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10:30 PM ET, July 2, 2017

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New Jersey Online:
PHOTOS: Christie, family soak up sun on N.J. beach he closed to public  —  Gallery: Gov. Chris Christie and family on closed Island Beach State Park in N.J.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  BERKELEY TOWNSHIP — People hoping to visit Island Beach State Park this holiday weekend …
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Christie spent night with his family in shuttered Island Beach State Park  —  Gov. Chris Christie joined his family at a state-owned retreat in Island Beach State Park on Saturday night, less than 24 hours after ordering the closure of all state parks and beaches because of the budget impasse in Trenton.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Bannon pushes tax hike for wealthy  —  Steve Bannon is causing a stir inside the administration by pushing an idea that's anathema to most Republicans: raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans to pay for steep middle and working-class tax cuts.  (Some officials who've heard Bannon's idea …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’ to the Ground  —  President Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.  —  The video, about 28 seconds long …
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump takes down CNN in WWE fight video
New York Times:
Trump Foot Soldier Sidelined Under Glare of Russia Inquiry  —  Just over a decade ago, Donald J. Trump was locked in conflict with a group of apartment owners who had taken control of the condominium board at his new glass tower across from the United Nations.
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.
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A Reddit user who wrote about stabbing Muslims is claiming credit for Trump's CNN video  —  The user whose screen name is an unprintable corruption of “Han Solo” spent about a year on Reddit before attaining stardom, courtesy of a share from President Trump.  —  Some posts were unpopular.
Discussion: Quartz
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Why the media has broken down in the age of Trump  —  MORE FROM: … I've been a journalist for a long time.  Long enough to know that it wasn't always like this.  There was a time not so long ago when journalists were trusted and admired.  We were generally seen as trying to report the news in a fair and straightforward manner.
David Nather / Axios:
WH official endorses Cruz-Lee health care efforts  —  A top White House official suggested the Trump administration supports Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee's proposal to add more health insurance choices to the Senate health care bill — including plans that might not include …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate asks for CBO score with, without Cruz proposal
John Wagner / Washington Post:
HHS secretary says Trump's tweets aren't impeding his push for health-care overhaul
Los Angeles Times:
Thousands march in L.A. for impeachment of President Trump; his supporters hold their own rally  —  Sunday's march began at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  —  Thousands of protesters marched down 5th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday …
Discussion: KTLA
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Heller caught between distrustful left and angry right  —  Dean Heller is dead, one in a series:  —  One week after I entombed him, dirges for the Nevada's senior senator are still playing.  I use the plural because this is a cacophonous symphony, with one mournful melody from the left …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP pressures budget refs for better score on ObamaCare replacement  —  Senate Republicans are working the referee as they try to salvage their shot at repealing and replacing ObamaCare.  —  They are specifically turning up the heat on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Lee on healthcare: Lumping too much into one bill dooms its chances
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Sasse warns of ‘weaponizing distrust’ after Trump's media attacks  —  (CNN)Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said Sunday that he is troubled by President Donald Trump's latest attacks on the news media because he is concerned about the danger of “weaponizing distrust,” which can harm the freedoms that define a democracy.
Discussion: Political Wire and KFOR-TV
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Sasse: Trump shouldn't ‘weaponize distrust’ of press
Discussion: RedState
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 …
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:   Justice Neil Gorsuch Votes 100 Percent Of The Time With Most Conservative Colleague
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Deportation a ‘Death Sentence’ to Adoptees After a Lifetime in the U.S.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Phillip Clay was adopted at 8 into an American family in Philadelphia.  —  Twenty-nine years later, in 2012, after numerous arrests and a struggle with drug addiction, he was deported back to his birth country, South Korea.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
It's Not Just Mike Pence.  Americans Are Wary of Being Alone With the Opposite Sex.  —  Men and women still don't seem to have figured out how to work or socialize together.  For many, according to a new Morning Consult poll conducted for The New York Times, it is better simply to avoid each other.
Discussion: IJR
Adam Andrzejewski / Forbes:
Trump's Leaner White House Payroll Projected To Save Taxpayers $22 Million  —  If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president's commitment to shrink government then voters have a reason to cheer.  Projected four-year savings on the White House payroll could top $22 million.
Discussion: AOL and The Daily Caller
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Counseled by Industry, Not Staff, E.P.A. Chief Is Off to a Blazing Start  —  WASHINGTON — In the four months since he took office as the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt has moved to undo, delay or otherwise block more than 30 environmental rules …
Discussion: Fusion
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Carl M. Cannon / Orange County Register:
Trump's Twitter attack: cause or effect?
Discussion: Washington Post, France 24 and Mediaite
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
‘Love Thy Neighbor?’
Discussion: Power Line
Roberto Ramirez / Reuters:
Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Going Small on Health Care
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The Times & The Sunday Times:
Theresa May's team on standby for visit by Donald Trump
Discussion: Axios
Christina Powell / ABC News:
Senate health bill means choosing between ‘children, seniors, the disabled,’ Kasich says
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon sails destroyer near disputed island in South China Sea, officials say
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Mail
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
In Austin, the air smells of tacos and trees — and city-state conflict
Discussion: The Mahablog, Hullabaloo and Axios
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama plays behind-the-scenes role in rebuilding Democratic Party
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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