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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump ponders Rudy Giuliani for attorney general — President Trump is so unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he has raised the possibility of bringing back Rudolph Giuliani to head the Justice Department, according to West Wing confidants.
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John King / CNN:
A chill emanating from the White House reaches State Department — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Talk of a potential “Rexit” at Foggy Bottom, new tests for President Trump on immigration, tax reform and media relations and a big challenge for the nation's oldest civil rights organization …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Priebus sidelined as Washington outsiders' power grows
Priebus sidelined as Washington outsiders' power grows
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller, Axios and RedState
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Scaramucci On Hot Mic: I Called On CNN To Send A Message To Jeff Zucker
Anthony Scaramucci On Hot Mic: I Called On CNN To Send A Message To Jeff Zucker
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CNN:
READ: Jared Kushner's statement on Russia to congressional committees — Bolding below included as submitted in statement — STATEMENT OF JARED C. KUSHNER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES — I am voluntarily providing this statement, submitting documents, and sitting for interviews in order …
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New York Times:
‘I Did Not Collude,’ Kushner Says After Meeting With Senate Investigators — WASHINGTON — President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, emerged Monday from a private, two-hour-long meeting with congressional investigators and said his meetings last year with Russians were not part of any attempt …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Trump and Putin, Sanctions Are a Setback Both Sought to Avoid — WASHINGTON — Throughout 2016, both Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin complained that American-led sanctions against Russia were the biggest irritant in the plummeting relations between the two superpowers.
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Putin told Trump that Russian hackers were too good to get caught: report
Putin told Trump that Russian hackers were too good to get caught: report
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner Details Russia Meetings, Denies Collusion
Jared Kushner Details Russia Meetings, Denies Collusion
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Talking Points Memo, Reuters, The Hill, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville and Washington Post
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
GOP congressman blames health care struggles on ‘repugnant’ Republican ‘female senators’ — Rep. Blake Farenthold suggested he'd like to resolve things with a gunfight. — Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) is livid at the inability of the Senate to repeal Obamacare, and he knows exactly who to blame: the Republican women of the Senate.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and New York Times
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Tells AP Reporter Asking About O'Care Repeal Effort: ‘Quiet’ (VIDEO) — President Donald Trump on Monday scolded an Associated Press reporter who asked about the progress of Senate Republicans' plan to repeal Obamacare. — According to a pool report, reporters were “unexpectedly summoned” …
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ThinkProgress, The Week and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Republicans in the dark on big Obamacare vote — Senate Republicans are so pessimistic about their looming Tuesday vote to move to repeal Obamacare that some of them now believe that falling a vote or two short would count as a win. — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team …
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans can't repeal Obamacare because they can't replace it
Republicans can't repeal Obamacare because they can't replace it
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans want to break Obamacare, then spend billions of dollars to clean up the mess
Republicans want to break Obamacare, then spend billions of dollars to clean up the mess
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Daily Kos
The Guardian:
Jared Kushner sealed real estate deal with oligarch's firm cited in money-laundering case — Donald Trump's son-in-law bought part of old New York Times building from Soviet-born tycoon, Guardian investigation into Russian money in NYC property market finds
Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
A Better Deal for American Workers — Americans are clamoring for bold changes to our politics and our economy. They feel, rightfully, that both systems are rigged against them, and they made that clear in last year's election. American families deserve a better deal so that this country works …
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Ryan: Special counsel Mueller ‘anything but’ a biased partisan — Exclusive: Mueller asks WH staff to preserve Don Jr. meeting docs — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday defended special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the investigation into Russian meddling …
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Vox, Business Insider, The Guardian, Mediaite, The Week, Politicus USA and Talking Points Memo
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP despairs at inability to deliver
GOP despairs at inability to deliver
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Daily Kos, Axios, Political Wire, Washington Post and The Hill
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Has Averaged 50% or Higher Job Approval in 17 States — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, who has averaged 40% job approval since his inauguration, received approval ratings of 50% or higher in 17 states in the first half of 2017. Residents in an equal number of states gave him approval ratings below 40%.
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Shareblue, IJR, The Week, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Politicus USA
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Scott Pruitt Spent Much of Early Months at E.P.A. Traveling Home, Report Says — Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to his home state, Oklahoma, 10 times over three months this year, largely at taxpayer expense, according to a report released Monday.
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Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
Charlie Gard: parents end legal battle as time runs out for critically ill baby — Chris Gard and Connie Yates announce decision as high court judge was preparing to oversee latest round of five-month legal battle — Charlie Gard's parents have ended their legal fight over treatment …
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Robert Mendick / Telegraph:
‘We had a chance and we were not allowed’: Charlie Gard's parents blame hospital as they end …
‘We had a chance and we were not allowed’: Charlie Gard's parents blame hospital as they end …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox & Friends forced to issue a clarification after airing a false smear against the NY Times — NY Times demanded an apology after Fox & Friends Saturday uncritically repeated a claim that a Times report led to the leader of ISIS escaping a raid — Fox & Friends was forced to clarify …
New York Post:
Homeless booted from subways so de Blasio could have ‘clean’ ride — Mayor de Blasio ventured into the city's decrepit subway system on Sunday — but didn't have to face the foul-smelling and often crazy vagrants that ordinary New Yorkers are forced to contend with every day.
David Durenberger / USA Today:
Former GOP senator: Resist the bullying. Don't vote for a mystery health care bill. — There will be no do-overs on this. Take it from me: a no vote this week is the only one that will be defensible in the years to come. — CONNECT — What do you do when you are a U.S. senator …
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Erin Adler / Star Tribune:
Fake street signs warn of ‘easily startled’ police in Twin Cities — At least two orange street signs reading “Warning: Twin Cities police easily startled” were seen in the Twin Cities Sunday. — Joe Morino brought an incredulous friend to see the orange street sign he just spotted in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.
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Power Line, Bearing Arms, Fusion and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Poll: Americans split 42%-42% on impeaching Trump — WASHINGTON — Just six months after his inauguration, Americans already are split down the middle, 42%-42%, over whether President Trump should be removed from office, a new USA TODAY/iMediaEthics Poll finds.
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RedState, Axios, Conservative News Today and The Week
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Nominee Says He Once Represented Russian Bank — WASHINGTON — President Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department's criminal division, Brian A. Benczkowski, has disclosed to Congress that he previously represented Alfa Bank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, has been caught misstating his background on live television on Sunday. — During an interview with President Donald J. Trump's new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Tapper inflated his background to make it seem as though he was more in touch …
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
A Veteran ICE Agent, Disillusioned with the Trump Era, Speaks Out — In March, two months after President Trump took office, I received a text message from a veteran agent at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ice). I had been trying to find field agents willing to describe what life was like at the agency in the Trump era.
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