memeorandum: Senate won't let Trump make recess appointments (Ted Barrett/CNN)

5:45 PM ET, July 25, 2017

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Jeff Sessions Is Growing ‘Pissed’ at Trump, His Allies Say. And He Doesn't Plan to Quit. … Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to leave office as friends say he's grown angry with President Donald Trump following a series of attacks meant to marginalize his power and, potentially, encourage his resignation.

Discussion: Washington Post, neo-neocon, Raw Story, Politicus USA, The American Conservative, AOL, Mediaite and IJR

Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:

Trump Won't Say if He Will Fire Sessions — 'I'm very disappointed in Jeff Sessions,' president says in interview — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment in Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday and questioned the importance of Mr. Sessions's early endorsement …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, NPR, CNBC, Daily Wire, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, IJR, Daily Kos and Political Wire

Tara Palmeri / Politico:

Scaramucci threatens to ‘fire everybody’ to stop White House leaks — President Donald Trump's newly appointed communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, said Tuesday that he is prepared to “fire everybody” in the White House communications shop in order to put an end to embarrassing internal leaks.

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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

Cabinet Level Revolt Over Trump's Treatment of Jeff Sessions. “A Clusterf**k” One Secretary Calls It. — “If he can get treated that way, what about the rest of us?” one of the President's Cabinet secretaries asked me with both shock and anger in his voice.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Monthly

Adam Shaw / Breitbart:

Trump's Attack on Sessions over Clinton Prosecution Highlights His Own ‘Weak’ Stance — President Trump's decision Tuesday to attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions over Sessions' “position” on Hillary Clinton's various scandals only serves to highlight Trump's own hypocrisy on the issue …

Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why President Trump suddenly hates his attorney general

Discussion: Politico, DCReport.org, New York Times, IJR and The Guardian

Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump messes with Sessions, and Senate Republicans are not pleased

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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump slams Sessions, rips DOJ in Twitter outburst

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House press aide resigns amid shakeup

Discussion: IJR

Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump in phone call: “What would happen if I fired Sessions?”

Discussion: Washington Times, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Shakesville and The Daily Caller

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Conflicting reports emerge over firing of White House press aide

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and IJR

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Strange, Slow-Motion Defenestration of Jeff Sessions

Discussion: ABC News, Shareblue, Washington Post and Washington Monthly

Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Press aide resigns as White House purge begins: 'I'm going to fire everybody,' says Scaramucci

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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Ex-Jets player sues Jeff Sessions to legalize marijuana

Discussion: The Root and The Daily Caller

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Republicans vote to move ahead on Obamacare repeal — Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to open debate on repealing Obamacare, dramatically reviving an effort that many GOP lawmakers left for dead just a few days ago. — The vote is a huge political win and turnaround for Senate Majority …

Discussion: Vox, ABC News, Axios, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, The Atlantic, Scared Monkeys, Hullabaloo and Mother Jones

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare — Former House speaker John A. Boehner, who has mostly avoided public commentary since leaving Congress two years ago, told a business gathering last week that Republicans are “not going to repeal and replace Obamacare” …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, Business Insider, The Resurgent, IJR, ABC News, Axios, Daily Wire and Political Insider blog

Dylan Scott / Vox:

Skinny repeal: the last-ditch idea to save the Senate health care bill — “Skinny repeal” is the latest ploy from GOP leaders. — Sources suggest that Senate Republicans are weighing a last-ditch idea to pass some kind of health care bill in the coming days: a narrowly focused Obamacare repeal bill.

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, New York Times, Axios, New York Magazine, The Week, Politicus USA, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Daily Wire, Mother Jones, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Talking Points Memo

NBC News:

Senate Passes Key Vote to Move Forward on Health Care Bill — WASHINGTON — With Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote, Republicans moved forward on health care reform Tuesday afternoon as the Senate successfully passed a key motion to proceed to debate on the House-passed bill.

Discussion: Hit & Run, CNBC, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, Refinery29, NBC News, Jezebel, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Washington Times

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo: BREAKING: O'Care Repeal Survives In Senate, But GOP Still Has No Plan

CNN:
Republican senators poised to vote today on health care. What you need to know

Discussion: New York Times, Media Matters for America, Vox, CBS New York, IJR, Axios and Business Insider

Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump muses on Sessions, health care at press conference

Discussion: The Atlantic, Vox, ABC News and New York Times

Jack Torry / The Columbus Dispatch:
Portman will vote to proceed on Senate healath-care vote

Discussion: The Hill, RedState and Talking Points Memo

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Senate votes to launch debate on revamping Obamacare

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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Senate GOP to Reform Health-Care System on the Fly, in a Blindfold

Discussion: Axios, Politico, Daily Kos and Vox

Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
What we know about the Senate health-care vote right now

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Washington Free Beacon and RedState

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Senators on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy,’ 'I'm worried' — At the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday morning, Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) didn't switch off her microphone. Apparently speaking to Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the ranking Democrat of the committee …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Dallas Morning News, CNBC, IJR, BuzzFeed, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Refinery29, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, AOL, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and Business Insider

Niv Elis / The Hill:
Senators mock Trump on hot mic

Discussion: RedState

Chris Cillizza / CNN:

The 29 most cringe-worthy lines from Donald Trump's hyper-political speech to the Boy Scouts — Washington (CNN)On Monday night, President Donald Trump jetted to West Virginia to address the annual Boy Scout Jamboree. And oh what a speech it was! — Trump ranged from the current health care bill …

Cristina Silva / Newsweek:
TRUMP BOY SCOUT SPEECH IS NAZI HITLER YOUTH RALLY, LEFT SAYS

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BBC:
Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents

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Washington Post:
Trump's Boy Scouts speech broke with 80 years of presidential tradition

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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Angry parents pull their kids from Boy Scouts after Trump's vindictive, creepy speech

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Raw Story, The Hill and Vox

Sharon Begley / STAT:

Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump's mental health — leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.

Discussion: NPR, The Verge, The Atlantic, Althouse, Common Dreams, IJR and Talking Points Memo

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Senate panel subpoenas Manafort as campaign aides provide Russia information — A Senate committee said Tuesday it sent Paul Manafort a subpoena compelling his testimony in its Russia probe, even as he and Jared Kushner were providing information to other congressional investigators …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, The Hill, New York Magazine, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, The Root and The Week

Josh Delk / The Hill: Ivanka Trump retains defense lawyer for Russia investigation

Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
Ivanka Trump Has ‘Confidential’ Relationship with Kushner Lawyer Abbe Lowell

Discussion: Washington Times and Shareblue

Wall Street Journal:

Trump Says Apple CEO Has Promised to Build Three Manufacturing Plants in U.S. — Apple declined to comment on president's remarks, which didn't include where or when plants would be built — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said in an interview that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook …

Discussion: Axios, Reuters, CNBC, Engadget, The Verge, Business Insider, Mashable and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Ted Barrett / CNN:

Senate won't let Trump make recess appointments — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Senators are planning to continue procedural moves to prevent the Senate from formally adjourning for recess next month in order to prevent President Donald Trump from making recess appointments …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Business Insider

New York Times:

N.F.L. Brains … Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, has examined the brains of 202 deceased football players. A broad survey of her findings was published on Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association. — Of the 202 players, 111 of them played in the N.F.L. …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, JAMA Current Issue and CNN

Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:

Trump Says Cohn and Yellen Are Contenders to Lead the Fed — The president says ‘two or three’ other candidates also are under consideration — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is considering renominating Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chairwoman but also views his economic adviser Gary Cohn …

Discussion: Reuters

Joe Concha / The Hill:

MSNBC finishes first in primetime basic cable for first time ever — MSNBC finished as the most-watched network in all of basic cable in primetime on Monday, for the first time in its 21-year history, according to Nielsen Research. — The Comcast-owned network averaged 2.34 million viewers …

Discussion: The Daily Caller