Pres. Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen secretly taped a phone call with Pres. Trump discussing a payment to former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal; the call was made just two months before the presidential election https://t.co/09tci1SZWr pic.twitter.com/5d2mc8r5hb

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 21, 2018

"Apparently, on this recording we're hearing the two men talking about trying to reimburse a supermarket tabloid for helping cover up their secrets? This is very strange territory" –@brianstelter https://t.co/1ojnlmUNKm pic.twitter.com/KDGEeBDuoL

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) July 20, 2018

FBI has Cohen secret recording of Trump talking about hush-money payments to Playboy model https://t.co/Gy2KSFV4ak pic.twitter.com/o3YBCbnEsK

— The Hill (@thehill) July 21, 2018

Why were Russian slogans so similar to those used by the Trump campaign? Maybe because they were using the same stolen data. https://t.co/UpMamEAjao

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) July 21, 2018

Trump is said to be exasperated with his national intelligence director, but a direct challenge could lead to a congressional firestorm.https://t.co/ujJwd1rkxM

— POLITICO (@politico) July 21, 2018

The Trump administration is trying to roll back protections for endangered animals.

“These proposals would slam a wrecking ball into the most crucial protections for our most endangered wildlife,” one conservationist said.https://t.co/O6GeBPAgQH

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 21, 2018

Also — as if it needs to be said — Trump is lying.

Here’s a good rule of thumb: If he is speaking, he is lying. pic.twitter.com/JkCXp1M2tt

— John Paul Farmer (@johnpaulfarmer) July 21, 2018

Galling is a word that doesn’t even capture my disgust with Trump, his supporters and the NFL over respect for the flag. https://t.co/5FWyTLtstv

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) July 21, 2018

What’s the penalty if a president kneels to a sworn enemy in front of the whole world?

Nice try distracting us, traitor boy @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/7NUjH641Pj

— ALBΞRT MacGloan (@AlbertMacGloan) July 21, 2018

This is like flashing a giant sign that says “my supporters are stupid and easily distracted” https://t.co/52v688mHWH

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 20, 2018

Cable news tonight:

CNN: Trump on Michael Cohen tape discussing payoff of Playboy model

MSNBC: Trump on Michael Cohen tape discussing payoff of Playboy model

Fox News: Masked protesters throw feces at Trump supporter's coffee shop pic.twitter.com/tUsmTaqOol

— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) July 21, 2018

Opinion: Michael Cohen has tapes of Trump. Here’s why this isn’t a distraction. https://t.co/3rVQvXSqh1

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 20, 2018

This is what Islam Karimov, the dictator of Uzbekistan, used to do — right down to the fashionista daughter trailing behind him https://t.co/0x0h427lwz

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 20, 2018

U.S. calls out China and Russia for helping North Korea violate U.N. sanctions as the regime smuggles in more oil than is allowed. https://t.co/4l3iktayhK pic.twitter.com/fCYJGz5eNW

— ABC News (@ABC) July 21, 2018

This raises all sorts of questions about data governance/platform responsibility – even when the info was already 'public'> Facebook says it has suspended data-analytics firm Crimson Hexagon on concerns about sharing of public user-data https://t.co/qm1lKdlokO via @WSJ

— Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) July 21, 2018

'Theresa May's Brexit proposals died in Brussels in eight short minutes' https://t.co/1MGyb7b7vS

— Oor bonnie blue flag #FBPE #FBSI (@45albannach) July 20, 2018

This seems to be either a big gaffe by the PM or a major change of Government policy: Theresa May claimed the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement is built on a "seamless" Irish border, which the Agreement doesn't say. Big implications for Brexit across the UK https://t.co/Tq8H3VXJIj

— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) July 21, 2018

Doomsday Brexit scenario on #M26 https://t.co/W0m96Xs40W pic.twitter.com/rBst7ek41E

— KentOnline (@Kent_Online) July 20, 2018

The will of the people? These Brexit ideologues are destroying democracyhttps://t.co/M3aJcT2ZHV

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) July 20, 2018

Brexit: What would a 'no deal' look like? https://t.co/ShENInb1gA

— Jayne McCormack (@BBCJayneMcC) July 20, 2018

Finally an end to freedom of movement, just like you all voted for pic.twitter.com/rJsk47vhWt

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 20, 2018

Following the Trumpian no shame playbook. Even when he's gone @theresa_may doesn't stand up to Johnson, squatting at public expense. It is embarrassing to have this as our government. https://t.co/kkye5UWkBM

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) July 20, 2018