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7:30 AM ET, July 6, 2017

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The Hill:
Voter fraud commission may have violated law  —  President Trump's voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states.  —  The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked all 50 states …
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Michael Chertoff / Washington Post:
Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger — to national security  —  Michael Chertoff, U.S. homeland security secretary from 2005 to 2009, is executive chairman of the Chertoff Group, a security and risk-management advisory firm.  —  The Trump administration's Presidential Advisory Commission …
Washington Post:
Why almost every state is partially or fully rebuffing Trump's voter fraud commission … In a rare display of bipartisanship, officials in nearly every state have said they will partially or fully refuse to comply with President Trump's voting commission, which has encountered criticism …
Celeste Katz / Mic:
Trump election integrity commission member: “We should have predicted” the backlash
Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Trump Administration's Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly
MedStar Washington Hospital Center:
Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress  —  Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection.  His condition is listed as serious.  We will provide another update tomorrow, July 6.
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Rep. Scalise ‘out of bed’ and ‘getting better,’ says fellow congressman  —  Rep. Steve Scalise, who was shot in the hip June 14 when a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice of Republican lawmakers in Virginia, has been readmitted to the intensive care unit in serious condition …
Clarence Williams / Washington Post:
Rep. Steve Scalise is readmitted to MedStar Intensive Care amid concerns for infection  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was wounded by a gunman in Alexandria last month, was readmitted to ­MedStar Washington's Intensive Care Unit on Wednesday, said officials from the hospital and his congressional office.
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
Madison Park / CNN:
Rep. Steve Scalise back in intensive care unit  —  (CNN)Rep. Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the intensive care unit “due to new concerns for infection,” a statement from his office said.  —  His condition is listed as serious, according to the statement.
Discussion: Refinery29, CBS New York and Fusion
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Rep. Scalise readmitted to intensive care unit
U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby  —  Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates  —  Earlier today, the United States filed …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The Network Against the Leader of the Free World  —  Jeffrey A. Zucker hasn't been getting a lot of sleep lately.  But he says that's nothing new.  —  “I don't sleep that much anyway,” Mr. Zucker, the president of CNN, said on Wednesday in his fifth-floor office, just off the network's glassy Midtown Manhattan newsroom.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Sarah Posner / Washington Post:
Trump's tweets have suddenly grown a lot more dangerous  —  The Los Angeles Times reports Wednesday morning that foreign policy experts are worried that President Trump could be caught flat-footed at his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg on Friday.
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:   What we miss when we obsess over Trump's tweets
New York Times:
Trump Aides' Biggest Worry About Europe Trip: Meeting With Putin
NBC News:
Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Discovered Photo Suggests  —  A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands.
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Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Does This Photo Prove Amelia Earhart Survived Her Final Flight?  —  A recently-discovered photograph is turning the mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance on its head, leading a handful of experts to believe the celebrated aviator and women's rights role model actually survived …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story  —  CNN executives thought they were showing restraint by not identifying Reddit user HanAssholeSolo.  But a strange contingency line has set off the pro-Trump social internet.  —  When a CNN reporter tracked down the Reddit user …
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
How A Random GIF From Reddit Probably Ended Up On President Trump's Phone
Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch:
Daily Stormer Troll Army Threatens CNN Staffers Over Reddit User Behind Trump/CNN GIF
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Kids in pro-Trump rural areas have a lot to lose if GOP rolls back Medicaid  —  Dr. Traci Acklin, a pediatrician in Montgomery, W.Va., peers into Connor Prather's ear.  The 1-year-old, who is covered by Medicaid, has had persistent ear infections, which will require surgery.  (Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times)
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Chelsea Handler to Debate Tomi Lahren Live at Politicon  —  Comedian and TV host Chelsea Handler will take on controversial conservative pundit Tomi Lahren in a live conversation later this month at Politicon, The Daily Beast has learned.  The third annual political convention …
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Dems try new slogan: ‘Have you seen the other guys?’ … The campaign arm for House Democrats on Wednesday tried out a new slogan: “I mean, have you seen the other guys?”  —  The sticker slogan, one of several floated as part of a fundraising effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
Fox News:
Cruz's ObamaCare fix gets support from Hill conservatives  —  A low-flying proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz to overhaul a major component of ObamaCare is attracting the kind of conservative enthusiasm that could prove critical in the broader GOP push to repeal and replace the 2010 law.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:   ‘Repeal now, replace later’ will kill the GOP's health-care reform
Joey Millar / Daily Express:
Bill Gates in HUGE borders U-turn: ‘Brussels must make it HARDER for migrants to reach EU’  —  BILL GATES has made a massive open-borders U-turn and urged Brussels to make it more “difficult” for migrants to reach Europe.  —  GETTY  —  Bill Gates has made a massive U-turn on Europe's migrant policy
Washington Post:
At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world  —  President Trump and key global leaders are on a collision course ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Germany this week, with Trump's unapologetic “America First” mantra on trade and climate change running into emboldened, and increasingly united, opposition overseas.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Haley warns China on North Korea, says Beijing risks U.S. trade
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Commandos Running Out of ISIS Targets … U.S. special operations forces have removed roughly 50 top ISIS leaders off the battlefield since President Donald Trump took office, down from 80 killed in the last six months of the Obama administration, according to figures obtained by The Daily Beast.
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Dan Boylan / Washington Times:
DNC email server most wanted evidence for Russia investigations  —  It is perhaps the key piece of forensic evidence in Russia's suspected efforts to sway the November presidential election, but federal investigators have yet to get their hands on the hacked computer server that handled email from the Democratic National Committee.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
 
 
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Lauren Goldstein / Fox News:
Police officer deaths on duty have jumped nearly 20 percent in 2017
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Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police express frustration after more than 100 shot in violent Fourth of July weekend
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Bloomberg.com:
Walter Isaacson Says Media Exacerbates Political Divide
Discussion: Mediaite
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Own Government Admits Trump Is Lying About Obamacare's ‘Death Spiral’
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Tyler Fisher / Politico:
Trump Organization renews rights to TrumpTowerMoscow.com
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