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George F. Will / Washington Post:
This sad, embarrassing wreck of a man — America's child president had a play date with a KGB alumnus, who surely enjoyed providing day care. It was a useful, because illuminating, event: Now we shall see how many Republicans retain a capacity for embarrassment.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Decided Russia Indictments Should Come Pre-Summit, Sources Say — Rosenstein gave Trump options on the timing, two people say — Trump now says he misspoke in his comments alongside Putin — President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead to announce new Russian election-hacking indictments …
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Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, CNN, Mediaite, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference — Was Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 election the most important issue on the table at President Trump's Helsinki summit with President Vladimir Putin? No. But it's not an unimportant issue either, and Trump knew the American press is obsessed with it.
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RedState, Crooked Media, Washington Monthly, The Rush Limbaugh Show, bradford-delong.com, Power Line and Washington Post
TASS:
Russia ready to send request to US over questionings in Browder case
Russia ready to send request to US over questionings in Browder case
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The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Trump Now Says He Accepts U.S. Intelligence Reports on Russian Election Meddling
Trump Now Says He Accepts U.S. Intelligence Reports on Russian Election Meddling
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What The Fuck …, Algemeiner.com, 1A, CBS Miami, Sputnik International, Axios, NYLON and AOL
RealClearInvestigations:
Mueller All but Ignores the Other Russian Hack Target: the GOP
Mueller All but Ignores the Other Russian Hack Target: the GOP
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Talking Points Memo and Instapundit
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Come home, Ambassador Huntsman, your country needs you
Come home, Ambassador Huntsman, your country needs you
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Washington Monthly, Vox, Washington Post, @thebudgetguy, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Fox News and New York Times
Associated Press:
Trump corrects his quote, says misspoke on Russian meddling
Trump corrects his quote, says misspoke on Russian meddling
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Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
Bill Goodykoontz / USA Today:
Sean Hannity's interview with Donald Trump after the Russia summit was just embarrassing
Sean Hannity's interview with Donald Trump after the Russia summit was just embarrassing
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PolitiFact, Mediaite, twitchy.com and Conservative News Today
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting — Congress needs to know what Trump “promised Putin on our behalf,” says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. — WASHINGTON Nobody knows what President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their private …
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CNN, Political Wire, USA Today, Common Dreams and Naked Politics
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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
The White House Transcript Is Missing the Most Explosive Part of the Trump-Putin Press Conference — It was perhaps the most explosive exchange in an incendiary press conference: Russian President Vladimir Putin appearing to frankly admit to a motive for, and maybe even to the act of …
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CNN, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Media Matters for America, POLITICUSUSA and MSNBC
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In his prepared remarks, Trump removed a line about bringing election hackers to justice — In preparation for a public statement meant to mitigate the damage from Monday's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump brought four pages of handwritten notes to a meeting with congressional leaders.
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump says he accepts U.S. intelligence on Russian interference in 2016 election but denies collusion — Seeking to quell mounting criticism after the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump on Tuesday said he accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion …
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Politico, ABC News, Axios, Associated Press, USA Today, CNN, Fox News, The Hill, Breitbart, Jamie Dupree - AJC, CBS Baltimore, IJR, Joe.My.God., ThinkProgress, One America News Network, Raw Story, Reuters, Outside the Beltway, Roll Call, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller and Little Green Footballs
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
It's time for impeachment, says Beto O'Rourke, after Donald Trump summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin — WASHINGTON - Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging Sen. Ted Cruz, said Tuesday that he President Donald Trump's performance at a summit with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin merits impeachment.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, New York Daily News, The Texas Tribune, TheBlaze and HuffPost
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump, facing fury, says he misspoke with Putin
Trump, facing fury, says he misspoke with Putin
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CNBC, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Des Moines Register, Townhall, Daily Wire, KTLA, Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice, Media Matters for America, Raw Story and IJR
Embassy of Russia in the USA / Посол ьство Росси и в США:
The Russian Defense Ministry is ready for the practical implementation …
The Russian Defense Ministry is ready for the practical implementation …
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Sputnik International
CBS News:
Trump claims he misspoke about Russian meddling in Putin press conference — live updates
Trump claims he misspoke about Russian meddling in Putin press conference — live updates
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Townhall, Wall Street Journal, Power Line, Bustle, CBS New York, CBS Denver, CBS Dallas, CBS Pittsburgh, CBS Los Angeles, Mother Jones, Daily Wire, Balloon Juice and CNN
The Daily Beast:
'Putin's Favorite Congressman' Now Engulfed in NRA Spy Case … Pro-Kremlin GOP Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with a Putin ally in Russia in August 2015, The Daily Beast has confirmed, matching an account in Monday's blockbuster FBI affidavit against accused Russian spy Maria Butina.
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Axios, Shareblue Media, Defense One, VICE News, Splinter, Law & Crime, Balloon Juice, BloombergQuint, The Trace and Vox
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rep. Rohrabacher: Indictment of NRA-linked Russian is ‘stupid’
Rep. Rohrabacher: Indictment of NRA-linked Russian is ‘stupid’
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Axios, The Daily Beast and Politico
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia-NRA Arrest: This Is as Close as It Gets to Collusion
Russia-NRA Arrest: This Is as Close as It Gets to Collusion
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One America News Network, Refinery29, ThinkProgress, NBC News, HuffPost and New Republic
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Now We All Know What Putin Has on Trump — After a summit that left most Americans stunned—but maybe not surprised—the truth is now obvious: Trump is doing Putin's bidding. And the reasons why are clear. GQ's Julia Ioffe on Putin's monumental win and the lasting result of Trump's Helsinki debacle.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Was the Nightmare Scenario”: The West Wing Revolts After Trump Embraces Putin — As Trump grappled with his error, Chief of Staff John Kelly went into overdrive to get Trump to walk it back. — As he flew home from Helsinki on Air Force One following his disastrous press conference …
CNNMoney:
Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data was accessed from Russia, MP says — The now infamous Facebook data set on tens of millions of Americans gathered by a Cambridge University scientist for a firm that went on to worked for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was accessed from Russia, a British member of parliament tells CNN.
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Scott Stedman
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Special counsel offers immunity to five witnesses for Paul Manafort trial — The special counsel prosecuting Paul Manafort is seeking to give immunity to five potential witnesses in advance of his trial in Alexandria federal court next week. — All five have said they will not testify …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez draws ire from Democrats: ‘Meteors fizz out’ — Frustrated Democratic lawmakers are offering Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez some advice: Cool it. — Ocasio-Cortez stunned the political world with her upset primary victory last month over Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) …
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Unemployment Is Low ‘Because Everyone Has Two Jobs,’ …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Unemployment Is Low ‘Because Everyone Has Two Jobs,’ …
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twitchy.com, The Daily Caller, Louder With Crowder and Daily Wire
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump's Turnberry firm paid £50,000 by US Government for weekend visit — Donald Trump personally profited by more than £50,000 from his weekend stay at his loss-making Turnberry resort, with the US government footing the accommodation bill for the president and his entourage, The Scotsman can reveal.
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Washington Post, Bustle and AOL
Kim Zetter / Motherboard:
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States — Remote-access software and modems on election equipment ‘is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.’ — The nation's top voting machine maker …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Intel Chair: FBI, DOJ Obstructing Trump Probe in Hope of Dem Takeover in Congress — Nunes says DOJ, FBI betting on Dems killing probe — The chair of the House Intelligence Committee accused the FBI and Department of Justice of stonewalling a sprawling investigation into claims …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘These guys need to wake up’: House Republicans badly outraised in midterms — A whopping 56 Republican House incumbents raised less money than Democratic challengers in the second quarter. — An unusually large number of House Republican incumbents were outraised by their Democratic opponents …
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Washington Post
Politico:
Why Trump's GOP critics never go nuclear — Critics — mostly Democrats but some Republicans, too — say it's time to do something about Trump's actions, not just say something. — Hours after Donald Trump sidled up to Vladimir Putin at their now-infamous press conference …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
A Congressional Candidate Used to Be a Rapper. Will It Matter? — RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Antonio Delgado is a lot of things: a Rhodes Scholar, a graduate of Harvard Law School, a former lawyer at one of the country's largest lobbying firms, and now the Democratic nominee for Congress …
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New Republic and Raw Story
Kevin D. Williamson / Weekly Standard:
Stop Calling It ‘Treason’ — What Trump actually did is bad enough. — There is loose talk of “treason,” and no one expected more from Jimmy Kimmel: He is a comedian and, as he has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt, a fool—a reminder that “comedian” and “fool” were at one point near-synonyms in English.
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The Daily Beast, The Hill and Breitbart
Patti Greco / Cosmopolitan:
The Great CNN Baby Boom — AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF THE NETWORK'S MOST PROMINENT WOMEN ARE PROVING THEY CAN HANDLE A MADDENING NEWS CYCLE — When Brianna Keilar saw her CNN colleague Pamela Brown adjust her dress — , she became suspicious. “We were sitting on set …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Helsinki fiasco showcases Pence's hypocrisy once again — The best film ever done on the Trump administration is called “The Death of Stalin.” It is a dark but wholly brilliant comedy about how Stalin's closest henchmen maneuvered for power in the days after the death of their publicly revered but actually despised leader.
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The Atlantic, Axios and One America News Network
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Neck and Neck in CD48 — 6-in-10 partisan voters satisfied with their nominee — West Long Branch, NJ - The race for California's 48th Congressional District between Republican incumbent Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic challenger Harley Rouda is virtually tied according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Taneisha Cordell / WRCB-TV:
Warrant issued for suspect after cyclist assaulted with bottles and cans — Charles Peacock says three cameras on his helmet and bike were recording during his ride down Hickory Valley Road. — UPDATE: Chattanooga police have been able to identify the driver of the vehicle and the passenger accused …