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CNN:
Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting  —  (CNN)Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton …
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The Daily Beast:
‘Dead to Each Other’: Team Trump Prepares to ‘Bury’ Michael Cohen, ‘Weakling’ and ‘Traitor’ … As President Donald Trump absorbed the news that Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney and notorious “fixer,” had released a secret recording of the two of them, he did what he usually does in such situations: swore and groused loudly.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Finance Chief Called to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury  —  Longtime Trump executive Allen Weisselberg has been subpoenaed in Michael Cohen probe  —  Allen Weisselberg, a longtime financial gatekeeper for President Donald Trump, has been subpoenaed to testify …
abc7.com:
Stormy Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, says 3 other women claim they were paid by AMI, Donald Trump, Michael Cohen  —  Michael Avenatti, the attorney who represents porn star Stormy Daniels, said Thursday that he is representing three other women who claim they were paid by Donald Trump, AMI and Michael Cohen to keep quiet.
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
NBC News:
Cohen willing to tell Mueller Trump knew of 2016 Russia meeting, source says
Discussion: HuffPost
Michael Sykes / Axios:   Cohen claims Trump knew about 2016 Trump Tower meeting ahead of time
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Cohen Says Trump Knew About Trump Tower Meeting In Advance
The Daily Beast:
Russian Hackers' New Target: a Vulnerable Democratic Senator … The Russian intelligence agency behind the 2016 election cyberattacks targeted Sen. Claire McCaskill as she began her 2018 re-election campaign in earnest, a Daily Beast forensic analysis reveals.
New York Times:
Mueller Examining Trump's Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has used Twitter as his go-to public relations weapon, mounting a barrage of attacks on celebrities and then political rivals even after advisers warned he could be creating legal problems for himself.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Meadows backs off impeaching Rosenstein after leadership talks  —  (R-N.C.) says he is tabling his efforts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein  —  after having several meetings with Republican leadership, stating that he would instead pursue contempt if the Justice Department …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's most ardent defenders are a bunch of clowns
Jack Goldsmith / Weekly Standard:   The Rod Rosenstein ‘Impeachment’ Is a Sham
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials  —  LONDON (AP) — The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump's presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously let on, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
Discussion: The Week
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Scott Walker, other GOP candidates in key Midwest states trail Democratic rivals  —  NBC/Marist polls: Democrats lead in Senate contests in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin  —  WASHINGTON — New polls in three key Midwest states show Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates trailing …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:   Poll: Scott Walker trailing Dem challenger by 13 points
Twitter:
Setting the record straight on shadow banning  —  People are asking us if we shadow ban.  We do not.  But let's start with, “what is shadow banning?”  —  The best definition we found is this: deliberately making someone's content undiscoverable to everyone except the person who posted it, unbeknownst to the original poster.
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Bernie Sanders Adviser Is Assisting Special Counsel Investigation In Manafort Case  —  Tad Devine, a political operative who served at the highest levels of the Bernie Sanders campaign, will assist in the special counsel office's prosecution of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:   Here's The Evidence Paul Manafort Doesn't Want A Jury To See About His Work In Ukraine
Wall Street Journal:
Juncker's Trade Pitch to Trump: ‘I Can Be Stupid, as Well’  —  How bravado, flip cards and a White House ally helped European official sell U.S. president on trade detente  —  WASHINGTON—When Jean-Claude Juncker arrived the White House on Wednesday, the European Commission president …
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CNBC:
Facebook's $100 billion-plus rout is the biggest loss in stock market history  —  Facebook was on track Thursday to post the largest one-day loss in market value by any company in U.S. stock market history after releasing a disastrous quarterly report.  —  With less than an hour to go in trading …
Sissi Cao / Observer:
No More Free Lunch!  San Francisco Looks to Ban Tech Companies' Employee Cafes  —  San Francisco's working population is so homogenous that, when tech companies in the area (like Uber and Twitter) provide free lunches to employees, local restaurants are left empty.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Polls Are Crazy  —  You want to know where the American voter is headed, and what is likely to happen in November?  Good luck.  Some omens are good.  Thus, the Washington Times cites the NBC/Wall St. Journal poll for the proposition that Americans increasingly see Democrats as extreme:
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia:
Kaine, Gardner, Reed, McCain Introduce Bill To Prevent The President From Leaving NATO  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Jack Reed (D-RI), and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bipartisan bill to explicitly prohibit the President of the United States …
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
From Russia to Bistro Bis: The Calif. congressman who dined with alleged Russian agent  —  When FBI counterintelligence agents plowed through the emails of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina's networking around Washington, they discovered her plan to arrange “friendship and dialogue dinners” with influential Americans.
Tara Copp / Military Times:
ICE to deport wife of Marine, Iraq veteran Aug. 3  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents notified Alejandra Juarez Tuesday that she will be deported back to Mexico nine days from now, despite ongoing efforts to allow her to stay.  —  Juarez is married to former Marine Sgt. Cuauhtemoc …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Shira Ovide / Bloomberg:
How Facebook Went So Wrong So Fast  —  There are four theories, and three of them are alarming.  —  What happened?  —  That's what many of Facebook Inc.'s investors — and I — have spent the last 18 hours wondering.  On Wednesday, the company posted disappointing figures for second-quarter revenue, user growth and profits.
Associated Press:
White House says North Korea returns remains of U.S. war dead  —  North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip from a U.S. base in South Korea to a coastal city in the North to retrieve the remains.
Discussion: One America News Network and Axios
Washington Post:
A fist bump, then a rancorous call: How Trump's deal to free an American pastor in Turkey fell apart  —  President Trump thought he had a deal.  —  His NATO meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month had ended with a smile, a fist-bump and what Trump thought …
Bloomberg Law:
Starbucks Has to Pay for Drips of Off-the-Clock Work  —  Starbucks Corp. has to pay for California workers' off-the-clock work that lasts a few seconds or minutes past a scheduled shift, the state Supreme Court ruled.  —  The ruling could expose businesses in California to lawsuits …
Discussion: Splinter
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life  —  Monika Glennon has lived in Huntsville, Alabama, for the last 12 years.  Other than a strong Polish accent, she fits a certain stereotype of the All-American life.  She's blonde.  Her husband is a veteran Marine.
Discussion: Hot Air
Arizona Republic:
Rep. Paul Gosar ‘interested in the McCain seat,’ text to Gov. Doug Ducey attorney says  —  A day after a December 2017 announcement that Sen. John McCain had been hospitalized for the “normal effects” of cancer treatment, Arizona's Rep. Paul Gosar was lobbying for McCain's Senate seat.
Discussion: Political Wire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Judge Orders Fusion GPS To Reveal Dossier Details In BuzzFeed Lawsuit  — Judge orders Fusion GPS to disclose details of its dossier work.  — The opposition firm has avoided deposition in a dossier-related lawsuit against BuzzFeed.  — Lawyer for plaintiff says ruling “gave us everything that we had hoped for.”
Discussion: RedState
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Sarah Silverman latest in Hollywood to have past social media commentary resurface  —  (CNN)A tweet Sarah Silverman sent nine years ago, which she says was a joke, has some labeling her a pedophile.  —  In July 2009, the comedic actress tweeted, “Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move?
Josh Eells / Rolling Stone:
The Defiant One  —  Modern country's sharpest songwriter sounds off - on gun-control, what country should (and shouldn't) be, hating lip-syncing, loving Bernie Sanders, and that time he almost died.  —  A few miles outside Nashville, as the Walmarts and Waffle Houses give way to country roads …
 
 
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Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Obama Sought To Wipe Out Outdated Security Clearances Just Like Trump Wants To Do
H.W. Crocker III / The American Spectator:
America's Next Civil War Will Be Worse Than Our Last
Discussion: Washington Times
Owen Daugherty / The Columbus Dispatch:
After blasting O'Connor over Pelosi, Balderson won't say if he backs Jordan
Politico:
Trump takes his hard sell to the heartland
Laura Kusisto / Wall Street Journal:
Record Drop in Foreigners Buying U.S. Homes
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
America's Adversaries Are Weaponizing Information, NSA Director Warns
Robert Leonard / New York Times:
Trump Has No Idea What His Tariffs Have Unleashed for Farmers
 Earlier Items: 
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed News:
Sex Between Federal Agents And Detainees Would Be Banned Under Proposed Law
Discussion: Splinter
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
In Off-The-Record Meeting, Jonathan Chait Says Part Of Him Is Glad Trump Won
Discussion: Splinter and Daily Wire
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Foreign Affairs chair says Trump is ignoring sanctions on Russia for former spy poisoning
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Politico
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
These Three Immigrant Families Were Just Reunited After Months Apart. Here Are Their Stories.
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
GOP Politician Switches Parties Over Trump Administration's ‘Racism’ And ‘Misogyny’
Discussion: Oregonian
Adiel Kaplan / miamiherald:
'That's ... ridiculous.' Florida domestic violence chief is paid $761,000 a year.
David French / TIME:
What Democrats Don't Get About the South
 

 
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
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