memeorandum: North Korea Says It Has Successfully Tested ICBM (Choe Sang-Hun/New York Times)

9:40 AM ET, July 4, 2017

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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:

Maryland official resigns from Trump voter fraud panel — Maryland's deputy Secretary of State has resigned from a controversial Trump administration panel probing alleged voter fraud in last year's presidential election. — Deputy Secretary of State Luis E. Borunda …

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CNN:

Forty-one states have refused Kobach's request for voter information — Three states are still reviewing the commission's request and another three states have not returned CNN's request for comment — Seven states are still awaiting a letter from the commission …

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Charles Stewart III / Politico:

What Is Kris Kobach Up To? — When President Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which is chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, sent a letter to every state in the country on Thursday requesting “publicly available voter roll data,” Delbert Hosemann …

New York Times:

Happy Fourth of July! Show Us Your Papers — The reviews of President Trump's new commission on election integrity are rolling in, and they're not good. — “Disingenuous.” “Repugnant.” “At best a waste of taxpayer money.” “A tool to commit large-scale voter suppression.”

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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:

North Korea Says It Has Successfully Tested ICBM — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Tuesday that it had successfully conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, claiming a milestone in its efforts to build nuclear weapons capable of hitting the mainland United States.

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BBC:

North Korea hails ‘ICBM test’ success — North Korea says it has successfully tested its first “intercontinental ballistic missile” (ICBM). — A state television announcement said the missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, could hit targets anywhere in the world.

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Reuters:
North Korea says first intercontinental ballistic missile test successful

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Associated Press:
Trump criticizes Kim Jong Un after latest missile launch

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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
North Korea fires missile into waters off Japan

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New York Times:
Trump Warns China He Is Willing to Pressure North Korea on His Own

Ruth Ben-Ghiat / CNN:

Liberals are reclaiming patriotism from the right — Senator Warner on the future of the Democrats — Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, and professor of history and Italian studies at New York University. Follow her on Twitter @ruthbenghiat.

Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:

It's a done deal: Christie will end state shutdown in time for July 4, sources say — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will approve a compromise that would put an end to the three-day state government shutdown and could reopen state parks and beaches in time for the Fourth of July, sources inside the governor's office said.

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Associated Press:
Gov. Chris Christie is blistered over his day at the beach

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Michael Cottman / NBC News:

Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello mansion that has astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of Sally Hemings …

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

CNN: Trump's Wrestling Meme May Be Racist, Antisemitic — CNN is fighting back after President Donald Trump tweeted a spoof video on Sunday showing him wrestling the network to the ground. On Sunday, network commentators described the video as a form of incitement; on Monday …

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McClatchy Washington Bureau:

How close is Russian cyber firm to Russia's spies? — WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have turned up the heat in recent days on Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity giant long suspected of ties to Russia's spying apparatus. — Now, official Kremlin documents reviewed …

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:

FBI employees wear ‘Comey is my homey’ T-shirts to Family Day — Multiple FBI staffers reportedly sported T-shirts that read “Comey is my homey” to a Family Day event on Monday, offering support for ousted FBI Director James Comey, whom President Trump fired earlier this year.

Tony Romm / Recode:

Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman are launching a new group to rethink the Democratic Party — It's called Win the Future, and Pincus is even courting potential WTF candidates like the frontman of '90s rock band Third Eye Blind. — Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman want to hack the Democratic Party.

Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:

WATCH: Clintons cheered by NYC theater audience … A New York City theater audience broke into cheers Sunday as the Clintons arrived to watch a play. — Former President Bill and Hillary Clinton — were walking to their seats at Lincoln Center when the crowd burst out into applause and cheers.

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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:

DOJ Corporate Watchdog Quits, Saying It's Impossible To Work Under Trump — In a scathing post on LinkedIn, Justice Department compliance counsel Hui Chen announced her decision to resign last month, saying it was impossible to go after corporate fraud and corruption when President Donald Trump himself was engaging in such practices.