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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:

Donald Trump Is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work. — Despite a favorable ruling for opponents of the census citizenship question on Thursday, the Supreme Court did not definitively decide to exclude the citizenship question from the 2020 census.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Vox, HuffPost, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Week, CBS New York, The Gateway Pundit, Shareblue Media, New York Post, ABC7 and Political Wire

Sam Baker / Axios:

Supreme Court: Partisan gerrymandering “beyond the reach” of federal courts — In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said that cases about partisan gerrymandering are “beyond the reach of the federal courts” — a blow to voting-rights activists and Democrats. — Why it matters …

Discussion: Politico and Vox

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Week, GeekWire and Outside the Beltway

Noah Feldman / Bloomberg: Roberts Won't Let Trump Get Away With a Lie in Census Case

Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court blocks Trump administration on census citizenship question

Discussion: Axios, Vox, Breitbart, Politico, Washington Post, twitchy.com and Shareblue Media

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate: John Roberts Rejects the Census Citizenship Question Because Trump Officials Lied About It

John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump asks lawyers if census can be delayed, calls Supreme Court decision ‘totally ridiculous’

Discussion: Political Wire

Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Court orders do-over on citizenship question in census case

Discussion: New York Times, The Resurgent, Outside the Beltway, Amy Howe, Althouse and ImmigrationProf Blog

Associated Press: Justices: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business

Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts

Discussion: The Federalist and Big League Politics

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says federal courts don't have a role in deciding partisan gerrymandering claims

Discussion: Mother Jones

Ted Hesson / Politico:
Supreme Court deals blow to Trump's push to add citizenship question to census

Discussion: Vox, Townhall, Bloomberg and No More Mister Nice Blog

Steven Shepard / Politico: Justices: Federal courts can't police partisan gerrymandering

Fox News:
Supreme Court blocks citizenship question in 2020 census for now

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Judicial Watch and Daily Wire

Washington Post:

Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate — Ten Democratic primary candidates faced off tonight in the first night of the first 2020 presidential debate. The Washington Post tracked the amount of time each candidate spoke. — Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) …

Discussion: Axios, NPR, Vox, National Review, New York Magazine, The Bulwark, Mercury News, GeekWire, Talking Points Memo, Boston Globe, CNN, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Politico

Jonathan Allen / NBC News:

The winner of the first Democratic debate: Donald Trump — Analysis: The Republican commander in chief emerged from the scrap largely unscathed, while several of his would-be rivals took aim at each other instead. — MIAMI — President Donald Trump was the big winner of the first 2020 Democratic debate.

Discussion: Daily Mail, New York Post, Fox News, IJR, Hullabaloo and The Gateway Pundit

Jeff Greenfield / Politico:

The Land Mine that Just Got Laid for Elizabeth Warren — On several occasions in Wednesday night's Democratic debate, the NBC moderators invited candidates to take a shot at Elizabeth Warren, and neither of her fellow senators, Amy Klobuchar or Cory Booker, took the bait.

Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart, Mother Jones, Vox, Outside the Beltway and ACA Signups

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mocks Beto and Booker's ‘Humorous’ Spanish Skills at Democratic Debate

Discussion: Politico, Washington Free Beacon and Breitbart

New York Times:
Democrats Diverge on Economy and Immigration in First Debate

Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog and Press Herald

TIME: The First Debate Showed How Far to the Left Democrats Have Moved

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Elizabeth Warren Takes a Huge Risk by Calling to End Private Health Insurance

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Post

David Catanese / US News:
Seth Moulton Missed The First Debate. He Doesn't Think It Matters.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren proved she's ready for the big show

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, New Republic and Daily Kos

Emily Stewart / Vox:
Julián Castro had a very good night at the first Democratic debate

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and VICE

Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Beto Bust — Column: And a Booker bounce?

Discussion: ABC News

Washington Post:

Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules — a move with potentially stark implications for Trump's account — The social media site will also down-rank such tweets via its algorithms to reduce circulation — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has long said it is unlikely to take down politicians …

Discussion: Townhall, Politico, Daily Wire and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Twitter:

Defining public interest on Twitter — Our highest priority is to protect the health of the public conversation on Twitter, and an important part of that is ensuring our rules and how we enforce them are easy to understand. In the past, we've allowed certain Tweets that violated our rules …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NPR, RedState, UPI, CNBC, BuzzFeed News, Reuters, VICE, Vox, twitchy.com, The Wrap, Mashable, Splinter, The Week, Engadget, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, Deadline, TechCrunch, Daily Wire and Mediaite

Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules — New York (CNN Business)Twitter plans to place a disclaimer on future tweets from world leaders that break its rules but which Twitter decides are in the “public interest,” the company said in a blog post Thursday.

Discussion: Big League Politics, The Gateway Pundit and TheBlaze

The Daily Beast:
‘He Is Not Going To Like This’: Twitter Will Downgrade Trump Tweets That Break Site's Rules

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Observer and Vox

Washington Post:

Tillerson told House panel that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations — Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson met privately with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last month to discuss the Trump administration's foreign policy, including issues related to Russia.

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations — In newly disclosed testimony, former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner operated independently with world leaders without coordination with the State Department …

Discussion: Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and New York Post

Nahal Toosi / Politico:

‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was having dinner at a local restaurant when the owner came over to tell him that Mexico's foreign secretary happened to be eating at the same place. Would he like to say hello?

Discussion: Axios

The Daily Beast:

‘Angry’ Rex Tillerson Says Jared Kushner Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy — The former secretary of state accused the president's son-in-law of setting up his own private State Department, according to a congressional transcript seen by The Daily Beast. — Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claims …

Discussion: Mediaite

Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump says what happens in Putin meeting is ‘none of your business’

Discussion: One America News Network and Mediaite

New York Times:

Corroborating E. Jean Carroll … The writer E. Jean Carroll came forward last week with explosive accusations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Today, the two women who corroborated her account go on the record for the first time with our colleague. — On today's episode:

Discussion: CNN, Vox, Hot Air, VICE, Patterico's Pontifications, Slate, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Splinter and Washington Times

Daniel Victor / New York Times:

Two Women Who Heard E. Jean Carroll's Account of Being Attacked by Trump Go Public — Two women in whom E. Jean Carroll confided about having allegedly been sexually attacked by Donald Trump in the 1990s spoke publicly about it for the first time in an interview excerpted on the New York Times podcast …

Discussion: Vox, Hullabaloo, Pacific Standard, Shakesville, VICE, The Week, Althouse, Mediaite and Daily Kos

Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:

White House Considers Capital Gains Tax Break That Would Benefit Wealthy — Trump team considering bypassing Congress to adopt change — Trump would likely face legal challenge by acting on his own — The White House is developing a plan to cut taxes by indexing capital gains to inflation …

Discussion: Political Wire

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Pelosi bows to McConnell on border aid bill

Discussion: Townhall, CNN and Daily Kos

Erik Wasson / Bloomberg: Pelosi Yields to Pressure, Will Allow Vote on Senate Border Bill

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Heading to G-20, Trump Once Again Assails America's Friends — OSAKA, Japan — President Trump, arriving in Japan on Thursday, opened his latest foreign trip much as he did his last one, lashing out at America's allies, including his hosts, just before sitting down with them to talk through differences …

Discussion: CNBC, Mother Jones, The Guardian, Defense One, Washington Post, Roll Call, Daily Kos, TheBlaze, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and Axios

Franco Ordoñez / NPR:

Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops — The Trump administration wants to scale back a program that protects undocumented family members of active-duty troops from being deported, according to attorneys familiar with those plans.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Slate and TheBlaze

Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:

Alabama Woman Who Lost Pregnancy in Shooting Is Charged in Fetus's Death — Marshae Jones was five months pregnant when she was shot in the stomach. Her fetus did not survive the shooting, which the authorities say happened during a dispute with another woman.