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2:55 PM ET, July 2, 2018

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George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:

Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his ‘first loyalty’ — Michael Cohen — President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney and a former executive vice president at the Trump Organization — has always insisted he would remain loyal to the president.

McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Russia investigators likely got access to NRA's tax filings, secret donors — WASHINGTON — For months, the National Rifle Association has had a stock answer to queries about an investigation into whether Russian money was funneled to the gun rights group to aid Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and POLITICUSUSA

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen to Trump: I will flip on you if I need to

Discussion: Vox, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, CNN and Conservative News Today

Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Legal experts say Mueller team likely gained access to NRA tax filings: report

Discussion: Joe.My.God., IJR and POLITICUSUSA

Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Cohen Won't Declare Loyalty To Trump, Hints At Danger He Could Pose To Prez

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, The Guardian, Outside the Beltway and New Republic

NBC News:

News media paid Melania Trump thousands for use of photos in ‘positive stories only’ — The First Lady earned six figures from an agreement with Getty Images that paid royalties to the Trumps and mandated photos be used in positive coverage. — Since her husband took office Melania Trump …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA, more at Mediagazer »

Blair Guild / CBS News:

Two federal judges seen as Trump's leading contenders for Supreme Court — President Trump says he will begin interviewing potential Supreme Court justices today and that he intends to officially nominate his candidate to the nation's highest court in just one week.

Discussion: National Review, Townhall, Above the Law, Daily Wire, CBS Chicago, Washington Free Beacon and The Week

Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
Our Rights Hang in the Balance

Discussion: NY State of Politics, Daily Kos and CNN

Emily Tillett / CBS News: Blumenthal says Trump's Supreme Court pick “ought to recuse” themselves from Russia decisions

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Keep the focus on Trump's cruelty and incompetence

Discussion: Fox News, Hit & Run, TIME and Fox News Insider

Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House reorganizing staff as Supreme Court fight looms

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Breitbart

Ginger Gibson / Reuters:

Exclusive: Largest U.S. business group attacks Trump on tariffs — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business group and customarily a close ally of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, is launching a campaign on Monday to oppose Trump's trade tariff policies.

Discussion: Axios, Shareblue Media, Conservative News Today, Townhall and The Week

Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump isn't going to change his mind on trade even if the stock market keeps falling: Wilbur Ross

Discussion: National Review, NPR, Daily Kos and The Week

Reuters:
Iran diplomat among four arrested over suspected plot against Iranian opposition meeting

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:

Bevin cuts dental, vision benefits to nearly 500K Medicaid recipients — Gov. Matt Bevin's administration has abruptly cut Medicaid dental and vision benefits to nearly half a million Kentuckians, prompting an outcry from Democrats who called the Republican governor's decision “rash.”

Discussion: Townhall, Mother Jones, Splinter, Rewire.News, Joe.My.God. and The American Spectator

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Ky. governor cancels Medicaid dental, vision benefits after losing work requirement ruling

Discussion: RedState

Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo: KY GOP Cuts Dental, Vision Coverage For 460K After Medicaid Overhaul Rejection

Mara Siegler / Page Six:

Brian Ross is leaving ABC after botched Michael Flynn report — ABC News' Brian Ross — who was suspended last year as chief investigative correspondent for a faulty report on Michael Flynn — is leaving the network, Page Six has exclusively learned. — ABC suspended Ross last December …

ABC News Public Relations:
Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz

Discussion: Mediaite

New York Times:

In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’ — COPENHAGEN — When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law. Because she lives in a low-income immigrant neighborhood described by the government as a …

Discussion: Jezebel, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Marginal REVOLUTION

Courier-Journal:

Man allegedly threatens to chop up Rand Paul and his family with an ax — Matt Stone/Louisville Courier Journal — A man is accused of threatening to chop up U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and his family with an ax. — The man has been arrested. He allegedly called in the threats to Paul's Bowling Green office.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, Roll Call, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com

Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:

Trump's ‘Purple’ Family Values — In the months leading up to Donald Trump's election, I noticed a divide in how my acquaintances spoke about his family values — or lack thereof. — People I knew from college or had met in New York expressed distaste for Mr. Trump's behavior.

Discussion: New Republic and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Exclusive: A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO — Axios has obtained a leaked draft of a Trump administration bill — ordered by the president himself — that would declare America's abandonment of fundamental World Trade Organization rules. — Why it matters: The draft legislation is stunning.

Discussion: CNN, MSNBC, Hot Air, Washington Post, Common Dreams, VICE News, Hullabaloo, IJR, HuffPost, Salon, AOL, CNBC, BloombergQuint, National Review, One America News Network, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, The Guardian, Splinter and The Week

Kasia Klimasinska / Bloomberg:
‘A Little Premature’ to Discuss U.S. Exit From WTO, Ross Says

Discussion: Axios, VICE News, Hullabaloo and CNBC

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek

Discussion: Breitbart and Wall Street Journal

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

In U.S., Record-Low 47% Extremely Proud to Be Americans — WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Fourth of July marks a low point in U.S. patriotism. For the first time in Gallup's 18-year history asking U.S. adults how proud they are to be Americans, fewer than a majority say they are “extremely proud.”

Discussion: NBC News

Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:

You Graduated Cum Laude? So Did Everyone Else — With more students boasting flashy GPAs, academic honors lose their luster — Nearly half of students who graduated from Lehigh University, Princeton University and the University of Southern California this year did so with cum laude …

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Eric Trump rushes into NYC traffic to save ailing woman — An ordinary morning in New York City last week for President Trump's son Eric Trump abruptly turned frantic when he rushed to the aid of a woman who passed out near a train station, dodging rush-hour traffic to chase down a passing ambulance.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, The Gateway Pundit and Chicks On The Right

Bloomberg:

A Morgan Stanley Star Wants You to Back His Political Movement — Eric Grossman doesn't look like he would want to do anything drastic. The top lawyer at Morgan Stanley is a 51-year-old homeowner in the New York suburbs with twin sons and a seat on the firm's management committee.

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Interviewer Asks Trump to Bring Country Together. He Praises His Base. — In her interview with President Trump, Maria Bartiromo cited the polite protest of the Red Hen restaurant, along with the crass denunciations of a couple movie stars, to highlight the alleged incivility of Trump's opponents.

Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:

‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans — The check arrived out of the blue, issued in his name for $1,200, a mailing from a consumer finance company. Stephen Huggins eyed it carefully. — A loan, it said.

Discussion: Common Dreams, Shakesville and Splinter

Dominic Patten / Deadline:

Harvey Weinstein Faces Life In Prison From New Sex Crime Charges By NYC D.A. From 3rd Victim — Already facing rape and criminal sex act charges and a potential 25-years behind bars, Harvey Weinstein today was hit with even heavier legal weight from the Manhattan D.A. - that could see him in jail for life.

Discussion: New Republic, IndieWire and Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:

FBI arrests man it says was plotting July 4 attack in downtown Cleveland — The FBI in Cleveland has arrested a 48-year-old man it says was planning a July 4 attack in the city's downtown, authorities said. — The man — who lived in Maple Heights, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland …

Discussion: Fox News and Daily Wire

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Tech's ‘Dirty Secret’: The App Developers Sifting Through Your Gmail — Software developers scan hundreds of millions of emails of users who sign up for email-based services — Google said a year ago it would stop its computers from scanning the inboxes of Gmail users for information …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Associated Press:

Russian charged with Trump's ex-campaign chief is key figure — WASHINGTON (AP) — During the special counsel's Russia investigation, Konstantin Kilimnik has been described as a fixer, translator or office manager to President Donald Trump's ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Tim Stickings / Daily Mail:

The one result he didn't see coming: Rabiot the octopus - who correctly predicted every outcome of Japan's World Cup group matches - is chopped up and eaten before knockout stages — An octopus who had predicted all three of Japan's group stage results at the World Cup has been turned into seafood.

Alexander Heffner / TIME:

The American Historical Record Includes Court Cases, Famous Speeches—And Trump's Tweets. Here's Why That Matters — Jaap Arriens—NurPhoto via Getty Images — When my grandfather Richard Heffner published a collection of pivotal documents from United States history in 1952 …

Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times:

Under pressure, afraid to take bathroom breaks? Inside Amazon's fast-paced warehouse world — Amazon warehouse workers afraid to go to the bathroom or take a sick day. Unattainable productivity targets. Constant surveillance. How accurate is author James Bloodworth's portrayal?