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Coulter to Trump: Move Jeff Sessions to DHS, Fire Rod Rosenstein Fox News Insider July 31, 2017 Author Ann Coulter called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to be moved to the Department of Homeland Security, and for Sessions’ deputy to be fired. Coulter said it was not Sessions recusing himself from the Russia investigation that led to Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein appointing Robert Mueller as special counsel. Continue Reading…..

Putin’s Bet on a Trump Presidency Backfires Spectacularly By David E. Sanger New York Times July 31, 2017 A little more than a year after the Russian effort to interfere in the American presidential election came to light, the diplomatic fallout — an unraveling of the relationship between Moscow and Washington on a scale not seen in decades — is taking its toll. President Vladimir V. Putin bet that Donald J. Trump, who had spoken fondly of Russia and its authoritarian leader for years, would treat his nation as Mr. Putin has longed to have it treated by…

By Joe Concha TheHill July 31, 2017 Matt Drudge took aim at Sen. John McCain on Sunday night, displaying a photo of the Arizona Republican on Twitter with the caption “corruption has so many faces.” Corruption has so many faces… pic.twitter.com/XKI3mobWLp — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) July 31, 2017 The tweet is an apparent swipe at McCain’s vote that ultimately killed a GOP ObamaCare repeal bill. Continue Reading…..

Collins: Trump’s Threats Won’t Sway My Healthcare Vote By Solange Reyner Newsmax July 31, 2017 Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine on Sunday told CNN host Jake Tapper she wouldn’t be swayed by President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off funding for Obamacare payments. “It really would be detrimental to some of the most vulnerable citizens if those payments were cut off,” said Collins on “State of the Union.” Continue Reading…..

By John Fund National Review July 31, 2017 In 2008, presidential candidate John McCain bravely proposed a health-care reform that Fortune magazine said was a giant step toward “laissez faire liberty” in health care. He wanted to empower consumers to find the best health care and even end the tax break for employer-sponsored plans. In 2015, McCain joined all but one other GOP senator in voting to repeal Obamacare. The next year he ran an ad in his primary campaign against a Tea Party Republican claiming he was “leading the fight to stop Obamacare.” That ad helped him win…

Breitbart July 30, 2017 Republicans of the House Judiciary Committee drafted a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Thursday, asking them to appoint a second special counsel to investigate the 2016 elections. Unlike the current special counsel assigned to investigate matters surrounding the election, Robert Mueller, the letter calls for an investigation into the “actions taken by previously public figures like Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.” Continue Reading…..

Putin confirms US diplomatic missions in Russia will be cut By Emma Burrows, Jay Croft, and Ryan Prior CNN July 30, 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Sunday the staff at US diplomatic missions in Russia will be cut in response to a sanctions bill the US Congress passed last week. Russian state media quoted Putin saying 755 out of “a thousand or so” employees will “have to stop their activities in the Russian Federation.” That includes diplomats and technical workers, he said. Continue Reading…..

At Politicon, Roger Stone has plenty to say – for and against Trump team Fox News July 30, 2017 Political consultant Roger Stone was every bit his controversial self Saturday night at the Politicon event in Pasadena, California. During a session titled “Weed Nation,” Stone threw verbal bombs at the Trump administration, accusing it of wanting to “re-fire up the war on drugs.” Continue Reading…..

Newsmax July 30, 2017 President Donald Trump’s staff is too “incestuous” and Washington-oriented and needs changes, Larry Klayman, founder of the government watchdog Freedom Watch, told Newsmax TV on Friday amid major changes in White House communications office. “I think that the president got the wrong people and it’s not bad that there’s going to be a shakeup here,” Klayman, a former federal prosecutor, told Miranda Khan on Newsmax’s “America Talks Live.” Continue Reading…..

U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test Reuters July 30, 2017 The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said China, Japan and South Korea needed to do more after Pyongyang’s latest missile tests. North Korea said it conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) on Friday that proved its ability to strike America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump. Continue Reading…..