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10:45 PM ET, July 4, 2017

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Washington Post:
North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration … North Korea's latest test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile marks a direct challenge to President Trump, whose tough talk has yet to yield any change in Pyongyang's behavior as the regime continues …
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David Rothkopf / Washington Post:
The greatest threat facing the United States is its own president  —  David Rothkopf is the author of “The Great Questions of Tomorrow.”  He is a visiting professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a visiting scholar …
CNN:
US military analysis suggests North Korea launched a ‘probable’ ICBM  — Top officials at the State Department and the Defense Department are participating in the meeting  —  (CNN)US military analysts believe North Korea's launched a “probable” two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday …
John Bowden / The Hill:
U.S., South Korea respond to North Korea ICBM launch with ‘show of force’  —  The United States and South Korea responded to North Korea's successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by conducting a joint ‘show of force’ Tuesday night.
Discussion: IJR
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF  —  (CNN)The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted — one day after CNN identified …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Indiana GOP request for ObamaCare ‘horror stories’ goes wrong  —  The Indiana Republican Party has requested that the state's constituents share their “horror stories” with ObamaCare, the Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday.  —  “What's your Obamacare horror story?
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Ryan Martin / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana GOP asked Facebook for Obamacare horror stories.  The responses were surprising.  —  That will leave about 76,000 Hoosiers without coverage, but there may be other options for them.. Dwight Adams/IndyStar  —  The Indiana Republican Party posed a question to Facebook on Monday: “What's your Obamacare horror story?
Discussion: Axios and Fusion
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Congress Moves to Stop I.R.S. From Enforcing Health Law Mandate
Discussion: Mother Jones
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.
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
Declaration of Disruption  —  ONE of the essential, if often unstated, job requirements of an American president is to provide stability, order and predictability in a world that tends toward chaos, disarray and entropy.  When our political leaders ignore this — and certainly when they delight …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mohammad Zia Adnan / New York Times:   Going to Hooters and Seeing America
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Months of Russia controversy leaves Trump ‘boxed in’ ahead of Putin meeting  —  WARSAW — President Trump promised voters that he would strike “a great deal” with Russia and its autocratic president, Vladimir Putin.  He has repeatedly labeled an investigation of Russian meddling in the U.S. elections as …
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / CNN:   Liberals are reclaiming patriotism from the right
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada to compensate ex-Guantanamo inmate, opposition furious  —  Canada's Liberal government will apologize to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around C$10 million ($7.7 million) in compensation, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday, prompting opposition protests.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Robert Fife / Canadian Press:
Ottawa to offer Omar Khadr apology, $10-million in compensation
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Biographer: Trump's media attacks motivated by self-preservation … One of President Trump's biographers said early Monday that he doesn't believe Trump is a strategic thinker when it comes to his social media attacks on news outlets.  —  Tim O'Brien, who authored the 2005 book “Trump Nation …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Kobach faces complaint stemming from Trump's election commission  —  A legal group filed a complaint Monday asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Kris Kobach, the vice chairman of President Trump's voter fraud panel, violated federal law when his 2018 campaign for Kansas governor highlighted his role on the commission.
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CNN:
Forty-one states have refused Kobach's request for voter information
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Christie: My poll numbers show I don't care about political optics  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said that he doesn't care about “political optics” after he earned national attention Monday over photos of him on a beach he closed last week.  —  “I think my poll numbers show …
Discussion: RedState
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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure  —  ALDERSON, W.Va — In normal times, the Fourth of July parade is a fat pitch down the middle for the grinning politician.  For instance, here was Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat facing re-election next year …
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Senators, Visiting Afghanistan, Warn Trump Over Diplomatic Vacancies  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — A delegation of United States senators visiting Afghanistan issued a stark warning on Tuesday to President Trump to fill vacant embassy and State Department positions here in order to better address …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Illinois governor vetoes tax rise, $36B budget  —  The Latest on the Illinois Legislature's action to address the nation's longest state budget stalemate (all times local):  —  The Illinois House has adjourned without taking action on budget veto overrides that awaits it.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
What's the Matter With Republicans?
Discussion: Hot Air and Scripting News
Democracy Now:
“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech
Discussion: Common Dreams
Chen Guangcheng / New York Times:
China's Ignoble Treatment of a Nobel Laureate
Diane Dietz / Statesman Journal:
Oregon Republicans shrug off politics, extend benefits to undocumented children
Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Chicago to make future plans a graduation requirement: report
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Raqqa: IS ‘capital’ wall breached by US-backed Syrian forces
Discussion: IJR
Nicholas Bakalar / New York Times:
U.S. Fertility Rate Reaches a Record Low
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Eschaton
Christian Borys / BBC:
The day a mysterious cyber-attack crippled Ukraine
Jim Camden / Spokesman.com:
Paid family and medical leave fast tracked through Legislature
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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