Top Items:
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone — Because countries are not people, it's tricky to translate whatever “loving one's country” means—it's quite abstract—into the language of heartbreak. It sounds melodramatic. What can heartbreak mean as a civic matter? And yet it is what I feel.
Discussion:
Jezebel
RELATED:
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he's cut his Supreme Court short-list down to five candidates including TWO women and he'll announce a nominee July 9 - but he doesn't plan to ask any of them about Roe v. Wade — President is under pressure from conservatives to pick a reliably right-wing Supreme Court justice …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Announce Supreme Court Nominee July 9 — President says his Supreme Court finalists include two women — Five top candidates said to be federal appeals court judges — President Donald Trump said Friday he has narrowed down his search for a nominee to fill …
Washington Post:
Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits — U.S. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who is viewed as one of the leading contenders to replace him, has argued that presidents …
Discussion:
Washington Press, Raw Story, The Hechinger Report, CNBC, Townhall, LifeNews.com and Scared Monkeys
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Has Narrowed List of Possible Supreme Court Picks to Five
Discussion:
Washington Times
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
An explosion is coming — Eight years ago, when Congress …
Discussion:
MSNBC
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he is considering two women for Supreme Court, will announce pick July 9
Katherine Burgess / Wichita Eagle:
HHS official to abortion opponents: 'We're just getting started'
Discussion:
Raw Story
NBC News:
North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say U.S. officials — “Work is ongoing to deceive us on the number of facilities, the number of weapons, the number of missiles,” said one U.S. official — WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies believe that North Korea …
Discussion:
The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Daily Caller News Foundation, NK News, Mother Jones, Al Jazeera English, BloombergQuint, Axios, Mediaite and HuffPost
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Resigns in Disgust After Trump Anti-Europe Rants — James Melville is the latest in a string of career diplomat resignations over Trump's comments and policies. — The U.S. ambassador to Estonia, James D. Melville Jr., a career diplomat and member …
Discussion:
Politico, Washington Press and National Review
RELATED:
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
G.M. Says New Wave of Trump Tariffs Could Force U.S. Job Cuts — General Motors warned Friday that if President Trump pushed forward with another wave of tariffs, the move could backfire, leading to “less investment, fewer jobs and lower wages” for its employees.
Discussion:
Raw Story and Hullabaloo
BBC:
US ambassador to Estonia resigns ‘over Trump comments’ — The US ambassador to Estonia is resigning, reportedly in frustration at remarks made by President Donald Trump about America's European allies. — James D Melville revealed in a Facebook post that Mr Trump's comments had brought forward …
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump Apparently Duped by Prankster on Air Force One Phone Call — President Donald Trump appeared to return a call from a prankster posing as New Jersey's Democratic Senator Bob Menendez during an Air Force One flight earlier this week, calling into question the White House's security protocols.
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Stuttering John Podcast, The Root, Washington Post and Mashable
RELATED:
Daily Mail:
Comedian John Melendez 'hoax calls President Trump on Air Force One and chats with him about …
Discussion:
New York Times, New York Daily News, BuzzFeed, Washington Press, Hot Air and Political Wire
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Prank caller patched through to Trump on Air Force One
Discussion:
CNN, The Guardian, ABC News, Breitbart, Joe.My.God., New Republic, Gizmodo, Boing Boing and Shakesville
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House scrambles to figure out how prankster got on the phone with Trump
Discussion:
Fox News, HuffPost, TheBlaze, ThinkProgress, IJR, Raw Story, Law & Crime and The Stuttering John Podcast
New York Times:
‘Shaken’ Rosenstein Felt Used by White House in Comey Firing — WASHINGTON — In the days after the F.B.I. director James B. Comey was fired last year, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, repeatedly expressed anger about how the White House used him to rationalize the firing …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Summer of Rage — It shouldn't have been such a shock. After all, many of those most painfully poleaxed by the news of Anthony Kennedy's retirement on Wednesday were the same ones who'd always understood the stakes; we knew that this was the risk, we've been scared for a long time.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
U.S. assessing cost of keeping troops in Germany as Trump battles with Europe — The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to people familiar with the work.
Discussion:
AOL, The Local and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Russians Offered Business Deals to Brexit's Biggest Backer — LONDON — Arron Banks, a British financier who bankrolled the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, has long bragged about his “boozy six-hour lunch” with the Russian ambassador eight months before the vote.
Laura Lippman / New York Times:
At the Capital Gazette, the Death of a Reporter's Reporter — I believe there are two kinds of reporters — ones who can find a story by pointing to a random name in the phone book, and those who would rather impale themselves on an old-fashioned newsroom spike than do business that way.
RELATED:
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Fundraisers set up for Capital Gazette shooting victims
Discussion:
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, USA Today, Faithwire and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Inconvenient Legal Troubles That Lie Ahead for the Trump Foundation — Barring an unexpected change, the Donald J. Trump Foundation will be defending itself in a New York courtroom shortly before this fall's midterm elections. The proceedings seem unlikely to go well for the institution …
The Daily Beast:
Abolish ICE? Not So Fast, Says Congressional Hispanic Caucus in New Talking Points. … The preeminent coalition of Hispanic lawmakers on Capitol Hill is pushing back against mounting calls for abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, arguing that lawmakers should instead focus …
Discussion:
Washington Post
RELATED:
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Vote for the Democrat’ over the GOP Nazi — CHICAGO — Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday urged residents of a Chicago-area congressional district to vote for a Democrat if they must, to avoid giving even one vote to an avowed Nazi who won the GOP nomination.
Discussion:
KTLA, Raw Story, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Man charged with threatening to kill Ajit Pai's family — A California man is charged with threatening to kill FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's children because he was “angry” about the repeal of net neutrality regulations, the Justice Department said today. — Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk was arrested …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Breitbart and Law & Crime
RELATED:
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Death in a Hollywood Sex Dungeon: How a Top Agency Executive's “Mummification” Ritual Ended in Tragedy — For years, WME vp Skip Chasey has led an openly double life as a “master” in L.A.'s BDSM community. But a role-playing encounter involving plastic wrap went horrifically wrong …
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Canada makes retaliatory tariffs official: ‘We will not back down’ — Canada's plan taking effect next week will include imports of U.S. products such as yogurt, caffeinated roasted coffee, toilet paper and sleeping bags. — Canada's foreign minister announced Friday that Ottawa plans …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump administration may detain migrant families longer than previously allowed — The Trump administration plans to detain migrant families together in custody rather than release them, according to a new court filing that suggests such detentions could last longer than the 20 days envisioned by a court settlement.
Romaissaa Benzizoune / New York Times:
How to Be a Hoejabi — A couple of years ago, Nadia Ali made international news for being a Muslim porn star. She was banned in Pakistan and began to receive death threats. (How many porn stars can say that they have graced ISIS's personal hit list?) So I don't think the conservative Muslim world liked her.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
12-year-old black kid gets cops called on him for cutting neighbors' grass — A 12-year-old black child had the police called on him simply for mowing the lawn as part of his summer business. — News 5 Cleveland reports that 12-year-old Reginald Fields was mowing the lawn of Lucille Holt …
Discussion:
Washington Press, newsnet5, Q13 FOX News and CBS Sacramento
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
To Report or Resist? A Journalist's Struggles in the Age of Trump — There comes a time when you wonder if staying on the sidelines is the responsible thing to do — It has been a week of blows. — As a journalist, I've always resisted activism. That doesn't mean I don't have opinions …
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
