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12:35 PM ET, July 26, 2017

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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 …
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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.
Fox News Insider:
Tucker Carlson Blasts Donald Trump for Attacking Jeff Sessions Attorney General  —  Tucker Carlson criticized President Trump for repeated attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  —  Carlson said Trump is continuing a “protracted rhetorical assault” on Sessions, who he said is the one cabinet member …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Eyes Tax-Code Overhaul, With Emphasis on Middle-Class Break
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump and Sessions locked in silent battle
Washington Post:   This is not okay  —  WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP attacked Attorney …
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
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Top White House aides press Trump to pull back on Sessions criticism
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to reinstate US military ban on transgender people  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the US armed forces.  —  The decision reversed …
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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 …
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The military spends five times as much on Viagra as it would on transgender troops' medical care  —  On Twitter this morning, President Trump announced a ban on transgender people serving in the military, citing “medical costs” as the primary driver of the decision.
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
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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Plain Dealer:   Sen. Rob Portman, you just let Ohio down: editorial
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal, replacement amendment
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Senate Votes Down Broad Obamacare Repeal
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 …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of Trump voters say Trump won popular vote
Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller and The Week
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters say Mueller ouster would be inappropriate
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and RedState
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
John Bowden / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz staffer arrested trying to leave the country  —  A House IT aide working for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, was arrested this week on bank fraud charges while trying to leave the country.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Mr. President, Please Be Quiet  —  Once again, Donald Trump has tweeted himself into the center of the day's news.  He does this almost every morning — even, perhaps especially, when he has nothing new to say.  Upon seeing today's efforts, I sighed and muttered “there goes Wednesday.”
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.
CNN:
Tillerson takes time off as State Dept. refuses to say he is happy in his role  —  Sources: Tillerson thinking about early exit  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Nauert dodged a question about Tillerson's feelings over the White House's involvement in foreign policy decisions
Discussion: The Week
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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 …
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 …
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Rep. Steve Scalise discharged from hospital 6 weeks after shooting  —  Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was discharged from MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Tuesday, the hospital said in a statement today, nearly six weeks after he and three others were shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia.
 
 
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Former Fox Newser Andy Levy to Join S.E. Cupp's New HLN Show
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Carlos H. Conde / Human Rights Watch:
Philippine President's Appalling Threat to Bomb Tribal Schools
Discussion: RT and Associated Press
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
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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:
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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”
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New York Times:
As Interior Secretary Swaggers Through Parks, His Staff Rolls Back Regulations
Discussion: Washington Post
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg:
Russia Warns of ‘Painful’ Response If Trump Backs U.S. Sanctions
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