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New York Times:
Inside the White House's Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening — WASHINGTON — President Trump singled him out for praise even while attacking other members of the Supreme Court. The White House nominated people close to him to important judicial posts.
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David Pitt / Associated Press:
Iowa court blocks 72-hour waiting period for abortion — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday blocked a law requiring a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can get an abortion. — The court ruled that the law violates the Iowa Constitution, siding with a lawsuit filed …
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Washington Examiner:
Overturn Roe v. Wade — We write not to praise Anthony Kennedy's jurisprudence, but to bury it. — Across 31 years, Justice Kennedy issued many rulings, good and bad. But his most lasting legacy was the travesty he released 26 years ago today, Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
‘Say Hello to Your Boy. A Special Guy.’ — The Times has a fascinating article tonight on the Trump White House's courtship of Justice Anthony Kennedy, building a relationship and rapport to make Kennedy comfortable retiring on Trump's watch and ahead of the 2018 midterm election.
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Unfogged
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside Senate Democrats' SCOTUS strategy
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans Don't Want the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
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Clare Foran / CNN:
The plan to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court is already in motion
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Washington Post, VICE News, Wall Street Journal and How Appealing
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘The optics do matter’: Trump nudged to pick woman for Supreme Court
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Further Findings from Kaiser's June Health Tracking Poll: Women's Issues
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Vox
Eugene Kontorovich / USA Today:
Who should Donald Trump nominate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court?
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Vox, The Week, SCOTUSblog and The Federalist
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Democrats Tie Trump Supreme Court Pick To Russia Investigation
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Jean Marbella / Baltimore Sun:
Capital Gazette shooting victim Rob Hiaasen: A joyful stylist, a generous mentor — Capital Gazette editor Rob Hiaasen has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper. — Rob Hiaasen once wrote a description of his ideal job: “I would like to be paid for the occasional amusing remark …
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Baltimore Sun:
Sources identify suspect in Annapolis Capital shooting as Jarrod Ramos, who had long-running feud with paper — Police and federal agents gathered late Thursday outside the address of 38-year-old Jarrod W. Ramos, who is being held as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Capital Gazette, law enforcement sources said.
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Daily Mail:
'He'll be the next mass shooter': Newsroom gunman who killed five had stalked ex-classmate …
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Yvonne Wenger / Baltimore Sun:
Capital Gazette shooting victim Wendi Winters: A prolific writer who chronicled her community
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Erin Cox / Baltimore Sun:
Capital Gazette shooting victim Gerald Fischman: Clever and quirky voice of a community newspaper
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capitalgazette.com:
Capital Gazette shooting suspect charged with five counts of first-degree murder
Talia Richman / capitalgazette.com:
‘We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow’: Capital Gazette journalists report on shooting in their own newsroom
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Tonya Alanez / Sun-Sentinel:
South Florida's Rob Hiaasen, novelist Carl Hiaasen's brother, killed in newsroom shooting
Jessica Anderson / Baltimore Sun:
Capital Gazette shooting victim Rebecca Smith: Recent hire loved spending time with family
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Andrea K. McDaniels / Baltimore Sun:
Capital Gazette shooting victim John McNamara: Sports reporting was his dream job
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New York Times:
Annapolis Shooting Suspect Had Long-Running Dispute With Newspaper
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capitalgazette.com:
Five dead in ‘targeted attack’ at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, police say; Laurel man charged with murder
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama: ‘You are right to be concerned’ — In his first public comments in months, the former president talks about anger, regrets — and what the Republicans are doing right. — LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama's message to Democrats: Stop dreaming of him. — Speaking at a Democratic National …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Obama offers Democrats tough love ahead of midterms: ‘Enough moping’ — Beverly Hills, California (CNN)Former President Barack Obama, re-emerging into the political fray for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser here on Thursday, had a message for troubled Democrats: Do more than just mope.
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The Daily Caller
Dan Merica / CNN:
Obama: I told Trump to just rename Obamacare and take credit for it
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Conservative News Today, Daily Caller News Foundation and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's private threat to upend global trade — President Trump has repeatedly told top White House officials he wants to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization, a move that would throw global trade into wild disarray, people involved in the talks tell Axios.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump is trying to destabilize the European Union — As President Trump heads to Europe next month for the NATO summit and then a historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his personal attacks on the European Union and other pillars of the Western order are overshadowing …
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Lam Thuy Vo / BuzzFeed:
They Played Dominoes Outside Their Apartment For Decades. Then The White People Moved In And Police Started Showing Up. — “This used to be a bad neighborhood.” Two areas of New York City that have recently gentrified have a corresponding high rate of quality-of-life complaints, which sometimes draw the police.
Matthew Acton / The Sun:
BLOWN TO SHREDS Kim Jong-un has top army officer blasted with 90 bullets for giving his troops extra rations of food and fuel — Lieutenant General Hyon Ju-song was put to death after being found guilty of charges of abusing authority, profiting the enemy and engaging in anti-Party acts
Nicholas St. Fleur / New York Times:
He Died at Pompeii, but His Head Wasn't Crushed by a Block — The skull of the “unluckiest man” at Mt. Vesuvius' eruption was found by archaeologists, intact and with a mouth full of teeth. — He was known across the internet as “Pompeii's Unluckiest Man.”
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“He Could Go Down in History as the Man That Saved This Country”: Freed from Trump, Michael Cohen Sees a New Identity: National Hero — As Cohen is further distanced from the president, friends have been encouraging him to change his narrative. “Washington is actively pushing him away,” a person close to Cohen says.
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Raw Story
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: Trump administration plan would bar people who enter illegally from getting asylum — A sweeping regulation being considered by the Department of Justice would likely stop most Central Americans from winning asylum in the US. — The Department of Justice, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Agents Seek to Dissolve ICE in Immigration Policy Backlash — WASHINGTON — At least 19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators are seeking to dissolve the agency, concerned that the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal migrants has limited their ability to pursue national security threats …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: UN migration agency rejects Trump-pitched leader — GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. migration agency's rejection of (all times local): — The U.N.'s migration agency has rejected the Trump administration's proposed candidate to head the body, a post previously held by Americans since 1951.
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Elise Labott / CNN:
Trump's controversial pick for top UN migration job voted down in Geneva
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The Atlantic
NBC News:
Trump admin ran ‘pilot program’ for separating migrant families in 2017 — The numbers show the government was separating migrant kids from their parents back in 2016 and 2017. — EL PASO, Texas — The government was separating migrant parents from their kids for months prior …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Michael Moore: We Have to ‘Put Our Bodies on the Line’ to Stop Trump … In 2004, Michael Moore released his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 about the run-up to the Iraq War. This September, he will premiere his latest film: Fahrenheit 11/9. — As the liberal filmmaker told Stephen Colbert …
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