memeorandum: Trump may end health subsidy for members of Congress (David Nather/Axios)

7:40 PM ET, July 29, 2017

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Priebus Wasn't the Problem — Trump names a new chief of staff but will he listen to John Kelly?

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.

Discussion: Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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.

Discussion: Politico, neo-neocon, The Week, Political Wire, ABC News and Business Insider

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.

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Anthony Scaramucci Executive Producing HBO Movie While in White House

Discussion: Raw Story, Splinter and Mediaite

Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump once summoned Priebus to kill a fly in Oval Office: report

Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite, New York Post, The Daily Caller, New York Times, IJR, The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider, Raw Story, AOL, Vox, RedState, Politicus USA, Mashable and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Trump Was Reportedly Upset Reince Priebus Didn't Fight Back Against Anthony Scaramucci

Discussion: The Last Tradition, Axios, IJR and The Hill

Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump to Sign Bill Imposing New Sanctions on Russia, White House Says

Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News

Mike Allen / Axios:
Reince's final humiliation

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

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

Discussion: The Hill, The Nation, AOL, Daily Kos, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Conservative News Today, FOX6Now.com, TheBlaze, IJR, Fox News, Outside the Beltway, New York Post, ABC News, Daily Wire, KQED News, CBS New York, CBS Philly and CBS Los Angeles

Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside the end of the Priebus era

Discussion: New York Magazine and Talking Points Memo

Dana Schuster / Page Six:

Scaramucci's fed-up wife left him while nine months pregnant — Anthony Scaramucci's wife demanded a divorce three weeks ago, while she was nine months pregnant, sources told The Post. — Deidre Scaramucci, 38, fed up with her three-year marriage to the new White House communication director …

Discussion: USA Today, TheBlaze, Conservative News Today, The Root, Raw Story, twitchy.com and The Gateway Pundit

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: Forbes and Politicus USA

David Nather / Axios:

Trump may end health subsidy for members of Congress — The other part of President Trump's tweet this morning that will get a lot of attention from members of Congress: he hinted he might overturn an Obama-era rule that allows members of Congress and their staffers to get subsidies …

Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:

Wasserman Schultz Seemingly Planned To Pay Suspect Even While He Lived In Pakistan — Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz seemingly planned to pay cyber-probe suspect and IT aide Imran Awan even while he was living in Pakistan, if the FBI hadn't stopped him from leaving the U.S. Monday.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit

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.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Red Alert Politics and New York Times

ExpressVPN:

Apple removes VPN Apps from China App Store — ExpressVPN - Tortola, British Virgin Islands — We received notification from Apple today, July 29, 2017, at roughly 04:00 GMT, that the ExpressVPN iOS app was removed from the China App Store. Our preliminary research indicates that all major VPN apps for iOS have been removed.

Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Paul Mozur / New York Times:
Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship

Discussion: NPR, The Verge, Mashable, Instapundit and Clayton Cramer

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: New York Times, 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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TheStreet, The Daily Caller, STAT, Mediaite, Politicus USA, The Week and The Gateway Pundit

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Trump Says G.O.P. Senators ‘Look Like Fools’ After Health Bill's Failure — President Trump on Saturday scolded Congress for looking “like fools” and threatened to cut lawmakers' health insurance in a broadside a day after the Senate refused to pass a bill to repeal the nation's health care law.