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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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Townhall, Outside the Beltway, BuzzFeed News and Law & Crime
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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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 …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
Nurses Say Border Patrol Is Delaying Treatment To Sick Immigrant Kids, With Dire Consequences
Nurses Say Border Patrol Is Delaying Treatment To Sick Immigrant Kids, With Dire Consequences
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Splinter and Shareblue Media
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
DHS watchdog flags severe overcrowding at border facilities
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.
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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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.
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Politico, National Review, New York Times and Outside the Beltway
Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Dear Kamala Harris, here's why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate
Dear Kamala Harris, here's why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate
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Washington Post
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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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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Daily Wire
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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Washington Post
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 …
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Washington Free Beacon
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Washington Post:
White House gives tickets to Trump's July Fourth extravaganza to GOP donors — The White House is distributing tickets for President Trump's July Fourth speech on the Mall to Republican donors and political appointees, prompting Democratic lawmakers to question whether the administration's …
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CNN, Slate, The Daily Caller, Politico and VICE
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.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran
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Mediaite
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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The Daily Beast, VICE and Washington Post
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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Roll Call, POLITICUSUSA, Politico, Mediaite and Shareblue Media
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.
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Trump Administration Drops Bid To Put Citizenship Question On 2020 Census
Trump Administration Drops Bid To Put Citizenship Question On 2020 Census
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump looking ‘very strongly’ at delaying census
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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Washington Monthly and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Awful new Trump cruelties just emerged. Where are the Democrats?
Awful new Trump cruelties just emerged. Where are the Democrats?
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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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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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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 …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Raises $18 Million in 3 Months, Trailing Buttigieg
Bernie Sanders Raises $18 Million in 3 Months, Trailing Buttigieg
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Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and Conservative News Today
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 …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton — A warmonger is the latest to lose his dignity to Donald Trump. — Say this for Donald Trump. He may be transforming American politics into a kleptocratic fascist reality show and turning our once-great country into a global laughingstock …
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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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New York Magazine
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.
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Political Wire
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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Arizona Republic, RedState and USA Today
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.
Heather Heyer / Mad Dog PAC:
Fields Sentenced to Life in Prison - Charlottesville. VA — Fields sentenced to Life... “If you're not outraged, then you're not paying attention” — It is hard to believe that Heather Heyer was murdered by a White Nationalist nearly two years ago.
John Koblin / New York Times:
Netflix Has a Talk Show Problem — Netflix upended the entertainment business by successfully moving into nearly every genre — scripted dramas, comedies, stand-up specials, documentaries, reality shows and feature films. But one type of programming has proved tricky for the streaming giant: the talk show.