• Trump: I hold Putin responsible (CBS News)

• FBI chief Christopher Wray: Russia still engaging in “malign influence” election meddling (Washington Examiner)

• Trump OK’d Rosenstein announcement of Russian indictments prior to summit (The Washington Times)

• Senate GOP breaks record on confirming Trump court picks (The Hill)

• House GOP push to extend tax cuts meets resistance in Senate (The Wall Street Journal)

• Citizens Against Government Waste releases 2018 Pig Book detailing government waste (The Washington Free Beacon)

• House backs resolution expressing support for ICE — 133 Democrats vote “present” (The Hill)

• Democrats have fundraising advantage in some House districts (The Resurgent)

• Nikki Haley defends decision to leave UN Human Rights Council, calls it “greatest failure” of UN (The Daily Signal)

• Splitting up California: State Supreme Court takes initiative off ballot (San Francisco Chronicle)

• Ninth Circuit rules against Trump on trans-troop ban (National Review)

• 2020 preview? Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to campaign together in Kansas (Washington Examiner)

• Fed chairman: Opioid addiction keeping people out of workforce (The Washington Free Beacon)

• U.S. saves Baby Oliver after UK doctors said his heart couldn’t be fixed (The Daily Wire)

• Humor: Distraught Mueller burns every piece of evidence In case after hearing Trump’s critique of U.S. intelligence community (The Onion)

• Policy: U.S.-Russia relations are messy — reject the crude simplicity of Trump or his political foes (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: EU’s record $5 billion “antitrust” fine on Google is really just more anti-U.S. protectionism (Investor’s Business Daily)

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