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10:45 AM ET, July 4, 2017

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CNN:
Forty-one states have refused Kobach's request for voter information  — Three states are still reviewing the commission's request and another three states have not returned CNN's request for comment  — Seven states are still awaiting a letter from the commission …
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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland official resigns from Trump voter fraud panel  —  Maryland's deputy Secretary of State has resigned from a controversial Trump administration panel probing alleged voter fraud in last year's presidential election.  —  Deputy Secretary of State Luis E. Borunda …
Charles Stewart III / Politico:
What Is Kris Kobach Up To?  —  When President Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which is chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, sent a letter to every state in the country on Thursday requesting “publicly available voter roll data,” Delbert Hosemann …
New York Times:
Happy Fourth of July! Show Us Your Papers
BBC:
North Korea hails ‘ICBM test’ success  —  North Korea says it has successfully tested its first “intercontinental ballistic missile” (ICBM).  —  A state television announcement said the missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, could hit targets anywhere in the world.
Discussion: RedState, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Says It Has Successfully Tested ICBM  —  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Tuesday that it had successfully conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, claiming a milestone in its efforts to build nuclear weapons capable of hitting the mainland United States.
Discussion: CNBC
Reuters:
North Korea says first intercontinental ballistic missile test successful
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Week
Associated Press:
Trump criticizes Kim Jong Un after latest missile launch
Discussion: Axios and Politico
New York Times:
Trump Warns China He Is Willing to Pressure North Korea on His Own
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / CNN:
Liberals are reclaiming patriotism from the right  —  Senator Warner on the future of the Democrats  —  Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, and professor of history and Italian studies at New York University.  Follow her on Twitter @ruthbenghiat.
Jim Camden / Spokesman.com:
Paid family and medical leave fast tracked through Legislature  —  jimc@spokesman.com  —  (509) 879-7461 … OLYMPIA - Late Friday night, with great emotion but relatively little fanfare, the Legislature moved Washington into the forefront among states that provide financial help to parents …
Tony Romm / Recode:
Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman are launching a new group to rethink the Democratic Party  —  It's called Win the Future, and Pincus is even courting potential WTF candidates like the frontman of '90s rock band Third Eye Blind.  —  Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman want to hack the Democratic Party.
Discussion: IJR, more at Techmeme »
Michael Cottman / NBC News:
Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello mansion that has astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of Sally Hemings …
Discussion: Daily Mail, IJR, The Week and AOL
Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
It's a done deal: Christie will end state shutdown in time for July 4, sources say  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will approve a compromise that would put an end to the three-day state government shutdown and could reopen state parks and beaches in time for the Fourth of July, sources inside the governor's office said.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and IJR
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Astonishing poll about Trump and media  —  A stark poll by Survey Monkey finds that 89% of Republicans view President Trump as more trustworthy than CNN, and 91% of Democrats think the opposite.  Among all adults, trust for CNN is 7 points ahead of Trump.  Among independents, CNN wins by 15 points.
Discussion: Mediaite
HuffPost:
Guns And KKK Members At Gettysburg Confederate Rally, But No Foes To Fight  —  The anti-fascists never came, but pro-Confederate protesters at the Civil War battlefield were still angry, and heavily armed.  —  GETTYSBURG, Pa. A few hundred armed militia group members, Sons of Confederate Veterans …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
WATCH: Clintons cheered by NYC theater audience … A New York City theater audience broke into cheers Sunday as the Clintons arrived to watch a play.  —  Former President Bill and Hillary Clinton  —  were walking to their seats at Lincoln Center when the crowd burst out into applause and cheers.
Discussion: Washington Times, IJR and TheBlaze
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
How close is Russian cyber firm to Russia's spies?  —  WASHINGTON  —  U.S. intelligence agencies have turned up the heat in recent days on Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity giant long suspected of ties to Russia's spying apparatus.  —  Now, official Kremlin documents reviewed …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
CNN: Trump's Wrestling Meme May Be Racist, Antisemitic  —  CNN is fighting back after President Donald Trump tweeted a spoof video on Sunday showing him wrestling the network to the ground.  On Sunday, network commentators described the video as a form of incitement; on Monday …
 
 
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Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
Theresa May sitting on report on foreign funding of UK extremists
Discussion: Business Insider
Andrew Caplan / Gainesville Sun:
Confederate flag left at NAACP leader's home
Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
FBI employees wear ‘Comey is my homey’ T-shirts to Family Day
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
The economy President Trump loves looks a lot like the one candidate Trump hated
Al Jazeera English:
US denies visa to Gambian school robotics team
Discussion: Raw Story
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Central Americans, 'Scared of What's Happening' in U.S., Stay Put
Discussion: RedState
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Corporate Watchdog Quits, Saying It's Impossible To Work Under Trump
David Pittman / Politico:
How health care bill could hurt a program beloved in Trump country
Discussion: Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Swedish Music Festival Sees Another Series of Sex Assaults, Leading to Event Being Cancelled Next Year
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Maia Silber / Washington Post:
It's summer, and Washington smells like weed. Everywhere, all the time.
Sophie Jamieson / Telegraph:
Fish becoming transgender from contraceptive pill chemicals being flushed down household drains
Discussion: TheBlaze
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
From N.B.A. Bench Player to Cult Hero in Turkey