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7:40 PM ET, July 2, 2019

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Michael Wines / New York Times:

Trump Administration Drops Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would be printing forms for the 2020 census without a question asking about citizenship, abandoning its quest to add the query after being blocked last week by the Supreme Court.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Townhall, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politico

Sam Levine / HuffPost:

Trump Administration Drops Bid To Put Citizenship Question On 2020 Census — The decision comes days after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the administration from adding the question. — There will not be a question asking about citizenship on the 2020 census, the Trump administration said Tuesday.

Discussion: The Hill, ThinkProgress and Vox

Michael Wines / New York Times:
2020 Census Won't Have Citizenship Question as Trump Administration Drops Effort

Discussion: The Intercept, Daily Kos and Althouse

Jordan Fabian / The Hill: Trump looking ‘very strongly’ at delaying census

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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Shareblue Media, Splinter and The Daily Caller

Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, pascrell.house.gov and Vox

Wall Street Journal: You Filed Returns. The IRS Compiled the Data. Here's How the New Tax Law Is Working.

Washington Post: House Democrats are filing a lawsuit for Trump's tax returns, seeking access to financial records

Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:

These Pictures Reveal How Immigrants Are Crammed Into Small Spaces At Border Patrol Facilities — The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General on Tuesday released its final report on overcrowding at several border facilities in the Rio Grande Valley …

Discussion: Mother Jones

Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
Nurses Say Border Patrol Is Delaying Treatment To Sick Immigrant Kids, With Dire Consequences

Discussion: Splinter and Shareblue Media

Stef W. Kight / Axios: DHS watchdog flags severe overcrowding at border facilities

Quinn Owen / ABC News: Border Patrol packed migrants in facilities, held kids beyond legal limit: Watchdog

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 …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Michael Calderone / Politico:
MSNBC not planning to air Trump's July Fourth celebration live

Discussion: Political Flare

Washington Post:
Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees for Trump's July Fourth extravaganza

Discussion: CNN, Slate, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, Observer, Roll Call, Hullabaloo, Politico and Shareblue Media

Harry Enten / CNN:

Bernie Sanders 2020 is in big trouble — (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is in trouble. — While much of the attention in post-debate polling has focused on the drop of former Vice President Joe Biden, Sanders' polling looks far worse.

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, National Review and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Last Refuge, Daily Wire, Washington Post, Daily Kos, CBS San Francisco, WHOTV and Washington Times

Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Dear Kamala Harris, here's why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate

Discussion: Washington Post

Washington Post:

Trump paints a dark picture of homelessness in cities: ‘We may intercede’ — President Trump said Monday that he wanted to address the crisis of people on the streets, telling Fox News in an interview that his administration “may intercede” to clean up cities such as Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Monthly, RealClearPolitics, Daily Kos, ABC News, Vanity Fair, Hullabaloo, DCist, Althouse and Slate

Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran

Discussion: Mediaite

Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton

Discussion: Axios, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Reason, Political Wire, The Atlantic and The American Spectator

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Trump believes the ‘filth’ of homelessness is ‘destroying a whole way of life’

Discussion: VICE, Washington Post and The Daily Beast

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump is incapable of accepting that most Americans don't like him

Discussion: Roll Call, POLITICUSUSA, Politico, Mediaite and Shareblue Media

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.

Discussion: Daily Kos and Mediaite

NBC10 Boston:
Mike Pence Called Back to White House, NH Visit Canceled

Discussion: Washington Press and Daily Wire

Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Pence's plane called back to DC for unspecified emergency

Discussion: One America News Network and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, ABC News, Shakesville, Breitbart, Denver Post, FOX6Now.com, FOX31 Denver, Boston Globe, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, Obsidian Wings, FiveThirtyEight and New York Post

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and No More Mister Nice Blog

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Awful new Trump cruelties just emerged. Where are the Democrats?

Discussion: Fox News, AOL.com, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Hullabaloo, Vox and The Mahablog

Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
An Unnecessary Primary Panic?

Discussion: Washington Post and Hullabaloo

Russ Read / Washington Examiner:

Jury finds Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher not guilty of war crimes — The jury assigned to the case of accused Special Warfare Chief Edward Gallagher has found the decorated Navy SEAL not guilty of murder and attempted murder after a whirlwind trial that included bombshell revelations and twists.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit

CNN:
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher not guilty of murder in ISIS detainee's death

Discussion: Townhall, NPR, Law & Crime, fox8.com, New York Post and WHNT-TV

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 …

Discussion: Shareblue Media, National Review, CNN, Axios, The Daily Caller, Commentary, FOX6Now.com, Florida Politics, KTLA and New York Post

CNN:
CNN Poll: Three-quarters of Americans say there's a crisis at the border

Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, Outside the Beltway and POLITICUSUSA

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.

Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN, The Daily Caller, The Colorado Sun, Townhall, Vanity Fair, Washington Free Beacon, Denver Post, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, MSNBC and UPI

New York Times:

Trump Raises $105 Million, Much of It in Small Donations — 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, outraising President Barack Obama in the equivalent period during …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, IJR, Townhall, Bloomberg, New York Post, Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, Slate, The Daily Beast, Axios, twitchy.com, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Raises $18 Million in 3 Months, Trailing Buttigieg

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo and Conservative News Today

Conrad Duncan / The Independent:

June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth, European satellite agency announces — Experts say climate change contributed to record-breaking temperatures across Europe — June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the EU's satellite agency has announced.

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:

Mark Kelly raised $4.2 million during his second quarter, exceeding first quarter haul — Democrat Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut who is hoping to unseat Republican Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona's 2020 Senate race, raised $4.2 million during April, May and June, exceeding his first-quarter fundraising.

Discussion: Political Wire

Caleb Parke / Fox News:

Hispanic pastors tour border facility lambasted by AOC and say they are ‘shocked by misinformation’ — Rev. Samuel Rodriguez: President Trump may surprise the world and succeed in passing immigration reform — Rev. Samuel Rodriguez was “full of indignation” when he saw the reports and heard …