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8:40 PM ET, July 5, 2018

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New York Times:
E.P.A. Aide Questioned Deleting Sensitive Meeting Details.  Then She Was Fired.  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the subject of numerous investigations into claims that he used agency resources for personal benefit …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
How the New Acting E.P.A. Chief Differs From Scott Pruitt  —  WASHINGTON — The departure of Scott Pruitt, the scandal-plagued former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, means that the agency will be led in the coming months by Mr. Pruitt's deputy, Andrew Wheeler …
Scott Pruitt / Fox News:
Scott Pruitt's full resignation letter to President Trump  —  Below is the full text of Scott Pruitt's letter to President Trump resigning as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, effective Friday.  —  Mr. President, it has been an honor to serve you in the Cabinet as Administrator of the EPA.
Axios:
Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA  —  Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt has resigned following months of bizarre scandals.  —  President Trump quickly tweeted that he accepted his resignation, thanking him for his time with the agency.  Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler …
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Scott Pruitt quits as EPA chief amid ethics controversies  —  Embattled EPA Chief Scott Pruitt resigned under mounting pressure on Thursday as the number of controversies — and congressional investigations — over his personal and professional behavior continued to pile up.
Discussion: CNN, Vox, ThinkProgress and Power Line
Washington Post:
Move to omit controversial cardinal's name from Pruitt's schedule prompted protests
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Under a Cloud of Ethics Scandals
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Fourth Ohio State wrestler says Rep. Jim Jordan knew about sexual abuse when he was coach  —  The wrestler said Jordan, a former assistant coach at Ohio State, took part in locker-room conversations where athletes discussed the abuse.  —  A fourth former Ohio State University wrestler came forward Thursday …
Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits  —  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.
Discussion: Axios and Pacific Standard
MJ Lee / CNN:
Michael Cohen tells friends he doesn't think Trump would pardon him  —  Berman: Is Michael Cohen ready to sing?  —  (CNN)Michael Cohen has recently told friends that he is pessimistic that President Donald Trump will offer him a pardon — one more indication that Cohen does not believe his former boss will have his back.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   Michael Cohen Hires Lanny Davis, Lawyer Close to the Clintons
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Hires Former Clinton Aide Lanny Davis
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
Ed Schultz, former Fargo radio personality, has died  —  Ed Schultz listens to a caller during a broadcast of his nationally syndicated liberal talk show on Feb. 9, 2006.  There's no reason a left-leaning show can't be successful, he says.  “The last time I checked, liberals drive vehicles,” he says.
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Helmut Schmidt / WDAY-TV:
Ed Schultz, local and national broadcast personality, died at Washington, D.C., home from natural causes
Discussion: Politico and Townhall
Washington Post:
Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone call earlier this week to nominate federal Judge Merrick B. Garland, then President Barack Obama's third nominee to the Supreme Court …
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Susan Faludi / New York Times:   Senators Collins and Murkowski, It's Time to Leave the G.O.P.
Ali Winston / FRONTLINE:
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance?  —  In partnership with: … There likely isn't such a thing as a “typical” violent white extremist in America in 2018.  Still, Michael Miselis — a University of California …
Joe Galli / WOAI:
Viral video: Teen says he was attacked for wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ hat  —  Police are investigating after a teen says he was verbally attacked and assaulted at a Whataburger for wearing a Make America Great Again hat.  —  In the video, you can see a man throw a drink …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
White Fight  —  Under the Trump administration, even naturalized citizens are now a target.  The government agency that oversees immigration applications is hiring lawyers and immigration officers to review cases of immigrants suspected of obtaining citizenship through fake identities or other false information on their applications.
BuzzFeed:
Trump's Mar-A-Lago Wants To Hire 40 More Foreign Workers  —  With the latest filing, the club has now sought to hire more than 240 foreign workers since Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign.  —  Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida seeks to hire 40 foreign workers
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Strohm / BloombergQuint:
Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe  —  (Bloomberg) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
Associated Press:
Life in Trump Cabinet: perks, pestering, power, putdowns  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross came in for an Oval Office tongue-lashing after he used a mundane soup can as a TV prop.  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis got overruled by President Donald Trump's announcement that a new “Space Force” is in the offing.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Axios and The Week
BuzzFeed:
Trump Just Hired A Controversial Former Fox News Executive  —  “It's extraordinary that the president of the United States could hire someone like this.”  —  Former Fox News copresident Bill Shine, who was ousted over the network's mishandling of sexual harassment, just took …
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NBC New York:
Mom Shoots Man Trying to Steal SUV With Kids Inside: Cops  —  The mother shot the man in the head when he refused her orders to stop the vehicle, police say  —  Mom Shoots Kidnapper in the Head: Police  —  A mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV while her two toddlers were still inside …
Bethany Minelle / Sky News:
Trump ‘angry baby’ blimp gets green light to fly over London during president's visit  —  A giant balloon dubbed “Trump baby” has been given the green light to fly near parliament during the president's UK visit.  —  London mayor Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority has approved a request …
CNN:
Arizona Senate candidate's husband, who is a top campaign surrogate, spread conspiracy theories online  —  (CNN)Arizona US Senate candidate Kelli Ward's husband has a history of promoting fringe conspiracy theories on social media, a CNN KFile review has found.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Drew Musto / The Cornell Daily Sun:
19 Cornell Law Professors: Dismiss Title IX Complaint Against Graduate Student and Give Him His Ph.D.  —  Nineteen Cornell Law School professors signed onto a letter condemning the University's decision to withhold a student's Ph.D. because of the “mere filing” of a Title IX complaint against him.
Discussion: Breitbart and The College Fix
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
The U.S. labor shortage is reaching a critical point  — Private payrolls grew less than expected in June, likely due not just to a slowdown in hiring but also a decline in the labor pool.  —  America's labor shortage is approaching epidemic proportions, and it could be employers who end up paying.
Discussion: New Republic
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Online Campaign to Whitewash the History of Donald Trump's Russian Business Associates … A mystery client has been paying bloggers in India and Indonesia to write articles distancing President Donald Trump from the legal travails of a mob-linked former business associate.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trade-war's eve  —  Just after midnight tonight the Trump administration is set to impose tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods, escalating a global trade war that has pitted the U.S. against trading partners around the world.  — “Businesses are bracing for disruptions in sales and supply chains …
Politico:
Judge largely rejects Trump bid to block California sanctuary laws  —  A federal judge on Thursday rejected the bulk of a Trump administration demand to block three California sanctuary laws, allowing the state to keep in place its most significant legislative measures aimed …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ready to Turn Away Another 20,000 Refugees … The Trump administration is likely to set the United States' ceiling for admitting refugees at approximately half of what it was last year, according to two knowledgeable former Trump administration officials and several refugee advocates familiar with internal debates.
Jillian Jorgensen / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: City nixes property tax break for Trump's NYC apartment … New York City has nixed a $48,000 tax break President Trump was set to receive on his Trump Tower condo following inquiries from the Daily News about whether he is still eligible for the savings.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Brigid Delaney / The Guardian:
I stopped going to the gym because of Trump.  Now I can't open jars  —  I tried out Donald Trump's theory on exercise.  I walked, I did this, I did that.  But I was weak  —  It was November 2016 and the only person I knew who believed Trump would win the US election was the owner of my gym.
Daily Mail:
Three poachers are EATEN by lions after the men broke into South African nature reserve to slaughter rhinos for their horns  —  A gang of poachers who broke into a South African game reserve to hunt rhinos came off second best when they were attacked and eaten by a pride of hungry lions.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump: I would offer Warren $1M to prove her Native American heritage  —  said Thursday that if he were facing Sen. Elizabeth Warren  —  (D-Mass.) during a debate, he would offer her $1 million to take a test to prove her Native American heritage.  —  “But let's say I'm debating Pocahontas …
 
 
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
NC congressional candidate once questioned whether careers were ‘healthiest pursuit’ for women
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Politico:
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Tariffs? Time for a Plan B: ‘Gobble Up Every Bit of Material That I Can’
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Yahoo:
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party Hits a Fork in the Road
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Michael Neibauer / Washington, D.C. Business Journal:
Smithsonian planning for permanent security checkpoints at the National Zoo
Discussion: DCist
Brendan O'Connor / Splinter:
The Eugenicist Doctor and the Vast Fortune Behind Trump's Immigration Regime
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump's summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The messy reality of Donald Trump's poll numbers
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Twitter Keeps Falling for the Same Liberal Troll
Discussion: Raw Story
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The centrist heavenly chorus is off-key
Canadian Press:
U.S. Border Patrol questions crews of at least 10 fishing vessels in Canadian waters
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