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12:05 AM ET, July 2, 2018

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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: The Week, Splinter, Breitbart and CNBC
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.
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The Intercept:
Data Suggest That Gentrifying Neighborhoods Powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Victory  —  When canvassers for the campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reconvened in the Bronx last Tuesday evening, they swapped stories about what they'd seen.  With no exit polling, anecdotes were all they had …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   Restless Democratic newcomers bringing change to House
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat high-ranking Democrat Joe Crowley …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Local Girl Makes Good
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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick  —  Democrats plan to make health care the central issue in their fight to oppose whomever Trump picks to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.  —  What they're saying: Here's Democratic leader Chuck Schumer framing …
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
After eyeing the exits, White House officials will likely stay through Supreme Court confirmation: Sources
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
New York Times:
Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
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: The Week, Splinter and Washington Press
New York Times:
Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation  —  MEXICO CITY — Riding a wave of populist anger fueled by rampant corruption and violence, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, in a landslide victory …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential race  —  MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who rallied voters with his battle cry against corruption and promises to the poor, won a resounding victory Sunday night in Mexico's presidential election, after the concession of his two top rivals.
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
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 and WHNT-TV
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters:
Rubin: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Should Be Harassed Publicly As a ‘Life Sentence’  —  On Sunday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor and Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared that Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves a “life sentence” of being harassed publicly as she asserted that the White House press secretary …
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
Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Purple’ Family Values  —  In the months leading up to Donald Trump's election, I noticed a divide in how my acquaintances spoke about his family values — or lack thereof.  —  People I knew from college or had met in New York expressed distaste for Mr. Trump's behavior.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
A bad week for Democrats gives rise to a big problem: Outrage could become an obstacle in midterms  —  Growing liberal agitation over a pivotal Supreme Court retirement and a simmering crisis about immigrant child separation have left Democratic leaders scrambling to keep the political outrage …
Discussion: Political Wire
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
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: IJR and Politico
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NBC News:   House Democratic leadership may be up for grabs after Crowley's loss
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
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
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans  —  The check arrived out of the blue, issued in his name for $1,200, a mailing from a consumer finance company.  Stephen Huggins eyed it carefully.  —  A loan, it said.
John Fund / National Review:
Librarians Airbrush Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name from Award  —  Who's next?  Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Hemingway?  —  Politically correct radicals are now beating up on Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the beloved “Little House on the Prairie” children's books, which inspired …
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
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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
 
 
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Jessika L. / USA Today:
MS-13 beat me up and threatened to kill me. Then the US government took my kids.
Lucille Holt / Washington Post:
A white woman called police on a black 12-year-old — for mowing grass
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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
Los Angeles Times:
The Trump administration says it's a ‘myth’ …
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Carbone / Fox News:
19 ICE investigators call for agency to be disbanded in letter amid ‘abolish ICE’ protests
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
Trump Created An Office To Highlight Immigrant Crime. A Year Later, The Results Are Underwhelming.
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
NYCHA nightmare: More than 800 kids tainted by lead, de Blasio administration finally concedes
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Emails reveal close rapport between top EPA officials, those they regulate
Discussion: Splinter
Daily Mail:
Illegal immigrant is arrested for 'starting dozens of wildfires in Colorado that forced hundreds …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Once Gave Trump a Perch. Now It's His Bullhorn.
Discussion: NewsBusters
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Gudrun Burwitz, ever-loyal daughter of Nazi mastermind Heinrich Himmler, dies at 88