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12:20 AM ET, June 30, 2017

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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn  —  Peter W. Smith portrayed the former general as having been an ally in an effort, independent of the Trump campaign, to find personal emails deleted by Hillary Clinton.
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
John Podesta Loses It During Russia Debate with Maria Bartiromo  —  Former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta grew angry when Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo highlighted his own ties with companies connected to Russia.  —  Bartiromo asked why Americans weren't paying more attention to Democrat ties to the Russians.
Emily Smith / New York Post:
Trump calls out Mika's ‘bleeding facelift’ in low-blow tweetstorm  —  The hosts of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” delayed their vacation plans so they can return to the air Friday morning and fire back at President Trump's Twitter attack.  —  “Joe and Mika were supposed to start their July 4th weekend early …
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Trump No Longer Seems Able to Hide His Raw Misogyny.  Good.  —  The President of the United States began this morning as he often does, tweeting juvenile insults at the news media.  But even by Donald Trump standards, today's jabs at TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were unusually gross.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump tweets shocking assault on Brzezinski, Scarborough  —  Trump attacks ‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Twitter  —  Even by President Trump's standards, these tweets were shocking.  —  On Thursday morning, while MSNBC's “Morning Joe” was on the air, Trump posted a pair of hateful tweets about co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Attacks ‘Crazy’ Mika Brzezinski: She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’ … President Trump launched a cruel personal attack on MSNBC's Morning Joe co-hosts and love birds Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Thursday morning, rather than deal with his health-care bill seemingly on death's door.
The Hill:
White House offers unapologetic defense of Trump tweets
Discussion: RedState and ABC News
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-lift’
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
GOP lawmakers blast Trump's ‘Morning Joe’ tweets
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Breaking: MSNBC and Greta Van Susteren Agree to Part Ways  —  In an era where liberal anger is driving ratings, the former Fox anchor's show never caught fire.  —  “Remember me?”  Greta Van Susteren crooned to the camera as she raised the curtain on her new MSNBC show on January 9.  “I'm baaack.”
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Media Matters for America:
Bret Stephens and MSNBC's hiring spree: The network keeps moving right
Discussion: Mediaite
Fox News:
House passes Kate's Law, as part of illegal immigrant crackdown  —  House Republicans took action Thursday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the cities that shelter them.  —  One bill passed by the House would deny federal grants to sanctuary cities and another, Kate's Law …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
House passes 'Kate's Law' and bill declaring war on sanctuary cities  —  Sanctuary cities: What you need to know  —  Washington (CNN)House Republicans joined President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon in declaring war on sanctuary cities — passing legislation targeting the cities' funding …
Fox News:
Attorney General Sessions: Congress must pass Kate's Law and make America safer
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Ted Cruz has a big idea that just might unlock a Senate health care deal  —  Here's how it works.  —  An amendment is under consideration that maybe, just maybe, could unlock the whole Senate Republican health bill.  It might knock over the dominoes necessary for a deal, starting with regulations …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
It turns out the liberal caricature of conservatism is correct  —  It's depressing.  But it's true.  —  Marc Thiessen, the George W. Bush speechwriter who now writes a column for the Washington Post op-ed page, is aghast at the Senate GOP's health care bill.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Dazed GOP bolts Washington in health care disarray
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
NASA Denies That It's Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars … A report on Alex Jones' InfoWars claiming child sex slaves have been kidnapped and shipped to Mars is untrue, NASA told The Daily Beast on Thursday.  —  “There are no humans on Mars.  There are active rovers on Mars.
Discussion: RedState
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
A chilling National Rifle Association ad gaining traction online appears to be ‘an open call to violence’  —  A National Rifle Association ad that has gained traction on social media this month urges Americans to join “freedom's safest place” as protesters and members of the “resistance” …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump names former FEC member to voter fraud probe  —  President Trump on Thursday named a former member of the Federal Election Commission to his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.  —  Hans von Spakovsky, a member of the FEC nominated by former President George W. Bush …
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Rhiannon Poolaw / KSWO-TV:
Family's amateur sting operation takes down man targeting young girl  —  DEL CITY, OK (KSWO)- A man accused of targeting a young girl for sex was taken down by an amateur sting operation put together by a Del City family.  —  The father of a 15-year-old girl found out about the relationship …
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and WREG-TV
CNN:
Susan Rice agrees to testify before House intelligence panel  —  (CNN)The House intelligence committee plans to interview Susan Rice next month as part of its investigation into Russia meddling in the US election last year, a high-profile target for Republicans who accuse President Barack …
Van Jones / CNN:
Much ado about nothing (burger)  —  Reporter fires back on ‘fake news’ attack  — Jones says he thinks it's unlikely Trump will be forced from office over the Russia investigation but that doesn't mean he thinks there's nothing there  —  CNN political commentator Van Jones is president …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Left Ron Johnson for Dead Last Year, Now He Could Kill Their Health Care Bill … Last Friday, Sen. Ron Johnson gave Senate Republican leadership a minor aneurysm when he announced he wasn't ready to back the health care bill.  —  Getting Johnson to support that bill was expected to be easy.
Austin Wright / Politico:
Conaway, Schiff threaten to subpoena White House over Comey tapes  —  The leaders of the House investigation into Russia's election meddling are threatening to subpoena the White House for records of President Donald Trump's conversations with former FBI Director James Comey …
Discussion: RedState, Business Insider and ABC News
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence to Replace His Chief of Staff  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff will depart the White House in the coming weeks and will be replaced by a long-serving aide, in the first major staff change of his office, officials said on Thursday.
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters say Trump's tweets hurting agenda  —  Few voters approve of President Trump's tweeting, and most agree it's making his job harder.  —  Seventy-one percent say the president's tweets are hurting his agenda, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  Just 17 percent see the tweets as helpful.
 
 
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / Sacramento Bee:
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Associated Press:
US approves 1st arms sale to Taiwan under Trump
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Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Czech Republic Parliament Passes Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
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Financial Times:
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