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10:01 AM ET, July 3, 2021

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New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Have Called Arizona Official After Election Loss  —  Donald Trump tried to reach the top Republican in metropolitan Phoenix as his allies were trying to overturn the state's 2020 results, according to the official, who said he did not pick up the calls.
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
North Miami Beach condo ordered to close, evacuate after inspection said structurally unsafe  —  The city of North Miami Beach has ordered that Crestview Towers Condominium be immediately closed and evacuated Friday evening after a building inspection report found it to have unsafe structural …
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Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Fewer people missing in collapse; nearby tower is evacuated  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions …
New York Times:
In Case Against Trump's Company, Echoes of His Father's Tactics on Taxes  —  The first criminal prosecution involving the former president's business hearkens back to Fred Trump's $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s.  —  Long before Donald J. Trump's company was accused of plotting detours around …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Charges: A Probe of Hush Money Moved to Fringe Benefits
Discussion: Insider
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Ransomware attack on software manager hits 200 companies  —  A successful ransomware attack on a single company has spread to at least 200 organizations, according to cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs, making it one of the single largest criminal ransomware sprees in history.
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New York Times:
Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Exxon After Secret Video  —  The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee said he is seeking answers from Exxon and other oil and gas giants over their role in spreading disinformation on climate change.  —  The chairman of a House subcommittee is demanding …
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William Saletan / Slate:
Trump Is Working Harder Than Ever to Undermine Democracy
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi has backed Kevin McCarthy into a corner
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Biden administration formally launches effort to return deported veterans to U.S.  —  The Biden administration unveiled plans Friday to bring hundreds, possibly thousands, of deported veterans and their immediate family members back to the United States, saying their removal “failed to live up to our highest values.”
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS, VA Announce Initiative to Support Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Immediate Family Members
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New Yorker:
Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare  —  How the pop star's father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held onto it for thirteen years.  —  On June 22nd, Britney Spears's management team started getting nervous.  Spears, who is thirty-nine …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Slate
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital  —  With the Taliban advancing and U.S. troops leaving, President Ashraf Ghani and his aides have become increasingly insular, and Kabul is slipping into shock.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — With his military crumbling …
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Associated Press:
NYC mayoral contenders file lawsuits seeking ballot review  —  NEW YORK (AP) — All three candidates who are still in the running in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary have filed legal actions seeking the right to review the ongoing ranked choice vote tally.
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Campaigns Keep Close Watch on Count That Will Decide N.Y.C. Mayor's Race
Discussion: The Daily Signal
ARLnow.com:
BREAKING: NWS Confirms Tornado Ripped Through North Arlington Neighborhoods  —  (Updated at 9:30 p.m.) The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado caused the widespread damage seen in several North Arlington neighborhoods today.  —  The tornado struck around 9 p.m. Thursday night …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Welcome to the year of wage hikes.  Workers are returning — to higher-paying firms.  —  Average pay just topped $15 an hour at U.S. restaurants, one of many sectors forced to raise wages to lure back millions of workers  —  This year is shaping up to be the year of the pay raise.
Deanna Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Alvin Bragg Wins Democratic Nod for Manhattan District Attorney  —  Runner-up Tali Farhadian Weinstein concedes the race  —  Alvin Bragg is on the cusp of becoming the first Black Manhattan district attorney after his top rival, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, conceded the race Friday …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Can the Senate Be Saved?  Ben Nelson, the Manchin of Yesteryear, Has Doubts  —  A former Democratic centrist senator says too many lawmakers come to Washington to obstruct rather than be constructive.  —  WASHINGTON — The senator adamantly insisted on bipartisanship.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: A new get-Trump committee?  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  A NEW GET-TRUMP COMMITTEE?  A congressional investigation is a fact-finding enterprise.
Discussion: New York Times
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Latest alleged Oath Keeper arrested in Capitol riot turned over body armor and firearm
Discussion: Raw Story
David Jackson / USA Today:
In wake of indictments and with Ron DeSantis focused on condo collapse, Donald Trump holds Florida rally … WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's campaign-style rally in Florida Saturday comes at a fraught time for the former president: While the organization bearing his name in New York was indicted this week …
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Sha'Carri Richardson's drug test suspension is the end result of racist policies … Sha'Carri Richardson should have been spending the next month preparing to win the Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter dash.  She had a shot after blazing through the event's qualifying race last month in under 11 seconds.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP divided on anti-Biden midterm message  —  McALLEN, Texas — Elevate the border crisis or a throw-everything-at-the-wall approach?  —  The 2022 elections are still more than a year away, but congressional Republicans are wrestling with their strategy: Rally behind a central message …
Discussion: Documented, Political Wire and RedState
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Graham Piro / FIRE:
Chilling effect remains as Oklahoma's ‘divisive concepts’ law becomes effective
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U.S. House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues from the Capitol
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Biden calls top donor NEA 'one of America's indispensable organizations'
Democracy Docket:
Professors and Students Sue Over Florida's New College Survey Law
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Washington Post:
Andy Harris, Maryland's only Republican in Congress, fears being written off the map. Some say it could happen.
David French / TIME:
Loving Your Country Means Teaching Its History Honestly
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710,117 lightning strikes hit western Canada in 15 hours
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
How Pro-Trump Local News Sites Keep Pushing 2020 Election Misinformation
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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