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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
House Democrats sue Trump administration over president's tax returns — House Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration seeking access to President Trump's tax returns. — Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee …
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New York Times:
House Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Trump Tax Returns — WASHINGTON — The House filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to force the Treasury Department to turn over President Trump's tax returns, escalating a fight with an administration that has repeatedly dismissed as illegitimate the Democrats' attempt …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House Democrats sue Trump administration for president's tax returns — House Democrats on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, escalating their standoff with the Trump administration for the president's financial records …
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns
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Washington Post:
House Democrats are filing a lawsuit for Trump's tax returns, seeking access to financial records
New York Times:
Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4 — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that the Pentagon would put military tanks on display on Thursday in Washington as part of his plans to turn the annual Fourth of July celebration in the nation's capital into a salute to the country's military prowess.
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Tanks arrive in D.C. for Trump's Fourth of July celebration — NBC News spotted the tanks in the southeast section of the city on Tuesday, just days before the event. — WASHINGTON — Tanks for President Donald Trump's “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration were seen arriving …
Nick Givas / Fox News:
‘Morning Joe’ guest hits Trump for planning ‘obscene’ Fourth of July military parade
Associated Press:
The Latest: Tanks arrive in DC ahead of July 4 celebration
The Latest: Tanks arrive in DC ahead of July 4 celebration
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HuffPost:
RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump's Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration
RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump's Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Vets To Give Out Thousands Of USS John McCain Shirts At Trump's July 4 Event
Vets To Give Out Thousands Of USS John McCain Shirts At Trump's July 4 Event
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Sue Bird / The Players' Tribune:
So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend — Hi!! Sue here. This is my World Cup Semifinals preview. The title was supposed to be “So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend (and 10 Other Things I Want You to Know Before the World Cup Semifinals)” but we ran out of space. My bad.
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NBC10 Boston:
Mike Pence Called Back to White House, NH Visit Canceled — A spokesperson for the vice president originally said Air Force 2 was turned around due to an “emergency,” but the organizers of the event are now characterizing it as a “diversion” — Vice President Mike Pence's New Hampshire event …
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Pence cancels New Hampshire event to return to White House — Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence canceled a previously scheduled event in New Hampshire on Tuesday to return to the White House, White House officials told CNN, though the reason for scrapping the event was not immediately clear.
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Pence's plane called back to DC for unspecified emergency
Pence's plane called back to DC for unspecified emergency
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Kamala Harris surges in Iowa as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders suffer after debate — In night two of the Democratic debate, candidates bore down into issues, and each other. Kamala Harris went after Joe Biden for his past on busing. — CONNECT — The first Democratic debate …
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Dear Kamala Harris, here's why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate — Harris criticized Biden for working with segregationist senators. But she would have done the same. It was then the only way to advance civil rights. — CONNECT — After hearing Sen. Kamala Harris …
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Harris surges past Warren to claim third place in post-debate poll
Harris surges past Warren to claim third place in post-debate poll
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran — As President Donald Trump wrestled on the evening of June 20 with how to respond to Iran's downing of a U.S. drone, Jack Keane was making his second appearance of the day on the Fox News Channel.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Trump believes the ‘filth’ of homelessness is ‘destroying a whole way of life’
Trump believes the ‘filth’ of homelessness is ‘destroying a whole way of life’
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump is incapable of accepting that most Americans don't like him
Trump is incapable of accepting that most Americans don't like him
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Wall Street Journal:
Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes — Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about its symbolism — Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Whose Flag Is It Anyway? — It's ours. All of ours. — Mark this down as Peak Corporate Performative Wokeness. The Wall Street Journal reports: … The backlash was quick and harsh. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey fired off a Twitter thread, announcing that he has …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats are learning the wrong lesson from Donald Trump — He ran as a moderate — and it worked. — Many progressives have what they believe to be a knock-down answer to nervous Nellies who fret that talking about desegregation busing, decriminalizing illegal entry into the United States …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Moochers of Middle America — The Democrats aren't radical, but Republicans are. — Last week's debates clearly weakened Joe Biden and increased the odds that a more definitively progressive candidate — probably Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren — will win the nomination.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
An Unnecessary Primary Panic?
An Unnecessary Primary Panic?
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Yusra Murad / Morning Consult:
Majority Backs ‘Medicare for All’ Replacing Private Plans, if Preferred Providers Stay
Majority Backs ‘Medicare for All’ Replacing Private Plans, if Preferred Providers Stay
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New York Times:
Trump and R.N.C. Raised $105 Million in 2nd Quarter, Outdoing Obama — WASHINGTON — President Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee on Tuesday said they had raised $105 million in the second quarter of this year, dwarfing what President Barack Obama raised …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hickenlooper campaign in shambles — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's senior team urged him last month to withdraw from the presidential race gracefully and run for Colorado's Senate seat or pursue other opportunities, a source familiar with the situation told POLITICO.
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Sasha Pezenik / ABC News:
5 key staffers leaving Hickenlooper campaign in major shakeup
5 key staffers leaving Hickenlooper campaign in major shakeup
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, their pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup's first measurement in 2001. While 70% of U.S. adults overall say they are proud to be Americans …
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The Daily Beast:
Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials — Multiple officials in Washington were caught off guard by the news that Ivanka Trump had found her way into a conversation about nuclear weapons between her father and Kim Jong Un. — When Donald Trump and his advisors crossed …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump in Asia: 'We're the Hottest Show in Town'
Trump in Asia: 'We're the Hottest Show in Town'
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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Far-Right Extremists Wanted Blood In Portland's Streets. Once Again, They Got It. — It's not a surprise a conservative writer was bloodied in a street brawl in Portland ― far-right extremists have been freely hosting skirmishes there for years. — A conservative writer was injured …
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Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
How a Dubious Claim of Cement Milkshakes in Portland Became a Right-Wing Meme
How a Dubious Claim of Cement Milkshakes in Portland Became a Right-Wing Meme
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
‘It Feels Like a Jail’: Lawmakers Criticize Migrant Holding Sites on Border — CLINT, Tex. — Women held in rooms without running water, sleeping bags set up on concrete and children left apart from their families: That was what Democratic lawmakers said they heard about on Monday as they toured two Texas border facilities.
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