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11:35 AM ET, July 13, 2018

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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
TRUMP'S BREXIT BLAST I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump  —  In a world-exclusive interview with The Sun, the US President said Theresa May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit strategy  —  DONALD Trump today accuses …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump denies he criticized British prime minister after criticizing her  —  Experience  —  Preview expires in In partnership with  —  London (CNN)President Donald Trump denied Friday that he criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May, the day after a British tabloid published an interview with him in which he did just that.
Scotsman:
Leader comment: A denunciation of Donald Trump  —  Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can  —  Waiting for Video...  Donald Trump, due to arrive in the UK later today, is a racist, a serial liar, and either a sex abuser …
William Davies / New York Times:
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence
Politico:
Full text: Theresa May's opening statement at Trump press conference
Discussion: Axios
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Highlights from Trump and Theresa May's joint press conference
Discussion: Politico
David Smith / The Guardian:
With criticism of May's Brexit, Trump detonates a diplomatic grenade
Discussion: Politico
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Donald Trump, Theresa May and a ‘wrecked Brexit’
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Mueller probe results should be dismissed after Strzok testimony  —  President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led …
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The Peter Strzok Hearing Was a Total Fiasco, but One Moment Was Particularly Unreal  —  On Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform and the House Judiciary committees held a joint hearing on the Clinton email investigation in which they questioned FBI agent Peter Strzok.
Discussion: NBC News, MSNBC, Vox and Washington Post
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Things will not be okay  —  Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape.  After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Ronald's out.  Donald's in.  —  President Trump's trip to Europe …
Discussion: CNN, IJR and Front Page Magazine
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Trump's comments on European immigration mirror white nationalist rhetoric
NBC News:
Pentagon goes into ‘damage control’ mode to reassure NATO allies  —  “One thing you need in this alliance is predictability,” one diplomatic official said.  —  Between NATO and Putin meetings, what is Trump's strategy?  —  WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald Trump departed NATO …
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Foreign Policy:
Trump Fumed, but NATO Members Got What They Wanted
Discussion: Just Security and Associated Press
Amy Chua / Wall Street Journal:
Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women  —  I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship.  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead.  I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.
Discussion: National Review
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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:   What the Yale Law School Freakout Says About the Opposition to Kavanaugh
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:   Trump is a bully. Brett Kavanaugh will stand up to him.
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
White House Orders Broader Access to Files About F.B.I. Informant  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has rebuffed concerns among American intelligence and law enforcement officials and ordered that more lawmakers be given access to classified information about an informant the F.B.I. used …
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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Don't drink the water if you live in parts of Northeast and Northwest Washington  —  D.C. residents who live in parts of Northwest and Northeast should not drink the water until further notice, officials said, after a problem arose at a pumping station.  —  The warning came from D.C. Water …
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Prince Of Petworth / PoPville:   DC Water issues boil water advisory if you live in the shaded areas on this map and/or lost pressure last night
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“An Amateur Boxer Up Against Muhammad Ali”: Washington Fears Trump Will Be No Match for Putin in Helsinki  —  All American Presidents adore the pageantry of summits, none more so than Donald Trump, who is addicted to the idea of himself as one of the great men making history with a capital “H.”
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
ME-02: Poliquin Moves From Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  Rep. Bruce Poliquin (ME-02) has proven an elusive Democratic target.  In both 2014 and 2016, Democrats touted promising polls and swore they could turn Poliquin's wealth and Wall Street past against him.
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump lost millions at golf courses in Scotland.  U.S. voters weren't told that.  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump's pair of golf resorts in Scotland have steadily lost money, with losses calculated at $23 million the last year his company reported figures to United Kingdom officials.
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
Police Pointed A Gun At Four Black Boys After A 911 Caller Falsely Claimed They Were Armed  —  Park police in Minneapolis handcuffed and drew a gun on four black boys on Tuesday after a 911 caller falsely claimed they had weapons.  —  Brianna Lindell, who witnessed and filmed the incident …
Barack Obama:
This week, I'm traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office - a continent of wonderful diversity, thriving culture, and remarkable stories.  —  I was proud to visit sub-Saharan Africa more times than any other sitting President, and I'll return this week to visit Kenya and South Africa.
Politico:
‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight  —  The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most.  —  Chuck Schumer says he's going to fight Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I've got.”  To do so, he'll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Quiet Death of Racial Progress  —  How can we stop backsliding toward inequality?  —  Over the past few months, I've been trying to write a comforting column.  The thesis was going to be that even though Donald Trump is doing his best to inflame racial division, we are still making gradual progress …
Tim Kaine / The Atlantic:
Don't Let Trump Go to War With Iran  —  The decision of the United States to wage war against Iraq in 2003 was one of the worst mistakes our country has ever made.  Was Saddam Hussein a brutal dictator?  Yes, but he didn't have weapons of mass destruction, and toppling his regime had profound consequences …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Congress Demands State Department Release Secret Report Busting Myth of Palestinian Refugees
Discussion: Daily Wire
Gary Varvel / USA Today:
Donald Trump is the president I didn't want, but now I know we need … Over the years, my caricatures of Donald Trump have evolved but not as much as my opinion of him.  —  When Trump announced he was running for president, I admit that I didn't take this millionaire, hotel magnate, reality TV show celebrity as a serious candidate.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Senate Democrats blast former Trump attorney for ‘selling access’ to White House  —  Michael Cohen's relationship with the Swiss drug company Novartis was more extensive than the company previously disclosed, as shown in newly uncovered emails exchanged by President Donald Trump's former lawyer and the company's former top executive.
Discussion: Roll Call, AOL, Law & Crime and Raw Story
 
 
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New York Times:
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The Trump administration kidnapped children. Someone should go to jail.
Associated Press:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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