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Trump-Russia News. 7/29/18.

Los Angeles Times : “Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill confirms Russian hacking attempt…Russia’s GRU intelligence agency tried to break into the senator’s computers.” http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-russia-hacking-mccaskill-20180727-story.html CNBC : “Cohen asserts that Trump knew about 2016 meeting with Russians before it happened.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/cohen-claims-trump-knew-of-meeting-with-russia-before-it-happened.html Bloomberg : “Trump and Son at Legal Risk If Found Lying About Russia Meeting.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-28/trump-and-son-at-legal-risk-if-found-lying-about-russia-meeting The Guardian : “Vladimir Putin invites Donald Trump to Moscow.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/27/putin-trump-moscow-meeting NBC News : “Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee is chastising President Donald Trump for ignoring a deadline to decide whether Russia should face sanctions for the poiso

Trump-Russia News. 7/21/18.

Daily Beast : “Russia-NRA Arrest…the DOJ arrested and charged a Russian national who courted the NRA and the Republican Party with secretly working as a foreign agent.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-nra-arrest-this-is-as-close-as-it-gets-to-collusion Bloomberg : “Trump Tries to Change the Subject as Russia Fallout Rattles GOP.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-21/trump-tries-to-change-the-subject-as-russia-fallout-rattles-gop Vox : “What we learned from Trump’s worst foreign policy week ever. The five main takeaways from Trump’s disastrous Russia week.” https://www.vox.com/2018/7/20/17595476/trump-russia-putin-coats-gop-takeaways New York Magazine : “The Double Down From Hell: Trump Invites Putin to D.C. for Second Meeting.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/doubling-down-trump-invites-putin-to-dc-for-second-meeting.html CNN : “Trump stood side-by-side with…Putin and said Russia probably didn’t interfere in the 2016 election…Th

Trump-Russia News. 7/16/18. Update.

BBC : “Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812 Politico : “Trump-Putin press conference leaves members of both parties reeling.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/trump-putin-meeting-reaction-democrats-republicans-722487 The Telegraph : “Trump and Putin unite in denying any collusion during US elections at key Helsinki summit.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/16/donald-trump-says-us-relationship-russia-has-never-worse-ahead/ Daily Nation : “Putin Summit: Trump-Russia ties under investigation...investigators are trying to discover whether Trump, his family and advisors already had a surreptitious working relationship with Russians when he ran for and won the presidency in 2016.” https://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Putin-Summit-Trump-Russia-ties-under-investigation/1068-4663584-bxl1kcz/index.html New York Times : “Trump…is almost wholly untethered from his administration when it com

Trump-Russia News. 7/13/18. Update.

CNBC : “Special counsel Mueller charges 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats during 2016 election.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/13/special-counsel-mueller-charges-12-russian-intelligence-officers-with-.html Washington Post : “Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller officially rebuke a major Trump conspiracy theory…that the DNC hack and the Russia probe are a hoax.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/13/rod-j-rosenstein-and-robert-s-mueller-iii-officially-rebuke-a-major-trump-conspiracy-theory/?utm_term=.12922b7def09 Vox : “Why Trump’s inauguration money is a major part of Mueller’s Russia investigation. Russia-tied donations and oligarch connections have drawn Mueller’s interest…it is against the law for foreign nationals to donate to a presidential inaugural committee…it could be important in understanding Russia’s ties to the Trump team.” https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17505728/trump-inauguration-mueller-russians-rick-gates Politicu

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 7/1/18.

Bloomberg : “Mueller and his team…have an eye toward producing conclusions…related to collusion by fall…He’ll be able to turn his full attention to the issue as he resolves other questions, including deciding soon whether to find that Trump sought to obstruct justice.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-26/mueller-poised-to-zero-in-on-trump-russia-collusion-allegations Radio Free Europe : “Trump Doesn’t Rule-Out Recognizing Russia’s Annexation of Crimea.” https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-doesnt-rule-out-recognizing-russian-annexation-ukraine-crimean-peninsula/29328403.html CNN : “Trump casts doubt on Russian election meddling ahead of Putin Summit.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/28/politics/donald-trump-russia-putin-summit/index.html New York Magazine : “The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/the-british-russia-collusion-scandal-is-breaking-wide-open.html Washington Post : “A broad debunk