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4:45 PM ET, July 2, 2018

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George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his ‘first loyalty’  —  Michael Cohen — President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney and a former executive vice president at the Trump Organization — has always insisted he would remain loyal to the president.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Russia investigators likely got access to NRA's tax filings, secret donors  —  WASHINGTON  —  For months, the National Rifle Association has had a stock answer to queries about an investigation into whether Russian money was funneled to the gun rights group to aid Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Is Michael Cohen Turning on Donald Trump?  —  The most famous game-theory formula was developed in 1950, by two mathematicians, Melvin Dresher and Merrill Flood.  But it was only later that another mathematician gave the a catchy name that made it famous: the Prisoner's Dilemma.
NBC News:
News media paid Melania Trump thousands for use of photos in ‘positive stories only’  —  The First Lady earned six figures from an agreement with Getty Images that paid royalties to the Trumps and mandated photos be used in positive coverage.  —  Since her husband took office Melania Trump …
Blair Guild / CBS News:
Two federal judges seen as Trump's leading contenders for Supreme Court  —  President Trump says he will begin interviewing potential Supreme Court justices today and that he intends to officially nominate his candidate to the nation's highest court in just one week.
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New York Times:
Conservatives, Don't Put Too Much Hope in the Next Justice
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
How Justice Kennedy's Successor Will Wreak Havoc on Voting Rights and American Democracy
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Liberal group launches $5 million push against Trump's SCOTUS pick
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times
Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
Our Rights Hang in the Balance
Emily Tillett / CBS News:   Blumenthal says Trump's Supreme Court pick “ought to recuse” themselves from Russia decisions
Courier-Journal:
Man allegedly threatens to chop up Rand Paul and his family with an ax  —  Matt Stone/Louisville Courier Journal  —  A man is accused of threatening to chop up U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and his family with an ax.  —  The man has been arrested.  He allegedly called in the threats to Paul's Bowling Green office.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Man who made death threat against Sen. Rand Paul has been arrested, lawmaker says
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Bevin cuts dental, vision benefits to nearly 500K Medicaid recipients  —  Gov. Matt Bevin's administration has abruptly cut Medicaid dental and vision benefits to nearly half a million Kentuckians, prompting an outcry from Democrats who called the Republican governor's decision “rash.”
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Ky. governor cancels Medicaid dental, vision benefits after losing work requirement ruling
Discussion: Washington Press
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Exclusive: Largest U.S. business group attacks Trump on tariffs  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business group and customarily a close ally of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, is launching a campaign on Monday to oppose Trump's trade tariff policies.
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Reuters:
Iran diplomat among four arrested over suspected plot against Iranian opposition meeting
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Brian Ross is leaving ABC after botched Michael Flynn report  —  ABC News' Brian Ross — who was suspended last year as chief investigative correspondent for a faulty report on Michael Flynn — is leaving the network, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  ABC suspended Ross last December …
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ABC News Public Relations:
Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz
Discussion: NewsBusters and Mediaite
New York Times:
In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’  —  COPENHAGEN — When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law.  Because she lives in a low-income immigrant neighborhood described by the government as a …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Record-Low 47% Extremely Proud to Be Americans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Fourth of July marks a low point in U.S. patriotism.  For the first time in Gallup's 18-year history asking U.S. adults how proud they are to be Americans, fewer than a majority say they are “extremely proud.”
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI arrests man it says was plotting July 4 attack in downtown Cleveland  —  The FBI in Cleveland has arrested a 48-year-old man it says was planning a July 4 attack in the city's downtown, authorities said.  —  The man — who lived in Maple Heights, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland …
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Wire
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Plain Dealer:
FBI details suspected Fourth of July terrorist plot for downtown Cleveland
Discussion: RedState, Jihad Watch and The Week
Tracy Connor / NBC News:
Demetrius Pitts charged in Cleveland bomb plot after FBI sting
Discussion: MSNBC
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
The Senate Intel Committee Is In Regular Contact With The Trump-Russia Dossier Author  —  The committee's chair, Richard Burr of North Carolina, told BuzzFeed News that there are weekly contacts with Christopher Steele.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  The head of the top congressional …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:   The Brennan factor  —  I have followed the Trump-Russia collusion …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Interviewer Asks Trump to Bring Country Together.  He Praises His Base.  —  In her interview with President Trump, Maria Bartiromo cited the polite protest of the Red Hen restaurant, along with the crass denunciations of a couple movie stars, to highlight the alleged incivility of Trump's opponents.
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Tech's ‘Dirty Secret’: The App Developers Sifting Through Your Gmail  —  Software developers scan hundreds of millions of emails of users who sign up for email-based services  —  Google said a year ago it would stop its computers from scanning the inboxes of Gmail users for information …
Associated Press:
Russian charged with Trump's ex-campaign chief is key figure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — During the special counsel's Russia investigation, Konstantin Kilimnik has been described as a fixer, translator or office manager to President Donald Trump's ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Eric Trump rushes into NYC traffic to save ailing woman  —  An ordinary morning in New York City last week for President Trump's son Eric Trump abruptly turned frantic when he rushed to the aid of a woman who passed out near a train station, dodging rush-hour traffic to chase down a passing ambulance.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Harvey Weinstein Faces Life In Prison From New Sex Crime Charges By NYC D.A. From 3rd Victim  —  Already facing rape and criminal sex act charges and a potential 25-years behind bars, Harvey Weinstein today was hit with even heavier legal weight from the Manhattan D.A. - that could see him in jail for life.
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.
Bloomberg:
A Morgan Stanley Star Wants You to Back His Political Movement  —  Eric Grossman doesn't look like he would want to do anything drastic.  The top lawyer at Morgan Stanley is a 51-year-old homeowner in the New York suburbs with twin sons and a seat on the firm's management committee.
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
You Graduated Cum Laude?  So Did Everyone Else  —  With more students boasting flashy GPAs, academic honors lose their luster  —  Nearly half of students who graduated from Lehigh University, Princeton University and the University of Southern California this year did so with cum laude …
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
As mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages sweep India, authorities struggle to combat fake news  —  NEW DELHI — Five people were killed by a mob in India on Sunday after rumors spread on social media that they were child traffickers, the latest in a string of lynchings tied …
Politico:
The top Democratic Senate recruit who's ditching Chuck Schumer  —  Arizona Senate hopeful Kyrsten Sinema so far is pulling off a high-wire act in a state experiencing a three-decade Democratic drought.  —  All over the country, Republicans are attacking vulnerable Democratic senators as pawns …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Discussion: Common Dreams, Shakesville and Splinter
The Times of Israel:
Iranian general blames water woes on Israeli ‘cloud theft’  —  But country's chief meteorologist disputes claim, says clouds and snow can't be stolen  —  An Iranian general on Monday accused Israel of manipulating weather to prevent rain over the Islamic Republic, alleging his country was facing cloud …
 
 
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Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:
“I Just Want to Tell My Son I Love Him”
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and VICE News
Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times:
Under pressure, afraid to take bathroom breaks? Inside Amazon's fast-paced warehouse world
Toni Airaksinen / Campus Reform:
UW science school dismisses science on sex differences
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alexander Heffner / TIME:
The American Historical Record Includes Court Cases, Famous Speeches …
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
A wild night: Russia win and Moscow parties as never before
Tim Stickings / Daily Mail:
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 Earlier Items: 
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Trump's Ancestral Village Abounds With His Relatives. Few Will Admit It.
Discussion: IJR and Raw Story
Patterico's Pontifications:
Would a Justice Amy Barrett Recuse Herself in Abortion Cases?
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Life As A Young Woman Candidate: Fending Off ‘Older Men’ And Being An Outsider
Discussion: Vox
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Rage Junkies
Discussion: The Mahablog and twitchy.com
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
The Trump administration's extraordinary cruelty will always find opponents