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8:05 PM ET, July 9, 2018

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Narrows Supreme Court Field as Advice Pours In  —  Signaling he has not yet settled on his pick for the Supreme Court, President Trump on Monday morning worked the phones primarily seeking input about two judges who are apparently the finalists, Brett Kavanaugh and Thomas Hardiman, people familiar with the discussions said.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The Supreme Court vs. democracy  —  Even those most invested in the Court's grandeur are finding it hard to defend its reality.  —  Tonight, at 9 pm Eastern, President Donald Trump will announce his pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's delusions are about to blow up in his own voters' faces  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  With the exception of the big, beautiful wall that is already being built on the southern border (in President Trump's mind, anyway), the issue that taps most directly into the most visceral strains …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Creates a Supreme Court Guessing Game That Would ‘Make P. T. Barnum Proud’ … If the lead-up to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination announcement feels like reality-TV drama, it's because that's exactly how it was designed.  —  But instead of a one-year contract as Trump's errand boy …
Discussion: Political Wire
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Be Smart About Trump's Supreme Court Pick
Eric Bradner / CNN:   GOP Senate candidate Kevin Cramer: I told Trump to avoid ‘affirmative action pick’ for Supreme Court
Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Don't destroy the Supreme Court to save it from Trump
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Poised to Enter NATO Meeting as Wild Card Among Allies  —  WASHINGTON — As he heads into this week's North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting, President Trump is widely seen as a wild card among allies who are seeking to show solidarity against Russian threats …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
After Moscow Trip, Ron Johnson Says Election Meddling Overblown  —  One of the Republican senators back from a trip to Moscow is suggesting that Congress went too far in punishing Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.  —  “I've been pretty upfront that the election interference …
Emily Tamkin / BuzzFeed:
US Republican Delegation Met With Sanctioned Russians In Moscow
Discussion: Political Wire
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Sen. Moran pushes back on criticism of Russia visit: ‘None of the meetings were easy’
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Ahead of NATO summit, allies wonder: Will NATO survive Trump?
Washington Post:
‘Viciousness’: Trump aides endure public fury toward president's policies  —  Just after arriving in Washington to work for President Trump, Kellyanne Conway found herself in a downtown supermarket, where a man rushing by with his shopping cart sneered, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself!
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet: Yes, We Did Too Many Alan Dershowitz Stories … Even publicity-savvy, Alan Dershowitz is astonished at the flood-the-zone coverage that The New York Times has been devoting to his social sufferings on Martha's Vineyard.
BuzzFeed:
Pregnant Women Say They Are Being Mistreated In Immigration Detention, Despite The Administration's Claims  —  Pregnant women in immigration detention under the Trump administration say they have been denied medical care, shackled around the stomach, and abused.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Christie Smythe / Bloomberg:
Trump's Personal Driver for 25 Years Sues for Unpaid Overtime  — Noel Cintron says he's owed 3,300 hours in back pay for years  — Wage bump in 2010 came with a catch, loss of health insurance  —  Donald Trump's personal driver for more than 25 years says the billionaire real estate developer …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's longtime personal driver sues for overtime wages
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit  —  Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy.  —  He is the second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's exit.
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Judge extends deadline as U.S. struggles to reunify migrant families  —  Government lawyers say 54 of 102 young children will be reunited by Tuesday's deadline.  —  A federal judge has agreed to extend Tuesday's deadline for the government to reunite 102 migrant children under the age of 5 …
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Claire Parker / The Texas Tribune:   Facing a Tuesday deadline to reunite about 100 migrant toddlers with their parents, feds say they've reunited 2
Jane Coaston / Vox:
Nazis and white supremacists are running as Republicans across the country.  The GOP is terrified.  —  The racist candidates are expected to lose, but they could drag their party down with them.  —  In at least five state and national races across the country, the Republican Party is dealing with an uncomfortable problem.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why does Michael Cohen keep publicly hinting that he'll flip on Trump?  —  There have been some reports that Cohen wants Trump to pay his legal fees.  —  Michael Cohen really, really wants everyone to know that he's willing to flip on President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Vanity Fair, ABC News, Hot Air and Breitbart
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Adiel Kaplan / miamiherald:
Miami grandma targeted as U.S. takes aim at naturalized immigrants with prior offenses  —  The United States government has long reserved its power to revoke citizenship for the rarest of cases, going after the likes of war criminals, child rapists and terrorist funders.  —  Norma Borgono is none of those.
Discussion: Law & Crime
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Nancy Pelosi: 'They Come After Me Because I'm Effective'  —  The House Minority Leader on the midterms, impeachment, her own party, sexism and the sexist-in-chief  —  As the countdown to November commences, with Democrats desperate for a moonshot, Nancy Pelosi sits atop a three-stage rocket, full of possibility and danger.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Page testimony not yet finalized, lawyer says  —  House Republicans say Lisa Page — the former FBI attorney whose anti-Trump text messages have become the centerpiece of President Donald Trump's claims of a “witch hunt” against him — is scheduled to appear Wednesday for a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower connects ousted UK Foreign Secretary to Russia meddling in America  —  As the conservative Tory government of the United Kingdom appears to be collapsing shortly before President Donald Trump's first visit to Britain, a whistleblower at the center of investigations …
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
The Secrets of Leonard Leo, the Man Behind Trump's Supreme Court Pick … When President Donald Trump nominates a justice to the Supreme Court on Monday night, he will be carrying out the agenda of a small, secretive network of extremely conservative Catholic activists already responsible …
Rachel Frazin / The Daily Beast:
Journalist Held by ICE Speaks: ‘Without a Doubt’ I Was Targeted for My Work … What started out as a “just another day” in Memphis-based journalist Manuel Duran's life ended in his arrest by local police and transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  —  The arrest, Duran claims …
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
YouTube Debuts Plan to Promote and Fund ‘Authoritative’ News  —  FOLLOWING A YEAR in which YouTube has repeatedly promoted conspiracy theory videos during breaking news events like the shootings in Parkland, Florida, and Las Vegas, on Monday the company announced a slew of new features it hopes …
Sage Lazzaro / Refinery29:
Feminist Apparel CEO Fires Entire Staff After They Learn He's An Admitted Sexual Abuser  —  The employees of the popular clothing company Feminist Apparel thought they were creating tools for the resistance.  The online store's viral shirts and accessories — which feature sayings like …
 
 
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Wilbur Ross admits to another tardy stock sale
The Babylon Bee:
Resistance Movement Vows To Do Anything To Stop Trump Short Of Treating Other Half Of Country With Respect
Daily Mail:
Police chiefs are looking at recording misogyny as a hate crime …
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