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4:05 PM ET, July 3, 2018

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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach  —  “At the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on,” a former Ohio State wrestler said.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A top anti-Mueller Republican Congressman was just hit with a teen boy sexual abuse scandal  —  A top Republican Tea Party Congressman's role in covering up a massive sexual abuse scandal just got exposed in a bombshell report by NBC News.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) served as a wrestling coach …
Discussion: MSNBC
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms  —  The survey also found most Democrats and independents said the next justice should be moderate, while 65 percent of Republicans want a conservative.  —  A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Trump interviews Sen. Mike Lee about Supreme Court opening  —  SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump interviewed Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Monday about the coming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the Deseret News has learned.  —  Lee, who is in Utah, confirmed the telephone interview but would not elaborate on the conversation.
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Here's who Trump should pick for the Supreme Court
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Isn't Remaking The Supreme Court. Leonard Leo Is.
Discussion: BloombergQuint, AOL and Common Dreams
David Lat / Above the Law:
The Supreme Court Sweepstakes: The Latest State Of Play — And The Case For Judge Kavanaugh
New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will encourage the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down  —  Scott Schools, a top aide to the deputy attorney general, is planning to leave the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with his decision.  —  The job title for Schools — associate deputy attorney general …
Washington Post:
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access  —  Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations — promoted by conservative media …
Discussion: Gizmodo, twitchy.com, Raw Story and Townhall
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ex-Dem IT staffer slammed by Trump pleads guilty to bank fraud
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Breitbart
Jessica Schneider / CNN:
Ex-House staffer, subject of conspiracy theories, pleads guilty to bank fraud charge
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Roll Call
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: ‘If not for me,’ United States would be at war with North Korea  —  President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would be at war with North Korea without his efforts and that conversations with the nation's leaders are “going well” — an assessment at odds with recent reports …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Reassigns Reporter in Leak Case  —  Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration, will be transferred out of the newspaper's Washington bureau and reassigned to a new beat in New York, The Times said on Tuesday.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
New York Times reassigns reporter who dated Senate intelligence staffer at center of FBI probe
Discussion: twitchy.com and Mediaite
emptywheel:
Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation  —  I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation.  —  Sometime last year, I went to the FBI and provided information on a person whom I had come …
NBC News:
New Trump admin order for separated parents: Leave U.S. with kids or without them  —  Rights advocates say the new directive prevents migrant parents who were separated from their kids under zero tolerance from asking for asylum in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Following a court order to reunite …
Discussion: Axios, The Week, Boing Boing and Joe.My.God.
Ruth Graham / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That's Been Called a “Cult”  —  Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, became a heroic figure to some religious conservatives during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall.
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Decatur Daily:
Triple homicide leaves ex-wife dead after protection request denied  —  Before she and two others were shot dead near Ardmore on Sunday, Debra Ann Rivera twice had asked a judge to order her ex-husband to surrender his guns because of alleged abuse.  —  The request was denied both times.
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Holden / Politico:
Pruitt ally decides which of his records see the light of day  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a former political fundraising ally in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents — including details about his meetings with industry lobbyists …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers come to Moscow, raising hopes there of U.S.-Russia thaw  —  MOSCOW — Republican members of Congress sounded a newly conciliatory tone in meetings with Russian lawmakers and officials here on Tuesday in a rare visit to Moscow and a preview of the looming summit between President Trump …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump plans one-on-one meeting with Putin
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Walmart boycott campaign launched after outcry over ‘Impeach 45’ clothing  —  Walmart has found itself on the receiving end of a torrent of outrage after it was discovered Monday that the superstore was selling anti-Trump “Impeach 45” apparel on its website.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
SF's appalling street life repels residents — now it's driven away a convention  —  In a move that is alarming San Francisco's biggest industry, a major medical association is pulling its annual convention out of the city — saying its members no longer feel safe.
Raina Lipsitz / The Nation:
Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn No-Show  —  Constituents held an impromptu rally and vented their anger at a cardboard cutout of the senator.  —  On Monday evening, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was scheduled to host a town hall at his reform synagogue, Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) …
TMZ.com:
Kevin Spacey Investigated for 3 New Sexual Assaults in London  —  Kevin Spacey is now being investigated for 6 sexual assaults in London ... after 3 new men have come forward with allegations against the actor.  —  According to the Metropolitan Police ... a man came to them in April claiming …
Discussion: AOL
CBS Philly:
Protests Turn Violent As Demonstrators Arrested In Front Of Philadelphia ICE Building  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Protests turned violent as activists were taken into custody on the streets of Philadelphia on Tuesday as they were calling for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Scott MacFarlane / NBC4 Washington:
Man Assaulted Secret Service Officer Outside White House After Immigration Rally: Feds  —  A U.S. Secret Service officer was injured in an assault while on patrol outside the White House on Saturday shortly after the major immigration rally in Lafayette Park, according to newly filed federal court records.
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
Haim Saban Is Bad For Democracy  —  Last month, twelve Democratic senators signed a letter from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking the Trump administration “to do more to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:
'I'd like to kill ‘em’: GOP takes on Trump tariffs  —  Republican lawmakers are losing their patience with the president's trade war, saying it's hurting their states and the party's chances in the midterms.  —  Republican senators are at their breaking point with Donald Trump's protectionist trade blitz.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Secret ‘Roe v. Wade’ Film Now Shooting in New Orleans (Exclusive)  —  Nick Loeb, famous for battling ex Sofia Vergara over frozen embryos, is co-directing a pro-life story of the landmark Supreme Court case, with a cast including conservative stars Jon Voight, Robert Davi and Stacey Dash.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and Daily Wire
Indianapolis Star:
Indianapolis church ‘detains’ Jesus, Mary, Joseph to protest Trump's immigration policy … A scene of Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus on the lawn of Monument Circle's Christ Church Cathedral on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.  “I've had wonderful conversations with people passing by asking what does that mean and watching them figure it out.
 
 
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Carmen Chau / FOX 61:
EXCLUSIVE: Norwich police investigating race-related attack on mother and toddler
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Maria Svart / New York Daily News:
After Ocasio-Cortez's victory, democratic socialists are just getting started
Discussion: Jacobin
Brian Hook / US Department of State:
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Lucas Grindley / Advocate:
Trans Woman Makes History, Will Compete for Spain in Miss Universe
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 Earlier Items: 
Yahoo:
China firm develops ‘laser gun’
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump, the resistance, and the limits of normcore politics
Reuters:
Exclusive: China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade
Discussion: The Week, Axios and Political Wire
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
The still-coherent culture that is the United States
Discussion: Mother Jones
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump orders flags flown at half-staff to honor Capital Gazette victims
Discussion: AOL and HuffPost
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Tom Arnold's Bonkers Strategy for Nailing Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Kate Irby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congressman denied entry to California detention facility for children under age 14
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending
 
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