memeorandum: Congress strikes deal on bill to slap new sanctions on Russia (Mariam Khan/ABC News)

3:20 PM ET, July 23, 2017

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Eli Watkins / CNN:

Scaramucci: Trump still doesn't accept intelligence conclusion on Russia — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Newly minted White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that President Donald Trump still does not accept …

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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:

Seconds after quoting an anonymous source, Anthony Scaramucci admits the source was Donald Trump — The White House's new communications director just threw his boss under the bus. — Anthony Scaramucci has been on the job for less than 72 hours, and on Sunday he made his first appearance …

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Scaramucci wrote ‘America deserves better’ than ‘unbridled demagoguery’ in early 2016 op-ed aimed at Trump — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “Unbridled demagoguery has driven the GOP to an inflection point from which there is no turning back,” Scaramucci wrote in January 2016.

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Julia Manchester / The Hill:

Scaramucci promises ‘dramatic action’ to stop White House leaks — New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci pledged Sunday “to take drastic” action to stop leaks coming out of the White House. — “I will take dramatic action to stop those leaks,” Scaramucci told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Signals Acceptance of Russia Sanctions Bill

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Scaramucci: New White House communications strategy needed

Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller

Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Read Anthony Scaramucci's old tweets. You'll understand why he deleted them.

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Trump had ‘The Art of the Deal.’ Now Democrats say their economic agenda is ‘A Better Deal.’ — Completely sapped of power in Washington, top leaders of the Democratic Party now believe that the best way to fight a president who penned “The Art of the Deal” is with an economic agenda that they plan to call “A Better Deal.”

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Schumer: Democrats were ‘namby-pamby’ — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday promised a bolder economic message for the Democratic Party, including the potential for single-payer health care. — “We were too cautious, we were too namby-pamby,” Schumer said on ABC's “This Week.”

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ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript 7-23-17: Jay Sekulow, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Sen. Chuck Schumer — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on July 23, 2017 and it will be updated. — ANNOUNCER: THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos starts right now. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC HOST: The Russia investigation heats up.

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Dems to announce ‘A better deal’ economic agenda on Monday: report

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Steven W Thrasher / The Guardian:
The Democrats' performance as an opposition party? Pathetic

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:

Trump's ‘Great National Infrastructure Program’? Stalled — WASHINGTON — As a candidate, President Trump billed himself as a new breed of think-big Republican, pitching a $1 trillion campaign pledge to reconstruct the nation's roadways, waterworks and bridges — along with a promise to revive the lost art of the bipartisan deal.

Discussion: Political Wire

Ken Meyer / Mediaite:

Glenn Beck Dishes on Tomi Lahren: 'I Would've Fired Her the Day I Met Her' — During a conversation with Mediaite columnist John Ziegler, Glenn Beck offered some harsh words and significant insight into Tomi Lahren's departure from TheBlaze. Not the least significant detail was that Beck …

Discussion: IJR

Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Glenn Beck Slams ‘Fraud’ Conservative Hosts on ‘Easy’ Decision to Reject Trump: 'I'm Principle-Driven'

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Charles Sykes / The Contrarian Conservative:

What Trump Is Doing To The Conservative Character — Curious minds want to know: how would conservatives react if Donald Trump fired special prosecutor Robert Mueller? If he issued sweeping pardons of his family members and cronies, or even himself? — Would that cross a red line …

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Streiff / RedState:

Jay Sekulow: Pardons Are Not On the Table, Sorta — Trump attorney, Jay Sekulow, was on ABC's This Week and George Stephanopoulos raised the issue of pardons: — TRANSCRIPT … If you read this carefully, Sekulow's long disclaimer follows this, “George, we have not, and continue to have not …

Discussion: Raw Story

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump lawyer: Pardons are not being discussed

Discussion: The Week

Associated Press:

Fukushima: robot images show massive deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel — Robot spots suspected debris of melted fuel for first time since 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant — Images captured by an underwater robot on Saturday showed massive deposits believed …

Discussion: Common Dreams

Zack Stanton / Politico:

Senator Kid Rock. Don't Laugh. — As you're reading this, odds are a Democratic operative in Michigan or Washington, D.C., is listening to Kid Rock's gravelly voice—rapping, shrieking or crowing, depending on the song—and meticulously cataloguing every single offensive syllable.