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3:55 PM ET, July 29, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Priebus Wasn't the Problem  —  Trump names a new chief of staff but will he listen to John Kelly?
Discussion: The Week
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: GOP in shock over White House drama  —  Republicans are in shock this weekend as the chaos around the Trump White House reaches a new intensity.  —  Recent days have brought a deluge of drama.  —  Embattled chief of staff Reince Priebus was ousted, in news that broke late Friday afternoon.
Andrew deGrandpre / Washington Post:
John Kelly, Trump's new chief of staff, 'won't suffer idiots and fools'  —  Twelve days after Donald Trump's election victory, the president-elect asked John Kelly to meet with him at the stately Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to discuss the roles of secretaries of State and Homeland Security.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump once summoned Priebus to kill a fly in Oval Office: report  —  President Trump reportedly once summoned former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus to kill a fly in the Oval Office during a meeting, according to a Friday report.  —  A source told The Washington Post that once during …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Anthony Scaramucci Executive Producing HBO Movie While in White House  —  The communications director for Donald Trump's White House will have a credit on a movie about disgraced football coach Joe Paterno starring Al Pacino.  —  Anthony Scaramucci seems plenty busy with his duties …
Discussion: Splinter, Raw Story, Mediaite and Page Six
Wall Street Journal:
Priebus Wasn't the Problem  —  Trump names a new chief of staff but will he listen to John Kelly?  —  FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump congratulates White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus during a swearing in ceremony for senior staff at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 22, 2017.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Fox News:
If Kelly and Trump can become a real team, it will be a game changer  —  I first met then-Lt. Col. John Kelly when he was the Marine Corps liaison to the House of Representatives, and I was speaker of the House.  We traveled together on a number of overseas trips.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Reince's final humiliation  —  White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told me last weekend that the arrival of Anthony Scaramucci would mean “a fresh start” for the West Wing.  This wasn't what he had in mind.  —  Landing in the rain at Andrews Air Force Base, Trump tweeted that his new chief …
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Trump Was Reportedly Upset Reince Priebus Didn't Fight Back Against Anthony Scaramucci
Discussion: IJR
Associated Press:   Trump's six-month stall sparks a White House shake-up
New York Times:
John Kelly, New Chief of Staff, Is Seen as Beacon of Discipline
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside the end of the Priebus era
John Bowden / The Hill:
Sessions: Officials holding briefing next week on intel leaks
Discussion: The Daily Caller
IACP Blog:
Statement from the International Association of Chiefs of Police on Police Use of Force  —  Managing use of force is one of the most difficult challenges faced by law enforcement agencies.  The ability of law enforcement officers to enforce the law, protect the public, and guard their own safety …
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump threatens to end ObamaCare payments unless repeal passes  —  President Trump on Saturday threatened to end key payments to insurance companies made under Obamacare if a repeal and replace bill is not passed.  —  “After seven years of ‘talking’ Repeal & Replace, the people of our great country …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
As Trump steams, Senate Republicans consider new repeal effort  —  Senate Republicans' party-line attempts to repeal Obamacare aren't dead just yet — at least not if President Donald Trump has anything to say about it.  —  Trump, increasingly impatient with the long-stalled repeal effort …
Discussion: Politicus USA and Washington Post
Avik Roy / National Review:
For Conservatives, Health-Care Reform Is Not Optional  —  The proximate reason, of course, for the failure of the GOP effort to repeal and replace Obamacare is that moderate Republican senators voted against it: in the most recent instance, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and John McCain.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com and CNBC
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
On Obamacare, Republicans Achieved Nothing
Discussion: CNBC
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
What Is “Good Trolling?”  —  I first met Stephen Miller on Twitter in the relatively gentle days of 2012, when he called me a “ridiculous hack” in the course of criticizing our coverage of Mitt Romney.  —  Miller, who writes under the name @redsteeze and isn't to be confused …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Pakistani IT Scammers  —  There's more than bank fraud going on here.  —  In Washington, it's never about what they tell you it's about.  So take this to the bank: The case of Imran Awan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz's mysterious Pakistani IT guy, is not about bank fraud.
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia's Villages, and Their Way of Life, Are ‘Melting Away’  —  BARUTA, Russia — With its winding dirt lanes framed by lilacs, quaint wooden houses and graceful onion-domed church, the tiny farming hamlet of Baruta was once a veritable postcard of Russian bucolic bliss.  —  No longer.
Sara A. Carter / circa.com:
FBI lawyer allegedly under investigation for purportedly leaking about Yahoo, Inc. program  —  The FBI's top lawyer is allegedly under investigation for purportedly leaking classified material featured in a Reuters report last year that disclosed a top-secret U.S. surveillance program built by Yahoo Inc …
Discussion: Power Line
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Urges End of Filibuster to Pass Health Bill, Which Failed Without It  —  Despite naming a chief of staff who is expected to bring a new sense of discipline to the White House, President Trump resorted to his old Twitter playbook on Saturday, attacking Senate Republicans who he said …
Wayne Washington / Palm Beach Post:
‘Trump Divorce’ cited in split between ex-NFL cheerleader and Florida state attorney  —  A former NFL cheerleader's split from her state attorney husband is described as the “Trump Divorce,” according to an unusual press release from the woman's PR firm.  —  The release notes that Dave Aronberg …
 
 
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox News host floats Sessions to replace Kelly at Homeland Security
Discussion: RedState
The White House:
Remarks by President Trump to Law Enforcement Officials on MS-13
Discussion: USA Today and Talking Points Memo
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump is something the nation did not know it needed
Aqil Shah / New York Times:
Pakistan's Court Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Discussion: NPR, VICE News and The Atlantic
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Poll: Majority of Americans opposes Trump's transgender military ban
Discussion: Reuters and Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Natalie O'Neill / New York Post:
‘Sharknado’ creator: Epic fishy storm could actually happen
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and IJR
Grant Stern / The Stern Facts:
Trump Jr. Now Tied to Mexican Drug Cartel's Money Laundering Bankers
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
New York Times:
Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan
New York Post:
Couple caught in ‘financial spiral’ jump to their deaths
Wall Street Journal:
P&G Cuts More Than $100 Million in ‘Largely Ineffective’ Digital Ads
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Priebus wasn't acting today like someone who resigned yesterday
Discussion: CNN and ABC News
David Wright / All Things Nuclear:
North Korean ICBM Appears Able to Reach Major US Cities
 

 
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