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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 …

Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:

What the hell were you thinking, CNN? … CNN has screwed up royally this time. — The news group published a report Tuesday, titled “How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF,” and we're not even sure where to start. — But we'll try:

Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Vox, Business Insider, Raw Story and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
THUG JOURNALISM: CNN Threatens To Reveal Identity Of Reddit Man Who Made Trump-CNN Bodyslam Meme If He Disobeys Them

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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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and NPR

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: Associated Press, IJR and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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 …

Discussion: ABC, New York Magazine, The Daily Banter, Daily Kos, The American Conservative, Balloon Juice and The Guardian

Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Stakes are high for Trump's meeting with Putin. Here's what to expect.

Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider

David Filipov / Washington Post:
What Russia hopes to gain from this week's Putin-Trump meeting

Discussion: EURACTIV.com

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.

Discussion: Vox, Fox News, United States Forces Korea, CNBC, Talking Points Memo, Fox News Insider, The Guardian, The Hill, New York Times and The Root

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:

‘Self-Restraint’ Is Only Thing Stopping War With North Korea, U.S. General Says — SEOUL, South Korea — “Self-restraint” is all that is keeping the United States and South Korea from going to war with the North, the top American general in South Korea said on Wednesday.

Discussion: The Hill, RedState, Telegraph, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Business Insider, Slate, Gizmodo, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Just Security and The Week

Motoko Rich / New York Times:
In North Korea, ‘Surgical Strike’ Could Spin Into ‘Worst Kind of Fighting’

Discussion: New York Magazine, NPR, CNN, The Week and Shareblue

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.

Discussion: Vox, Shareblue, New York Times, CNN, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, BillMoyers.com, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Fusion, Mediaite, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Political Wire and The Week

Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz gets an earful in McAllen for July 4

Discussion: Common Dreams, Washington Post and Shareblue

Sewell Chan / New York Times:

Police Officer Is Shot and Killed in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in the Bronx — A police officer was shot and killed early Wednesday while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx, in what the New York City police commissioner called an “unprovoked attack” and an assassination. The gunman was killed, the police said.

Discussion: Heavy.com, The Atlantic, Power Line, CBS New York, New York Post, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Mediaite, WHNT-TV, Fox News Insider and NPR

New York Post:
NYPD officer assassinated in police vehicle

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Wire

New York Daily News:
NYPD officer fatally shot while sitting inside police vehicle in the Bronx, suspect killed

Discussion: twitchy.com

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Reuters, The Hill, IJR, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ThinkProgress, AOL, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire, Scared Monkeys, TheBlaze, RedState and Washington Free Beacon

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 …

Discussion: Shakesville, Political Wire, Raw Story and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Greg P. / twitchy.com:

If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy — And for all that, it seems like someone actually re-staged the original meme for presidential tweeting http://twitter.com/... — Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) July 5, 2017 — According to an analysis by BuzzFeed …

Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
How A Random GIF From Reddit Probably Ended Up On President Trump's Phone

Discussion: Power Line, Daily Wire and Raw Story

Mark Zuckerberg:

Priscilla and I spent the weekend around Homer, Alaska as part of the Year of Travel challenge. It's beautiful here. — One thing that stood out to us is how different Alaska's social safety net programs are in a way that provides some good lessons for the rest of our country.

Discussion: Hot Air and Business Insider

Ali Breland / The Hill: Zuckerberg: Universal basic income is a ‘bipartisan idea’

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

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.

Discussion: The Guardian, ThinkProgress, NPR and The Verge

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.

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.

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, ABC News, IJR and AOL

Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:

Seth Rich Murder Conspiracy Is Being Used to Sell Face Cream … Trump campaign email vendors are marketing an anti-aging cream with the help of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2016 murder of a Democratic Party staffer. — The ad hawking the wrinkle-fighting formula is very clearly a scam.

Discussion: Raw Story