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11:40 PM ET, July 7, 2019

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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
With Jeffrey Epstein locked up, these are nervous times for his friends, enablers  —  Jeffrey Epstein spent a second night in a New York jail cell Sunday, with a federal indictment expected to be unsealed Monday, charging him with sex offenses involving underage girls he and others allegedly trafficked …
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Why the Trump White House Is Caught Up in the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal  —  In the years since Mr. Epstein was first accused of sexually abusing minors, one of Mr. Trump's Cabinet officials has been accused of letting him off easy.  —  By the time Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and felon …
Kat Tenbarge / Business Insider:
Jeffrey Epstein: Trump once praised billionaire charged with sex trafficking minors for liking women ‘on the younger side’  — In light of Jeffrey Epstein's reported Saturday night arrest on charges of sex trafficking minors, a quote from Donald Trump praising the billionaire's fondness for young women has re-surfaced.
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
Alexander Kacala / Newsweek:
Miami Herald Investigative Reporter: ‘Quite A Few Powerful, Important People’ May Be Named in Jeffrey Epstein Case  —  American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump's longtime friend, was arrested this weekend for alleged sex trafficking involving multiple minors in Florida and New York this weekend …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department changing lawyers on census case  —  The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys' legal or ethical concerns …
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
A New Team of Government Lawyers Will Take Over Census Fight
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Gwendolyn Oxenham / ESPN:
Why Megan Rapinoe's brother, Brian, is her greatest heartbreak, and hope  —  Editor's note: Megan Rapinoe gave her brother, Brian, a birthday shout-out on national TV after winning the 2019 Women's World Cup, the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer and the Golden Ball as its top player.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
US Soccer Star and Trump-Basher Megan Rapinoe REFUSES to Sing National Anthem in Protest Before Final Game of World Cup
Discussion: Daily Mail
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Melania Trump reportedly told Donald that Christine Blasey Ford was ‘lying’  —  A new book says that first lady Melania Trump told her husband she thought Christine Blasey Ford was lying when she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:   Exclusive excerpt: Inside Kavanaugh's leaked mock hearing
Fox News:   ‘Justice on Trial’ excerpt: Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino reveal how Kavanaugh confirmation was saved
Errin Haines Whack / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Kamala Harris on race and electability in 2020  —  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kamala Harris can't forget the older black woman she met in Iowa while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama before the state's 2008 caucus.  —  “I remember her saying to me …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump wants to talk.  Iran isn't interested.  —  When it comes to nuclear negotiations, Iran is not North Korea.  —  President Donald Trump wants to sit down with Iranian leaders — but they don't share his eagerness to talk, revealing the limits of the president's personal diplomatic overtures.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
MIRIAM ADELSON: A time of miracles  —  Miriam Adelson, a Las Vegas philanthropist, researcher, physician and expert in drug addiction, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Israel Hayom newspapers with her husband, Sheldon Adelson.  —  Cherishing, promoting and safeguarding the U.S.-Israeli alliance …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Tom Steyer Is Telling Allies He's Running for President  —  The presidential campaign announcements may not be over yet—with the latest potentially coming from a person who'd ruled out a run just a few months ago.  —  Billionaire investor Tom Steyer, who in the last decade …
Discussion: Political Wire
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
FBI, ICE find state driver's license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches  —  A cache of records shared with The Washington Post reveals that agents are scanning hundreds of millions of Americans' faces without their knowledge or consent.  —  Agents with the Federal Bureau …
Jamie Ehrlich / CNN:
Justin Amash on what his GOP colleagues say behind closed doors  —  (CNN)Newly independent Rep. Justin Amash, the only congressional Republican to have publicly argued that President Donald Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct, told CNN that high-level party officials have thanked …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Amash doesn't rule out 2020 bid, potentially complicating Trump's path to reelection
Discussion: RedState, CNN and New York Post
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Justin Amash: GOP was broken even before Trump's presidency
Discussion: Breitbart
Axios:
Inside Trump's ‘Javanka Special’ speech  —  The president is giving a speech on the environment on Monday.  And some people think that's a little weird.  —  What we're hearing: Two senior administration officials told Axios they were surprised when they first heard that President Trump …
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Nancy Pelosi Has Chosen Her War, and it's With Her Own Party's Future  —  They call themselves the “Squad.”  From climate change to student debt to migrants in detention, progressive House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley have been energetic …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Tensions flare over Pelosi's comments about four House Democratic women and border bill
Discussion: The Guardian
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Crowd chants ‘F— Trump’ during Fox News broadcast at French sports bar  —  A crowd gleefully chanted “F— Trump” as a Fox News broadcaster reported the news of the U.S. women's national team winning its fourth FIFA Women's World Cup on Sunday.  —  “History has just been made.
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
In surprise move, admiral tapped to lead U.S. Navy declines job, retires instead  —  Bill Moran said he turned down the job of Chief of Naval Operations because of a probe of his ties to an officer investigated for inappropriate conduct.  —  WASHINGTON — The man set to take over as the head …
Discussion: USNI News
 
 
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Bloomberg:
The Trump Tariff Twist That's Cost U.S. Steel $5.5 Billion
Sydney Morning Herald:
Federal police forced Qantas to hand over the private travel records of an ABC journalist
Penelope Green / New York Times:
Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?
CNN:
Fact check: Joe Biden falsely claims he opposed spending more money to build state prisons
Discussion: Political Wire
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Cory Booker and his ‘boo,’ Rosario Dawson, take their relationship on the campaign trail
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
A Political Murder and Far-Right Terrorism: Germany's New Hateful Reality
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
‘Democracy . . . is about to die in Youngstown’ with closing of the local newspaper
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Gregory Katz / Associated Press:
UK ambassador called Trump administration ‘clumsy and inept’
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Agriculture Department suspends data collection for honeybees after Trump budget cuts
Discussion: Axios and CNN
Ed Henry / Fox News:
I'm becoming a liver donor for the sister I love, so she can live a long and healthy life
Discussion: twitchy.com, IJR and The Daily Caller
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Fear, loathing and winning in 2020: Trump stirs the pot for a reason
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Artist Who Created ‘Blatantly Anti-Semitic Cartoon’ Invited By Trump To White House
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Mia Love says she's poised to run again, none of Republicans in race so far can beat McAdams
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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