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12:15 PM ET, July 2, 2017

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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump vows to support religious freedom  —  President Trump told a group of evangelical Christians late Saturday that his administration will always “support and defend your religious liberty.  —  “We don't want to see God forced out of our public square,” he said at a “Celebrate Freedom” …
Discussion: RedState
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
'I'm President and They're Not': Trump Attacks Media at Faith Rally
Associated Press:
Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US
Discussion: Business Insider
Fox News:
Trump honors veterans at Celebrate Freedom Rally
Discussion: TheBlaze, Reuters and The Week
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump: Media working to convince GOP I should get off Twitter
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
How the Left Lost Its Mind  —  Last month, Democratic Senator Ed Markey delivered what seemed like an explosive bit of news during an interview with CNN: A grand jury had been impaneled in New York, he said, to investigate the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia.  —  The only problem: It wasn't true.
New York Times:
Justice Gorsuch Delivers  —  Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has had a rough couple of weeks.  Yet, however many setbacks he might suffer over health care reform or other parts of the Republican agenda, he knows he has already won the biggest fight of all: the theft …
Discussion: RedState
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cruella de Trump  —  WASHINGTON — So, with this latest toad jumping from our president's mouth, is Donald Trump acting like a sexist pig or simply a pig?  —  I proffer, a pig.  —  I have no doubt that he would attack a man's appearance in the same breathtakingly below-the-belt …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs
Discussion: Daily Mail
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump takes down CNN in WWE fight video  —  President Trump on Sunday tweeted a modified video of a wrestling match between himself and his media rival CNN.  —  The tweet escalates an ongoing war of rhetoric between the president of the United States and the cable news outlet.
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Mitchell Alva / ABC News:
‘No one would perceive that as a threat,’ adviser says of Trump's CNN tweet  —  President Trump's homeland security adviser defended the president's tweet Sunday morning showing him body-slamming and punching a person signifying CNN, saying “no one would perceive that as a threat.”
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA chief pushing governmentwide effort to question climate change science … The Trump administration is debating whether to launch a governmentwide effort to question the science of climate change, an effort that critics say is an attempt to undermine the long-established consensus human activity …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:   Counseled by Industry, Not Staff, E.P.A. Chief Is Off to a Blazing Start
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
For Millions, Life Without Medicaid Services Is No Option  —  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Frances Isbell has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that has left her unable to walk or even roll over in bed.  But Ms. Isbell has a personal care assistant through Medicaid, and the help allowed …
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
In Austin, the air smells of tacos and trees — and city-state conflict  —  AUSTIN — The grand old oak called Patsy Cline rises gracefully on three trunks.  Waylon Jennings leans lazily before angling back toward the sun.  And Willie Nelson, tall and broad, ascends on a torso three feet thick …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama plays behind-the-scenes role in rebuilding Democratic Party  —  Former President Obama is involved in discussions about the future of the Democratic Party, sources close to the former president tell The Hill.  —  Since leaving office, he has held meetings—on a by-request basis …
Christina Powell / ABC News:
Senate health bill means choosing between ‘children, seniors, the disabled,’ Kasich says  —  Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio says that the current version of the Senate Republican health care bill is “not an acceptable choice.”  —  “If you cut $750 billion out of Medicaid …
The Times & The Sunday Times:
Theresa May's team on standby for visit by Donald Trump  —  Ministers are on the alert for a flying visit to Britain by Donald Trump this month.  —  Senior government officials say they expect the American president to make an unscheduled stop at his Aberdeenshire golf course as part …
Discussion: Axios
D.A. / The Dustin Inman Society Blog:
The Dustin Inman Society has confirmed that at least one of the individuals recently arrested for a May, 2017 rape of a Gwinnett County mother is under an ICE hold  —  The Dustin Inman Society has confirmed that at least one of the individuals recently arrested for a May, 2017 attack on a Gwinnett County mother is under an ICE hold.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Illegal Alien Allegedly Tazes, Scalds, Rapes Mom in Front of Children
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon sails destroyer near disputed island in South China Sea, officials say  —  For the second time since President Trump took office, the Pentagon dispatched a U.S. Navy warship to sail near a disputed island claimed by China in the South China Sea, two U.S. defense officials told Fox News.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Martin Matishak / Politico:
An inside view of the House Russia probe  —  It was late March, and Michael Bahar was being blocked from entering the White House, the latest in a series of surreal moments that month for the then-Democratic staff director of the House Intelligence Committee.  —  Bahar was not on the Secret Service's list of approved visitors.
Discussion: AOL
 
 
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown
Discussion: RedState and Axios
Daily Mail:
Wombs for men: Astonishing prospect as fertility doctors back operations on NHS so transgender …
Discussion: National Review
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Special counselor adds former Preet Bharara prosecutor to Russia probe: Reports
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Carl Bernstein calls for ‘different kind of reporting’ to take on ‘malignant presidency’
Adam Wisnieski / City Limits:
Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs
Discussion: Axios
Patricia McCarthy / American Thinker:
Joe and Mika, wallowing in the mud
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Why Didn't Trump Mention Pride Month? We Asked 30 Times.