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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.
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump's aides build their own empires in the West Wing — President Donald Trump won office on promises to shake up how Washington works, and so far that's been most apparent in his own West Wing, where his top advisers have built up personal staffs to support their own agendas instead …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Want Kremlin Critic in Putin Meeting … The White House's best-known Russia hawk is already in Germany, in advance of Donald Trump's high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the G-20 summit. But whether Fiona Hill will be allowed in the room when the two presidents …
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
What we miss when we obsess over Trump's tweets — Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, via Getty Images — Remember when we used to obsess about every presidential tweet? When every story was about us? When Donald Trump's war with the media was, really, the only thing that mattered?
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
Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Trump Voter Fraud Commission Was Cautioned About Seeking Sensitive Voter Information
Trump Voter Fraud Commission Was Cautioned About Seeking Sensitive Voter Information
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Washington Post:
Why almost every state is partially or fully rebuffing Trump's voter fraud commission
Why almost every state is partially or fully rebuffing Trump's voter fraud commission
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Celeste Katz / Mic:
Trump election integrity commission member: “We should have predicted” the backlash
Trump election integrity commission member: “We should have predicted” the backlash
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
At Least 44 States Refuse to Hand Over All Data to Trump's “Fraud” Commission
At Least 44 States Refuse to Hand Over All Data to Trump's “Fraud” Commission
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New York Times:
In Poland, Trump Asks Whether West Has ‘Will to Survive’ — Right Now: President Trump has arrived in Hamburg, Germany, for a Group of 20 summit meeting with leaders of other major economies. — • During a speech in Warsaw, Mr. Trump said that in an age of terrorism …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump, in Poland, vows ‘the West will never, ever be broken’ — President Trump delivered a staunch defense of Western values during a rousing speech Thursday to thousands of Poles in Warsaw's Krasinski Square, rallying allies against what he described as “dire threats” to civilization and vowing, “the West will never, ever be broken.”
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Joey Millar / Daily Express:
Bill Gates in HUGE borders U-turn: ‘Brussels must make it HARDER for migrants to reach EU’
Bill Gates in HUGE borders U-turn: ‘Brussels must make it HARDER for migrants to reach EU’
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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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Madison Park / CNN:
Rep. Steve Scalise back in intensive care unit
Rep. Steve Scalise back in intensive care unit
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Clarence Williams / Washington Post:
Rep. Steve Scalise is readmitted to MedStar Intensive Care amid concerns for infection
Rep. Steve Scalise is readmitted to MedStar Intensive Care amid concerns for infection
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Kathy Cline / KTAR.com:
McCain won't support calls to repeal Obamacare now, replace it later — PHOENIX — U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday he would not support calls to repeal Obamacare now and replace it at a later date. — “I fear we may fall under the trap of repealing and not replacing and that would be bad for America,” he said.
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Has an Idea for How to Cover High-Risk Patients
Ted Cruz Has an Idea for How to Cover High-Risk Patients
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
White House Backs Conservative Health Plan, but G.O.P. Leaders Are Leery
White House Backs Conservative Health Plan, but G.O.P. Leaders Are Leery
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New York Times:
Back to the Center, Democrats — The path back to power for the Democratic Party today, as it was in the 1990s, is unquestionably to move to the center and reject the siren calls of the left, whose policies and ideas have weakened the party. — In the early 1990s, the Democrats relied …
Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
Photo ‘showing Amelia Earhart’ is not the US aviator — A photo of a woman claimed to be missing US aviator Amelia Earhart is said today to be proof that she survived a crash into the Pacific Ocean 80 years ago - but the picture has a major flaw, it can be revealed.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar — So Neil M. Gorsuch, the aw-shucks humble servant of the law whom the country encountered during his mind-numbing confirmation hearing, turns out to be a hard-right conservative. No real surprise there, and by now, no real news either …
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 …
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Cass R Sunstein / Bloomberg:
A Graceless President, a National Betrayal — Unlike Trump, Reagan understood the power of humility and graciousness. — For leaders as well as friends, spouses and colleagues, grace is a precious characteristic. Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump's policy choices, our nation has never had a president more lacking in grace.
Tom Burgis / Financial Times:
Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe — Felix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partners — Read next … Donald Trump faces renewed scrutiny of the riches that flowed into his real estate empire from the former Soviet Union …
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Rosen officially announces Senate bid, says Reid encouraged her to run — Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen announced today she is officially running for U.S. Senate, culminating weeks of deliberations that — once again — began with a phone call from Nevada's political godfather Harry Reid.
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
Trump warns of ‘severe’ consequences for North Korea as Russia, China balk at tough U.S. talk — BEIJING — President Trump warned Thursday that North Korea could face “some pretty severe” consequences after its defiant test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but Washington …
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Sarah Posner / Washington Post:
Trump's tweets have suddenly grown a lot more dangerous
Trump's tweets have suddenly grown a lot more dangerous
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