memeorandum: Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era (Burgess Everett/Politico)

8:30 AM ET, July 23, 2019

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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:

With Three Simple Answers, Mueller Can Speak Volumes — For those who have read it, the special counsel's report speaks for itself. For those who haven't, he can speak for it in Congress. — Mr. Katyal was an acting solicitor general in the Obama administration.

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

DOJ tells Mueller to limit testimony to his report — Justice Department officials have communicated to Robert Mueller that the department expects him to limit his congressional testimony this week to the public findings of his 448-page report, according to one current and one former U.S. official familiar with the preparations.

Discussion: Axios, Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Hullabaloo, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Mediaite

Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Republicans plan to tune out Mueller probe: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Discussion: Political Wire

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump and His Aides Seek to Dismiss Mueller Hearings as a Desperate Act

Discussion: Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN and The Week

The Daily Beast: Can Mueller Cut Through Barr's ‘Fog of Propaganda’?

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media is getting a second chance to cover Robert Mueller's findings — and this time get it right

Discussion: Wired, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
Justice Department tells Mueller to not answer a wide swath of questions

Discussion: Hot Air, CNBC and The Week

Just Security:
35 Questions for Congress to Ask Robert Mueller (+ Questions from Readers)

Discussion: Washington Monthly and New York Times

Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:

A Dallas-born citizen picked up by the Border Patrol has been detained for three weeks — An 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three weeks, his attorney says.

Discussion: twitchy.com and TheBlaze

NBC News:

Abner, 17, describes 11 days of hunger and thirst at Yuma's border station — Abner said he gave food to younger migrant kids so they wouldn't go hungry, saw a guard hit a boy, and drank from the sink by cupping his unwashed hands. — CHICAGO — Abner, a 17-year-old Guatemalan boy …

Meagan Flynn / Washington Post: A U.S. citizen has been in immigration custody for nearly a month due to a paperwork snafu, attorney says

New York Times:

Federal Budget Would Raise Spending by $320 Billion — WASHINGTON — White House and congressional negotiators reached accord on a two-year budget on Monday that would raise spending caps and lift the government's debt ceiling, likely averting a fiscal crisis but splashing still more red ink on an already surging deficit.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Breitbart, Townhall, GovExec.com, Financial Times, Vox and Politico

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era — President Donald Trump may have to hand out some new nicknames — for himself — after endorsing a bipartisan budget deal with Congress: “Trillion Dollar Trump?” “Deficit Don?” — With a new bipartisan budget deal that does nothing to cut federal spending …

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Deal or no deal?

Discussion: Detroit Free Press, Washington Post and Q13 FOX News

Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Trump announces deal with Democratic and GOP leaders on budget and debt ceiling

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Brian Riedl / National Review:
New Budget Deal Puts Final Nail in the Tea-Party Coffin

Discussion: The Resurgent

Jordain Carney / The Hill: Trump, Democrats clinch two-year budget deal

BBC:

Boris Johnson wins race to be Tory leader and PM — Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. — He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656.

Hugo Gye / The Sun:

BOJO BLOWS IN Boris anoints himself ‘The Dude’ to ‘deliver Brexit, unite the country, defeat Corbyn and energise’ as he thumps Hunt to be new Prime Minister — BORIS Johnson today declared himself “The Dude” as he was named the next Prime Minister after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a landslide.

Discussion: NPR, The Week, New York Post and Guido Fawkes

Stephen Castle / New York Times:

Boris Johnson to Be U.K. Prime Minister After Winning Party Vote — LONDON — Boris Johnson, Britain's brash former foreign secretary, on Tuesday won the contest to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, with his party handing the job of resolving the country's three-year Brexit nightmare …

Heather Stewart / The Guardian:

Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader — Former foreign secretary will succeed Theresa May as Britain's next prime minister after beating Jeremy Hunt — Play Video — Boris Johnson will become Britain's next prime minister after being elected leader of the Conservative party …

Discussion: Financial Times and Agence France-Presse

Miriam Jordan / New York Times:

More Than 2,000 Migrants Were Targeted in Raids. 35 Were Arrested. — More than 2,000 migrants who were in the United States illegally were targeted in widely publicized raids that unfolded across the country last week. But figures the government provided to The New York Times on Monday show …

Discussion: CNN

Jill Colvin / Associated Press: Usually talkative Trump silent on asylum changes

Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Trump administration to expand its power to deport undocumented immigrants

Discussion: American Immigration Council, The Week, Boing Boing, Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed News

Trent Spiner / Politico:

Behind Pence's Air Force Two cancellation: A drug dealer — Vice President Mike Pence was one short plane ride away from shaking hands with an alleged interstate drug dealer. — Pence abruptly canceled his trip to Manchester, N.H., earlier this month but never said why he was pulled from Air Force Two at the last minute.

Discussion: The Independent, USA Today, Talking Points Memo, ProFootballTalk, The Week, The Daily Caller, CNN, Fox News, Law & Crime, Mediaite, New York Post, Splinter and Political Wire

Emma Ockerman / VICE:

The Cop Who Said AOC “Needs A Round” Just Got Fired — The Louisiana cop who called AOC a “vile idiot” who “needs a round” has reportedly been fired, along with a fellow cop who “liked” the post. — Gretna Police Chief Arthur Lawson on Monday afternoon fired officer Charlie Rispoli and another officer …

Chad Calder / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Two Gretna officers fired: One posted Ocasio-Cortez ‘needs a round,’ 2nd hit ‘like’ button

Discussion: The Week, fox8.com, Breitbart, Axios, Washington Times, Newsweek, Law & Crime, FOX31 Denver, The Root and Washington Post

Allan Smith / NBC News:
Louisiana police officer fired after suggesting AOC should be shot

Discussion: New York Times, CNN and The Hill

Tom Polansek / Reuters:

Trump administration pursues rule that would remove 3.1 million people from food stamps — CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday will propose a rule to tighten food stamp restrictions that would cut about 3.1 million people from the program, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials said.

Discussion: Fox News

Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Trump administration proposal would push 3 million Americans off food stamps

Discussion: Slate, Axios and Common Dreams

Domenico Montanaro / NPR:

Poll: Americans Not Sold On Trump — Or Democrats — Democratic presidential candidates are proposing lots of progressive policies in this election. And while those policies may resonate with the party base, some of those ideas are not popular with a general election electorate, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

Discussion: Breitbart, Marist Poll, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and National Review

William Cummings / USA Today:
President Trump's job approval rating reaches high mark in NPR/PBS/Marist poll after racist tweets

Discussion: Shareblue Media

Eliana Johnson / Politico:

Trump met with Nunes to talk intel chief replacements — President Donald Trump recently spoke to top House Intelligence Republican Devin Nunes about replacements for the country's intelligence chief — the latest sign that Dan Coats' tenure may be short-lived.

Discussion: Washington Post, PJ Media Home and POLITICUSUSA

New York Times:

These Michigan Voters Show How Trump's ‘Go Back’ Attack May Help Him — PORT HURON, Mich. — As President Trump presses his attacks against four women of color in Congress, suggesting they are unpatriotic and should leave the country, many voters in this city on Lake Huron are embracing his …

Discussion: CNN

Tess Bonn / The Hill:

Giuliani warns Epstein case could ‘implicate a lot of people’ — Rudy Giuliani, a personal attorney for President Trump, warned Monday that a renewed investigation into registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could potentially implicate many more prominent individuals.

Discussion: Vanity Fair

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

‘Racially charged’: Reuters is struggling with descriptions of Trump's racist tweets — A mystery hangs over a story that Reuters published on July 16 regarding President Trump's racist tweets regarding four Democratic congresswomen of color: … Emphasis added to ask several questions: From where do those quotation marks come?

Discussion: CNN and Townhall, more at Mediagazer »

Lauren Gardner / Politico:

Kelly Craft was out of Canada for half her days as ambassador — President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, spent the equivalent of seven months of her 20-month tenure as U.S. ambassador to Canada back in the United States in places where she had homes …

Will Weissert / Associated Press:

Gillibrand: Female senators unfairly blamed for Franken exit — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand said Monday that she doesn't regret calling for Al Franken's resignation from the Senate and that female senators are being blamed for it in a way their male colleagues are not.

Discussion: Associated Press

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Dispute builds over Georgia lawmaker's confrontation at grocery store — A confrontation at a grocery store between a black state legislator and a man she accused of demanding that she “go back” to where she came from has led to barbed attacks from partisan leaders, calls for her to resign and threats of litigation.

Discussion: Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, Reason and TheBlaze