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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Top Fund-Raising Official for Trump Campaign, Tests Positive for Coronavirus — She is the third person in proximity of President Trump known to have contracted the virus. — Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Trump's eldest son and a top fund-raising official …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Uses Mount Rushmore Speech to Deliver Divisive Culture War Message — Down in the polls and failing to control a raging pandemic, the president cast himself as waging battle against a “new far-left fascism” that imperils American values and seeks to erase history.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Uses Mount Rushmore Event to Sic Supporters on ‘Evil’ Protesters — “Their goal is not a better America. Their goal is to end America. ... Just as patriots did in centuries past, the American people will stand in their way, and we will win.” — President Donald Trump devoted …
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Trump tries to drag America backward on a very different July 4th — (CNN)On a very different Fourth of July holiday, when many Americans are wrestling with the racist misdeeds of the country's heroes and confronting an unrelenting pandemic with surging cases, their commander-in-chief …
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Associated Press:
Trump pushes racial division, flouts virus rules at Rushmore — MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — At the foot of Mount Rushmore and on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump dug deeper into America's divisions by accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice …
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Ryan Taylor / Rev:
Donald Trump Speech Transcript at Mount Rushmore 4th of July Event — Donald Trump gave a speech on July 3 at a Fourth of July firework event at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Read the full speech transcript here. … Well, thank you very much. Governor Noem, Secretary Bernhardt, we very much appreciate it.
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Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Trump got his crowd and his fireworks, and peddled his fiction — The setting for President Trump's early Fourth of July celebration was magnificent, as the Black Hills of South Dakota tend to be. The scene was also full of painful history, willful ignorance and deliberate fearmongering.
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
At Mt. Rushmore, Trump uses Fourth of July celebration to stoke a culture war
CNN:
Kimberly Guilfoyle — Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend and top Trump campaign official — tests positive for coronavirus
Harry Enten / CNN:
Republican internal polling signals a Democratic rout — (CNN)Whenever I hear an operative complain about public polling, I have just one thing to say: Put up or shut up. Release your own numbers that show the race in a different place than the public polling, or let the public polling stand.
Paola Pérez / Orlando Sentinel:
Florida breaks coronavirus record with over 11K new cases reported in one day — Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases on Independence Day, shattering its record for daily reported cases in the state since the pandemic began. — The single-day record was last broken on Thursday with over 10,000 new cases.
NBC News:
‘We need to live with it’: White House readies new message for the nation on coronavirus — WASHINGTON — After several months of mixed messages on the coronavirus pandemic, the White House is settling on a new one: Learn to live with it. — Administration officials are planning to intensify …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
“Kill 'em.” Houston GOP powerbroker Steve Hotze left Greg Abbott a voicemail requesting National Guard “shoot to kill” rioters — Hotze, a staunch critic of Abbott's coronavirus response, left a voicemail with the governor's chief of staff in early June with the incendiary instruction.
New York Times:
How the Republican Convention Created Money Woes in Two Cities — Donors are wondering why they gave to a Charlotte event that has mostly been scrapped. And Jacksonville fund-raisers find money is on hold because of concerns about the surge in virus cases.
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Associated Press:
Trump's ‘strong wall’ to block COVID-19 from China had holes — President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic — a “strong wall” that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May.
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Executive Order on Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Purpose. America owes its present greatness to its past sacrifices.
New York Post:
Michael Cohen caught at NYC restaurant — and it could land him back in prison — Michael Cohen could soon be back to chowing down in a prison cafeteria. — The recently sprung jailbird was caught by The Post dining out on Manhattan's Upper East Side — and the meal may cost him his freedom, legal experts said Friday.
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Alan Dershowitz Declares the Case Against Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Far From Over,’ Tears Into Epstein Accusers — OF COURSE — Just a day after Jeffrey Epstein's alleged “madam” Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested by the FBI, attorney Alan Dershowitz penned an impassioned defense of the British socialite …
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Eric Trump Deletes Tweet of Bill Clinton With Ghislaine Maxwell After Twitter Buries Him With Photos …
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Set to Host Fireworks-Laden Fourth Despite D.C. Opposition — The president will preside over an Independence Day gathering criticized by Washington's mayor; protesters plan counterprogramming — WASHINGTON—President Trump is set to host a July 4 celebration here with fireworks …
New York Times:
New Administration Memo Seeks to Foster Doubts About Suspected Russian Bounties — Criticized for its inaction, the Trump administration commissioned a new look at a months-old intelligence assessment. It emphasizes gaps. — A memo produced in recent days by the office …
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