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2:30 PM ET, July 24, 2018

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Washington Post:
White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's escalating trade war  —  An announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, according to two people briefed on the matter.  This is the latest sign that growing tensions between the United States and other countries will not end soon.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
White House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's escalating trade war  —  The White House plans to announce on Tuesday a plan to extend $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in the midst of President Trump's escalating trade war …
Megan Cassella / Politico:
Trump to offer farmers $12B in trade aid  —  The Trump administration is planning to ease fears of a trade war by announcing Tuesday about $12 billion in aid to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs, according to three sources familiar with the plan.  —  The administration's plan is expected …
CNBC:
Trade war bailout: Trump administration plans to offer $12 billion in emergency aid for farmers hurt by tariffs
Discussion: Conservative Review
Dow Jones Newswires:
Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter, is closing her namesake fashion brand, more than a year after she formally separated herself from the company and entered the White House as a senior adviser.  —  Apparel sales at the brand, which Ms. Trump launched in its current form in 2014 …
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Ivanka Trump's fashion company is shutting down  —  Ivanka Trump's clothing and shoes company is folding, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  Sources say that it will be shuttered “ASAP” and that staff have been informed that they're being laid off.  —  Since the inauguration of her father …
Jonathan Karl / Wall Street Journal:
‘The Briefing’ Review: Speaking for Himself  —  Donald Trump's rst White House spokesman compares the president to a rock star, the Energizer Bunny and a unicorn.  Jonathan Karl reviews “The Briefing” by Sean Spicer.  —  Early on a Saturday morning in January 2017, the day after the inauguration …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Sean Spicer's Book Is Apparently ‘Littered With Inaccuracies’
Discussion: Political Wire
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The House Tilts Toward the Democrats  —  Big-picture factors help minority party, but battle far from over; 17 ratings changes in favor of Democrats  —  Editor's Note: This is a special Tuesday edition of the Crystal Ball.  We'll be back to our regular Thursday schedule next week.
Discussion: Vox, Axios and InsideSources
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Scott McCartney / Wall Street Journal:
When Airline CEOs Try the Cheap Seats  —  The leaders of Delta and American defend the tightest sections of their planes while sitting in them  —  Have you ever been vacuum-packed into a shrunken coach seat wishing the airline CEO had to endure the same discomfort?  —  We did that for you, sort of.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Says Alex Jones' Threatening Rant Against Robert Mueller Doesn't Violate Its Rules  —  Jones accused the special counsel of participating in child rape and pantomimed shooting Mueller.  Facebook said the rant did not violate its community guidelines.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeats ‘lock her up’ chant  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the top law enforcement officer in the country, participated in a chant of “Lock her up” Tuesday, reviving a rallying cry from Donald Trump campaign events calling to jail Hillary Clinton.
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Maya Lora / The Hill:
Haley tells high schoolers to avoid 'own the libs'-style online behavior  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley  —  kicked off a conservative conference of high school students on Monday by urging attendees to avoid inflammatory language in favor of demonstrating real leadership.
Virginia Kruta / The Daily Caller:
I'm A Conservative, And I Went To An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rally  —  On Saturday evening, Democratic congressional candidate Cori Bush held a rally in celebration of her birthday.  Bush, who is running in the Aug. 7 primary against seven-term incumbent William “Lacy” …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump moves to silence critics  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's latest gambit to choke off the flow of information for past spy chiefs who have criticized him is a disturbing move that again exposes an imperious streak out of place in American democracy.
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Rebecca Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say  —  Blackouts could have been caused after the networks of trusted vendors were easily penetrated  —  Hackers working for Russia claimed “hundreds of victims” last year in a giant and long-running campaign …
Pew Research Center:
Growing Partisan Differences in Views of the FBI; Stark Divide over ICE  —  Favorable views of FBI have fallen sharply among Republicans  —  A new survey of public attitudes toward federal agencies finds that partisan differences in views of the FBI have increased markedly over the past year.
Discussion: Politico
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Has Advantage in CD17  —  Lamb leads Rothfus in nation's only two-incumbent House matchup  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The Democratic candidate has a sizable advantage in the race for Pennsylvania's newly drawn 17th Congressional District, the nation's only House contest that pits two incumbents against each other.
Mara Gay / New York Times:
New York Without The Daily News Will Be Less Alive, and Less Democratic  —  New York City cannot afford to lose one of its fiercest champions.  —  Most days there's nothing glamorous about working for The Daily News.  Covering local news, as its reporters do, can mean sitting through hours …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and twitchy.com
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The city that never sleeps finds that it's running out of reporters to report
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Only a quarter of the country identifies as Republican.  There are two reasons the party keeps winning anyway.  —  The general understanding of the American electorate is that it's about a 50-50 split, half Democrat and half Republican.  There are third parties, of course …
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Proposes Mueller Interview With No Obstruction Questions  — Only questions on collusion with Russia would be allowed  — Mueller hasn't yet responded to proposal, Giuliani says  —  President Donald Trump would agree to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators …
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
U.S. appeals court: Constitution gives right to carry gun in public  —  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment protects a right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense, rejecting a claim by Hawaii officials that the right only applies to guns kept at home.
Katy Waldman / New Yorker:
A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism  —  In more than twenty years of running diversity-training and cultural-competency workshops for American companies, the academic and educator Robin DiAngelo has noticed that white people are sensationally …
Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida Insider Poll: 'We've gone from being the party of Jeb, winning everywhere, to the party of Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel'  —  The Florida Insiders weigh in on Donald Trump's influence on the Florida GOP  —  Among the questions in this month's Florida Insider Poll …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Businesses linked to McCaskill's husband get $131 million in federal dollars  —  WASHINGTON  —  Businesses tied to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's husband have been awarded more than $131 million in federal subsidies since the Missouri Democrat took office in 2007, an analysis by The Kansas City Star found.
David Pegg / The Guardian:
Offshore owners of British property to be forced to reveal names  —  Hiding identity to be punished with up to five years' jail in money-laundering crackdown  —  Offshore owners of British property will be forced to reveal their true identities or face jail sentences and unlimited fines under draft laws …
Lindsay Wise / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Hawley campaigns on quotes by mythical McCaskill staffer  —  WASHINGTON  —  A staffer for U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said her boss “won't even consider voting yes” for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, a conservative activist tweeted last week.  —  “She's in such a red state, but she doesn't even try.
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
America's last flatware maker invited to White House; guests dine with spoons from China  —  WASHINGTON — Matt Roberts stood in a corner of the State Dining Room at the White House on Monday, showing samples of his company's Liberty Tabletop stainless steel silverware, when Rep. Claudia Tenney rushed over with a spoon in her hand.
Discussion: NBC News, IJR, Joe.My.God. and The Week
Odessa American:
Saltgrass COO, waiter say racism story made up  —  The Odessa waiter whose story about being called a terrorist by a customer spurred national attention last week now admits it was all a hoax.  —  The waiter, Khalil Cavil, 20, admitted he wrote the racist note himself in a Monday interview …
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Dogs go out of their way to help upset owners, study shows  —  Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected.  Please try again.  —  Dogswill make a speedy effort to comfort their owners if they think they are upset, a study has shown for the first time.  —  Although anecdotally …
Discussion: smokeroom.com
 
 
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Next step: House Intel asks Trump to declassify rest of FISA application; tantalizing clues about pages 10-12 and 17-34
Reuters:
Kremlin, coy on new summit idea, says Putin and Trump can meet at G20
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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Tom McTague / Politico:
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller plans to call IRS, FBI, FinCen witnesses at Manafort trial
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What the Latest Mueller Indictment Reveals About WikiLeaks' Ties to Russia—and What It Doesn't
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Garrett targeted in two ethics probes
Discussion: Roll Call
John Harwood / CNBC:
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ‘I am a capitalist’ - but markets need to work for more than just the rich
@thebudgetguy:
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Deutsche Welle / DW.COM:
Is Erdogan's Turkey on the edge of a crash?
Discussion: Breitbart