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10:55 AM ET, July 26, 2017

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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
The standoff between Trump and Sessions escalates … The public standoff between the White House and the nation's senior law enforcement official took another strange turn Tuesday as President Trump escalated his verbal attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was urged by fellow conservatives to stand his ground.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Jeff Sessions won't take Trump's hint  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions doesn't plan to take the hint.  President Trump continues hitting him in all body parts — apparently hoping he'll resign, which could pave the way for firing special counsel Bob Mueller.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Trump Tower of Absolute Folly  —  Donald Trump's campaign against his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in which he is seemingly attempting to insult and humiliate and tweet-shame Sessions into resignation, is an insanely stupid exercise.  It is a multitiered tower of political idiocy …
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump and Sessions locked in silent battle  —  Donald Trump is playing an elaborate game of chicken with Jeff Sessions.  And they are not on speaking terms.  —  Sessions has sent word to the White House that he has no plans to resign and wants to stay as attorney general even amid daily humiliation …
Washington Post:
This is not okay  —  WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a tweet Tuesday for not aggressively investigating Hillary Clinton, most attention focused, understandably, on the implications for Mr. Sessions.  Yet even more alarming than the president's assault …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Eyes Tax-Code Overhaul, With Emphasis on Middle-Class Break  —  In Oval Office interview with the Journal, president again criticizes Sessions  —  In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, President Trump continued to criticize Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his decision …
Paul Beckett / Wall Street Journal:
Transcript: Donald Trump's Interview With The Wall Street Journal
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans warn Trump: Don't fire Jeff Sessions
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sessions planning to announce leak investigations: report
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Say if He Will Fire Sessions
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
GOP senators must do whatever it takes to get to 50 votes on Obamacare repeal, says HHS secretary  — Do whatever “gets us to 50 votes so that we can move forward on a health-care reform legislation,” Tom Price says.  — A plan to repeal and replace Obamacare by Senate Republicans failed …
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New York Times:
The Senate's Health Care Travesty  —  Ignoring overwhelming public opposition to legislation that would destroy the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to begin repealing that law without having any workable plan to replace it.  —  The majority leader, Mitch McConnell …
Plain Dealer:   Sen. Rob Portman, you just let Ohio down: editorial
New York Times:
Senate Votes Down Broad Obamacare Repeal
New York Times:
How Each Senator Voted on Full Obamacare Repeal-and-Replace
Discussion: The Week
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal, replacement amendment
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
The Hill:
Trump to ban transgender people from all military service  —  President Trump on Wednesday said he would ban transgender people from any military service.  —  Trump made the announcement, which would represent a major shift in military policy, on Twitter.  He said he had made the decision …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military  —  President Trump said he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity, a reversal of the Obama administration decision that would have allowed transgender recruits to serve, he announced Wednesday on social media.
Axios:   Trump will ban transgender people from U.S. military
Associated Press:
Trump bars transgender individuals from US armed forces
Discussion: Axios
Timothy Gardner / Reuters:
U.S. energy secretary duped into fake interview with Russian comedians  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry optimistically discussed expanding American coal exports to Ukraine and other energy matters during a lengthy phone call this month with a Russian prankster who Perry thought was Ukraine's prime minister.
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and The Week
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Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Rick Perry Got Punked in a Fake Interview With Russian Pranksters
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Wasserman Schultz's IT Aide Arrested At Airport After Transferring $300k To Pakistan From House Office
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Many Republicans Doubt Clinton Won Popular Vote  —  A plurality of Republicans say President Donald Trump received more of the popular vote in 2016 than his Democratic rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  —  According to a new Morning Consult/POLITICO poll …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of Trump voters say Trump won popular vote  —  Roughly half of voters who said they voted for Donald Trump last November, 49 percent, believe Trump won the popular vote, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  That's compared to 40 percent who say Democrat Hillary Clinton won.
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
William Cummings / USA Today:
Sec. of State Tillerson ‘taking a little time off’ but not resigning  —  1.6k Shares  —  Rex Tillerson has no plans to resign as Secretary of State and is “just taking a little time off,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday amid reports Tillerson was considering stepping down.
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CNN:
Tillerson takes time off as State Dept. refuses to say he is happy in his role
Discussion: The Week
Michael Kruse / Politico:
To America, It Looks Like Chaos.  For Trump, It's Just Tuesday.  —  It started Monday morning with Donald Trump calling his own attorney general “beleaguered.”  It continued with an Air Force One flight to West Virginia and a rambling, partisan speech to thousands of hollering Boy Scouts.
New York Times:
Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that tantalized previous administrations: Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton book to double down on Russia, Comey message  —  's upcoming book will double down on Russia's interference and James Comey's involvement in her stunning election defeat, according to sources familiar with the memoir.  —  Privately, Clinton has told friends and longtime associates that she …
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and The Week
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Administration Is Taking Time on Steel Tariffs
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Everything That's Happened Since A Bunch Of YouTubers Got A Ship To Stop Refugees Getting To Europe
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Price of John McCain's Republican Loyalty
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Vox
Michael Lewis / Vanity Fair:
Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House
The Texas Tribune:
Law enforcement comes out against Texas “bathroom bill”
Discussion: Off the Kuff
New York Times:
As Interior Secretary Swaggers Through Parks, His Staff Rolls Back Regulations
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why the Rust Belt just gave Donald Trump a hero's welcome
Discussion: CNN and Scared Monkeys
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg:
Russia Warns of ‘Painful’ Response If Trump Backs U.S. Sanctions
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
New Ethics Head Has Clashed With Colleagues Over Rules
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Newell / Slate:
Did Ron Johnson Almost Torpedo the Motion to Proceed?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
John Solomon / The Hill:
Newly declassified memos detail extent of improper Obama-era NSA spying
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Senators on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy,’ 'I'm worried'
 

 
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