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3:35 PM ET, July 8, 2018

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Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials  —  A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly.
New York Times:
Trump Giving a Fresh Look to Thomas Hardiman for Supreme Court  —  BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump is expressing fresh interest in Judge Thomas M. Hardiman, the runner-up for last year's Supreme Court vacancy, as he pushes his decision on a replacement for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Political Wire
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New York Times:
McConnell Tries to Nudge Trump Toward Two Supreme Court Options  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told President Trump this past week that Judges Raymond M. Kethledge and Thomas M. Hardiman presented the fewest obvious obstacles to being confirmed to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
As Selection Monday Nears, Trump's Supreme Court Pick Still Up In The Air
Discussion: Bustle
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Graham: Supreme Court candidates ‘are all winners’
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and ThinkProgress
Jenna Ellis / Washington Examiner:   When they lose, Democrats just want to change the rules
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Inside Donald Trump's Supreme Court Deliberations
Discussion: Hot Air and TheBlaze
Tim Dodson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Richmond bookstore owner says he called police after woman confronted Steve Bannon in his shop  —  A bookstore owner in Richmond said he called the police after a woman confronted Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist for President Donald Trump, in his shop Saturday.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Bookstore owner calls police after customer confronted Steve Bannon
The Guardian:
Thailand cave rescue: four boys taken to hospital; operation to resume later - live  —  First boy emerged at 5:40pm local time, operation chief confirms, as up to 90 divers are involved in getting the children to safety  —  Mattha Busby (now), Kate Lyons (earlier)
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Inside Pompeo's Fraught North Korea Trip  — Secretary of state struggled for clarity on visit's schedule  — Regime issued harsh statement after Pompeo left country  —  As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Pyongyang at 10:54 a.m. on Friday he had few details …
Discussion: BloombergQuint
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Washington Post:
Pompeo pushes back against North Korea's ‘gangster-like’ criticism
Discussion: Althouse
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Giuliani: Mueller probe ‘most corrupt investigation I have ever seen’
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Is Hillary Clinton secretly planning to run in 2020?  —  The messages convey a sense of urgency, and are coming with increasing frequency.  They are short, focused reactions to the latest “outrage” committed by President Trump.  —  Some end by asking for money, some urge participation in protests.
Washington Post:
Trump is bent on wrecking NATO.  Prepare for catastrophe.  —  U.S. AMBASSADOR to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison says “the overall theme” of this week's summit meeting in Brussels “is going to be NATO's strength and unity,” which is what it ought to be.  There is considerable good news to celebrate …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
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Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
Trump's Message to NATO
Discussion: RT
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Insurers Warn of Market Turmoil as Trump Suspends Billions in Payments  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Saturday that it was suspending a program that pays billions of dollars to insurers to stabilize health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Reuters, Joe.My.God. and TheBlaze
Astrid Galvan / Associated Press:
Kids as young as 1 in US court, awaiting reunion with family  —  PHOENIX (AP) — The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for “agua.”  —  Then it was the child's turn …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
The Guardian:
Revealed: Arron Banks met Russian ambassador 11 times  —  The Leave.EU founder was offered lucrative deals in talks with the envoy  —  Brexit's biggest funder, Arron Banks, met the Russian ambassador at least 11 times in the run-up to the EU referendum and in the two months beyond …
Jay Weaver / miamiherald:
Fake sultan was scamming a Miami billionaire.  Then he ate pork  —  A Colombian-born man posing as a wealthy Saudi prince traveled the globe swindling millions from investors somehow dazzled by his spiel.  —  When Anthony Gignac set his sights on Miami, he targeted super-rich real estate …
Miranda Green / The Hill:
Ex-aide says he'll take credit for Pruitt's downfall  —  Kevin Chmielewski, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whistleblower who played a central role in Scott Pruitt  —  's downfall at the agency, said he feels vindicated by the administrator's departure.
Least Dangerous Blog:
Textualism is not Strict Constructionism is not Originalism  —  As President Donald Trump prepares to appoint a second Supreme Court justice, the national dialogue has been saturated with gossip over what judicial philosophy the next nominee might bring to the bench.
Washington Post:
Rep. Jim Jordan faces new accusation that he must have known about alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State  —  A seventh former Ohio State University wrestler said Saturday that he believes Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) knew about inappropriate behavior that allegedly took place in the school's athletic …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Seventh former Ohio State wrestler claims Jordan knew of alleged sexual abuse
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Death toll climbs to 76 as heavy rains hammer southern Japan
New York Times:
Yet Another Book Takes on Impeachment: This Time, the Case Against
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's economic gamble: Solid job gains vs. risky trade war
Associated Press:
How the trade war is changing minds in a Senate battleground
Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
Devin Nunes calling for a ‘task force’ to investigate officials and activists who exposed Russian election meddling
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
The mess of migrant family reunifications
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Courier-Journal:
Protesters confront Mitch McConnell over immigration on Bardstown Road
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
Shhhh... Don't Tell the Media but the Bizarre Broidy-Playmate-Trump Saga Is In the Process of Exploding
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Trump Should Just Give People Money
Stewart Paterson / Daily Mail:
Leading Putin critic was found strangled to death at his London home on the day he was due …
Dan Merica / CNN:
GOP candidate in Kansas: ‘Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism’
Discussion: American Greatness
 

 
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