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11:55 AM ET, July 29, 2018

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Jordan Cohen / The New York Times Company:
Statement of A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher, The New York Times, in Response to President Trump's Tweet About Their Meeting  —  Earlier this month, A.G. received a request from the White House to meet with President Trump.  This was not unusual; there has been a long tradition …
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Times publisher warned Trump about labeling journalists as enemies  —  Haberman wants more W.H. press solidarity  —  For all his taunting of the “failing” New York Times, President Donald Trump's hometown paper still has a hold on him.  —  In a Sunday morning tweet from his golf club in Bedminster …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he called media ‘enemy of the people’ in meeting with N.Y. Times publisher  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump said Sunday that he and the publisher of the New York Times discussed “the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media” during a recent private meeting at the White House.
Discussion: Axios
Jeff Maysh / The Daily Beast:
How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions … On August 3, 2001, a McDonald's film crew arrived in the bustling beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island.  They carried their cameras and a giant cashier's check to a row of townhouses, and knocked on the door of Michael Hoover.
Fox News:
Giuliani says experts think ‘someone messed’ with Cohen tape  —  Rudy Giuliani explains that they need to hear the raw version of the Trump, Cohen tape that's been released.  Fox News' Ellison Barber reports from Berkeley heights, New Jersey.  —  President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Issa: 'Nobody's Going to be Surprised' If Trump Lied About Russia Meeting
Discussion: Breitbart
John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: 'Nobody's going to be surprised' if Trump approved Russia meeting
Discussion: Breitbart
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Rep. John Lewis hospitalized after falling ill on plane  —  ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that Rep. John Lewis has been hospitalized at a metro area hospital.  —  Sources confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Lewis was hospitalized after becoming ill on a flight heading back to Atlanta on Saturday.
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CNN:
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis hospitalized
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Root
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Mike Pence, Holy Terror  —  Are you sure you want to get rid of Donald Trump?  —  There are problems with impeaching Donald Trump.  A big one is the holy terror waiting in the wings.  —  That would be Mike Pence, who mirrors the boss more than you realize.  He's also self-infatuated.  Also a bigot.
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Trump tariffs assailed at Koch network gathering  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Top officials from the powerful Koch network warned President Donald Trump's tariffs — and his divisive governing style — stand to create “long-term damage” to the country as donors assembled here to kick off their twice-yearly confab Saturday.
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Associated Press:   ‘Koch brothers’ rebrand underway, still a conservative force
Emma Dumain / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Churches may have to pay taxes, and members of Congress may pay politically  —  WASHINGTON  —  Members of Congress should be able to work together to protect houses of worship from having to pay taxes, especially in an election year when both parties want to earn the faith community's vote.
Matt Kwong / CBC News:
In a divided U.S., therapists treating anxiety are hearing the same name over and over: Donald Trump  —  ‘Trump Anxiety Disorder’ may not be an official diagnosis, but therapists know the symptoms  —  “Is he gonna blow us all up?”  —  So inquired one of Elisabeth LaMotte's patients recently …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Therapists say they've seen a rise in anxiety under Trump: report
Philip Jankowski / mystatesman:
City report on Confederate monuments raises idea of renaming Austin  —  Highlights  —  Renaming of seven streets worthy of immediate action, report states, but renaming Austin not a simple matter.  —  In discussion of possible changes, report also asks, 'What's next and where do we stop?'
Washington Post:
Trump threatens again to shut down federal government over border-wall funding  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump threatened Sunday to shut down the federal government this fall if Congress does not pass sweeping changes to immigration laws, including appropriating more public money to build his long-promised border wall.
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Political Wire
Dara Lind / Vox:
ICE agents pressured parents to be deported with their children — then separated them again when they refused  —  A new filing in the ACLU's family separation lawsuit recounts claims that ICE is trying to coerce newly reunited families.  —  A lawyer claims that several fathers have been separated …
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Washington Post:   ‘Deleted’ families: What went wrong with Trump's family-separation effort
Matthew Hennessey / New York Post:
Wall Street finally taught Zuckerberg the lesson he deserved  —  This week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally got the whack across the nose that many had hoped Congress would give him back in April.  —  The social-media giant's stock price took a spectacular nose dive Thursday …
Scott Bland / Politico:
Liberal secret-money network hammers House GOP  —  Nonprofits connected by a Washington-based hub have spent millions of dollars on TV ads on health care and taxes in key House districts.  —  A network of secret-money nonprofit groups has spent millions of dollars attacking swing-seat House Republicans …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Mike Hertenstein:
Billy Graham & the Synagogue of Satan  —  Lost Passage of Infamous Nixon Tape Makes a Bad Story Worse  —  EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM can be heard defending anti-Jewish conspiracies and admitting Hitler was right about some things to President Richard Nixon on a newly-released portion of an infamous Oval Office tape.
Dan Gainor / Fox News:
Media continue attacking Trump despite his week of accomplishments and strong economic growth  —  If Ronald Reagan was the “Teflon president,” Donald Trump must be the Incredible Hulk president.  The more the left and the media attack him, the stronger he gets.  —  This past week was a great example.
Marie Simoneaux / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
3 dead, 7 injured in South Claiborne Avenue shooting Saturday night: NOPD  —  Gallery: 3 dead, 7 injured in South Claiborne Avenue shooting July 28, 2018  —  Three people have died and seven more have been injured in a shooting reported in the 3400 block of South Claiborne Avenue on Saturday night …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Thinks You're Underestimating Her.  She Thinks You're Wrong.  —  The actress-turned-candidate for governor is trying to convince skeptical New York Democrats to see beyond her political inexperience, like some did with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  —  Even then, no one was quite sure what to make of Cynthia Nixon.
Mallory Moench / NBC News:
U.S. citizen's family was denied visas under Trump's travel ban.  Then he died by suicide.  —  Salem was one of thousands of Yemeni-Americans separated from non-U.S. citizen family members by Trump's travel ban.  —  In the early morning hours of July 18, Mahmood Salem told his family …
Discussion: HuffPost
Scott Barrett / The Newport Daily News:
Trump supporters, opponents clash at Spicer book signing |  VIDEO  —  WARNING: This video contains strong language.  —  MIDDLETOWN — Supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump verbally clashed inside and outside Barnes & Noble on Friday evening during a book signing …
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Thomas Burrows / The Sun:
CITY ON THE EDGE Paris has 300,000 illegal immigrants crammed into just one tiny suburb
Alisa Wolfson / Moneyish:
The cost of child care just hit an all-time high
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
What the DNC is doing 100 days from the 2018 midterms
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump focus of ads — both positive and negative
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Putin wanted to interrogate me. Trump called it ‘an incredible offer.’ Why?
New York Times:
Actually, Republicans Do Believe in Climate Change
New York Times:
Newest U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan Mirrors Past Plans for Retreat
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
New Hampshire, 94 Percent White, Asks: How Do You Diversify a Whole State?
Discussion: twitchy.com and Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
100 days: Dems have midterm edge, but it's not historic
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and RedState
New York Times:
In Georgia Governor's Race, a Defining Moment for a Southern State
New York Times:
From Dow's ‘Dioxin Lawyer’ to Trump's Choice to Run Superfund
Discussion: Political Wire
Eve Peyser / New York Times:
I Wanted a Dog. I Bake Bread Instead.
Wendy Siegelman:
‘US Person 2’ in the case of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is George O'Neill …
@thebudgetguy:
House Republicans Are In Almost Total Disarray As Summer Recess Begins
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Immigrant girl hides in auto shop after escaping attendants from Florida detention facility
Hugh Bronstein / Reuters:
U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by October but will not be made whole
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
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