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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • Donald J. Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Trump, was told in an email that a Russian lawyer wanted to offer him compromising information on Hillary Clinton to aid his father’s presidential campaign. Our reports on his meeting with the lawyer have strengthened suspicions that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept Russian help. Donald Trump Jr. gave two different explanations for his meeting. Here’s a look at the Russian rationale. It turns out that the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow offered the Trump family the chance to establish links to Russia — and to the Kremlin. Our national security reporter provides additional context in the latest edition of The Daily podcast. And our correspondent called in with a separate report from Mosul, Iraq. _____ • Now that Mosul has been largely retaken from the Islamic State militants, uncertainty about the city’s future is emerging. In southwest Syria, a limited truce appeared to be holding for a full day so far, residents and human rights monitors said. Peace talks in Geneva continue. Separately, President Trump’s advisers recruited the founder of Blackwater, the private security firm, and an owner of a military contractor to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan. _____ • In Germany, the violence that marred the G-20 meeting in Hamburg la... Link to the full article to read more