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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
U.S. Government Ethics Chief Will Resign, Casting Uncertainty Over Agency  —  WASHINGTON — Walter M. Shaub Jr., the government's top ethics watchdog who has repeatedly gone head-to-head with the Trump administration over conflicts of interest, said on Thursday that he was calling it quits.
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Peter Overby / NPR:
Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher  —  Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub Jr. turned in his resignation on Thursday.  —  The move follows months of clashes with the White House over issues such as President Trump's refusal to divest …
Washington Post:
Federal ethics chief who clashed with White House announces he will step down  —  The director of the independent Office of Government Ethics, who has been the federal government's most persistent critic of the Trump administration's approach to ethics, announced Thursday …
Walter Shaub / CBS News:
Walter Shaub says America should have right to know motivations of its leaders  —  In a conversation with CBS News Thursday, Walter Shaub, Jr., spoke about his resignation from his position as director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).  —  “Do you think the president and his family are using the office to enrich themselves?”
Discussion: Axios
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trumpcare Is Having a Very Bad Day  —  Last week, just as the Senate appeared to be racing toward the stealth repeal of Obamacare, it came to a screeching halt.  Mitch McConnell has tried to use the July Fourth recess to regroup and find a way to assemble the 50 votes he needs to roll back the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion: Politico
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Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Limited Bill Needed If GOP Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill Dies  —  GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) — A bill focused on buttressing the nation's insurance marketplaces will be needed if the full-fledged Republican effort to repeal much of President Barack Obama's health care law fails, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.
Discussion: Politico
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Mike Lee takes harder stance on conservative health care amendment  —  Sen. Mike Lee won't vote for the Senate GOP health care bill without the addition of a controversial amendment he's championing with Sen. Ted Cruz — a position he has made clear to the White House and Senate Republican leaders.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
One reason the GOP health bill is a mess: No one thought Trump would win
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell signals doubts about ObamaCare vote
Discussion: New York Magazine and Joe.My.God.
Marcus Engert / BuzzFeed:
President Trump Apparently Couldn't Find A Hotel To Book For The G20 Summit  —  He is one of the most powerful people in the world.  He is coming to the meeting of 20 powerful countries.  And he has a problem: no hotel room for the G20.  —  White House officials apparently waited too long …
Sarah Wildman / Vox:
Trump's speech in Poland sounded like an alt-right manifesto  —  “For family, for freedom, for country, and for God.”  —  This morning in Warsaw, Poland, President Donald Trump issued a battle cry — for “family, for freedom, for country, and for God” — in a speech that often resorted …
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Annie Karni / Politico:   Trump hands a victory to Polish nationalists
NBC News:
Here's the Full Text of Donald Trump's Speech in Poland
Discussion: New York Times, NBC News and Althouse
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:   President Trump's Remarkable Warsaw Speech
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
High Anxiety at CNN Amid Attacks From Trump and His Trolls … It's a sign of the anxious, fractious times that CNN's Chris Cuomo, who'd just finished anchoring his New Day program Thursday morning, was ambushed by a camera-toting alt-right activist as he left the network's headquarters at Manhattan's Time Warner Center.
CNN:
Russia steps up spying efforts after election  —  Sources: Russia steps up spying efforts  —  (CNN)Russian spies are ramping up their intelligence-gathering efforts in the US, according to current and former US intelligence officials who say they have noticed an increase since the election.
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Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
Election Experts See Flaws in Trump Voter Commission's Plan to Smoke Out Fraud  —  Vice President Mike Pence's office has confirmed the White House commission on voter fraud intends to run the state voter rolls it has requested against federal databases to check for potential fraudulent registration.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Rebel states sell info they hide from Trump voter commission
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Trump voter commission to store data on White House computers under Pence staff direction
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Back to the Center, Democrats  —  The path back to power for the Democratic Party today, as it was in the 1990s, is unquestionably to move to the center and reject the siren calls of the left, whose policies and ideas have weakened the party.  —  In the early 1990s, the Democrats relied …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Trump-Putin meeting  —  There will likely only be six people in the room when President Trump meets President Putin on Friday at the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany.  —  According to an official familiar with the meeting's planning, it will be Trump, Putin …
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J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
How CNN Made Its Own Reporting Sound Like Blackmail  —  On July 2, President Donald Trump tweeted out a video showing himself, as he had appeared in a 2007 WrestleMania event, attacking a person whose head had been replaced with the CNN logo.  Two days later, CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski wrote …
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Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
CNN employees receiving death threats, harassing messages from Trump supporters: Report
CBS News:
Are sleeveless dresses “appropriate attire”?  Congress doesn't think so  —  A young, female reporter recently tried to enter a guarded room known as the Speaker's lobby outside the House chamber, but her outfit was considered inappropriate because her shoulders weren't covered.  She was wearing a sleeveless dress.
MedStar Health:
Condition Report: Congressman Steve Scalise  —  Released on behalf of the Scalise family, July 6, 2017, 5:50 p.m.  —  Congressman Steve Scalise underwent surgery for the management of infection.  He tolerated the procedure well.  He remains in serious condition.  We will provide updates as appropriate.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
In TV Ratings Game, Networks Try to Dissguys Bad Newz from Nielsen  —  In a game largely sanctioned by TV-ratings firm Nielsen, television networks try to hide shows' poor performances on any given night by forgetting how to spell.  That can dramatically improve a show's average viewership.
Mike Cherry / KHVO:
United takes seat away from 2-year-old; resells ticket  —  With tickets in hand, Shirley Yamauchi - a teacher at Kapolei Middle school and her 27-month old son were on the final leg of an 18-hour flight from Hawaii to Boston.  —  “He and I, we had both our tickets scanned, we both went on board no problem,” Yamauchi said.
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Bannon Ally Leaves White House As McMaster Consolidates Power  —  Former Breitbart writer Tera Dahl has exited the National Security Council in a blow to the Trump White House's nationalist wing.  —  Reporting From Washington, D.C.  —  As rival factions inside the White House continue …
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story and The Stranger …
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
CNN's Jim Acosta gets fact about intelligence community's Russia assessment wrong, calls it ‘fake news’ … CNN correspondent Jim Acosta erred on Thursday when he said it was “fake news” for President Trump, speaking Thursday in Poland, to state that it was “three or four” …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Senator, (Un)Interrupted: Kamala Harris's Rise Among Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — The casting call came early — the first of many unwelcome interruptions for Kamala Harris since November — consuming the Los Angeles nightclub where she was supposed to be celebrating an uncomplicated Senate victory.
Tom Burgis / Financial Times:
Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe  —  Felix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partners  —  Read next … Donald Trump faces renewed scrutiny of the riches that flowed into his real estate empire from the former Soviet Union …
 
 
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Burt Helm / Inc.com:
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Associated Press:
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Discussion: Politico
David Dayen / The Intercept:
Donald Trump Keeps Missing His Own Deadlines
Nathan L. Gonzales / Roll Call:
One Reason Why Republicans Don't Have More Women in the Senate
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Pence: ‘We will put American boots on the face of Mars’
David Gelernter / Wall Street Journal:
The Conservative ‘Resistance’ Is Futile
Sarah Harris / Daily Mail:
Winning is banned at more than half of primary school sports days: Pupils compete in teams despite 82% …
Discussion: Daily Wire and IJR
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
We Should Cheer CNN's Ritual Suicide
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
The Remaking of Donald Trump
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar
Discussion: Balkinization