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9:55 PM ET, July 1, 2018

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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy  —  Upon Justice Kennedy's retirement, the President is unlikely to nominate a moderate.  What rulings would a brazen conservative majority produce?  —  There is no mystery about Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's favorite word.
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
After eyeing the exits, White House officials will likely stay through Supreme Court confirmation: Sources  —  Top White House officials worn out from the chaos of the Trump administration and eyeing the exits in the coming weeks are now considering staying on through the confirmation …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
New York Times:
Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Maine Republican whose vote could prove decisive in filling the Supreme Court's vacant seat, said on Sunday that she would not vote for a nominee who showed …
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
National Journal:
Can Democrats Play the Long Game?
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Collins: White House has expanded its list of potential Supreme Court picks
Discussion: Splinter, The Week and Washington Press
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO  —  Axios has obtained a leaked draft of a Trump administration bill — ordered by the president himself — that would declare America's abandonment of fundamental World Trade Organization rules.  —  Why it matters: The draft legislation is stunning.
Discussion: Breitbart, CNBC and Splinter
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Expands Key Missile-Manufacturing Plant  —  New satellite imagery indicates Pyongyang is pushing ahead with weapons programs even as it pursues dialogue with Washington  —  SEOUL—North Korea is completing a major expansion of a key missile-manufacturing plant …
Discussion: The Diplomat and The Daily Caller
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Elise Labott / CNN:
US and North Korean officials met Sunday to discuss implementing agreement between countries
Discussion: Axios
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex co-worker no fan of Democrat darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being hailed as the new face of the Democratic party after vanquishing Queens party boss Joe Crowley in Tuesday's primary, but one former co-worker isn't jumping on her bandwagon.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Local Girl Makes Good
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat high-ranking Democrat Joe Crowley …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters … The gathering at a park gazebo in Huntsville, Ala., was by no means the largest of Saturday's nationwide protests against President Trump's “zero tolerance” border policies, though it was memorable for other reasons.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, al.com and WHNT-TV
New York Times:
Make Way for Young Democratic Leaders  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  Whatever its larger meaning or impact, Representative Joseph Crowley's stunning loss …
Discussion: Politico and IJR
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NBC News:   House Democratic leadership may be up for grabs after Crowley's loss
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   Restless Democratic newcomers bringing change to House
Ericka Cruz Guevarra / OPB:
Man Killed By Armed PSU Officers Had Valid Concealed Carry Permit  —  Jason Erik Washington, the man killed by armed Portland State University officers early Friday morning, had a valid concealed carry permit at the time of his death.  —  Two of Washington's colleagues and at least one witness say Washington, 45, was black.
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Oregonian
Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
Heavily armed men in helicopter free notorious French inmate  —  PARIS (AP) — A notorious French criminal serving 25 years for murder made an audacious escape from prison Sunday after several heavily armed men landed a helicopter in a courtyard, freed him from a visiting room and carried him away.
Discussion: France 24, The Daily Caller and NPR
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Sponsors of Migrant Children Face Steep Transport Fees and Red Tape  —  LOS ANGELES — Marlon Parada, a construction worker in Los Angeles, already was worried when he got an urgent call from his cousin in Honduras, asking if he would agree to take in the cousin's 14-year-old daughter.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Idaho Statesman:
9 hurt, 4 critically, as man stabs refugee families at Boise low-income apartments  —  Refugee families at a low-income apartment complex were attacked Saturday night by a man who stabbed nine people — more than any other attack in Boise's history, police said.  Four of them suffered injuries that police called life-threatening.
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Boise Webmaster / Boise Police News:
Stabbing suspect identified, booked into Ada County Jail
Melissa Gomez / New York Times:   9 Injured in Mass Stabbing at Idaho Apartment Complex, Police Say
Christopher Carbone / Fox News:
19 ICE investigators call for agency to be disbanded in letter amid ‘abolish ICE’ protests  —  Nineteen senior investigators at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have called for the government agency to be disbanded in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
Trump Created An Office To Highlight Immigrant Crime.  A Year Later, The Results Are Underwhelming.  —  The widespread “victimization by criminal aliens,” one of Trump's favorite talking points, never materialized.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  Since April of last year …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Emails reveal close rapport between top EPA officials, those they regulate  —  On the morning of April 1, 2017, Environmental Protection Agency appointee Mandy Gunasekara welcomed to her office a team of lobbyists representing the makers of portable generators.
Discussion: Splinter
Daily Mail:
Illegal immigrant is arrested for ‘starting dozens of wildfires in Colorado that forced hundreds to evacuate and destroyed 38,000 acres of land’, as video shows blaze rapidly engulfing one of the many decimated homes  — Jesper Joergensen, 52, was taken into custody last Saturday for the suspected arson that started the Springs Fire
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alanna Petroff / CNNMoney:
Canada hits $13 billion of US goods with new tariffs  —  This is what a trade war looks like  —  Canada has retaliated against US steel and aluminum tariffs by slapping its own penalties on American exports.  —  The Canadian government confirmed Sunday that it has imposed tariffs …
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump says he won't sign any NAFTA deal until after midterms
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Los Angeles Times:
The Trump administration says it's a ‘myth’ that families that ask for asylum at ports of entry are separated.  It happens frequently, records show  —  A woman named Mirian and her 18-month-old son reached Brownsville, Texas, early this year after fleeing Honduras, where the military had teargassed their home.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
A bad week for Democrats gives rise to a big problem: Outrage could become an obstacle in midterms
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
CSU leader Seehofer offers resignation amid migration row
Ann Marlowe / Fast Company:
How Cambridge Analytica fueled a shady global passport bonanza
The Times of Israel:
French prosecutors announce investigation into anti-Semitic mosque sermon
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jihad Watch
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
NYCHA nightmare: More than 800 kids tainted by lead, de Blasio administration finally concedes
Katherine Ellen Foley / Quartz:
US nickels cost seven cents to make. Scientists may have a solution
Bloomberg:
World's Biggest Trading Bloc a Step Closer After Tokyo Meeting
Discussion: Axios
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Gudrun Burwitz, ever-loyal daughter of Nazi mastermind Heinrich Himmler, dies at 88
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