memeorandum: A China-U.S. Trade Truce Could Enshrine a Global Economic Shift (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)

6:45 AM ET, June 30, 2019

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NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Fox News ‘Democrat’ Helps Network Attack Kamala Harris — If Jessica Tarlov claims to be a Democrat, she should start by refusing to help Fox News launch an unwarranted, baseless attack on Senator Kamala Harris. — We know why Fox News began attacking Sen. Kamala Harris after her breakout performance …

CNN:

Kamala Harris raises $2 million in 24 hours after breakout debate — Harris explains why she got personal with Biden — (CNN)California Sen. Kamala Harris' presidential campaign announced Saturday that it raised $2 million in 24 hours following her breakout moment in Thursday's 2020 Democratic debate.

Discussion: CNBC, Townhall, Politico and Big League Politics

Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Donald Trump Jr. tweet about her race

Discussion: New York Times

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours After Debate

Discussion: Breitbart and Axios

Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Kamala Harris: The Racial Strife Candidate

Discussion: Mother Jones, PJ Media Home and Breitbart

Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris Campaign Selling T-Shirts Inspired by Viral Joe Biden Moment

Discussion: Conservative News Today, Vox and The Daily Caller

Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post: Biden's spin doctors, Beto's flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates.

Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Set To Raise Money With Former Wells Fargo Executive

Discussion: Breitbart and Politico

Washington Post:

Trump becomes first sitting president to set foot into North Korea — PANMUNJOM, South Korea — President Trump met Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Sunday, and briefly crossed into North Korea, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president has ever done so.

Discussion: Politico, Axios, Breitbart, ABC News and One America News Network

Associated Press:

The Latest: Trump ‘was proud’ to cross into North Korea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Asia. (all times local): — President Donald Trump says he “was proud” to step over the demarcation line between North and South Korea, becoming the first U.S. president to enter North Korea.

Discussion: Axios

New York Times:

Trump Steps Into North Korea and Agrees With Kim Jong-un to Resume Talks — SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump became the first sitting American commander in chief to set foot in North Korea on Sunday as he greeted Kim Jong-un, the country's leader, at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, UPI and NPR

Associated Press:

Analysis: Trump's diplomacy puts relationships over results — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For President Donald Trump, a four-day visit to Asia is shaping up to be more about relationships than results. — In Japan for the Group of 20 summit, Trump notched few identifiable accomplishments …

Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:

Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn't Biden's — AUSTIN, Tex. — For much of the last three months, the most popular Joseph R. Biden Jr. website has been a slick little piece of disinformation that is designed to look like the former vice president's official campaign page …

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, Deadline and Mediaite

Sam Roberts / New York Times:

Luis Alvarez, Champion of 9/11 Responders, Dies at 53 — Luis G. Alvarez, a former New York City detective who pleaded with Congress this month to extend health benefits to police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks …

Discussion: Matt McCauley, CNN and FOX40

Robert Gearty / Fox News:
Hero 9/11 first responder with cancer dies at 53; testified to Congress with Jon Stewart

Discussion: Breitbart

Eileen AJ Connelly / New York Post:
Former NYPD detective and 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez dead at 53

Discussion: WPIX 11 New York, 6abc, Townhall and CBS New York

Robby Soave / Reason:

Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally — Andy Ngo, a photojournalist and editor at Quillette, landed in the emergency room after a mob of antifa activists attacked him on the streets of Portland during a Saturday afternoon demonstration.

Discussion: Washington Times, American Greatness, Human Events, twitchy.com, Breitbart and Instapundit

Keith Bradsher / New York Times:

A China-U.S. Trade Truce Could Enshrine a Global Economic Shift — OSAKA, Japan — The spin from President Trump and China's propaganda machines on Saturday portrayed a truce in a trade war that has shaken economies and markets around the world. Tariffs won't rise further, at least not yet.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Slate and Axios

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:

U.S. judge expands ban on constructing sections of Trump's border wall in Calif., Ariz., while also clearing way for quick appeal — A federal judge on Friday expanded a ban on construction of President Trump's signature southern border wall that would have used money secured under his declaration …

Discussion: Axios and Associated Press

Gabriela Resto-Montero / Vox: Federal judge blocks new stretch of the US-Mexico border wall

Paul Dallison / Politico:

Boris Johnson: UK's main parties face ‘political extinction’ without Brexit — Tories and Labour 'will suffer considerably from an electorate that feels that they can't trust politicians to deliver on their promises.' — Boris Johnson, the likely next U.K. prime minister …

Discussion: One America News Network and Telegraph

Doree Lewak / New York Post:

‘Nobel Prize in stupidity’: Holocaust survivor wants AOC out of Congress — There are few remaining survivors of concentration camps. Ed Mosberg is one of them. — And the 93-year-old from Morris Plains, NJ, has no time for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's statements last week …

Discussion: Big League Politics, The Daily Caller, Conservative News Today and Liberty Unyielding

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:

NYT Op-Ed Calls For Public Shaming Of Border Protection Agents — A New York Times op-ed calls for the public shaming of U.S. government employees working in migrant detention facilities. — “These agents' actions should be publicized, particularly in their home communities,” writes Kate Cronin-Furman.

Kate Cronin-Furman / New York Times:
The Treatment of Migrants Likely ‘Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity’

Discussion: PJ Media Home, Hot Air, Instapundit, Big League Politics and The American Conservative

Susie Cagle / The Guardian:

Heatwave cooks mussels in their shells on California shore — Temperatures lead to what appears to be largest local die-off in 15 years, raising fears for broader ecosystem — In all her years working at Bodega Bay, the marine reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones had never seen anything like it …

Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:

Trump just publicly proved he couldn't pass a middle-school civics test — He thinks “Western liberalism” literally means liberals on the west coast. — President Donald Trump embarrassed the country yet again on the international stage this past week during the G20 summit.