memeorandum: Paid family and medical leave fast tracked through Legislature (Jim Camden/Spokesman.com)

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Times, State of Delaware News, The Week, Shareblue, Facebook, Reuters, Associated Press, The Nevada Independent, DCist and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and WiredPen

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

Discussion: Honolulu Civil Beat and Baltimore Sun

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

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.

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Reuters:
North Korea says first intercontinental ballistic missile test successful

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Associated Press:
Trump criticizes Kim Jong Un after latest missile launch

Discussion: Axios and Politico

Euan McKirdy / CNN:
North Korea fires missile into waters off Japan

Discussion: UPI, WHNT-TV, IJR, The Atlantic, New York Times, Business Insider, The Week and The Daily Caller

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

Associated Press:
Gov. Chris Christie is blistered over his day at the beach

Discussion: Political Wire, Politico, Washington Post, Raw Story, Shareblue, IJR, Kim Guadagno, Mediaite and ABC News

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 …