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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Thursday, August 9, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Media Outlets Highlight Biden’s Launch Of “As You Are” Initiative. <#S1>

• Article Recounts Biden’s Interactions With Teen Cancer Patient. <#S2>

• Univ. Of Maryland Professor: Trump Focusing On Unseating Casey With
Biden, 2020 In Mind. <#S3>

• In Concord Monitor, Retired Teacher Calls For Biden To Be Nominee In 2020.
<#S4>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Touts Tuesday’s Election Results, Predicts “Red Wave” In November.
<#S5>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• US Sanctions Russia Over Nerve Agent Poisoning In UK. <#S6>

• Votel Calls Iranian Naval Exercise “A Message” To US Over Sanctions. <#S7>

• Haley: US “Not Willing To Wait For Too Long” For North Korean
Denuclearization. <#S8>

• China To Impose 25% Tariff On $16B Of US Goods. <#S9>

• Votel Doesn’t Expect Major Change In Afghanistan Strategy. <#S10>

• US Declines To Join Canada In Denouncing Imprisonment Of Saudi Activists.
<#S11>

• In Colombia, Haley Blames Maduro For Venezuela’s Deterioration. <#S12>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Legal Team Offers Mueller Counter-Proposal For Potential Interview.
<#S13>

• Media Analyses: Rep. Collins’ Arrest A Blow To Trump, GOP Ahead Of
Midterms. <#S14>

• Manchin Supports Including $5B For Border Wall In Fall Spending Bill.
<#S15>

• Ross Orders NMFA To Prioritize Water Usage To Firefighting Over ESA.
<#S16>

• Administration Preparing To Repeal Obama-Era Lightbulb Rules. <#S17>

• EPA Proposes Rule That May Allow Use Of Asbestos. <#S18>

• Staff At Treasury Financial Watchdog To Be Laid Off. <#S19>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• FDA Approves Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Treatment. <#S20>

• Memorial Sloan Kettering To Buy Ralph Lauren Cancer Center In East Harlem.
<#S21>

• Cancer Has Sophisticated Ability To Manipulate Immune System To Protect
Itself. <#S22>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S23>

• Washington Post. <#S24>
Biden in the News
Media Outlets Highlight Biden’s Launch Of “As You Are” Initiative.

A number of media outlets on Wednesday continued to highlight former Vice
President Joe Biden’s “As You Are” initiative aimed at promoting acceptance
of LGBTQ individuals by their families and communities. In an online
article posted Wednesday afternoon, NBC News
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(8/8, Kacala) reported, “The Biden Foundation on Tuesday announced the
launch of ‘As You Are,’ a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of
family acceptance in the lives of LGBTQ young people.” Biden is quoted as
saying in a statement, “We’ll use our resources to highlight the harms of
family rejection – and lift up research, best practices and personal
stories to powerfully show the significant value of family acceptance.”
Fortune
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(8/8, Reints) reports that the Biden Foundation “lists ‘ensuring LGBTQ
equality’ as one of their pillars. In a video announcing the initiative,
Biden, singer Cyndi Lauper, former NFL player Wade Davis, and a number of
LGBTQ advocates and activists note the progress society has made towards
LGBTQ acceptance, but stress the importance of family acceptance as well.”
Fortune adds that Biden “first came out in support of equal LGBTQ rights in
2012, just ahead of Barack Obama, when he said he was ‘absolutely
comfortable’ with same-sex marriage.”

        TIME
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(8/8, Quackenbush) reports, “According to a recent study from the
University of Chicago, LGBTQ youth experience homelessness are more than
twice as likely experience homelessness than their straight peers. ‘LGBTQ
young people should never have to face rejection from those who love them,’
Biden wrote on Twitter announcing the campaign launch.” Breitbart
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(8/8, Berry) reported, “As it kicks off its campaign, the Biden Foundation
will be gathering personal stories from young people with sexual
orientation or gender identity issues, as well as parents, educators, and
other professionals, as a way to raise awareness about the dangers of
mental illness when these youth are not immediately affirmed and accepted.”
The Huffington Post
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(8/8, Wong) reported that Biden “has long been an outspoken supporter of
queer rights. In May, the Biden Foundation announced a three-year
initiative with the YMCA aimed at fostering LGBTQ equality.” LGBTQ Nation
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(8/8, Gallagher) also reports on the story.
Article Recounts Biden’s Interactions With Teen Cancer Patient.

Cure Today
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(8/8, Incollingo) reported, “An Idaho teenager got a boost from one of her
idols – former Vice President Joe Biden – during her treatment for acute
myeloid leukemia. Nurses at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital in Boise had
invited Biden to attend Cierra Shaffer’s graduation from Fruitland High
School in May.” Biden wasn’t able to attend, but “he called Shaffer for a
15-minute video chat during the last of her monthlong treatments.” The
former Vice President “offered encouragement. ‘You’re going to beat this
thing, because you’ve got to come to see me in Washington. I’ll show you
around,’ Biden reportedly said.” Shaffer “reportedly said after the call,
‘I was like, holy cow – a little Idahoan girl talking to a big-shot vice
president!’ Shaffer’s Twitter account reflects that she has since been
released from the hospital and walked in her graduation ceremony.”
Univ. Of Maryland Professor: Trump Focusing On Unseating Casey With Biden,
2020 In Mind.

In a piece for the Daily Caller
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(8/8), University of Maryland professor and “progressive commentator” Jason
Nichols asserted that the main reason President Trump is backing and
rallying support for Rep. Lou Barletta’s (R-PA) challenge to Sen. Bob Casey
(D-PA) this fall is because the Democrat represents “an early test for the
person that the president views as his most difficult possible opponent in
2020, Joe Biden. Biden is also an Irish Catholic from Northeastern
Pennsylvania like Casey and the ‘scrappy kid from Scranton’ is largely
credited with delivering the state to Obama in 2008 and 2012. Biden also
campaigned for Conor Lamb, whose win was one of Trump’s lowest moments.”
In Concord Monitor, Retired Teacher Calls For Biden To Be Nominee In 2020.

In a Concord (NH) Monitor
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(8/9) op-ed, “retired educator” Robert L. Fried decries President Trump and
his Administration and says, “What our nation needs is a healer, a
normalizer – someone to help bring us back from the brink;” a person who
can “reach out to working-class and middle-Americans who feel betrayed by
‘coastal elites’”; someone “who deeply embodies the basic tenets of
fairness, of reason and reasonableness, of kindness, and of social
progress.” Fried says that person “is Joe Biden, our former vice president
and the one person who can most quickly and effectively restore our
institutions of good government and our position of leadership in the world
on behalf of democracy and humane values.”
Leading the News
Trump Touts Tuesday’s Election Results, Predicts “Red Wave” In November.

Following Tuesday’s primary elections, President Trump took to Twitter to
tout the apparent victories of the five candidates he had endorsed. Wrote
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Trump, “5 for 5!” He later added
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“The Republicans have now won 8 out of 9 House Seats, yet if you listen to
the Fake News Media you would think we are being clobbered. Why can’t they
play it straight, so unfair to the Republican Party and in particular, your
favorite President!” He later tweeted
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“RED WAVE!”

        Largely focusing on the OH12 special election, most media analyses
(including some in conservative outlets) sounded a skeptical note on
Trump’s assessment of both Tuesday’s contests and GOP prospects in the
fall. Joel B. Pollak, Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart
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(8/8), wrote that “the Blue Wave is real. That much emerged from Tuesday’s”
OH12 contest. Among the factors he mentioned were Trump’s “failure to keep”
a “core promise,” the border wall, which “could keep Trump voters home.” In
an editorial, the Wall Street Journal
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(8/8) concludes that there is mounting evidence that Republicans are
heading for major losses, and takes issue with what it sees as a White
House effort to make the midterm contests a referendum on Trump. The Washington
Examiner
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(8/8, Antle), meanwhile, said that other than Trump, “virtually no other
reputable political observer sees a red wave coming,” and “if anything, the
Democrats’ prospects...have improved in recent weeks.”

        On NBC’s Today Show
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(8/8), Chuck Todd said Democrats “are now heavy favorites to take control
of the House. I think the question really is the size. Is it 30 seats, 40
seats, 50 seats? They have a night like this, like they did in Ohio, they
could win 40 to 60 seats.” Dana Bash said on CNN’s Situation Room[image:
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(8/8) that according to her “sources,” the OH12 race is giving Democrats
“more of a feeling of wind at their back. That is something that is
invaluable when you are looking at the kind of race, the kind of election
that we are going to see in November. It is kind of what the notion of
waves are built on. ... That is certainly the feeling that Democrats have,”
whereas “Republicans are kind of licking their wounds.” NPR’s Mara Liasson
said on Fox News’ Special Report
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(8/8) that OH12 followed “a trend we have seen all year: Democrats
over-performed more than Republicans did.”

        ABC World News Tonight
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(8/8, story 5, 1:50, Wright) reported that in the Ohio “district where
Republicans have held control for more than 30 years, the Democrat” came
“within one point.” The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by sender.
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(8/8, story 4, 2:05, O'Keefe) reported the margin “is far narrower than
usual in [the] conservative district, and that has some Republicans
worried. John Kasich is Ohio’s a outgoing Republican governor. What
happened yesterday?” Kasich was shown saying, “Well, the voters here sent a
message to the Republicans to knock it off, stop the chaos, the division.
No more of this family separation that we see at the border or taking
people’s health care away. I think people basically have had enough.”
According to NBC Nightly News
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(8/8, story 4, 0:30, Holt), “it’s the race many are watching for a hint
whether we’ll see a blue or red wave in the midterm elections,” but it
“remains too close to call.”

        On ABC’s Good Morning America
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(8/8), George Stephanopoulos said Republicans “may squeak out a win...but
the fact it’s this close is a real warning sign for them come November.”
Jonathan Karl said that “the closeness of this race in such a solidly
Republican district is a signal of big problems ahead for Republicans.” At
the opening of CNN’s New Day
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(8/8), John Berman said the OH12 was “way, way too close for comfort for
Republicans,” and “a big, flashing, glaring, major warning sign for the
midterm elections.” On MSNBC’s Morning Joe[image: Image removed by sender.
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(8/8), Joe Scarborough said of the OH12, “This is another race where
Republicans have underperformed” in a district that is “deep, deep red.”
Scarborough added, “Republicans are bleeding so badly right now in
suburbs.” However, Charles Hurt of the Washington Times said on Fox News’
Special Report
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(8/8), “While conditions are absolutely in the Democrats’ favor and the
Republicans should be very worried right now and working hard – I don’t
really see evidence of a blue tidal wave forming right now.”

        The Washington Post
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(8/8, Costa, Dawsey), along similar lines, says “a new round of lackluster
showings by Republican candidates reignited a debate Wednesday within the
GOP over whether...Trump will be a drag on the party’s chances in November
and should stay out of some of the country’s most hotly contested races.”
Democrats “turned out in droves and significantly overperformed
expectations,” and “many Republican strategists viewed the results as a
dark omen.” The Post quotes “veteran Republican consultant Stuart Stevens,
a frequent Trump critic,” as saying, “Nothing bodes well.” To the New York
Times
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(8/8, Lu), meanwhile, “Republicans lost support in every special
congressional election since...Trump took office, and” the OH12 “on Tuesday
was no exception.” Another New York Times
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(8/8, Burns, Martin) story describes GOP “leaders” as “alarmed by the tight
Ohio race in a once-reliably red district, taking it as a vivid expression
of the backlash against...Trump in suburban areas.”

        Yet another New York Times
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(8/8, Shear) analysis says “the presidential braggadocio...ignores another
reality that the White House is loath to acknowledge: Mr. Trump – and his
chaotic, controversy-laden tenure in the Oval Office – is largely
responsible for the toxic political climate that is undermining the
Republican candidates he is trying to save.” While “economic growth topped
4 percent earlier this year,” unemployment “is low” and “stock prices are
high...Republicans speak darkly of the awful environment their candidates
face in midterm elections.” USA Today
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(8/8, Jackson) reports that it is a “small wonder that Trump, who prefers
Republican rallies to White House policy meetings anyway, plans to be busy
on the campaign trail,” because “his presidency is likely at stake.” If
Democrats “win a majority of US House seats...Trump can say goodbye to his”
agenda, and “above all, a Democratic House or Senate, or both, would be
able to wield a potent weapon against the Trump White House: the power of
investigation, maybe even impeachment.”

        The AP
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(8/8, Peoples, Smyth) reports that though Trump “declared unconditional
victory,” Democrats “could also celebrate their strong showing in the
[OH12] district that has gone Republican for decades.” Moreover, Trump
“claimed to have helped five GOP candidates win, including Bill Schuette
for Michigan governor, John James for Michigan Senate and Josh Hawley for
Missouri Senate,” even though “in Ohio, the Kansas primary for governor was
too close to call.” The New York Post
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(8/8, Moore) reports that “in Kansas, Trump-endorsed Kris Kobach and
incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer were separated by 191 votes – 126,257 for Kobach
and 126,066 for Colyer.” Breitbart
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(8/8, Spiering) said Trump “boasted that the five candidates he supported
in Tuesday’s special elections and Republican primaries won, despite close
margins of victory,” and The Hill
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(8/8, Fabian) said that Trump “left out a special election in Southern
California to replace former Rep. Xavier Becerra (D) in which no major
Republican candidate ran.” Among other news outlets, the Wall Street Journal
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(8/8, Epstein, Duehren) also highlights the closeness of Tuesday’s results.

        Reuters
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(8/8, Whitesides, Gibson) reports Tuesday’s “narrow margins” are “serving
as encouraging signs for Democrats heading into November’s elections,” and The
Hill
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(8/8, Wilson, Fabian) that “the close results underscore the political
risks Trump has embraced in anointing favored candidates, even those who
are not seen as the favorites in their own states.” The Hill adds that
“previous administrations have sought to avoid being seen as meddling in
primaries, a caution this president does not heed.” On the other hand,
a Washington
Post
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(8/8, Kim) report concedes that “if the current numbers hold,
Trump-endorsed candidates were widely successful on Tuesday night –
although some faced only a nominal primary challenge.”

        *Previously Uncounted Votes Narrow Balderson’s Margin Of Victory To
1,564 Votes. *The Cincinnati Enquirer
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(8/8, Balmert) reports “the tight race between” state Sen. Troy Balderson
(R-OH) and Franklin County Recorder Danny O’Connor (D-OH) in the OH12 “just
got tighter.” Election “officials in Franklin County found 688 previously
uncounted votes in a Columbus suburb. The result: O’Connor had a net gain
of 190 votes, bringing the race’s margin down to 1,564.”

        *Fox & Friends: O’Connor Avoided Attacking Trump, Promised To Work
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(8/8), Steve Doocy said, “Even though it’s too close to call, the President
said, ‘my guy won.’” Doocy said, “What’s interesting about Danny O’Connor,
the Democrat there, is he essentially took the playbook of Conor Lamb, who
won as a Democrat in Pennsylvania a couple months ago” by “appealing to
moderate voters,” and “tr[ying] not to demonize Donald Trump. And, so far,
it looks like that was wise.” Brian Kilmeade added, “I think it’s also
important to point out if you go on Danny O’Connor’s website, he has
nothing anti-Trump,” and “also talks about working across the aisle.”
According to Kilmeade, “If you run like a Republican, you might actually do
well in a Republican district.” Abby Huntsman added, “There is a reason why
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t go visit this district. I don’t think her
voice would have been well-received there.”

        *O’Connor On Pelosi: Democrats “Ready For A New Generation Of
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(8/8), O’Connor was pressed by John Berman about his stated opposition to
voting to keep Nancy Pelosi as House Minority leader or Speaker, if
Democrats retake the House. Asked if “support for Nancy Pelosi is toxic
among some voters?” O’Connor replied, “Folks are ready for a new generation
of leadership. ... We need a new voice.”

        *Kansas GOP Gubernatorial Primary Remains Too-Close-To-Call.
*The Washington
Times
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(8/8, McLaughlin) reports that the result of the GOP gubernatorial primary
between Gov. Jeff Colyer (R) and Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R)
“remained in limbo Wednesday” with Kobach holding “a slim 191 vote lead
over Mr. Colyer.” The Wichita (KS) Eagle
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(8/8, Shorman) reports, “The razor-thin margin could change in the days
ahead as provisional ballots are counted and mail-in ballots continue to
arrive. A recount appears possible.” The Kansas City (MO) Star
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(8/8, Hendricks) reports that Kobach “may hold a slim lead in the GOP”
contest, “but even he concedes the outcome of Tuesday’s primary could
change after election officials finish tallying thousands of votes that
haven’t been counted a day after the polls closed.”

        The New York Times
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(8/8, Smith, Martin) reports that Kobach, who “has long raised concerns
about the integrity of America’s elections,” now “finds himself in charge
of a closely watched Republican gubernatorial primary that is far too close
to call.” The Times says the “awkward coda to the long, tense primary
campaign...threatens to further divide long-feuding Kansas Republicans.”
Kobach faces “an uncomfortable choice: Recuse himself from one of his
office’s most important tasks, or oversee a sensitive and critical process
where conflict of interest questions are unavoidable.”

        Meanwhile, the AP
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(8/8, Hanna) reports that Kansas Democrats “smelled opportunity Wednesday,”
and Kobach “moved to both cement his status as the presumptive nominee and
blunt any advantage Democrats might gain from the short-term uncertainty
about the GOP nominee,” saying he is “launching the fall campaign
immediately and will turn it over to Colyer if further vote-counting makes
Colyer the nominee.” The eventual GOP nominee will face state Sen. Laura
Kelly (D) in the general election.

        In an editorial, the New York Times
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(8/8) calls Kobach “quite possibly the most pernicious public official in
America,” and says that in him, President Trump “clearly sees a kindred
spirit.” The Times argues that if his primary win holds up it “will be
another reminder that the political currents that delivered us this
president still rage within the Republican base.”

        *Politico Magazine: Democratic Left Failed In Midwestern Primaries.
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(8/8), Bill Scher said that most every liberal candidate backed by Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and New York congressional candidate Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in Tuesday’s primaries went down to defeat. Scher said
the “largely Midwest primaries produced a near-shutout for the
anti-establishment left.” Politico
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(8/8, Siders) also reported that “Sanders missed the boat on Ocasio-Cortez,
then watched his endorsed candidates fall on Tuesday – a sign that his sway
is limited heading into 2020.”

        *Ocasio-Cortez: “Soccer Moms” Are “Not America Anymore.” *The
Washington
Times
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(8/8, Muñoz) reports “Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday that an upper-middle class
‘with soccer moms with two vans and stuff’ no longer exists in America.”
Said Ocasio-Cortez, “Their heyday was in the ‘90s when kids had like
Furbies and you had like soccer moms with two vans and stuff. ... That’s
not America anymore!”
Foreign Policy
US Sanctions Russia Over Nerve Agent Poisoning In UK.

The Administration’s announcement Wednesday of new sanctions to be imposed
on Russia over its poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain
earlier this year is receiving heavy media coverage — including reports on
all three networks last night. Reports cast the move as the latest in a
series of actions by the Administration over the poisoning and note that it
comes as President Trump is seeking to repair US-Russian relations.

        ABC World News Tonight
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(8/8, story 6, 0:15, Muir) reported the US on announced new sanctions
against Russia for the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei
Skripal and his daughter in England. The two “nearly died from exposure to
the nerve agent known as Novichok, which UK authorities have blamed on
Russia.” To the New York Times
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(8/8, Harris), the sanctions “are part of a raft of anti-Russian efforts by
the United States despite President Trump’s own efforts to forge warmer
ties through direct talks with President Vladimir V. Putin.” According to a
senior Administration official, the sanctions “could potentially halt
nearly half of the $7 billion in exports the United States sends to Russia
every year.” A front-page story in the Wall Street Journal
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(8/8, A1, Donati, McBride) casts the new sanctions as an escalation in US
efforts to punish Russia, noting that Moscow is already under a US
sanctions regime for its 2014 invasion of Crimea.

        The CBS Evening News
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(8/8, story 3, 1:45, Glor) said the new sanctions “block Russia from
purchasing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons,
electronics, and aviation-related equipment from the US.” According to
Reuters
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(8/8, Wroughton), a “senior State Department official” told reporters that
there would be exemptions “for space flight activities, government space
cooperation, and areas covering commercial passenger aviation safety, which
would be reviewed on a case by case basis.” The Washington Post
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(8/8, DeYoung, Morello) likewise says that “a State Department official
said the sanctions could have a significant impact on trade with Russia.”
According to the Post, “they are structured to fall in two halves. The
first part includes a prohibition of licenses on sending some goods to
Russia,” but if Russia “does not agree to stop using chemical and
biological weapons within 90 days and agree to let UN monitors conduct
inspections, a second, more punishing round of sanctions kicks in.”

        According to NBC Nightly News
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(8/8, story 5, 2:10, Holt), “A second more painful wave could ground
Russia’s airline from entering the US if the Kremlin doesn’t demonstrate it
won’t use chemical weapons again, and refuses on-site inspections by the UN
– conditions unlikely to be met.” While the decision “could fortify
President Trump’s argument that his administration has cracked down on
Moscow,” NBC’s Peter Alexander said it came after “political pressure” from
“some top Republicans” to “unleash the penalties after blowing past a
congressional deadline to take action.” The Los Angeles Times
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(8/8, Wilkinson) says the sanctions “will go into effect in about two weeks
while Congress is notified,” and the AP
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(8/8, George, Lee) reports that the State Department said the sanctions
“would take effect on or around Aug. 22, when the finding is to be
published in the Federal Register.” Politico
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(8/8, Morin) reports “a State Department official said the Kremlin was
notified on Wednesday afternoon about the sanctions.”

        The Hill
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(8/8, Chalfant) notes the Administration “missed the statutory deadline for
deciding whether to sanction Moscow for the poisoning, prompting a rebuke
from the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last month.”
However, a senior State Department official said yesterday “that it was the
‘norm’ for Administrations to be late on making the official determination
with respect to sanctions under the law, citing government
bureaucracy.” Bloomberg
News
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(8/8, Wadhams) reports the Department said in a statement that under the
1991 Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act,
Russia was found to have “used chemical or biological weapons in violation
of international law or had used lethal chemical or biological weapons
against its own nationals.”

        *White House Said To Be Drafting Sanctions Order To Punish
Interference In US Elections. *According to the Washington Post
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(8/8, Harris, Dawsey, Nakashima), the White House is “drafting an executive
order that would authorize President Trump to sanction foreigners who
interfere in US elections, the administration’s latest effort to
demonstrate it is serious about combating Russian disinformation and
hacking.” An eight-page draft order, a copy of which was reviewed by the
Post, “appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation,
including a bill introduced in Congress this month — and to quell criticism
that Trump seems to give more credence to Russian President Vladimir
Putin’s denials of interference than to US intelligence agencies’
conclusion that the Kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election.”

        *White House Says Paul Asked Trump For Letter Of Introduction To
Putin. *Reuters
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(8/8, Chiacu, Mason) reports that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Wednesday that
he delivered a letter from President Trump to Russian President Vladimir
Putin “proposing cooperation.” The White House later “said Trump had
provided Paul with a ‘letter of introduction’ for his trip at the senator’s
request.” According McClatchy
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(8/8, Clark), however, the White House “said...that it was Paul who had
requested the letter — and that Trump mentioned issues that Paul has
raised.” Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said, “At Senator Paul’s
request, President Trump provided a letter of introduction,” adding that
Trump in the letter “mentioned topics of interest that Senator Paul wanted
to discuss with President Putin.” USA Today
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(8/8, Korte) reports Paul’s office “did not respond to questions about the
contents of the letter or how it was delivered,” and the Washington Times
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(8/8, Muñoz) says Paul shared that the letter touted Trump’s desire to work
with Russia on “countering terrorism, enhancing legislative dialogue and
resuming cultural exchanges.”

        According to Breitbart
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(8/8, Moran), Paul delivered the letter “to representatives of Putin
because the Russian leader has been away from Moscow all week.” The Washington
Post
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(8/8, Demirjian) calls reports of the letter “the latest surprise
diplomatic overture to the Kremlin at a time when the two countries are
locked in an intensifying dispute over Russian election interference.”

        *Condoleezza Rice: Bush Responded To Russia’s Invasion Of
Georgia. *Former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, writing in the Washington Post
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(8/8), says “ten years ago this week, during the final year of George W.
Bush’s presidency, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Georgia.” Rice
writes that “when the Russians launched their invasion, the United States
focused first and foremost on protecting the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and
the duly elected Georgian government.” The US, she argues, “is sometimes
constrained in what it can do in circumstances such as the Georgian
conflict,” so “we focused our energies on stopping Moscow from overthrowing
a new democracy that then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hated with
a virulence that is hard to overstate.” She concludes “that It is still a
sad story — and perhaps Putin did take the wrong lessons from it. In order
to deter him in the future, however, we need to first get the facts right
about the past.”

        *Russian Warships Pass Through English Channel. *The Washington
Times
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(8/8, Taylor) reports Britain’s Royal Navy “closely monitored two Russian
warships and their support vessels that passed through the English Channel
overnight Tuesday, claiming the development ‘routine’ despite tension
between London and Moscow.” According to the Times, “it was the second time
this summer that Moscow has sent ships through the passage and the third
time since January.”
Votel Calls Iranian Naval Exercise “A Message” To US Over Sanctions.

The Hill
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(8/8, Mitchell) reports CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel said Wednesday
that the military remains “extraordinarily vigilant” about Iranian
movements in the Persian Gulf following last week’s naval exercise in and
around the Strait of Hormuz. Votel “said he believes that the exercise was
meant to be a message to Washington over re-imposing economic sanctions on
Iran.” Votel told reporters at the Pentagon, “It’s pretty clear to us that
they were trying to use that exercise to send a message to us that as we
approach this period of the sanctions here that they had some
capabilities.”

        *US Bracing For Possible Iranian Cyberattacks. *The AP
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(8/8, Riechmann) reports that the US is “bracing for cyberattacks Iran
could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week”
by the Administration, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say.
Priscilla Moriuchi, director of strategic threat development at Recorded
Future, “a global real-time cyber threat intelligence company,” said,
“While we have no specific threats, we have seen an increase in chatter
related to Iranian threat activity over the past several weeks.”

        *Investments In Iranian Oil Run Into Banking Problems. *The Wall
Street Journal
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(8/8, Faucon) reports that China, India, and Russia all have said they will
continue to trade with Iran though US sanctions will create some obstacles
as they will not be able to rely on banks in the Gulf states. The Journal
says China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. recently negotiated a $3 billion
investment in Iran’s Yadavaran oil field, but is having troubles finding
banks for the transaction in the UAE. In addition, the China National
Petroleum Corp. is facing similar difficulties, as Total SA of France may
abandon negotiated deals in Iran.

        *Germany, China Vow To Defy Trump Over Iran Sanctions. *Reuters
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(8/8, Blanchard, Martin) reports China and Germany “defended their business
ties with Iran on Wednesday in the face of” President Trump’s “warning that
any companies trading with the Islamic Republic would be barred from the
United States.” According to Reuters, “The comments from Beijing and Berlin
signaled growing anger from partners of the United States...over its threat
to penalize businesses from third countries that continue to operate
there.” Reuters reports that the German government said US sanctions “that
have an extra-territorial effect violate international law.”

        *Zarif: US Cannot Stop Iran From Exporting Oil. *Reuters
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(8/8) reports Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted
Wednesday in an Iranian newspaper saying, “If the Americans want to keep
this simplistic and impossible idea in their minds they should also know
its consequences.” Zarif added, “They can’t think that Iran won’t export
oil and others will export.”

        *Italian PM Says He Asked Trump For Intelligence On Iran’s Nuclear
Program. *The AP
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(8/8, Thomas) reports Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday said Italy
is considering taking a “more rigorous” stance toward Iran, adding that he
had asked Trump for information about Iran’s nuclear program. He also said
that Italy is “waiting” for intelligence that it can evaluate with other EU
countries.
Haley: US “Not Willing To Wait For Too Long” For North Korean
Denuclearization.

Reuters
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(8/8, Cobb) reports Ambassador Haley on Wednesday said the US is “not
willing to wait for too long” for North Korea to take steps toward
denuclearization. Said Haley, “They have to understand that the
international community still expects them to denuclearize and so we’re
willing to wait if they want to wait, but we’re not willing to wait for too
long.” Reuters adds that “Haley said [Secretary of State] Pompeo had
delivered ‘solid’ US demands to North Korea and that Washington would not
weaken those or ease sanctions on Pyongyang.”

        According to Vox
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(8/8, Ward), the Administration “has presented North Korea with a formal
timeline for starting the process of denuclearization – and Pyongyang has
rejected it several times.” The US-proposed timeline is said to call for
North Korea to hand over “60 to 70 percent of its nuclear warheads within
six to eight months; the US or a third party – likely another country –
takes possession of them and removes them from North Korea.” However, it’s
“unclear what concessions, if any, the US would offer in exchange beyond
sanctions relief or removing North Korea from the state sponsors of
terrorism list.” According to two sources familiar with the discussions,
“this is the plan that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has presented to
North Korean negotiators multiple times over the past two months. But each
time, the North Korean negotiators...have turned down Pompeo’s proposal.”

        Wolf Blitzer, meanwhile, reported on CNN’s Situation Room[image:
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(8/8) that there’s “growing pressure for the Trump Administration to show
it is making progress with North Korea...amid signs Kim Jong-Un is not
delivering on his promise to get rid of his nuclear weapons.” Brian Todd
added that there’s “a palpable sense that President Trump and Pompeo and
the team have to take back the momentum in this process. Pompeo is taking a
pounding recently while Kim Jong-Un predictably is exuding confidence.”

        *Iran Warns North Korea Not To Trust US. *The Washington Times
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(8/8, Taylor) reports Iranian President Hassan Rouhani “warned North
Korea’s top diplomat Wednesday to be wary of embracing a denuclearization
deal with Washington, arguing the Trump administration’s pullout of the
2015 Iranian nuclear deal shows the US can’t be trusted to keep its word.”
During a meeting in Tehran with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho,
Rouhani said, “The US government’s behavior in these years [has] been such
that today America is known in the world as an unreliable and untrustworthy
country that does not honor any of its commitments.”

        *Dog Tag Returned To US Given To Soldier’s Children. *The Washington
Post
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(8/8, Ruane) reports that a dog tag “was one of the artifacts that came
with the 55 boxes of remains returned to American authorities last month by
the North Koreans, and the only one that could be connected to a specific
soldier.” It belonged to Army Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel Sr., who
was killed in 1950 on the battlefield near Unsan. The dog tag has been
returned to McDaniel’s two surviving sons.
China To Impose 25% Tariff On $16B Of US Goods.

China’s Commerce Ministry on Wednesday announced that it will impose
additional 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion of American goods beginning
Aug. 23. The Los Angeles Times
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(8/8, Puzzanghera) reports that the new tariffs “will hit 333 categories of
US imports, including some vehicles, fiber optic cables, industrial
chemicals, gasoline and other fuels.” China’s move “came a day after the
Trump administration formalized its own additional tariffs of the same size
and on the same value of Chinese goods, effective on the same date.” In a
statement the Commerce Ministry called the new US tariffs “very
unreasonable.” The Washington Times
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018080901biden&r=email-9843&l=055-0dd&t=c>
(8/8, Muñoz) calls China’s announcement an escalation of the US-China trade
war, while the Washington Post
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(8/8, Erickson) describes it as “a sign that Beijing and Washington are
digging in for what could be a long and bruising trade conflict.” The Post
adds that the Administration is “also...moving forward with plans to tax a
further $200 billion in Chinese products as soon as September and has
threatened to eventually impose tariffs on all Chinese imports, which
totaled $505 billion last year, unless China capitulates.”

        *Analysts Say Short-Term Resolution Of US-China Trade War Is
Unlikely. *Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow and trade expert at the Peterson
Institute for International Economics in Washington, tells Reuters
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(8/8, Woo, Lawder) that he “expected that there would be little to stop
further escalation of the US-China tariff war as both sides dig into
entrenched positions.” Hufbauer is quoted as saying, “My expectation is
that US tariffs on $250 billion of imports from China will be in effect
about a month prior to the November US elections. That’s soon enough to be
used by Trump as a rallying argument, but late enough so that adverse
effects will not occur before January 2019. Of course, China will
retaliate, probably dollar for dollar.”

        Bloomberg News
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(8/8, Han, Hamlin, Mayeda, Lung, Kearns) quotes Wang Tao, head of China
economic research at UBS AG in Hong Kong, as saying, “We’re not yet past
the point of no return but we’re edging closer to it. The risk is that the
US administration’s gamble to strong-arm China into giving into all U.S.
demands without some compromise only leads to successive rounds of higher
and higher tariffs.” Bloomberg also notes that Reserve Bank of Australia
Governor Philip Lowe “warned” today that “escalation of the dispute could
be ‘very damaging for the world economy.’” Oxford Economics has predicted
that “a US-China trade war will reduce global output by 0.7 percent by
2020, with China’s economy taking a 1.3 percent hit and US GDP dropping 1
percent,” according to Bloomberg News.

        *USA Today Lists Companies Affected By Trade War. *USA Today
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(8/8, Hayes) says the list of companies affected by the trade war, “either
by planning to close plants, laying off employees, tossing out plans for
new jobs or raising prices continues to grow.” USA Today provides “a list
of some of the companies, sorted by state, who have announced effects from
the tariffs.”

        *Chinese Intelligence Sought To Recruit Feinstein Aide. *The Washington
Times
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(8/8, Gertz) reports that while China’s intelligence service “sought to
recruit a Chinese-American staff member” of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA),
“who had access to the most sensitive US secrets,” it “gained no secrets in
the case.” In a statement, Feinstein said the FBI told her five years ago
that a member of her staff in California was “potentially being sought out
by the Chinese government to provide information.” Feinstein said, “He was
not a mole or a spy, but someone who a foreign intelligence service thought
it could recruit. ... The FBI reviewed the matter, shared its concerns with
me, and the employee immediately left my office.” Feinstein added that the
aide did not have access to classified or sensitive information.

        *Administration To Seize Majority Stake In Chinese-Owned Building
In NYC. *The New York Post
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(8/8, Weiss) reports that as part of “a crackdown on certain US investments
made by Chinese companies,” the Administration “is set to snatch a majority
stake in 850 Third Ave.” in New York City. HNA, “the deep-in-debt Chinese
conglomerate” owns the stake, The Post says the move, which has been “in
the works for months, is believed to be the first move by the Trump White
House since Congress on Aug. 1 approved expanded authority of CFIUS — the
Committee on Foreign Investors in the United States.”

        *Poll: Majorities Say Trump Has Cut US Global Standing, Approve Of
Him On National Security. *Politico
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018080901biden&r=email-9843&l=05c-27d&t=c>
(8/8, Korecki) reports President Trump’s “political stumbles on Russia, his
protracted trade war and his overall ‘impulsive’ behavior have deeply
rattled potential voters, according to a new poll” conducted by Hart
Research from July 17-23. “A majority of respondents to the survey,
commissioned by the nonprofit group National Security Action” – which
Politico desribes as “a left-leaning group” – said they “believe the
president has diminished America’s standing in the world and that he’s made
the country less safe.” Politico adds, “Just two in five respondents
believed Trump did a good job of representing America’s interests when the
president met with Putin last month in Helsinki.” Still, 56% of respndents
said they “approved of Trump’s overall handling of America’s national
security.”
Votel Doesn’t Expect Major Change In Afghanistan Strategy.

The AP
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(8/8, Baldor) reports that a year after the Administration “unveiled a
broad new strategy for the 17-year war in Afghanistan,” Army Gen. Joseph
Votel, the top US commander in the Middle East, “said he doesn’t expect any
major change in the strategy to end the conflict as a new general takes
over the campaign.” Votel told reporters “that the campaign to use
military, social and political pressure to force the Taliban to the peace
table is still valid.” Votel added that Army Gen. Scott Miller, the
incoming Afghanistan commander, will assess the progress of the war and may
make tactical changes, “I don’t think that that will result in a relook at
the strategy of the overall approach here.”

        *US Efforts To Undermine Taliban Drug Trade Have Come Up Short. *The
Wall Street Journal
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(8/8, Nissenbaum) reports that US officials say efforts to curtail the
Taliban drug trade in Afghanistan have come up short. According to US
military figures, after nine months pf targeted airstrikes on opium
production sites across the country, the drug trade has not been
significantly impacted.

        *Afghan Officials: Captured ISIS Fighters Will Be Treated As
Prisoners Of War. *Reuters
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(8/8, Stewart) reports the Afghan government has informed the US that
“Islamic State fighters who surrendered last week will be treated as
prisoners of war, and not honored guests, despite the warm welcome they had
initially received.” US officials emphasize that “while pressure has been
building for peace talks between the Western-backed government in Kabul and
the Taliban, an Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, which has gained a
reputation for brutality, is not part of any reconciliation push.”
Nevertheless, “last week, an Afghan governor’s office floated the
possibility of amnesty for a group of Islamic State fighters, including two
senior commanders, who gave themselves up after being driven from their
strongholds by Taliban insurgents.”
US Declines To Join Canada In Denouncing Imprisonment Of Saudi Activists.

Bloomberg News
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(8/8, Algethami, Onoszko) reports that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel
Al-Jubeir said Wednesday that his government “will continue to ratchet up
pressure on Canada for criticizing the recent arrests of women activists,
as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upheld his stance on human rights.”
Al-Jubeir said “the next wave of retaliatory steps could affect investment
flows between the countries.” According to the Wall Street Journal
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018080901biden&r=email-9843&l=061-703&t=c>
(8/8, Parasie, Stancati, Said), Saudi Arabia’s central bank has instructed
its fund managers to sell off their Canadian holdings, three sources
familiar with the matter said. USA Today
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018080901biden&r=email-9843&l=062-ca2&t=c>
(8/8, Stanglin) reports Saudi Arabia also “ruled out mediating the
dispute.” Said Jubeir, “There is nothing to mediate. Canada made a big
mistake...and a mistake should be corrected.”

        The New York Times
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(8/8, Hubbard) says “the unusually strong reaction shows that Saudi Arabia,
under the day-to-day leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32, is
willing to wield its wealth to deter Western countries from criticizing how
its absolute monarchy is run.” According to the Times, “The United States,
which has strong diplomatic and economic ties with both countries, has
taken a neutral posture on the dispute.” State Department spokeswoman
Heather Nauert is quoted as saying, “Both sides need to diplomatically
resolve this together.”

        Reuters
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(8/8, El Yaakoubi, Barbuscia) reports that in response to “a question about
the reason for the activists’ arrests, Jubeir said that charges against
them would be made public once their cases reach the courts, repeating
earlier allegations that they had been in touch with foreign entities. ‘The
matter is not about human rights; it is a matter of national security,’ the
minister said.”

        *Saudi Arabia Crucifies Burmese Man Convicted Of Murder. *The AP
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(8/8) reports Saudi Arabia “says it executed and crucified” a man from
Burma convicted of killing a woman and “carrying out other crimes.”
State-run media reported on the execution Wednesday, saying it was carried
out in Mecca. The New York Post
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(8/8, Brown) reports that according to Amnesty, “crucifixions” in Saudi
Arabia “typically involve beheading the condemned, then sewing their head
back on and putting their body on public display – hanging them from a pole
or a cross.”
In Colombia, Haley Blames Maduro For Venezuela’s Deterioration.

The Washington Post
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(8/8, Gearan) reports that during a visit Wednesday to neighboring
Colombia, Ambassador Haley said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “is to
blame for his country’s economic and humanitarian ruin, and indirectly for
a recent drone assassination attempt on him.” Haley announced an additional
$9 million in US aid for Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia,
“beyond some $60 million already committed. The money will go toward water,
medical supplies and other immediate needs, Haley said.” Said Haley, “The
Maduro regime is doing this to the Venezuelan people.”
Domestic Policy
Trump Legal Team Offers Mueller Counter-Proposal For Potential Interview.

Bloomberg News
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(8/8, Pettypiece) reports President Trump’s “lawyers sent a written
response on Wednesday to Special Counsel Robert Mueller with their latest
counter-proposal for the terms of a possible interview with the president
as the two sides move into the final stages of negotiations.” Jay Sekulow
“confirmed that the letter was sent but declined to provide details on the
content of the letter.” The New York Times
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(8/8, Schmidt, Haberman) says Trump’s legal team has “rejected the special
counsel’s latest terms for an interview in the Russia investigation,
countering on Wednesday with an offer that suggested a narrow path for
answering questions.” The Times adds that “Trump’s lawyers did not reject
an interview outright but included the narrower counteroffer,” and “do not
want him answering questions about whether he obstructed justice.” ABC
World News Tonight
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(8/8, lead story, 3:00, Karl) said the Trump team’s counter-offer “sets up
a potential constitutional showdown between the President and...Mueller.”
The counter-offer “is unlikely to satisfy Mueller,” and a subpoena
“absolutely is a possibility. In fact, the Trump legal team has been
preparing to fight a subpoena on the belief that one could well be coming.”

        The Los Angeles Times
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(8/8, Megerian) points out “the back-and-forth over an interview has
dragged on for months,” and adds that “the latest letter from Trump’s team
is unlikely to resolve the issue once and for all.” The Washington Post
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(8/8, Leonnig) reports the “letter from Trump’s lawyers sent to Mueller
around noon on Wednesday significantly lessens the possibility of a
voluntary presidential interview, according to two people familiar with the
discussions.” The “multipage response represents what Trump’s lawyers
expect to be their last word on Mueller’s request for a sit-down interview
with the president in his Russia investigation, according to the people,
who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of
the negotiations.” The Post adds that “on a live radio program Wednesday,
Trump attorneys Rudolph W. Giuliani and...Sekulow declined to elaborate on
their rejection of Mueller’s interview terms, but both said the special
counsel should finish his probe soon.” Said Giuliani, “We have now given
him so many of the answers he has been seeking.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(8/8, story 5, 2:10, Holt) showed Giuliani saying, “We do not want to run
into the November elections. So back up from that, this should be over with
by September first.” The Washington Times
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(8/8, Boyer) notes Giuliani said in a separate statement, “Millions of
pages of documents, along with testimony from dozens of witnesses, have
been provided. We are restating what we have been saying for months. It is
time for the Office of Special Counsel to conclude its inquiry without
further delay.” The AP
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(8/8, Tucker) notes Giuliani also said, “We’re re-stating what we have been
saying for months: it is time for the Office of Special Counsel to conclude
its inquiry without further delay.”

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(8/8), “I think of it isn’t over by September than we have a very, very
serious violation of the Justice Department rules. You shouldn’t be
conducting one of these investigations in the 60-day period [before an
election]. He’s got plenty of time. ... We offered him an opportunity to do
a form of questioning. He can say yes or no. We can do it. If he doesn’t
want to do it – he knows the answers to every question that he wants to
ask. He’s going to ask him, did you tell Comey to go easy on Flynn? The
President will say no I didn’t. Hey, Bob, you know it. Why do you want to
get him under oath? Do you think we are fools? They want to trap him into
perjury. We are not going to let you do that.”

        Sekulow said on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle[image: Image removed
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(8/8), “If you lined up 100 lawyers, there are 100 who will say don’t sit
for an interview and there’s a reason for that. Not just the perjury issue
but the fact that you would ask questions potentially of the President
regarding Article II powers? ... The answer to that is no.” Sekulow added
that “if there was an issuance of a subpoena, which is a serious question
and I do not think the Justice Department has the authority in this case
and would authorize it because Bob Mueller is not an independent counsel,
he can’t do that himself. Are we ready to go to court if we had to? You
bet. Do I think we are going to have to? I don’t think so. If we do what we
will do it.”

        Politico
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(8/8, Cheney) reports, meanwhile, that “if Trump declines to sit for an
interview, it could prompt Mueller to issue a subpoena, which could launch
a months-long court fight that could wind up in the Supreme Court.”

        Former US Attorney Preet Bharara was said on CNN’s Situation
Room[image:
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(8/8) that he probably would not have accepted the terms reportedly offered
by Trump’s team as a prosecutor. Bharara added, “At some point it becomes
an exercise in futility and gamesmanship mostly on the part of the Trump
team. ... There comes a point where it is silly and absurd I think
particularly when there continues to be the back and forth by the
President’s lawyers fairly belligerently and in a self-contradictory was on
the airwaves. ... So I think that Bob Mueller would prefer to have the
opportunity to interview the President. I don’t know that they’ll get there
through this negotiated process and then Bob Mueller has to decide whether
or not his folks are going to serve a subpoena.”

        Sean Hannity said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by
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(8/8), “Without a doubt, President Trump should be aware. Mueller, his
merry band of anti-Trump deep state sycophants, Hillary Clinton, Obama,
Democratic donors – what’s happening here, we all pretty much agree on.
They are laying a perjury trap for that President of the United States.
Mueller should not get what he wants. The President, his attorney should
not give in. The President should not sit down for an interview.” Former US
Attorney Joe DiGenova said on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight[image: Image
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(8/8), “This is clearly nothing more than a testimonial perjury trap to get
the President, which has been Mueller’s objective from the beginning.”

        *Steele Expressed Concerns To Ohr About Senate Panel’s Interest In
Dossier. *The Daily Caller
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(8/8, Ross) reports that in a March 2017 text message to then-Deputy
Assistant Attorney General Bruce Ohr, Christopher Steele “expressed
concern” about “a Senate committee’s request for information about the
former British spy’s anti-Trump dossier, according to text messages
recently provided to Congress.” In an apparent reference to a letter Senate
Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sent to then-FBI Director Comey “about
Steele and the dossier,” Steele wrote to Ohr, “Would it be possible to
speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and
it’s possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need
some reassurances.” The Daily Caller says the message is “part of a trove
of documents that the Department of Justice recently provided to several
congressional committees investigating the government’s handling of
Steele’s dossier.”

        The Washington Examiner
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(8/8, York) says emails between Steele and Ohr “suggest Steele was deeply
concerned about the legal status of a Putin-linked Russian oligarch,” Oleg
Deripaska, “and at times seemed to be advocating on the oligarch’s behalf,
in the same time period Steele worked on collecting the Russia-related
allegations against Donald Trump that came to be known as the Trump
dossier.”

        *Russian Businessman Described Trump Tower Meeting As “Boring.” *
Breitbart
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(8/8, Klein) reports that Russian businessman Irakly “Ike” Kaveladze, who
was present at the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower, “has provided the most
extensive publicly documented description yet about what allegedly
transpired inside the room in which Russian nationals met with Donald Trump
Jr. and other campaign officials.” In testimony to the Senate Judiciary
Committee, Kaveladze “related that no one at the meeting presented
themselves there as representing the Russian government, no one discussed
hacked emails and no conversation took place that could possibly be
characterized as ‘collusion’ between Russia and the Trump campaign.”
Kaveladze “asserted that the meeting was an informational presentation that
focused largely the Magnitsky Act,” and “related how he called the meeting
‘boring’ when describing it afterwards.”

        *Gates’ Testimony In Manafort Trial Concludes As Prosecutors Clash
With Judge. *The AP
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(8/8, Day, Braun, Tucker) reports that Trump Campaign deputy chairman Rick
Gates “wrapped up his testimony Wednesday after implicating” himself and
Paul Manafort “in financial crimes while also enduring stinging attacks on
his character and credibility.” Although he was expected to be the
prosecution’s “star witness,” Manafort’s lawyers “saw an opening to
undermine his testimony by painting him as liar and a philanderer, getting
him to admit to an extramarital affair and reminding jurors how he had lied
to...Mueller’s team while working out a plea deal for himself.” Though
neither Manafort nor Gates “was charged in connection with their Trump
campaign work...the trial has nonetheless been a distraction for a
president who insists Manafort was treated shabbily and who continues to
publicly fume about Mueller’s investigation into potential ties between his
associates and the Kremlin.”

        Reuters
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(8/8, Lynch, Layne, Freifeld) reports Manafort lawyer Kevin Downing “sought
to portray [Gates] as an inveterate liar and thief to undermine his
credibility with the jury.” Reuters adds that “after the cross-examination
concluded, prosecutor Greg Andres asked Gates whether the special counsel’s
office had tried to coach him on how to testify. ‘The only answer I was
told was to tell the truth,’ Gates replied.” The Washington Post
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(8/8, Weiner) has more on yesterday’s proceedings.

        The New York Times
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(8/8, Vogel, Weiland) notes that Gates “pleaded guilty in February to lying
to federal authorities and conspiracy to commit fraud,” and “under
guidelines that the judge is not required to follow, his plea would result
in a prison sentence between four years nine months and six years.”
However, “as part of his testimony, Mr. Gates said prosecutors have agreed
not to object if his defense attorney argues that he should receive
probation.” USA Today
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(8/8, Johnson), among other news outlets, runs a similar story this
morning.

        The Washington Times
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(8/8, Mordock) reports, meanwhile, that “prosecutors from...Mueller’s
office and Judge T.S. Ellis III argued Wednesday over the admission of
evidence in the trial.” The Times adds “tension between Judge Ellis and
prosecutor Greg Andres has been common throughout the trial,” but
“Wednesday morning’s argument was particularly heated.”

        *Stone: Mueller Has Presented No Evidence Of Collusion. *Roger
Stone said on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360[image: Image removed by sender.
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(8/8), “Remember, this investigation is supposed to be about Russian
collusion, yet none of the charges against Manafort or Gates for that
matter thus far regard that particular issue.” Stone added that “while Mr.
Mueller has certainly provided evidence of Russian meddling, it has largely
been ham-handed and ineffective and not had much effect on the results in
my opinion. He has yet to prove actual Russian collusion between the Trump
campaign or Trump associates or Trump family members with the Russian
state. ... I know of no evidence of it. I don’t think Mr. Mueller has
proven that case yet.”
Media Analyses: Rep. Collins’ Arrest A Blow To Trump, GOP Ahead Of Midterms.

The arrest of NY27 Rep. Chris Collins (R) on insider trading charges is
being portrayed by the media as both detrimental to President Trump – in
that Collins was one of his earliest supporters – and another blow to the
Republicans’ chances of retaining their majority in the House. The AP
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(8/8, Hays) reports that Collins is charged with having “fed inside
information he gleaned from sitting on the board of a biotechnology company
to his son, helping themselves and others dodge hundreds of thousands of
dollars in losses when bad news came out.” According to prosecutors, “the
charges stem from Collins’ decision to share with his son insider
information about Innate Immunotherapeutics Limited, a biotechnology
company headquartered in Sydney, Australia.” Collins was
Immunotherapeutics’ “largest shareholder, with nearly 17 percent of its
shares, and sat on its board,” according to the AP.

        NBC Nightly News
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(8/8, story 2, 2:00, Gosk) said “the US attorney laid out timelines and
phone records, proof that...Collins of New York is guilty of insider
trading and lying to the FBI.” The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(8/8, story 2, 2:40, Dokoupil) reported, “In this video from last year’s
White House congressional picnic, you can see...Collins, there in a white
polo shirt, talking on his cell phone instead of enjoying the festivities.
The footage, uncovered by CBS News, appears to show the moment the FBI says
the three-term congressman passed along information about a
multibillion-dollar biotech company that ultimately led to $750,000 in
insider trading.” The Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle
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(8/8, Lahman, Orr, McDermott) reports that at the picnic, Collins opened an
email and “responded with an email of his own, allegedly exclaiming ‘Wow.
Makes no sense. How are these results even possible???’” The SEC complaint
“alleges that 15 seconds later,” Collins “placed a call to his son Cameron.
He made six calls in five minutes before connecting, at which point Collins
told his son the bad news about the trial.”

        The Washington Times
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(8/8, Dinan, Sherfinski) reports “Collins pleaded not guilty to the charges
in federal court Wednesday, and was to be released on a $500,000 bond.” CQ
Roll Call
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(8/8, Tully-Mcmanus) reported that “Collins’ lawyers responded quickly to
the allegations,” saying, “We will answer the charges filed against
Congressman Collins in Court and will mount a vigorous defense to clear his
good name. ... It is notable that even the government does not allege that
Congressman Collins traded a single share of Innate Therapeutics stock. We
are confident he will be completely vindicated and exonerated.” The Wall
Street Journal
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(8/8, Hong, Peterson), among other news outlets, runs a similar report this
morning.

        As part of its report, ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed
by sender. Video]
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(8/8, story 2, 2:45, Muir) showed Trump saying, “Oh, Chris, right from the
beginning, he said, ‘Trump is going to win,’” and the CBS Evening News[image:
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(8/8, story 2, 2:40, Dokoupil) said Collins “was the first member of
congress to endorse...Trump.” The Washington Post
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(8/8, Merle, Debonis) also highlights the fact that Collins is “one
of...Trump’s earliest congressional supporters” and “has been one of the
president’s most ardent and outspoken supporters in the House.” According
to the Post, Collins “has also publicly boasted of his ties to Trump, as
well as the benefits he could bestow as a congressman.” The Post goes on to
report that Collins’ indictment “comes as Democrats have tried to launch a
new line of attack against Republicans, painting them as exactly the sort
of ‘swamp’ creatures that Trump promised to banish from Washington.”

        Jake Tapper said on CNN’s The Lead[image: Image removed by sender.
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(8/8), “It’s difficult not to notice that the President who repeatedly
declared himself the law and order candidate on the campaign trail, whose
crowds continue to enthusiastically chant that his erstwhile opponent
Hillary Clinton should be locked up, that President seems to have people in
the orbit who seem to run afoul of the law.” Tapper added that “those who
thought electing President Trump might mean he would drain the swamp, they
likely didn’t believe so many of the critters in the swamp were the
President’s friends and allies.” On MSNBC Deadline: White House[image:
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(8/8), Nicolle Wallace asked, “Is it time to start calling it a trend?
Another one of President Trump’s allies indicted today in the southern
district of New York.”

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(8/8), “Here is yet another person close to the President who seems to be
taking advantage of access, special access, or a pay to play issue. The
President has allies that are accumulating a lot of baggage, frankly, that
makes the President’s ‘drain the swamp’ mantra just look even more
ridiculous two years later.” Amber Phillips of the Washington Post
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(8/8, Phillips) also says Collins’ indictment “has opened for Democrats to
try to characterize the Republican Party in the era of President Trump as
corrupt.” Phillips adds, “And – surprise! – that’s exactly what Democrats
are trying to do.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi issued a statement
today reading, “The charges against Congressman Collins show the rampant
culture of corruption and self-enrichment among Republicans in Washington
today.”

        The Hill
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(8/8, Wong, Lane) described Collins as “a top ally of...Trump on Capitol
Hill,” and the New York Times
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(8/8, Feuer, Goldmacher) reports that his support for Trump, in February
2016, “transformed him from a backbench member to one of the few lawmakers
to have a strong relationship with the president after Mr. Trump won the
White House that November.” According to the Times, “Early in the Trump
administration, he served as an informal liaison for the White House to
Capitol Hill and would brag about how the president would call him on his
cellphone unannounced.” The Wall Street Journal
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(8/8, De Avila) also reports on the story.

        CQ Roll Call (DC)
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(8/8, Tully-Mcmanus) reported that House Speaker Paul Ryan
“removed...Collins from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, following”
his “indictment Wednesday on charges of insider trading and lying to
authorities. ‘Insider trading is a clear violation of the public trust.
Until this matter is settled, Rep. Collins will no longer be serving on the
House Energy and Commerce Committee,’ Ryan said in a statement.”

        Reuters
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(8/8, Pierson, Stempel) reports that Collins sits in the “solidly
Republican” NY27, “and nonpartisan analysts predict he will win
re-election.” Writing for CQ Roll Call (DC)
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(8/8), Nathan Gonzales said that Trump carried the NY27 by 25 points “in
2016 and the race was previously rated as Solid Republican by Inside
Elections, but Democrats now think they could have a better shot at it.”
Gonzales added, “While there are still plenty of unanswered questions,
Inside Elections is changing the rating from Solid Republican to Likely
Republican as the race develops.” The New York Times
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(8/8, Goldmacher) reports, “The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan
political handicapper, moved the seat from a ‘solid’ to ‘likely’ Republican
in the hours after the indictment was unsealed.”

        Under the headline, “Insider Trading Charges Make NY House Race
More Competitive,” Bloomberg News
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(8/8, Edgerton, Wasson) said Collins’ indictment “doesn’t give Democrats an
automatic shot at flipping” the “district but it likely will force the GOP
to invest more to try to hold what should have been a safe seat.” Bloomberg
News added that on Wednesday, “two independent analysts moved the race from
safe or solid Republican to likely Republican, a shift that indicates it’s
become more competitive.” Bloomberg News added that “the allegations
against Collins give a boost to” his challenger, Grand Island Town
Supervisor Nate McMurray (D).

        In an online article, CNN
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(8/8, Bradner) reported that the charges against Collins have “turned yet
another safe Republican seat into a potential battleground in November’s
midterm elections.” However, the New York Post
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(8/8, Campanile) reports that Collins “remains the favorite to win
re-election in the conservative” NY27, “according to political insiders.
‘It’s still a long shot for the Democrats to win the seat,’ said one
Democratic Party source familiar with the Western New York district. ‘You
don’t have the Democratic energy up there. It’s the most conservative seat
in the state.’”
Manchin Supports Including $5B For Border Wall In Fall Spending Bill.

Breitbart
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(8/8, Moran) reported that Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D) office “told Breitbart
News in an exclusive statement on Wednesday that he supports funding $5
billion for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall in the fall
spending bill.” Said Jonathan Kott, Manchin’s communications director,
“Senator Manchin supports President Trump’s $5 billion border wall funding.
Senator Manchin has already voted for over $40 billion in border security,
to fund the wall and secure our borders.”

        *Donnelly “Fine” With Giving Trump Huge Increase In Funding For
Border Wall. *Politico
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(8/8, Everett) reported that “vulnerable” Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) says “he
supports giving President Donald Trump billions of dollars for his border
wall – a sharp break from the rest of the party planning to spurn Trump’s
wall in spending negotiations this fall.” Speaking with Politico, Donnelly
“said that Trump should get much more than the $1.6 billion the Senate
Appropriations Committee has been preparing to send him.” With Trump
threatening “to shut the government down” over the issue, Donnelly said “he
does ‘not want under any circumstances’ a shutdown. So he said Congress
should ‘absolutely’” give Trump “a larger amount of border wall funding
this fall to avoid one. ‘I’m fine with providing him some more. I actually
voted for border wall funding three different times,’ Donnelly said. ...
‘I’m fine with that. I’m fine with $3 [billion], $3.5, $4 or $5’ billion
this fall.”

        The Hill
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(8/8, Birnbaum) reported that Donnelly’s challenger, businessman Mike Braun
(R), “has hit the moderate Democrat over his immigration policies, framing
him as a weak alternative to Trump’s aggressive stance on immigration. An
ad released on Tuesday says Donnelly has ‘waffled’ on supporting the border
wall. Braun said Donnelly was only backing increased funding for the wall
because it is an election season.” The Daily Caller
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(8/8, Fordham) reported that Braun and Donnelly “were neck-and-neck in an
Axios poll that closed July 2.” Breitbart
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(8/8, Moran) headlined its report, “Joe Donnelly Caves, Backs Trump On Wall
Funding.”

        *Pelosi: Voting For Democrats Gives “Leverage” To Illegal Border
Crossers. *The Daily Caller
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(8/8, Athey) reports that House Minority Leader Pelosi said during a press
conference in El Paso, Texas on Wednesday that people with “a completely
positive view” of immigrants should vote for Democrats to provide
“leverage” for those who cross the US border illegally. Discussing
immigration reform, Pelosi said, “We are not going to be able to get it
done under the Republican leadership in Congress. ... We believe that we
will have leverage when we win in November. And why that’s important? ...
Because it gives leverage to every family, to every mom who courageously
brought her child across the desert to escape, to escape death, rape, gang
violence and the rest. ... Because it gives hope, because of the leverage
it gives to families who may have followed – dad may have gone home for a
family funeral and now can’t come into the country. All of those injustices
have to be corrected.”

        *Illegal Border Crossings Down For Second Straight Month. *The
Washington
Free Beacon
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(8/8, Lehman) reports “the number of individuals apprehended trying to
cross the border with Mexico fell for the second successive month in July,
new data from US Customs and Border Protection show.” The Free Beacon adds
“31,303 individuals were apprehended trying to cross the border between
ports of entry or at a port of entry without proper authorization.” That
represents “a decline from June, when 34,000 were apprehended. June, in
turn, followed three straight months of more than 50,000 apprehensions.” In
fact, “the July drop actually deviates from the trend over the past five
years, which – with the exception of FY 2014 --have consistently seen
numbers of apprehensions remain roughly constant between June and July.”
DHS Press Secretary Tyler Q. Houlton said in a written statement provided
to Breitbart
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(8/8, Price), “This decrease shows that when there are real consequences
for breaking the law, the conduct of those considering crimes will change.
... Despite our terribly broken immigration laws, the administration has
still been able to impact illegal immigration – but we need Congress to act
to fix our system.”

        Bloomberg News
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(8/8, Epstein) reports, however, that the total number of “Border Patrol
apprehensions at the Southwest border rose more than 70 percent in July
from a year ago, showing that illegal immigration has continued to grow
despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop it.” DHS says “agents
apprehended 31,303 people in July between ports of entry, up from 18,187 a
year ago,” and “comparable to the final year of the Barack Obama
administration, after a dramatic drop during Trump’s first year in office,
according to the data.” However, Bloomberg notes that DHS “highlighted that
border apprehensions were lower than they were in the four previous months,
after peaking in May at 40,333.”

        *WPost, WTimes: “Zero Tolerance” Has Failed To Discourage Illegal
Immigration By Families. *The Washington Post
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(8/8, Miroff) reports that, according to DHS data, “the number of migrant
families taken into custody along the US border with Mexico remained nearly
unchanged from June to July,” which the Post says is “an indication the
Trump administration’s controversial move to separate thousands of parents
and children did little to deter others from attempting the journey.”
According to DHS, “border agents arrested 9,258 family members along
America’s southwest border last month, down slightly from 9,434 in June and
9,485 in May.” The Post adds that “while families continued to arrive at
roughly the same rate, the number of unaccompanied minors taken into
custody dropped from 5,093 in June to 3,938 in July, even though that group
wasn’t a target of the ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown.” The Washington Times
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(8/8, Dinan) also says “the number of families trying to sneak in is still
stubbornly high, suggesting the administration’s zero-tolerance crackdown
failed to dissuade smugglers or would-be migrants contemplating the
journey.”

        *Immigration Judges Say Sessions Trying To Dictate Outcome Of
Immigration Cases. *USA Today
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(8/8, Gomez) reports that the National Association of Immigration judges,
the union which represents immigration judges on Wednesday filed a
grievance against the Justice Department accusing Attorney General Sessions
of “trying to dictate the outcome of deportation cases before a
Philadelphia-based judge.” The union “wrote that Judge Steven Morley had
more than 80 cases removed from his docket because he was not finishing
deportation cases fast enough.” The Department said in response that the
judge is being investigated for possible violations of unspecified
“processes and practices.”

        *133 Arrested In ICE Raid In Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada. *The
Minneapolis
Star Tribune
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(8/8, Galioto) reports “Christensen Farms, a family-owned pork producer
based in Sleepy Eye, Minn., was one of about a dozen businesses raided by
federal immigration officers Wednesday for allegedly hiring and mistreating
workers suspected of being in the country illegally.” The Star Tribune adds
“the large-scale operation was led by the US Homeland Security
Investigations, the investigative arm of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), and targeted several agricultural firms in Minnesota and
Nebraska accused of exploiting workers for profit, according to an ICE news
release.” Authorities “issued arrest warrants for 133 workers suspected of
being in the country illegally in Minnesota, Nebraska and Nevada.”

        *Politico: Pompeo Faces “Tough Political Choice” On Refugee
Admissions. *Politico
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(8/8, Toosi) reports that a debated within the Administration “over whether
to clamp down on refugee admissions into the US is forcing Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo to make a tough political choice between pleasing his
employees — or his boss.” If Pompeo aligns with the President, “he could
alienate many State Department employees who strongly oppose those moves,
while disappointing foreign governments unhappy that the US is not doing
more to deal with a global migration crisis.” A source close to Pompeo
“says that while the rabble-rousing Pompeo of Congress would have ‘no
problem’ backing a sharp new limit on refugee admissions, now that he’s at
the State Department, ‘going along with a cap that low is probably tough
for him.’”
Ross Orders NMFA To Prioritize Water Usage To Firefighting Over ESA.

In the wake of tweets by President Trump “that were met with confusion by
California officials, including firefighters, who said the state has more
than enough water to combat the blazes,” Axios
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(8/8, Freedman) reports that Commerce Secretary Ross has ordered the
National Marine Fisheries Service to “facilitate access to the water”
needed to fight wildfires, instead of continuing “to provide some of it for
protecting endangered species, such as chinook salmon.” Axios says the
order “appears to prioritize firefighting needs above water allocation
requirements under the Endangered Species Act, and other agreements
established with the state of California and other federal agencies.”

        The New York Times
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(8/8) says in an editorial that what is “alarming” about Trump’s
“preposterous tweets about the California wildfires” is “what they say
about his stubborn refusal to grasp the basics of climate change and,
perhaps worse, his and his administration’s contempt for the science that
is drawing an ever-tighter link between a warming globe and extreme weather
events around the world.” the Times says Trump is in “full denial mode” and
“the very words “climate change” remain verboten throughout most of the
administration, having been replaced on agency websites by vaguer words
like ‘sustainability.’” A Washington Post
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(8/8) editorial is also critical of Trump, saying that while he “might
prefer to point fingers elsewhere, it is impossible to talk about
California’s blazes without considering the role of climate change.”
Administration Preparing To Repeal Obama-Era Lightbulb Rules.

The Washington Post
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(8/8, Grandoni) reports in its “Power Post” blog that “according to a
document that was published on – but then deleted from – the Energy
Department’s website,” the Administration is preparing to “repeal Obama-era
rules that broadened the number of lightbulbs that must meet strict energy
efficiency standards set to take effect in 2020.” The document, which was
“discovered and saved by the Appliance Standards Awareness Project,” said
that the Obama Administration “misconstrued existing law” with the January
2017 rules.
EPA Proposes Rule That May Allow Use Of Asbestos.

The CBS Evening News
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(8/8, story 5, 1:50, Glor) reported that the EPA has “proposed a rule that
may allow a number of new products to contain asbestos.” CBS (Werner) added
that asbestos is one of 10 substances “being reviewed by the EPA.” While
“groups such as the Environmental Working Group are concerned the EPA is
actually moving to weaken protections and possibly make consumers less
safe,” the EPA “says under their proposal that manufacturers who want to
apply for some new uses of asbestos under this proposed rule would need EPA
approval.”
Staff At Treasury Financial Watchdog To Be Laid Off.

Reuters
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(8/8, Schroeder) reports that the Administration has “moved...to shrink a
government agency tasked with identifying looming financial risks,
notifying around 40 staff members they would be laid off.” According to
Reuters, “The employees at the Office of Financial Research (OFR) were
formally told on Wednesday they will lose their jobs as part of a broader
reorganization of the agency that was created in the wake of the 2007-2009
global financial crisis.” OFR staff, “an independent bureau within the US
Treasury that analyzes market trends to spot financial risks, were told in
January that jobs would be eliminated as the administration sought to cut
the OFR’s budget by 25 percent to around $76 million.”
Cancer Research
FDA Approves Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Treatment.

Medscape
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(8/8, Nelson) reports the Food and Drug Administration approved Kyowa
Kirin, Inc.’s Poteligeo (mogamulizumab-kpkc) “for use in adult patients
with either of two types of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)” – relapsed or
refractory mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS). Dr. Richard
Pazdur, the director of the FDA’s Oncology Center for Excellence, said,
“Mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome are rare, hard-to-treat types of
non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and this approval fills an unmet medical need for
these patients. We are committed to continuing to expedite the development
and review of this type of targeted therapy that offers meaningful
treatments for patients.”
Memorial Sloan Kettering To Buy Ralph Lauren Cancer Center In East Harlem.

Crain’s New York Business
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(8/8, LaMantia) reports Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will pay
$2.3 million for “the assets of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and
Prevention, an East Harlem facility that the Manhattan hospital had
previously helped operate.” Dr. Lewis Kampel, the CEO and medical director
of the Ralph Lauren cancer center, said that the deal will allow the center
“to tap into MSK’s expertise. The mission will be maintained to tackle the
disparity in cancer incidence in Harlem and surrounding areas.”
Cancer Has Sophisticated Ability To Manipulate Immune System To Protect
Itself.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
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(8/8, Haydon) reports that research indicates “cancer’s ability to
manipulate the immune system – and thereby protect itself – is more
sophisticated than previously understood.” The findings
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were published in Nature.
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“Where There’s Fire, Trump Blows Smoke.”* The New York Times
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(8/8) says in an editorial that what is “alarming” about President Trump’s
“preposterous tweets about the California wildfires” is “what they say
about his stubborn refusal to grasp the basics of climate change and,
perhaps worse, his and his administration’s contempt for the science that
is drawing an ever-tighter link between a warming globe and extreme weather
events around the world.” the Times says Trump is in “full denial mode” and
“the very words “climate change” remain verboten throughout most of the
administration, having been replaced on agency websites by vaguer words
like ‘sustainability.’”

        *“Kris Kobach Is The GOP At Its Worst.” *In an editorial, the New
York Times
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(8/8) calls Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach “quite possibly the most
pernicious public official in America,” and says that in him, President
Trump “clearly sees a kindred spirit.” The Times argues that if his win in
the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary holds up it “will be another reminder
that the political currents that delivered us this president still rage
within the Republican base.”

        *“The Wind At Labor’s Back.” *In an editorial, the New York Times
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(8/8) says “the two-to-one margin by which Missouri voters overturned the
so-called right-to-work law appears to be the latest sign of resurgent and
effective labor activism.”
Washington Post.

*“We Won’t Stop California’s Wildfires If We Don’t Talk About Climate
Change.”* A Washington Post
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(8/8) editorial is critical of President Trump’s comments on the California
wildfires, saying that while he “might prefer to point fingers elsewhere,
it is impossible to talk about California’s blazes without considering the
role of climate change.”

        *“The US Opts For Silence In The Face Of Atrocity.” *In an
editorial, the Washington Post
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(8/8) says the US has been “unconscionably muted” about the Burmese
military driving some “700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of their homes in
northern Rakhine state” nearly a year go “in one of the worst human rights
calamities of recent years.” The Post says the Administration and Congress
“have failed to hold the leaders of Myanmar’s military to account for their
intolerable brutality. Stronger measures are needed.” According to the
Post, the US “must find its own voice of conscience, and soon.”

        *“D.C.’s Little Leaguers Show The National Pastime Is For Everyone,
Everywhere.” *A Washington Post
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(8/8) editorial.

        *Dionne Warns Against Turn Toward “Autocracy And Authoritarianism.”
*E.J. Dionne writes in the Washington Post
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(8/8) that there is “worry that the international tide is turning toward
autocracy and authoritarianism.” Dionne adds, “The politicians and power
brokers who helped Hitler become chancellor believed they could deploy him
to destroy the left, but also keep him under control,” and the
“consequences were catastrophic to those slaughtered in Hitler’s genocide,
and to Germany as a whole.” Dionne adds that while there is “a reluctance
to draw lessons from the Nazi experience because personal comparisons
between contemporary politicians and Hitler are always a mistake,” that
“should not stop us from heeding the warnings of a political era that led
to the collapse of freedom in Germany.”

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