Tipsheet: Three scenarios for how leadership races could play out in the House

View in your browser     Three scenarios for how leadership races could play out in the House BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG   No matter what happens to the House in November, there will be a knife fight in both parties for leadership positions. Eleven weeks before the crucial midterm elections, all sides agree that Democrats are poised to make solid gains in the next Congress. Whether the shift takes the form of a blue wave or a smaller ripple, however, remains highly speculative. Read the full story here     White House counsel has spent 30 hours sharing details for Mueller probe: report BY TAL AXELROD   White House counsel Donald McGahn has been cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in his probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to an explosive New York Times report published Saturday. Read the full story here     Trump claims he instructed White House counsel to cooperate with Mueller BY JOHN BOWDEN Trump said Saturday that McGahn is cooperating with Mueller's investigation on questions about possible obstruction of justice because he "allowed" McGahn and other White House staffers to. Read the full story here     Five things to know about Bruce Ohr, the DOJ official under fire from Trump BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN Trump has recently attacked Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, linking the figure to his allegations of bias in the federal Russia probe. Ohr has long drawn intense scrutiny from figures on the right, but he received broad attention after Trump said Friday that he is planning to revoke his security clearance. Read the full story here       Boogeywomen — GOP vilifies big-name female Dems BY MELANIE ZANONA Republicans have made attacks on high-profile Democratic women a key part of their strategy for holding onto congressional majorities. Read the full story here     Trump stays out of Arizona's ugly and costly GOP fight BY LISA HAGEN Trump's decision to remain on the sidelines has caused a protracted and costly Republican primary fight in Arizona, where the three candidates are heavily playing up their Trump bona fides despite no endorsement in sight. Read the full story here     Trump: ‘Nothing bad can happen' from meeting with foreign leaders BY TAL AXELROD Trump in a video released Saturday defended his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, arguing that "nothing bad can happen" from meeting with foreign leaders. Read the full story here     Trump seeks to overhaul signature Obama climate policy: report BY TAL AXELROD Trump is planning to introduce a proposal that would allow states to establish emissions standards for coal-fired power plants rather than expediting their elimination. Read the full story here     Prisoners striking in 17 states over prison conditions BY TAL AXELROD The demonstrations are planned to take place from Aug. 21 to Sept. 9, marking the anniversary of a bloody prison uprising in upstate New York in 1971. Read the full story here     Pioneer of modern redistricting dies at 75 BY REID WILSON For more than four decades, when Republicans needed strategic advice drawing political boundaries, the party turned to a small cadre of expert cartographers, trained in the rare art of redistricting. At the heart of that group was Tom Hofeller. Read the full story here     Manafort conviction will add little firepower to Mueller investigation BY JONATHAN TURLEY OPINION | It is true that a conviction would say little about the merits of the special counsel investigation, since the allegations against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are entirely unrelated to the presidential campaign. It would, however, say a great deal about Manafort. Read the full story here     Bolster American missile defense until Russia proves itself in treaty BY REBECCAH HEINRICHS OPINION | Russia is anxious to extend the New Start Treaty, but the United States should not be. The agreement expires in 2021. Until then, the United States should strengthen its nuclear deterrent and its missile defense architecture, and let the Russians prove it can, for once, consistently comply with an agreement. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump warnings grow from forgotten Republicans By STEVE PEOPLES The ranks of forgotten Republicans are growing.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: As Trump unleashes racial invective, most Republicans in Congress stay silent By ASHLEY PARKER, SEUNG MIN KIM AND ROBERT COSTA “I’m not going there,” one GOP senator said when asked about racially charged insults the president has directed toward African Americans and others. The studied avoidance reflects the reluctance of Republicans to confront some of Trump’s often divisive and inflammatory remarks. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Truth-testing Trump’s 250-plus attacks on the Russia inquiry By LINDA QIU   We assessed President Trump’s claims about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and the ensuing federal investigation of his campaign. Read the full story here     Reuters: Exclusive: FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign in California - sources By JOEL SCHECTMAN, CHRISTOPHER BING   The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyber attack on the congressional campaign of a Democratic candidate in California, according to three people close to the campaign. Read the full story here     CNN: Twitter's Jack Dorsey: 'We are not' discriminating against any political viewpoint By BRIAN STELTER Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey knows the tech world has a problem. He's asking big questions like "How do we earn peoples' trust?" Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.