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2:05 PM ET, July 5, 2017

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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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
At parades and protests, GOP lawmakers get earful about health care  —  EASTPORT, Maine — For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada.  She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz gets an earful in McAllen for July 4  —  U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, visited the Democratic stronghold of McAllen for the Fourth of July — and received an earful from protesters at one event.  —  MCALLEN — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, waded into this Democratic stronghold Tuesday …
New York Times:
Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure
Discussion: Daily Kos and Vox
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
As U.S. and South Korea conduct military exercises, North Korea's leader taunts Trump over ICBM  —  BEIJING — Tensions over North Korea's July 4 missile test mounted Wednesday, with U.S. and South Korean forces conducting military exercises and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appearing to taunt the president of the United States.
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Associated Press:
Trump expresses frustration with China over NKorea support
Discussion: Politico
New York Post:
NYPD officer assassinated in police vehicle  —  A police officer was fatally shot in the head while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx early Wednesday, according to law enforcement sources.  The officer has been identified as 48-year-old mother of three Miosotis Familia.
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New York Daily News:
NYPD officer fatally shot while sitting inside police vehicle in the Bronx, suspect killed
Discussion: twitchy.com
Karma Allen / ABC News:
NYC officer shot, killed while sitting in police car
Discussion: CNN, The Root and The Daily Caller
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
NPR Tweeted The Declaration Of Independence And Some Trump Supporters Were Offended  —  In celebration of the 4th of July, National Public Radio tweeted out the Declaration of Independence in a series of more than 100 tweets on Tuesday. … Many people responded with praise for the historic document, and thanked NPR for sharing it.
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Bob Collins / NewsCut:
NPR's tweets expose a thin grasp of American history  —  Were those bomb-throwing leftists at NPR trying to undermine the nation and start a revolution?  What could possibly explain this kind of talk on the Fourth of July? … For more than an hour yesterday, NPR tweeted this un-American gibberish.
Discussion: IJR and Lawyers, Guns & Money
NBC4 Washington:
NJ Sand Sculpture Mocks Gov. Christie's Viral Beach Outing  —  The sand sculpture appeared in the wake of a state government shutdown largely blamed on the governor  —  Jersey Shore Sand Sculpture Mocks Gov. Chris Christie  —  A giant sand sculpture of Gov. Chris Christie lounging in a chair …
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Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Jersey Shore sand sculpture mocks Christie's beach trip
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Wire
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority of voters back Trump travel ban  —  A clear majority of voters support President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Polling on the travel restrictions has varied wildly since …
New York Times:
Aides' Biggest Worry on Trump's Europe Trip: A Meeting With Putin  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has been briefed repeatedly.  His advisers have alerted him to the web of potential risks, complex issues and diplomatic snags.  —  But even his top aides do not know precisely what Mr. Trump …
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David Filipov / Washington Post:
What Russia hopes to gain from this week's Putin-Trump meeting
Discussion: EURACTIV.com
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election  —  Questions raised as to whether Trump supports coordinated with Moscow to spread bogus stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton  —  The spread of Russian-made fake news stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton …
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Zuckerberg: Universal basic income is a ‘bipartisan idea’  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea of creating a universal basic income in the United States.  —  During the Alaska leg of his 50-state speaking tour, Zuckerberg advocated for giving individuals a lump sum of money annually, calling it a “bipartisan idea.”
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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?
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump  —  The pay gap between male and female White House staffers has more than tripled in the first year of the Trump administration, according to an analysis by economist Mark Perry of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Banter
Volvo Car Group Global Media Newsroom:
Volvo Cars to go all electric  —  Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business.
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Sherisse Pham / CNNMoney:
Volvo: Gas-only cars are history after 2019
Discussion: The Week
Robert Leonard / New York Times:
Want to Get Rid of Trump?  Only Fox News Can Do It  —  KNOXVILLE, Iowa — President Trump's administration is in crisis, consumed by fears of what Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's meddling in the election, might find.  Everyone's lawyering up — even the lawyers have lawyers.
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.
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
Jon Levine / Mediaite:
A GOP Congressman Made a Selfie Video From Inside Auschwitz — It's as Bad as You Think  —  There are few places more hallowed than the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  More than a million people, mostly Jews, were killed there during the second world war, many in the camp's infamous gas chambers.
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How accelerating change is deepening our political divisions  —  This is the first edition of “Fault Lines,” a new weekly column from CNN Senior Political Analyst Ronald Brownstein that analyzes the changing political landscape.  —  This column takes its name from its intention …
 
 
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Seth Rich Murder Conspiracy Is Being Used to Sell Face Cream
Discussion: Raw Story
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Scalise ‘out of bed’
Discussion: WJHL and The Daily Caller
Washington Times:
The brilliant wrestling match tweet
Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio has gone four months with no Tampa office, so where is he keeping records?
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Nikil Saval / New York Times:
Hated by the Right. Mocked by the Left. Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jennifer G. Hickey / Fox News:
Food stamp rolls plummet in states that restore work requirements
Stan Collender / Forbes:
The Big Hurt: Serious Pain Ahead For Trump & The GOP Congress
 Earlier Items: 
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Protesters Take Rep. Paulsen's Parade Spot After No-Show
Discussion: Shareblue and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump Replies on Paid Family Leave
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Daily Caller
Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Workers Vent Grievances Over Trump, Tillerson, Cite Longer-Term Issues
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Lawrence Meyers / Townhall.com:
Why They Hate Trump So Much  —  One of the reasons the Leftists …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is the Democrats' real 2020 frontrunner
Mike Allen / Axios:
Steve Bannon is out of Trump's doghouse
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Another big-time Trump donor eyes buying up Time
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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