| No Images? Click here  Thursday, July 26FREEDOM CAUCUS MOVES TO IMPEACH ROSENSTEIN Eleven Trump-supporting conservative lawmakers have filed articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference. Unfortunately for President Donald Trump, the move is more symbolic than meaningful, with the measure unlikely to come up for a vote in the House. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]TRUMP RESPONDS TO RELEASE OF SECRET COHEN TAPE Trump finally responded to his former lawyer Michael Cohen’s audio tape in which he discusses a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal -- with whom Trump allegedly had an affair -- saying the recording was “cut while I was presumably saying positive things.” Experts claim the release likely means Cohen is ready to make a deal. When asked about the tape, a spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump brushed off the question. According to The Washington Post, prosecutors have more than 100 recordings secretly made by Cohen. [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE BANS CNN REPORTER The White House banned CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from a Wednesday press event after she asked Trump questions about Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin. [HuffPost]SECOND TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING IS OFF FOR NOW The White House said it is delaying a proposed second meeting between Trump and Putin until next year, citing the “Russia witch hunt” for the setback. [HuffPost]‘EXPLOSION’ OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY IN BEIJING Chinese police arrested a woman who sprayed herself with gasoline in a suspected attempt at self-immolation outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. There were also reports of a nearby blast. [HuffPost]FACEBOOK’S SHARES TANK The social media giant’s stock price slumped as much as 25 percent after company executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards and slower user growth. [Reuters] BROCK TURNER APPEALS RAPE CONVICTION A lawyer for convicted rapist Brock Turner attempted to overturn the former Stanford University swimmer’s assault conviction, arguing to three appellate court justices that his client only wanted “outercourse” ― sexual contact while fully clothed. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S HOLLYWOOD STAR SMASHED A man vandalized Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a pickaxe. He later surrendered to police. [HuffPost]LAKE FOUND ON MARS Researchers have found a huge lake of salty water buried deep in Mars, raising the possibility of finding life on the red planet. [AP]TRUMP AGREES TO ‘MAJOR CONCESSION’ IN EU TRADE DISPUTE Trump has agreed not to impose car tariffs on the European Union while the two sides continue negotiations on other trade disputes, temporarily easing the threat of a transatlantic trade war. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called it a ‘major concession’ by the U.S. president. [Reuters]BORIS AND BANNON IN ‘REGULAR CONTACT’ BuzzFeed claims former U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, one of the frontrunners to be the next British prime minister, has been in regular contact with Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon, who is openly plotting to help right-wing nationalists and populists win across the continent. [BuzzFeed]EMOLUMENTS CASE AGAINST TRUMP WILL GO AHEAD A federal court ruled that a landmark case arguing that Trump violated the Constitution by accepting foreign government money will go forward. [HuffPost]
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