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3:30 PM ET, July 21, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump's Putin fallout: Inside the White House's tumultuous week of walk backs  —  Executive time began early on Thursday, just after sunrise.  —  Feeling exasperated and feisty as he awoke in the White House residence, President Trump fired off his grievances on Twitter about how the media had been covering his Helsinki summit.
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Associated Press:
Inside Trump's isolation after Putin summit, walkbacks  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office.  Top aides gathered to convince the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Trump Doubles Down on Russia.  The Spies Shake Their Heads in Disbelief.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump directed aides to ask President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to the White House this fall, the invitation was his latest attempt to use personal diplomacy in the pursuit of better relations with the Kremlin.
Alexander Gabuev / Foreign Policy:
The Kremlin Is Celebrating Helsinki. For Now.
Discussion: Breitbart and ABC News
Steven Pifer / Brookings:   What Helsinki agreements? This is not normal
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:   Russia continues to shape narrative of Helsinki summit
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CNN:
Trump attorneys waive privilege on secret recording about ex-Playmate payment  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyers have waived attorney-client privilege regarding a secretly recorded conversation he had in September 2016 with his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen in which they discussed payments …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI seizes records from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Ecuador Will Imminently Withdraw Asylum for Julian Assange and Hand Him Over to the UK.  What Comes Next?  —  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno traveled to London on Friday for the ostensible purpose of speaking at the 2018 Global Disabilities Summit (Moreno has been confined to a wheelchair since being shot in a 1998 robbery attempt).
Discussion: RT
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
There Is a Revolution on the Left.  Democrats Are Bracing.  —  DETROIT — For Rachel Conner, the 2018 election season has been a moment of revelation.  —  A 27-year-old social worker, Ms. Conner voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries, spurning the more liberal Bernie Sanders, whom many of her peers backed.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Democratic socialism rising in the age of Trump  —  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A week ago, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn't quite ready to consider himself a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization's values and endorsement in his bid to become a U.S. senator.
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Centrist Dems begin arguing against far-left agenda as 2020 play
Enjoli Francis / ABC News:
Gunman in parking space shooting not charged because of ‘Stand Your Ground’ law  —  A man who was captured on surveillance video fatally shooting another man in Clearwater, Florida, during a parking-spot spat as his young son watched nearby will not be arrested or charged by police, according to Pinellas County Sheriff.
Vladimir Soldatkin / Reuters:
Lavrov tells Pompeo: free Russian woman accused in U.S. of espionage  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart on Saturday that a woman arrested in the United States on accusations she was a Russian agent had been detained on “fabricated charges” and should be released.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Inside Bannon's Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right … LONDON—Steve Bannon plans to go toe-to-toe with George Soros and spark a right-wing revolution in Europe.  —  Trump's former White House chief advisor told The Daily Beast that he is setting up a foundation in Europe called …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Politico and Althouse
Michael Gordon / The Charlotte Observer:
A mother and her son turned up for a domestic-violence case.  Then ICE arrested them.  —  A Charlotte woman and her 16-year-old son, who are both involved in a domestic-violence dispute, were arrested in the Mecklenburg courthouse by federal immigration agents after they turned up for a hearing, their attorneys said.
Discussion: Splinter
Max Jaeger / New York Post:
Sheriff who backed Roy Moore allegedly had sex with teen girl  —  The Alabama sheriff who threw his support behind accused jailbait-chaser Roy Moore's failed Senate bid is now under investigation for allegedly having sex with an underage girl.  —  SEE ALSO
Discussion: ThinkProgress and WHNT-TV
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Michael Cohen privately questions Trump's fitness to be president  —  Friends of Michael Cohen have noticed that since Trump's Helsinki press conference with Vladimir Putin he's been more openly questioning Trump's fitness to be president.  “It's one thing for him [Cohen] …
Discussion: Political Wire and CNBC
Mitchell Armentrout / Chicago Sun-Times:
Mark Janus quits state job for conservative think tank gig after landmark ruling  —  Less than a month after he won a Supreme Court case to preserve his First Amendment rights as a state worker not to pay union fees, Mark Janus has announced he's quitting his job for a position with the conservative …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Got $250?  You Can Go to Sean Spicer's Book Party  —  WASHINGTON — Typically, an author's colleagues have a house party to launch a book, or gather in a local pub.  —  Not Sean Spicer, who served six months as President Trump's embattled press secretary and is now the author …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Kavanaugh inches closer to confirmation hearing with new filing  —  Trump's nominee turned over biographical information, previously delivered speeches, published writings, interviews, past court filings and other related documents.  —  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh formally returned …
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Nazis and anti-Semites slip through GOP primaries, causing headaches for party  —  Arthur Jones is an avowed member of the American Nazi Party, a Holocaust denier and a sympathizer of the Ku Klux Klan.  —  He also is the Republican candidate challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bethany Mandel / New York Post:
It's no crime to be happy in the age of Trump  —  A fellow mom friend recently posted an idyllic picture of her kids online, writing about what a magical summer they've had so far.  She ended the post by saying “even in dark times like these, my kids are such a bright spot.”
Emilie Eaton / San Antonio Express-News:
Six times, a SAPD lieutenant has been fired.  Will he get his job back again?  —  A San Antonio police lieutenant with a long history of disciplinary problems — including four firings and 11 suspensions — is in trouble again, accused of making a homophobic remark about Police Chief William McManus.
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Suggests Season Suspension as Punishment for NFL Players Who Protest Anthem  —  President Donald Trump took to Twitter Friday night and as everyone was focused on revelations that his longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen had made a secret recording of a conversation with his former boss …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Week in Pictures: A Bit Red in Helsinki Edition  —  It finally came back to me.  Monty Python had a sketch way back when that involved a made-up entity that is a perfect headline for this week—the “Institute of Going in Bit Red in Helsinki,” in which a Dr. Carl Gruber (related to Hans? …
 
 
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
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Discussion: HuffPost
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Spanish conservatives pick Pablo Casado to replace Rajoy
Jeffrey T. Lewis / Wall Street Journal:
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Israel Cements Right-Wing Agenda in a Furious Week of Lawmaking
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
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New York Times:
Trump Endorsement in Georgia Race Surprised, and Frustrated, Some Republicans
Discussion: The Atlantic
Andrew Jeong / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Signals Reluctance on Reunions, Nuclear Program
The Daily Beast:
Seb Gorka in Talks to Be Salem Radio's New Host, as Network Plots a ‘Coup’ Against Its Trump Critics
Washington Post:
Russian operatives blasted 18,000 tweets ahead of a huge news day during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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