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New York Times:
Analysis of Mueller's Congressional Hearing  —  Mueller's Congressional Hearing  —  Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III testified before Congress after two years of near-total silence.  Our reporters provided context and analysis during the hearing.
Discussion: twitchy.com, NB Blog and CNSNews
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Republicans Used Mueller's Conservatism to Discredit Him  —  Robert Mueller's performance in two House hearings must have badly shaken the bipartisan cult that had grown around him for two years.  Even accounting for the difficulty of precisely answering verbal questions about long text in real time …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
MSNBC public editor: The Chuck Todd show  —  After former Special Counsel Robert Mueller' testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning, Chuck Todd managed to demonstrate, with uncharacteristic brevity, his basic misunderstanding of the requirements of his job:
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘Euphoria’: White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance  —  The tense opening moments of former special counsel Robert Mueller's much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill gave way to an early sense of relief at the White House, where aides were quietly celebrating what they viewed …
Discussion: Vox, Splinter, FiveThirtyEight and The Hill
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Trump not exonerated, Mueller testifies, could be charged after leaving office  —  Former special counsel Robert Mueller is on Capitol Hill for historic testimony before lawmakers in back-to-back House hearings on his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election …
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
“A Bit Of A Dud” — Some Democrats Said The Mueller Hearings Didn't Live Up To Expectations  —  WASHINGTON — The day finally arrived: DC bars opened early, interns who had camped out in the Capitol overnight filled the room, and dozens of cameras were set.  All eyes were on former special …
Discussion: Vox
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Confused performance by Mueller raises questions about handling of investigation  —  It took just minutes for Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee to turn into a painful exercise when it became clear the 74 year-old special counsel had difficulty handling …
Politico:
Here's what surprised us during the Mueller testimony — and 4 other takeaways  —  It's over.  After months of anticipation, Robert Mueller has finally testified on Capitol Hill.  —  Over five-plus hours of testimony, Mueller regularly deflected and refused to answer lawmakers' questions …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Welcome to our live analysis!  👋  —  As former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before Congress, watch our livestream, and follow POLITICO reporters Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Natasha Bertrand, Blake Hounshell and Eliana Johnson's latest analysis.
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:   Michael Cohen responds to Mueller testimony from prison: ‘The American people deserve more!’
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:   Republicans Take Their Shot at Mueller—And Narrowly Miss
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to think about today's Mueller extravaganza
Discussion: Detroit News, National Review and Axios
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller's finally done. Here's how his probe lives on.
The Permanent Select Committee …:
July 24 Nunes Opening Statement for Mueller Hearing
Discussion: Breitbart
Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Trump campaign on Mueller's testimony: ‘A disaster for Democrats’
Discussion: Breitbart
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Mueller Reminds the Public: Trump Betrayed the United States
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Robert Mueller, Caught in the TV Spotlight
Discussion: NBC News and twitchy.com
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Mueller, in occasionally halting testimony, points to foreign interference and offers some sharp criticism of Trump
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Fortune
Washington Post:
Trump says ‘we had a very good day’ after Mueller hearings end
The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Visited Clinton White House Multiple Times in Early 90s  —  A Daily Beast investigation has uncovered ties between Epstein and the Clinton administration that date back to the president's earliest days in the White House.  —  Days after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Ginsburg: ‘I Am Very Much Alive’  —  Toggle more options  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview Tuesday that she does not favor proposals put forth by some Democratic presidential candidates who have advocated changing the number of Supreme Court justices if the Democrats win the presidency.
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump Must Face Suit Over Alleged Multilevel Marketing Fraud  —  President Donald Trump, his company and three of his children must face a class-action lawsuit in which people claim they were scammed into spending money on fraudulent, multilevel marketing ventures and a dubious live-seminar program …
Discussion: Washington Press
Politico:
Will China send in troops to stamp out protests in Hong Kong?  —  This story is being published for POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on July 24, 2019.  —  It is a prospect dreaded by many in Hong Kong …
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
China Hints Its Troops Could Be Used to Quell Hong Kong Protests
Discussion: The Stranger
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Poll: Biden has 7-point lead over 2020 field, Warren follows in second place  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 7-point lead over the Democratic presidential primary field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday, retaining his lead compared to the previous survey.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
What If They're Not Coming for the Jews This Time?  —  It's becoming almost a daily occurrence: President Donald Trump denouncing anti-Semitism and expressing solidarity with the state of Israel.  —  Gone are the days when Trump tweeted out a Star of David atop stacks of money.
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Tensions Between Bernie Sanders and MSNBC Boil Over  —  The Vermont senator's campaign sees the cable news network as part of a brewing problem that allows vague and unverified claims to go unchecked on air.  —  The mounting tension between a leading progressive presidential campaign …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Common Dreams
 
 
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CNN:
North Korea launches two projectiles
Discussion: Townhall
Molly Langmuir / ELLE:
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
House approves new rules to stop robocallers
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Seeks $300,000 Commitment To Buy Ads in Next Democratic Debate (EXCLUSIVE)
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic fundraising committees decline to say whether they will donate or give back Jeffrey Epstein contributions
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The United States won't feed 30,000 starving Syrians living under its protection
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
It's Time for an Impeachment Inquiry into Trump
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Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
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