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New York Times:
Ohio Special Election Results: 12th Congressional District  —  CandidatePartyVotesPct.  —  Dem.  —  14,211  —  Rep.  —  6,114  —  Green  —  20,481 votes, <1% reporting (0 of 591 precincts)  —  What to watch: Voters in Ohio's 12th District are choosing a replacement for Representative Pat Tiberi …
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New York Times:
5 Takeaways From Tuesday's Election Results  —  Republicans had a brush with trouble in Ohio, where a result had still not been declared in a special election to fill a House vacancy.  Elsewhere, an activist sweep on the left failed to materialize.  —  Suburbanites are more fired up than rural voters
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Tuesday Night Is a Bad Sign for GOP Chances in the House  —  On its face, Tuesday night seemed uneventful, or even good news for the Republican Party.  Aside from a few primaries here and there, the main event was the House special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans' dueling political pictures  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  GOOD MORNING from COLUMBUS, OHIO.  —  HOUSE REPUBLICANS, who appear to be the narrow winners of last night's special election here, face a conflicting political picture.  Here's the picture many of them want to see …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Troy Balderson claims victory in Ohio special election
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from Tuesday's elections
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins arrested over insider trading charges  —  Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., has been arrested on insider trading charges lodged by the Justice Department, law enforcement officials said Wednesday morning.  —  The indictment obtained from a federal grand jury …
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New York Times:
New York Congressman Chris Collins Is Charged With Insider Trading  —  Representative Chris Collins, a New York Republican who was one of President Trump's earliest and most vocal supporters, was charged with insider trading on Wednesday.  He was accused of having sold his stock …
Discussion: Above the Law
NBC News:
New York Rep. Chris Collins indicted on insider trading charges  —  The case is related to Innate Immunotherapeutics, an Australian biotech company, on which the elder Collins served on the board.  —  Chris Collins, a Republican congressman from upstate New York, surrendered to the FBI …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP Rep. Collins indicted, charged with securities fraud  —  Rep. Christopher Collins (R-N.Y.) was indicted Wednesday by federal prosecutors and charged with wrongdoing connected to an alleged insider trading scheme linked to his investments in an Australian biotech firm.
Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:   Upstate New York Congressman Chris Collins arrested on federal insider trading charges
Wall Street Journal:
'It's Fantastic!'  Trump Warms to Rosenstein  —  Nearly fired by the president, the No. 2 Justice official—the man in charge of the Mueller probe—builds a rapport  —  Before President Trump headed to meet Vladimir Putin last month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein requested a meeting in the Oval Office.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Why it's time for Trump to play his ace in the hole  —  You return from a great vacation and POW — reality hits like a punch in the nose.  And that's not counting the hassle of New York airports and traffic.  —  The pain begins when you remember that the hapless Jeff Sessions is still the attorney general of the United States.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   Christopher Steele Was ‘Concerned’ About Senate Inquiries Into Dossier, Text Messages Show
Kansas City Star:
Kansas Dems choose Sharice Davids to challenge Rep. Kevin Yoder for seat in Congress  —  Sharice Davids could make history in November after Kansas Democrats selected the Johnson County attorney as their nominee for a race that could help decide control of the U.S. House.
Discussion: Vox and Balloon Juice
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John Hanna / Associated Press:   Democrats pick gay, Native American nominee in Kansas 3rd
Kansas City Star:
No law prevents Kris Kobach from overseeing the likely recount in his own race  —  No law requires Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to recuse himself from a recount in the governor's race, but legal and political experts say that he should to maintain trust in the election.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Kobach says voter fraud could be the reason he wins GOP nomination
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica:
The Shadow Rulers of the VA  —  Last February, shortly after Peter O'Rourke became chief of staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he received an email from Bruce Moskowitz with his input on a new mental health initiative for the VA. “Received,” O'Rourke replied.
NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul says he delivered letter from Trump to Putin  —  Paul's trip to Moscow during the Senate's recess this week also included a meeting with former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that he was “honored” …
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Leaked document: Putin lobbied Trump on arms control
Eric Boehm / Hit & Run:
Trump's Trade War Kills Another 126 Jobs  —  The latest casualties from President Donald Trump's trade war are 126 jobs at a plant where televisions are built.  —  Element Electronics announced Monday that it would close its facility in Winnsboro, South Carolina.
Discussion: The State
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Bloomberg:
China Announces Date to Match $16 Billion U.S. Tariffs
Discussion: BloombergQuint, Reuters and The Week
CNN:
Corey Stewart praised southern secession in 2017 campaign appearance  —  Senate candidate takes personal shot at Cuomo  —  (CNN)Corey Stewart, the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat for Virginia, praised in a speech last year Virginia's decision in 1861 to secede from the Union …
Discussion: Political Wire and Blue Virginia
Sharon Coolidge / Cincinnati.com:
Chief ‘extremely concerned’ after officer uses Taser on 11-year-old girl at Kroger  —  A Cincinnati police officer used a Taser to stun an 11-year-old girl suspected of stealing from a Kroger on Monday, according to police.  —  Police Chief Eliot Isaac has opened an investigation …
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Root
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Sharon Coolidge / USA Today:
Police use Taser on 11-year-old girl accused of stealing from supermarket
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Pareene / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Talks About a War on the Press.  Andrew Cuomo Is Waging One. … On July 19, Zack Fink, the Albany reporter for New York City's local cable news channel, NY1, asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo about the glaring lack of legitimate small donors to his reelection campaign.
NBC News:
Trump's D.C. hotel, a clubhouse for his fans, may also be a 5-star conflict of interest  —  An NBC News analysis of FEC filings and social media shows GOP groups, foreign countries and federal agencies have spent big at the luxury hotel.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump International Hotel …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump surges to fore of Manafort trial  —  President Donald Trump says that the criminal trial of his former campaign aide, Paul Manafort, has nothing to do with him.  —  But jurors in a Virginia courtroom heard his name repeatedly on Tuesday.  —  Trump's name, his 2016 campaign …
Discussion: ABC News
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New York Times:   Top Trump Campaign Aides Are Portrayed as Corrupt at Manafort Trial
Abbas Al Lawati / BloombergQuint:
Saudi Arabia Carries Out Rare Crucifixion for Murder, Theft  —  (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia executed and crucified a Myanmar man in the holy city of Mecca on Wednesday in a rare form of punishment reserved for the most egregious crimes.  —  Elias Abulkalaam Jamaleddeen was accused of breaking …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Simeon Kerr / Financial Times:   Saudi Arabia sells off Canadian assets as dispute escalates
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We analyzed every QAnon post on Reddit.  Here's who QAnon supporters actually are.  —  The QAnon subreddit, analyzed with data.  —  Late on a recent Thursday night, a Reddit user posted a comment in a forum (or subreddit) devoted to the game Magic: The Gathering about how the company …
Henry Olsen / American Greatness:
Ohio Squeaker Shows GOP Has A Lot To Learn About Winning  —  Republicans and Trump supporters needed some good political news, and they got it Tuesday night in the special election for Ohio's 12th Congressional District.  —  Republican Troy Balderson's narrow, one-point win doesn't mean a “red wave” is swelling.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obstruction questions still on table for Mueller-Trump interview, Giuliani says  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers plan to send a letter to special counsel Robert Mueller later this week signaling they remain open to allowing the president to sit for an interview and be questioned …
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:   Colbert Refers to National Review's Jonah Goldberg as One of 'Trump's Allies' (He's Not)
 
 
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ICE Crashed a Van Full of Separated Mothers, Then Denied It Ever Happened
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Hall of Famer Jim Brown says he'd ‘never kneel’ during anthem, ‘will always respect the flag’
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Reuters:
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Axios:
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David Sirota / Newsweek:
Why Does Betsy DeVos's Family Yacht Fly a Foreign Flag? …
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