THE HILL — Top conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are defending President Trump's performance at the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Members of the group applauded the president's diplomatic efforts, arguing the media has placed too much focus on his remarks at a post-summit press conference with Putin and not enough on his actions.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump attempted Tuesday to douse the political firestorm over his kid-glove treatment of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Republican leaders were already preparing an end run around the White House with legislation to stop Moscow from meddling in U.S. elections again.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — Seeking to constrain the fallout from President Trump's widely maligned press conference with Vladimir Putin, the White House stressed his past acceptance of the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered with the 2016 election in talking points distributed to congressional Republicans Monday evening.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan told Newsmax TV on Tuesday that President Donald Trump averted the "second Cold War" and Buchanan added a slam of the "absurd" fallout over misspoken comments at the press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump blasted former CIA director John Brennan as "a very bad person" in an interview to air Tuesday night -- even as he publicly declared that he's got "full faith and support for America's great intelligence agencies."... (more)

THE HILL — Lawmakers clashed Tuesday at a contentious hearing over claims that social media platforms and tech companies are biased against conservative viewpoints.... (more)

BY WES VERNON — Edward Griffin, in his Need to Know column, wrote that he has seen the film Revelation: Dawn of Global Government. Even though he himself was in a part of the movie, actually seeing the film in final form left him "stunned." When his commentary was joined by "scores of others who spoke from first-hand knowledge about the loss of liberty and the growth of government," the pieces came together like a giant jigsaw puzzle that revealed a disturbing picture of the social and political Hell that is rapidly approaching.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — Because Christ teaches using parables, people who learn from him gain an advantage. They are accustomed to remembering that things are not always what they seem, and to use their imagination to think beyond the apparent significance of a story for its additional meaning.... (more)

CHARLES HURT — Well, that certainly was not The Art of the Deal. And that was not the tough guy from Queens we so enthusiastically elected. President Trump is the most courageous, imaginative, and dynamic American political leader in more than a quarter-century. He is willing to tackle huge problems and fiercely pursue bold and inventive courses in search of solutions to problems that cowardly politicians have ignored for decades.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump on Monday stood beside Russian President Vladimir Putin and rejected the findings of U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies that Moscow interfered in the 2016 election, drawing bipartisan blowback from lawmakers dismayed by his performance on the world stage.... (more)

WESLEY PRUDEN — How does Donald Trump test the patience, forbearance, loyalty and endurance of the millions who trusted him to drain the swamp, restore a strong American voice in the world, cast out evil-doers and deliver America from the clutch of those who would trash the dream?... (more)

NEW YORK POST — Watching FBI agent Peter Strzok battle with Congress, my initial reaction was pure anger. His repeated, arrogant insistence that he had done nothing wrong despite tons of evidence to the contrary convinced me he deserved immediate firing -- if not the firing squad.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Peter Strzok's 'insurance policy' is the Russia collusion investigation.... (more)

DAVID KUPELIAN — Is it just me, or is everyone missing the biggest, most mind-boggling part of the never-ending "Trump-Russia collusion" drama?... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — Over the weekend, in addition to being in the World Cup soccer final against tiny Croatia, France got to celebrate Bastille Day, which commemorates the July 14, 1789, storming of the infamous Paris prison. It's fair to say the soccer match was worthier of feting. The Bastille takeover sparked the French Revolutionaries' overthrow of the royal aristocracy and the onset of the Reign of Terror.... (more)

NEWSMAX — During her testimony on Capitol Hill on Friday, several lawmakers said former FBI lawyer Lisa Page was "cooperative," forthcoming" and "transparent" as she answered questions about anti-Trump texts and agency bias during the 2016 presidential campaign, The Washington Post reported.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — It's illegal, but these Chinese parents say they so much want the best for their children, they're willing to homeschool them, hiding from the government on an as-needed basis. Homeschooling has been booming for years in America, where there are millions, and there are several countries in Europe where's it is thriving even though officials don't like it much at all.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Bible remains a fixture in American culture and lifestyle according to the "State of the Bible" report, an annual poll conducted by the Barna Group, a California-based research organization, and the American Bible Society. "The results show that, despite shifting cultural trends, Americans still read the Word, and it remains a powerful, transformative tool in their life. These and other snapshots are included in our list of top seven findings from this year's State of the Bible report," the survey said.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — A Russian tech entrepreneur accused in the infamous Christopher Steele dossier says Friday's indictment of 12 Kremlin intelligence officers exonerates him. The indictment signed by special counsel Robert Mueller didn't refer to Aleksej Gubarev or make reference to any of his companies that supply computer servers worldwide.... (more)

CONRAD BLACK — On the heels of my misguided intuition, expressed on another site last week, that Judge Coney was the president's most likely selection for the Supreme Court vacancy, the president should be (but won't be), commended for choosing the least controversial candidate, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The nomination of Kavanaugh, a Bush appointee and friend, may be taken as (but again probably won't be) a conciliatory gesture to traditional Republicans. Whatever appearances, conservatives are placated, moderates have nothing to complain about, and an obviously highly qualified candidate is unlikely to be seriously damaged by the Democratic kamikaze attacks, which did not await the banal formality of having the name of the justice-designate before hurling themselves at the unnamed choice.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Friday heaped praise on GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas for his fiery remark about FBI agent Peter Strzok's extramarital affair during an explosive hearing on Capitol Hill. "God bless Louie Gohmert. He's such a truthful guy and you never misunderstand where he's coming from," DeLay said in an interview with Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Ex-CIA Director John Brennan has complained about the treatment that FBI agent Peter Strzok received from GOP House leaders, Reps. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia and Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, during a hearing conducted on Thursday by the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.... (more)

ART MOORE — At the contentious hearing Thursday with FBI agent Peter Strzok, Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, revealed the FBI didn't follow up on a government watchdog's finding that nearly all of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails were sent to a foreign entity.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — FBI agent Peter Strzok was grilled by House Republicans Thursday about anti-Trump bias allegations, the Steele dossier, and his infamous texts with Lisa Page. Here are some of the highlights.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — A group of House conservatives is preparing to file impeachment charges against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein over his lack of cooperation with their efforts to investigate political bias in the FBI. House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows had the impeachment document with him when he spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill and plans to file the charges as soon as Monday, Politico reported Friday afternoon.... (more)