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7:45 AM ET, July 17, 2018

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Washington Post:
‘Very much counter to the plan’: Trump defies advisers in embrace of Putin  —  Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently — without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin … Donald Trump's much-anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin on Monday offered him yet another opportunity to defy those who've criticized his coziness with the Russian leader.  —  But on a global stage, Trump didn't just cower …
Discussion: Splinter, POLITICUSUSA, Bustle, WEEK-TV and Vox
Douglas Schoen / Fox News:
Putin eats Trump's lunch in Helsinki — This is no way to win against Russia  —  Monday in Helsinki, President Trump left many deeply disappointed in his approach to his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  —  There was nothing inherently wrong with Trump's summit with Putin.
Washington Post:
Trump just colluded with Russia.  Openly.  —  THE ENDURING image of the U.S.-Russia summit in Helsinki on Monday will be that of President Trump standing next to Vladi­mir Putin and suggesting he found Mr. Putin's “powerful” denial at least as persuasive as the U.S. intelligence community's …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, who gleefully defies the norms of presidential behavior, went somewhere in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday where none of his predecessors have ever gone: He accepted the explanation …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Shows the World He's Putin's Lackey  —  Maybe the president is exactly as compromised as he looks.  —  No matter how low your expectations for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday, it was hard not to be staggered by the American president's slavish and toadying performance.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump pushed his personal agenda, not the national interest, at Putin summit  — Trump faces political and legal jeopardy from the Justice Department investigation of his 2016 campaign and Russia.  — Against that backdrop, comments that Republican Sen. Ben Sasse called “bizarre” …
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump First Doctrine  —  Putin respects strength but Trump showed weakness.  —  Donald Trump left for Europe a week ago with his reputation enhanced by a strong Supreme Court nomination.  He returned Monday with that reputation diminished after a tumultuous week of indulging what amounts to the Trump First Doctrine.
Discussion: Politico
ODNI Newsroom:
Statement from DNI Coats  —  The role of the Intelligence Community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments possible for the President and policymakers.  We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing …
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Appeasement Summit with Putin  —  For decades, American historians have viewed the summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in 1961, as the worst ever between Washington and Moscow.  Kennedy described the encounter, in Vienna …
Axios:
Trump's Helsinki humiliation  —  President Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin was a disaster.  And that was the assessment of many of his GOP allies.  —  Why it matters: Trump had a chance to assert himself — and stand up for his countrymen — against foreign interference in our elections.
mccain.senate.gov:
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING
Chris Cillizza / CNN:   Donald Trump sent the worst tweet of his presidency this morning
Axios:
Trump officials embarrassed by Putin show
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock
Discussion: National Review
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:   Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
Politico:
Putin's Attack on the U.S. Is Our Pearl Harbor
Discussion: New York Daily News
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Trump and Putin vs. America
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
Manu Raju / CNN:
In rebuke to Trump, senators may vote to side with US intel community
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If you work for Trump, quit now
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
Max Boot / Washington Post:
We just watched a U.S. president acting on behalf of a hostile power
Discussion: CNN, NewsBusters and Vox
Associated Press:   Wave of condemnation hits Trump after summit with Putin
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Crisis Facing America
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
About the Only Evidence Left that Trump Isn't Beholden to Putin is That It's Just Too Obvious
U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States  —  A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within …
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New York Times:
Mariia Butina, Who Sought ‘Back Channel’ Meeting for Trump and Putin, Is Charged as Russian Agent  —  WASHINGTON — A Russian woman who tried to broker a pair of secret meetings between candidate Donald J. Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, during the 2016 presidential campaign …
Washington Post:
Maria Butina, Russian gun rights advocate, charged in U.S. with acting as Russian Federation agent
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Trump's ‘Missing DNC Server’ Is Neither Missing Nor a Server … Donald Trump turns to right-wing conspiracy theories when he's cornered, and he was cornered on Monday.  Standing feet away from Vladimir Putin at a press conference following their Helsinki tete-a-tete, a reporter challenged Trump …
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Trump's Stupid ‘Where Is the DNC Server?’ Conspiracy Theory, Explained
Discussion: Gizmodo and Washington Post
Beck Dorey-Stein / New York Times:
I Was a White House Stenographer.  Trump Wasn't a Fan.  —  On Friday, at a news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain a reporter asked President Trump about disparaging comments he had made about her to The Sun newspaper.  He denied ever having said them and declared …
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Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Southeast Ohio Republican Party leader resigns over Trump-Putin meeting  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — A county Republican Party chairman from Southeast Ohio resigned on Monday, citing President Donald Trump's meeting earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Publishing Executives Argue Facebook Is Overly Deferential to Conservatives  —  Critique comes just before social-media executives are to appear before House committee  —  At a private meeting late last week, some publishing executives criticized Facebook Inc. FB -.04% for being overly accommodating …
 
 
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Politico:
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
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