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12:50 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 …
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.
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
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.
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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 …
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.
New York Times:
Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will no longer “accept or allow” transgender people in the United States military, saying American forces “must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory” …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to reinstate US military ban on transgender people
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
MedStar Washington Hospital Center:
Condition Report: Rep. Steve Scalise  —  Congressman Steve Scalise has made excellent progress in his recovery from a life-threatening gunshot wound six weeks ago.  Yesterday, he was discharged from MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is now beginning a period of intensive inpatient rehabilitation.
Discussion: Axios, WJTV, Washington Times and The Week
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Rep. Steve Scalise discharged from hospital 6 weeks after shooting
Discussion: Politico
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.
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Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Rick Perry Got Punked in a Fake Interview With Russian Pranksters
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.”
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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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.
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 …
 
 
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Iran poised to launch rocket into space, as North Korea readies another missile test, US officials say
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Former Fox Newser Andy Levy to Join S.E. Cupp's New HLN Show
Discussion: RedState
Carlos H. Conde / Human Rights Watch:
Philippine President's Appalling Threat to Bomb Tribal Schools
Discussion: RT and Associated Press
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
McCain's sermon on how politics should be
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Everything That's Happened Since A Bunch Of YouTubers Got A Ship To Stop Refugees Getting To Europe
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Price of John McCain's Republican Loyalty
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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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Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg:
Russia Warns of ‘Painful’ Response If Trump Backs U.S. Sanctions
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Financial Times:
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