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6:10 PM ET, August 3, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Mueller Impanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe  —  Expansion beyond Flynn grand jury is a sign the investigation in election meddling is ramping up  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 elections …
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CNN:
One year into the FBI's Russia investigation, Mueller is on the Trump money trail  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Federal investigators exploring whether Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian spies have seized on Trump and his associates' financial ties to Russia …
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in relation to Russian lawyer, Trump Jr. meeting - sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grand jury subpoenas have been issued in connection with the June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., a Russian lawyer and others, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Murray Waas / Vox:
Exclusive: top FBI officials could testify against Trump  —  The acting head of the bureau told top officials to prepare.  —  Shortly after the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller in May, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told several of the highest-ranking managers of the bureau …
Associated Press:
Mueller's job would be protected by bipartisan Senate bill  —  WASHINGTON — Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are moving to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller's job, putting forth legislation that aims to ensure the integrity of current and future independent investigations.
Washington Newsroom / Reuters:
Mueller impanels Washington grand jury in Russia probe: Wall Street Journal
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Senators push bill to protect Mueller
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Senate bill would allow Mueller to challenge firing in court
Jeff Stein / Vox:
There's now a bipartisan bill to protect Mueller's investigation from Trump
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump urged Mexican president to end his public defiance on border wall, transcript reveals  —  President Trump made building a wall along the southern U.S. border and forcing Mexico to pay for it core pledges of his campaign.  —  But in his first White House call with Mexico's president …
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Washington Post:
Highlights … JANUARY 27, 2017, FROM 9:35 TO 10:28 A.M. EST.  —  Hello, good morning.  —  Mr. President, good morning.  —  How are you, Mr. President?  —  I am good.  How are you?  It is good to speak with you.  Let me switch to Spanish so I will be more comfortable.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Australia's Prime Minister Slowly Realizes Trump Is a Complete Idiot  —  The transcript of Donald Trump's discussion with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull obtained by the Washington Post reveals many things, but the most significant may be that Trump in his private negotiations …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Leaking Transcripts of Trump's Calls Is So Dangerous  —  Leaking the transcript of a presidential call to a foreign leader is unprecedented, shocking, and dangerous.  It is vitally important that a president be able to speak confidentially—and perhaps even more important …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Trump berated Australia's prime minister over a refugee policy he barely understood
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican  —  WASHINGTON — Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia, a Democrat who was elected last year even as President Trump carried the state by 42 points, is expected to announce Thursday night at a rally with Mr. Trump that he is changing parties …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
West Virginia's Democratic governor will flip to Republican Party
Discussion: Politico
Sara A. Carter / circa.com:
A letter from H.R. McMaster said Susan Rice will keep her top-secret security clearance  —  Almost one month after it was disclosed that former President Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice was unmasking members of President Trump's team and other Americans, Trump's own national security adviser …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
You Can Thank Leakers for New Russia Sanctions  —  A good policy outcome, but “unmasking” helped set a troubling precedent that forced Trump to capitulate.  —  If you are inclined, as I am, to see the new congressional sanctions on Russia as a positive development, then take a moment to thank …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why Doesn't Trump Just Unmask the Unmasking?
Discussion: The Daily Signal and Infowars
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Ugly History of Stephen Miller's ‘Cosmopolitan’ Epithet  —  When TV news viewers saw Trump adviser Stephen Miller accuse Jim Acosta of harboring a “cosmopolitan bias” during Wednesday's news conference, they might have wondered whether he was accusing the CNN White House reporter …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump's new top aide assures Sessions his job is safe  —  https://apnews.com/0d5486490cf94f7cb995 17ed1abbf07e  —  Link copied!  —  NEW YORK (AP) — New White House chief of staff John Kelly, in one of his first acts in his new post, called Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reassure …
New Yorker:
Ryan Lizza Revisits His Phone Call with Anthony Scaramucci  —  Anthony Scaramucci placed the phone call that ended his career late at night; he reached Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker's Washington correspondent, at home.  During their conversation, parts of which are available here …
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Golf journalist: At least 8 people heard Trump call the White House a ‘dump’
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Trump set to embark on 1st vacation since inauguration  —  Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations.  “What's the point?” he asked.  —  But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls “the swamp.”
Discussion: USA Today and Politico
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats begin to see Pelosi as a 2018 problem  —  Nancy Pelosi might actually be in trouble.  —  In a survey of 20 Democratic House candidates, only one - a former Senate staffer from Orange County, California - would state support for the congresswoman staying on as leader of the House Democratic Caucus.
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con  —  On Wednesday, US authorities detained a researcher who goes by the handle MalwareTech, best known for stopping the spread of the WannaCry ransomware virus.  —  In May, WannaCry infected hospitals in the UK …
Washington Post:
Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with president's company  —  The Secret Service has vacated its command post inside Trump Tower in Manhattan following a dispute between the government and President Trump's company over the terms of a lease for the space …
YouTube:
Death Wish |  Official Trailer … Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth's reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller DEATH WISH.  Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER - until his wife …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Chile Revokes Anti-Abortion Law Bequeathed by Dictator
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Podhoretz: If Dems win 10-seat House majority, they “will impeach” Trump
Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:
Nissan dispute could go down as most vicious anti-union crusade in decades
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: 57 percent have negative view of Black Lives Matter movement
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Jean M. Twenge / The Atlantic:
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
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Sen. Marco Rubio / Breitbart:
Marco Rubio: We Need Real Tax Reform that Empowers Families
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Slate:
The Clarence Thomas Takeover
Discussion: Above the Law
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Reporter says ‘Russian propaganda outlet’ pushed him to cover conspiracy theory at the center of a White House lawsuit
 

 
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