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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump blasts Cohen over tape disclosure  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump blasted his former attorney Michael Cohen on Wednesday, the morning after CNN aired the audio of a recording Cohen made of the two.  —  “What kind of a lawyer would tape a client?  So sad!  Is this a first, never heard of it before?
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CNN:
Exclusive: CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape  —  (CNN)Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Former Lawyer Michael Cohen Formed Delaware Company to Purchase Former Playboy Model's Story  —  Attorney created shell firm in September 2016 to buy rights to Karen McDougal's story of having affair with Trump; rights weren't ultimately purchased  —  President Donald Trump's former …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
National Enquirer's Years-Long Dealings With Trump Lawyer Fall Under Federal Scrutiny  —  Michael Cohen and tabloid publisher traded favors over many years; the Omarosa mediation  —  Michael Cohen and the publisher of the National Enquirer forged an alliance over the years, looking out for the interests of Donald Trump and each other.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Lanny Davis says “there's more to come” on Trump-Cohen tape  —  Lanny Davis — a lawyer for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer and fixer — tells me that, following last night's release of a secret Trump-Cohen recording, we'll soon learn more “about what Michael Cohen saw and heard.”
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Trump-Michael Cohen tape transcript, annotated  —  We finally know what's on that tape in which then-candidate Donald Trump and Michael Cohen reportedly discussed paying for the rights to Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal's story of an alleged affair with Trump.
Washington Post:
Transcript of Cohen tape suggests Trump knew about model's deal to sell story of alleged affair
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Lanny Davis on Trump-Cohen audio: ‘The truth is on our side’
Discussion: Townhall and Mediaite
New York Times:
Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality  —  WASHINGTON — On the first couple's recent trip overseas, Melania Trump's television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN.  President Trump was not pleased.  —  He raged at his staff for violating a rule …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will watch ‘any channel she wants,’ spokeswoman says  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump will watch “any channel she wants,” according to her spokeswoman in an apparent rebuke to the report President Donald Trump was upset to find her Air Force One television tuned into CNN.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't intentionally edit a question to Putin out of a video  —  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow led her show Tuesday night with an explosive allegation: The administration of President Trump had intentionally buried a question asked of Russian President Vladimir Putin during last week's news conference in Helsinki.
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Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
Trump White House cuts Putin support for Trump out of transcript
Discussion: Daily Kos
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him  —  Several of President Trump's senior economic advisers believe he plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on close to $200 billion in foreign-made automobiles later this year, three people briefed on discussions said.
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Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg:
Trump Blames Tariff Critics for Weakening U.S. Bargaining Power
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Ga. lawmaker who used racial slurs in TV show resigns  —  The Georgia lawmaker who exposed himself and yelled racial slurs during an episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series is resigning his seat in the state Legislature, according to House Speaker David Ralston's office.
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
Georgia lawmaker to resign after using racial slurs on new Sacha Baron Cohen show
Discussion: Vox, National Review and Splinter
NBC Southern California:
Pickax-Wielding Vandal Smashes President Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star to Pieces  —  Witnesses say a man pulled a pickax from a guitar case and destroyed the star near tourist hot-spot Hollywood and Highland  —  President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame …
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Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed News:
A Top Democrat Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Would Need To Wait Her Turn For Leadership  —  South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn sent a warning shot on Wednesday toward a likely incoming freshman who beat one of Clyburn's fellow members of House leadership in a primary, suggesting she may have a long wait …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:
These Emails Show What Happens When The White House Keeps The Pentagon Out Of The Loop  —  “The Pentagon was caught off guard” stories have become a staple of news coverage of the Trump administration.  —  It's no secret that time and time again, officials in the Defense Department …
Washington Post:
Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Trump's latest effort to stop a lawsuit that alleges Trump is violating the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments.  —  The ruling, from U.S. District …
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Washington Post:   Federal judge rejects Trump effort to stop lawsuit alleging he violates Constitution by doing business …
David Crouch / The Guardian:
Swedish student's plane protest stops man's deportation ‘to hell’  —  Elin Ersson refused to sit down on Gothenburg flight until man being sent to Afghanistan was removed  —  Play Video  —  A lone student activist on board a plane at Gothenburg airport has prevented the deportation …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Largely Abandon Running on Trump's Tax Cuts … Voters being inundated with television and digital ads in the upcoming Ohio special election would be excused for not having a particularly favorable view of President Trump's signature legislative achievement.
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:   After long dissing Pelosi, O'Connor now says he could vote for her as speaker
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Exclusive: White House stops announcing calls with foreign leaders  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has suspended the practice of publishing public summaries of President Donald Trump's phone calls with world leaders, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CNN …
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow  —  Inside the growth of Goop — the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.  —  On a Monday morning in November, students at Harvard Business School convened in their classroom to find Gwyneth Paltrow.  She was sitting at one of their desks …
Discussion: Althouse
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Without the Russians, Trump wouldn't have won  —  President Trump is willing, under duress, to briefly and begrudgingly admit that Russian “meddling” took place in 2016 before reverting to calling it a “big hoax.”  But he always maintains that the plot against America had no impact …
Martha Raddatz / Washington Post:
I reported alongside soldiers in foxholes.  The president can't take that away.  —  Martha Raddatz is chief global affairs correspondent for ABC News, co-anchor of ABC's “This Week” and author of “The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family.”  —  Like so many of my colleagues …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Eastern European Mystery Donors Behind the Trump-Allied Super PAC … A mysterious company that made a huge contribution to a pro-Trump political group this year is run by two Soviet-born businessmen, one of whom was feted at a donor retreat at Mar-a-Lago in March.
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Kemp Victory Puts Contest Into the Lean Republican Column  —  Yesterday's Republican run-off in Georgia's gubernatorial contest is as good an example as there is as to why parties hate run-offs.  They are risky propositions that can produce results that change the trajectory of a general election.
Mahita Gajanan / TIME:
'What You're Seeing... Is Not What's Happening.' People Are Comparing This Trump Quote to George Orwell  —  President Trump drew comparisons to George Orwell's 1984 in an attack on the media during a speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention Tuesday.
Stanley Kay / Sports Illustrated:
The Highest Court in the Land  —  A converted storage room on the top floor of the Supreme Court building has become a place for justices and their clerks to get a run in—and a source of a great many tales.  —  Karl Tilleman first encountered Michael Jordan during the 1983 Pan American Games …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Amid grumbling, Republicans quietly relieved about Trump's farm aid package  —  Republicans on Tuesday quietly exhaled after President Trump announced $12 billion in subsidies to rescue farm country, fretting that a trade war could bankrupt the agriculture industry and cost the party seats in the midterm elections.
Discussion: Washington Post
Martha Bebinger / WBUR:
Chakrabarti And Folkenflik Will Be New ‘On Point’ Hosts  —  On Point, WBUR's syndicated weekday talk show, will hit the reset button with two new hosts.  —  Meghna Chakrabarti will be the voice and face of the national two-hour morning program Monday through Thursday.  David Folkenflik will host on Fridays.
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Seattle's $52M streetcar fiasco the latest setback for city's anti-Trump mayor  —  Seattle's anti-Trump mayor, Jenny Durkan, may be on track for a political backlash: Her city's $52 million money splash on public transit appears doomed because new taxpayer-funded streetcars apparently won't fit the existing tracks.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Q13 FOX News
Washington Post:
Before her arrest as an alleged Russian agent, Maria Butina's proud defense of her homeland drew notice at American University  —  On a campus full of ambitious students aiming to land influential U.S. government and policy jobs, Maria Butina cut an unusual profile.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump fears Biden 2020, losing Pennsylvania  —  Advisers to President Trump say Joe Biden is the Democrat he most fears running against, and that Pennsylvania is the state he worries most about flipping against him.  —  Trump's calculation is based partly on how weak he sees …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘What do we think about Mick?’:  Trump narrows down chief search  —  It's not clear when John Kelly will leave his post as the president's top aide, but budget head Mick Mulvaney has emerged as a leading contender.  —  President Donald Trump loves to crowdsource staffing advice …
Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
This Former British Spy Exposed the Russian Hackers  —  The Justice Department has charged 12 Russian officials with hacking the DNC.  Matt Tait helped shine a light on their meddling in 2016.  —  On Friday, July 13, the Justice Department charged 12 Russian military intelligence officials …
 
 
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