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10:35 AM ET, June 30, 2018

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NBC News:
North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say U.S. officials  —  “Work is ongoing to deceive us on the number of facilities, the number of weapons, the number of missiles,” said one U.S. official.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies believe that North Korea …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
An explosion is coming  —  Eight years ago, when Congress was about to pass Obamacare, John A. Boehner, leader of a powerless Republican congressional minority, gave a passionate, prescient speech on the House floor.  —  “This is the People's House, and the moment a majority forgets this …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and MSNBC
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Washington Post:
Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits  —  U.S. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who is viewed as one of the leading contenders to replace him, has argued that presidents …
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he's cut his Supreme Court short-list down to five candidates including …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:   Trump Says He'll Announce Supreme Court Nominee July 9
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Has Narrowed List of Possible Supreme Court Picks to Five
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Resigns in Disgust After Trump Anti-Europe Rants  —  James Melville is the latest in a string of career diplomat resignations over Trump's comments and policies.  —  The U.S. ambassador to Estonia, James D. Melville Jr., a career diplomat and member …
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BBC:
US ambassador to Estonia resigns ‘over Trump comments’  —  The US ambassador to Estonia is resigning, reportedly in frustration at remarks made by President Donald Trump about America's European allies.  —  James D Melville revealed in a Facebook post that Mr Trump's comments had brought forward …
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
G.M. Says New Wave of Trump Tariffs Could Force U.S. Job Cuts
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Bloomberg:
Trump Leaves Door Open to U.S. Recognizing Russia's Crimea Grab  —  President Donald Trump left the door open to recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea, telling reporters that such a move would be up for discussion when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month.
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Ewen MacAskill / The Guardian:
Edward Snowden describes Russian government as corrupt  —  Whistleblower's comments a risk given his sanctuary in the country since 2013  —  National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has delivered his most trenchant criticism yet of the Russian government, describing it unequivocally as “corrupt”.
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump Apparently Duped by Prankster on Air Force One Phone Call  —  President Donald Trump appeared to return a call from a prankster posing as New Jersey's Democratic Senator Bob Menendez during an Air Force One flight earlier this week, calling into question the White House's security protocols.
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone  —  Because countries are not people, it's tricky to translate whatever “loving one's country” means—it's quite abstract—into the language of heartbreak.  It sounds melodramatic.  What can heartbreak mean as a civic matter?  And yet it is what I feel.
Discussion: Jezebel
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:   To Report or Resist? A Journalist's Struggles in the Age of Trump
Paul Schiff Berman / New York Times:
A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy's Replacement
Discussion: VTDigger
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Summer of Rage  —  It shouldn't have been such a shock.  After all, many of those most painfully poleaxed by the news of Anthony Kennedy's retirement on Wednesday were the same ones who'd always understood the stakes; we knew that this was the risk, we've been scared for a long time.
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Yahoo:
The Democratic Socialists of America show their muscle in New York congressional upset
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat  —  A reporter in Springfield, Mass., resigned from his job Friday after posting a Twitter message falsely stating that Maryland shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos had brought a “Make America Great Again” hat to the office of the Capital Gazette.
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Trump defends ICE amid increasing calls from Democrats to abolish the agency  —  President Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to attack Democrats over increased calls among the left ranks of the party for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to be eliminated.
Discussion: Axios, CNN, POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian
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Washington Post:
U.S. assessing cost of keeping troops in Germany as Trump battles with Europe  —  The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to people familiar with the work.
Laura Lippman / New York Times:
At the Capital Gazette, the Death of a Reporter's Reporter  —  I believe there are two kinds of reporters — ones who can find a story by pointing to a random name in the phone book, and those who would rather impale themselves on an old-fashioned newsroom spike than do business that way.
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New York Times:
Russians Offered Business Deals to Brexit's Biggest Backer  —  LONDON — Arron Banks, a British financier who bankrolled the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, has long bragged about his “boozy six-hour lunch” with the Russian ambassador eight months before the vote.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Marissa J. Lang / Washington Post:
Tens of thousands expected to protest Trump's immigration policy during Washington rally  —  It took 13 days to organize Saturday's demonstration against the Trump administration's “zero-tolerance” immigration policy and the detention of children and families.  It was the fastest that organizers could patch something together.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and USA Today
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   Protests against Trump immigration policy expected nationwide
New York Times:
‘Shaken’ Rosenstein Felt Used by White House in Comey Firing  —  WASHINGTON — In the days after the F.B.I. director James B. Comey was fired last year, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, repeatedly expressed anger about how the White House used him to rationalize the firing …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Vote for the Democrat’ over the GOP Nazi  —  CHICAGO — Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday urged residents of a Chicago-area congressional district to vote for a Democrat if they must, to avoid giving even one vote to an avowed Nazi who won the GOP nomination.
Discussion: KTLA, twitchy.com, CNN and Raw Story
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Inconvenient Legal Troubles That Lie Ahead for the Trump Foundation  —  Barring an unexpected change, the Donald J. Trump Foundation will be defending itself in a New York courtroom shortly before this fall's midterm elections.  The proceedings seem unlikely to go well for the institution …
Charles S. Clark / GovExec.com:
Former ICE General Counsel Heads to Prison for Identity Theft  —  By angelo gilardelli / Shutterstock.com  —  A former top legal adviser to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau was sentenced to 48 months in prison for wire fraud and identity theft affecting aliens, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
‘Not what we expected’: Trump's tax bill is losing popularity  —  In a packed arena in Fargo, N.D., this week, President Trump's most ardent supporters roared with approval when he talked about protecting the U.S. borders, beating the Democrats and “respect for our great, beautiful, wonderful American flag.”
Discussion: CNBC
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump administration may detain migrant families longer than previously allowed  —  The Trump administration plans to detain migrant families together in custody rather than release them, according to a new court filing that suggests such detentions could last longer than the 20 days envisioned by a court settlement.
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Kudlow Falsely Claims Deficit Is ‘Coming Down Rapidly’  —  Three sources of government data contradict Friday's claim by the White House economic adviser, showing instead that the federal budget deficit is actually increasing.  — Larry Kudlow, the White House economic adviser, in an interview with Fox Business Network on Friday
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Death in a Hollywood Sex Dungeon: How a Top Agency Executive's “Mummification” Ritual Ended in Tragedy  —  For years, WME vp Skip Chasey has led an openly double life as a “master” in L.A.'s BDSM community.  But a role-playing encounter involving plastic wrap went horrifically wrong …
Politico:
Spain, Greece and Germany seal migrant swap deal  —  Spain, Greece and Germany struck a trilateral migration deal of “reciprocal cooperation” in addition to a wider EU migration deal reached at an EU summit Friday, the Spanish and Greek governments confirmed.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's White House has been a money-making machine  —  Although Donald Trump handed over control of his businesses to his sons, the president still collects on their profits.  Here's how Trump's White House is a money-making machine.
 
 
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Jon Hernandez / CBC News:
Vancouver restaurant manager unrepentant after refusing Trump supporter
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CNNMoney:
GM warns tariff could force job cuts, raise cost of cars
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Special counsel's team pushes back on Paul Manafort leak claims
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran's rulers face discontent as U.S. pressure mounts
Discussion: Power Line and Sean Hannity
Michael Williams / Orlando Sentinel:
UCF professor accused of stalking student: ‘Be happy that somebody likes you this much to stalk you’
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Romaissaa Benzizoune / New York Times:
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Congressman: Rosenstein Is Spying On Me
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump appointee guts UN document on racism, says leaders don't have duty to condemn hate speech
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Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Canada makes retaliatory tariffs official: ‘We will not back down’
Discussion: Vox and Bloomberg
Daily Mail:
Comedian John Melendez 'hoax calls President Trump on Air Force One and chats with him about …