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9:30 AM ET, July 2, 2023

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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Hunter Biden's Daughter and a Tale of Two Families  —  The story surrounding the president's grandchild in Arkansas, who has not yet met her father or her grandfather, is about money, corrosive politics and what it means to have the Biden birthright.  —  Katie Rogers reported from Batesville, Ark.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Washington.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, RedState and Twitchy
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Amanda Katz / Washington Post:
I'm not a lawyer.  But I see what the same-sex wedding website case will mean.  —  In 2014, a year before the Supreme Court established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, two friends of mine held a wedding celebration near their home in Laramie, Wyo. Their planning involved …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump takes over small city in South Carolina show of force  —  His appearance was a shot across the bow in a critical primary state with two home-grown contenders.  —  PICKENS, S.C. — Donald Trump built his 2016 campaign on the ability to pack supporters into arenas and fields.
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Bob Montgomery / Greenville News:
Trump in SC: Crowd of 50,000 packs Pickens.  More than 50 treated for heat-related illness  —  Former President Donald Trump didn't have to do much convincing to impress a hometown crowd of mostly Trump supporters in Pickens Saturday.  —  Nearly 75 percent of Pickens County voters selected Trump …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Trump supporters boo, call Lindsey Graham a ‘traitor’ at South Carolina rally
Sara Murray / CNN:
US attorney investigating Hunter Biden defends probe in letter to House Judiciary panel  —  David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware overseeing the criminal probe into Hunter Biden, has pushed back on claims that he had been unable to bring charges against President Joe Biden's son in certain areas …
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New York Times:
U.S. Attorney in Hunter Biden Case Defends Investigation to House Republicans  —  David C. Weiss, a Trump appointee, denied that he had retaliated against an I.R.S. official who testified about divisions in the case.  —  The U.S. attorney in Delaware denied retaliating against an I.R.S. official …
Discussion: CBS News and HuffPost
Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions: POLL  —  52% of Americans support the Supreme Court decision.  —  A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny
Ben King / BBC:
Shell still trading Russian gas despite pledge to stop  —  Shell is still trading Russian gas more than a year after pledging to withdraw from the Russian energy market.  —  The company was involved in nearly an eighth of Russia's shipborne gas exports in 2022, according to analysis from campaign group Global Witness.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Chris Christie Takes On Donald Trump  —  I offered to help prep Chris Christie for the debate with Donald Trump.  —  Christie helped prep Trump in 2016, saying he played Hillary Clinton very aggressively so that Trump would think the real thing was “a cakewalk.”
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
Bitter rivals.  Beloved friends.  Survivors.  —  After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can.  When cancer came, they knew where to turn.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.
New York Times:
DeSantis, Seeking Attention, Uses L.G.B.T.Q Issues to Attack Trump  —  The Florida governor sought to contrast his record opposing gay and transgender rights in a video highlighting comments made by the former president during the 2016 campaign — but has gotten some pushback.
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Trump's basement campaign
Alaa Elassar / CNN:
Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada.  Here's why they aren't being put out  —  Another wave of wildfire smoke has drifted into the US, dimming blue summer skies and igniting troubling concerns regarding the increasing frequency of fires, and what they have to do with climate change.
Discussion: The Atlantic and ABC News
Ben Adler / Yahoo News:
The New York City pizza stove controversy, explained  —  The New York Post ignited a controversy Sunday when it published a story titled “NYC rules crack down on coal-, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%.”  The article accused climate change activists of threatening a beloved culinary staple.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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