women
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR and Axios
Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times:
Column Bill Nye on the terrifying ascendancy of American ‘dingbatitude’
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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