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8:45 AM ET, July 15, 2020

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The White House Called a News Conference.  Trump Turned It Into a Meandering Monologue.  —  The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes.  He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters.  —  WASHINGTON — In theory, President Trump summoned television cameras …
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Asked why Black Americans are killed by police, Trump responds, “So are White people”  —  Watch more from Catherine Herridge's interview with President Trump on the “CBS Evening News” at 6:30 p.m. ET, and on “CBS This Morning” from 7 to 9 a.m. ET.  —  Washington — In an interview with CBS News …
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Elder Abuse at the White House  —  Tuesday's Rose Garden press conference was . . . something else.  —  What did we just see?  And who thought this would be a good idea?  —  Donald Trump is sinking in the polls, failing spectacularly at the worst crisis of his presidency …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump uses Rose Garden event for extended campaign-like attack on Biden
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump uses Rose Garden as substitute rally venue in onslaught against Biden
Discussion: Breitbart
USA Today:
Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on: Peter Navarro  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.  —  In late January, when I was making the case on behalf …
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NBC News:
Inside the Trump campaign's struggle to land a punch on Biden
Discussion: MSNBC
Tiffany Littler / KSNT-TV:
3 felony criminal charges filed against Steve Watkins  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Tuesday he's filed criminal charges against Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins.  This follows an investigation by the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office.
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Melissa Brunner / WIBW-TV:
DA charges Watkins with voter fraud  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins faces criminal charges of voter fraud.  —  Shawnee Co. District Attorney Mike Kagay said Tuesday he filed four counts against Watkins: Interference with Law Enforcement, Providing False Information …
Politico:
Kansas Republican Rep. Steve Watkins charged with voter fraud
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Jodi Rudoren / The Forward:
I don't recognize the NYT that Bari Weiss quit  —  I do not recognize the New York Times that Bari Weiss describes in her resignation letter, and it terrifies me.  —  This is not to say I do not believe Bari's description of her experience, nor that I did not see some of what she laments …
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Longtime columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan resigns from New York magazine  —  New York (CNN Business)Columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan is leaving New York magazine, his professional home since 2016, he announced Tuesday.  —  “This will be my last week at New York Magazine,” Sullivan tweeted.
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Bari Weiss Resigns From New York Times Opinion Post  —  In a letter posted online Tuesday, she cites “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.”  —  Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the opinion department of The New York Times, has resigned from the paper, citing “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.”
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Bari Weiss Was Too Honest for the New York Times
Discussion: The Federalist
Judith Miller / City Journal:
The Illiberal Liberal Media
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data  —  Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.
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Washington Post:
Sessions loses runoff in Alabama as Trump helps vanquish a key supporter he came to despise  —  They stood center stage before a cheering crowd of thousands five years ago, shaking hands in a half embrace that seemed to cement a political and ideological bond that would serve as the foundation for Donald Trump's presidency
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Sara Gideon Wins Nomination to Challenge Susan Collins in Maine
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Jeff Sessions Lost His Race To Get Back To The US Senate
Em Steck / CNN:
Senior Trump campaign lawyer critical of mail-in ballots voted by mail three times  —  (CNN)A top Trump campaign adviser and lawyer who has criticized voting-by-mail and warned without evidence that it could lead to election fraud previously voted by mail at least three times.
Discussion: The Hill
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida GOP doctors Trump tweet to solve mail-in voting problem  —  Republicans privately fear the president is endangering one of the secrets to the party's success in the nation's biggest swing state.  —  In Florida general elections, about one-third of ballots are cast by mail …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Guardian announces plans to cut 180 jobs  —  Revenues expected to be down by more than £25m as effects of pandemic hit media industry  —  The Guardian has announced plans to make job cuts in both editorial and commercial roles, as the economic shock caused by the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the media industry.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Will Move Part of Hong Kong Office to Seoul  —  A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city's prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia.  —  The New York Times said on Tuesday that it would relocate …
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Frida Ghitis / Washington Post:   Can Taiwan survive a second Trump term?
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Trump sporting more natural gray hairdo amid the pandemic  —  WASHINGTON — As the rest of the nation endures missed appointments with their hairdressers and beauticians, President Trump has also started sporting a more natural look.  —  At a briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
A message for President Donald Trump from his niece: ‘Resign’  —  In exclusive, Mary Trump said she saw “first hand” what shaped her uncle.  —  Speaking about her influential uncle for the first time since the publication of her explosive new book, Mary Trump — President Donald Trump's niece …
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and The Hill
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
President Trump's ‘dysfunctional’ upbringing created ‘dangerous situation’ for America, niece claims
Discussion: Washington Times
Simon Van Dorpe / Politico:
EU Court annuls €13B Irish tax bill for Apple  —  In a crushing defeat for Margrethe Vestager, judges overrule her 2016 state aid decision.  —  The EU General Court ruled today that the European Commission was wrong to order Ireland to claw back €13 billion in unpaid taxes plus interest from Apple .
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Wall Street Journal:   Apple Wins Major Tax Battle Against EU
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CDC director: U.S. could get coronavirus “under control” in 4-8 weeks if all wear masks  —  If everyone in the U.S. wore a mask, the coronavirus pandemic could be “under control” within four to eight weeks, Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield said in a discussion led …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CDC Director Warns Fall, Winter Will Likely Be 'One of the Most Difficult Times We've Experienced …
Discussion: Geoff Shackelford
Allison McCann / New York Times:
64 Videos Show the N.Y.P.D. Meeting Protesters With Fists, Clubs and Body Slams  —  The videos below contain scenes of graphic violence.  Scroll to watch or skip ahead.  —  Punches, tackles, beatings and shoves.  —  At the height of the recent Black Lives Matter marches in New York City …
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Threat of a Trump without rallies triggers fears across GOP  —  The president doesn't want to talk about the virus.  He wants big, boisterous rallies — but the virus keeps interfering.  —  In the days after President Donald Trump's poorly attended rally in Tulsa, Okla. …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pro-Biden super PAC American Bridge hires Mike Bloomberg's digital firm Hawkfish  — Hawkfish, a tech firm founded by billionaire former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, has signed on with a pro-Joe Biden super PAC.  — The PAC, American Bridge, has spent millions of dollars on ads …
Discussion: Politico
Robby Soave / Reason:
Museum Curator Resigns After He Is Accused of Racism for Saying He Would Still Collect Art From White Men  —  Until last week, Gary Garrels was senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).  He resigned his position after museum employees circulated …
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Breonna Taylor protesters sat on the Kentucky attorney general's lawn.  Police charged 87 with felonies.  —  Sitting on the green grass of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's front lawn, dozens of peaceful protesters in matching face masks and T-shirts on Tuesday afternoon chanted, “Breonna Taylor, say her name!”
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Why Mainstream Unions Shouldn't Represent the Cops  —  Bargaining for the police and for African Americans is an exercise in self-negation.  —  Let's try to figure out the position of one of America's biggest unions—the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), chiefly a union of supermarket employees—on police reform.
Ben S. Bernanke / New York Times:
Give States Billions, and You Help the Entire Country  —  Congress must act decisively to avoid repeating mistakes of the recovery from the Great Recession.  —  Dr. Bernanke is a former chairman of the Federal Reserve.  —  The coronavirus pandemic has set loose a recession of shocking speed and severity.
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Biden maintains lead over Trump in 2020 swing states, new CNBC/Change Research poll says  — Joe Biden continues to lead President Donald Trump in a poll of swing states Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll.
Business Insider:
Russia used Trump's intelligence sharing to try to assassinate Chechen dissidents in Europe, sources say  —  Foto: Vladimir Putin.  — Russia is using an information-sharing process with the US to target Chechen dissidents, sources told Insider.  — The US and Russia have shared …
 
 
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Jason Farago / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Ascends to the Mountaintop With His Pandemic Poster
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
South Dakota Is Sharing Driver's License Info To Help Find Out Who's A Citizen
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Loving Cartoonist Sues The Anti-Defamation League for Defamation
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Two in three Americans want to see Trump's tax returns, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
Discussion: The Hill
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Mondaire Jones Rides Insurgent Wave to a House Primary Win in N.Y.
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Secret Trump order gives CIA more powers to launch cyberattacks
Discussion: Axios
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I'm a former civil servant. We are professionals, not a ‘deep state.’
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘law and order’ is a code for maintaining personal power
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