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2:00 PM ET, July 25, 2018

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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 …
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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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 and CNBC
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.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's secret tape raises five crucial questions
Discussion: New York Times and Vox
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
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.
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, NBC News and Splinter
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors  —  Gov. Phil Scott's (R-Vermont) approval falls far amid re-election run  —  The popularity of Republican governors in solidly blue Northeastern states has been a thematic mainstay of Morning Consult's quarterly Governor Approval Rankings since their launch in 2016.
Discussion: InsideSources and Capitol Fax.com
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:   America's Most and Least Popular Senators
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 …
Discussion: Axios, Politico and The Week
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 …
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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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 …
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
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
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
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.
Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip, Logo Indicates  — World Cup feature opens fan experience, isn't a spy device  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings — some of them only half in jest …
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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.
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
No, Dems Aren't Disarrayed, Riven, Imploding, Eating Their Young or Battling for the Soul of the Party  —  OPINION — “Democrats in disarray” is one of those alliterative phrases beloved by pundits and political reporters.  Database searches can trace it back to the Eisenhower administration …
VICE News:
Twitter is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.'s spokesman  —  Twitter is limiting the visibility of prominent Republicans in search results — a technique known as “shadow banning” — in what it says is a side-effect of its attempts to improve the quality of discourse on the platform.
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.
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Maxine Waters corrects the record: she doesn't want to abolish ICE  —  The California Democrat suggested her colleagues who want to abolish ICE might not have thought it through.  —  Unlike many other big-name Democrats, California Rep. Maxine Waters is not on board with calls to abolish ICE.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico
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
 
 
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
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Discussion: Politico
Mark Zuckerberg / The Guardian:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Nancy Cook / Politico:
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Mike Allen / Axios:
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
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Discussion: CNN
CBS News:
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Jacob Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Capitol Fax.com