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10:10 AM ET, July 8, 2019

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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
With Jeffrey Epstein locked up, these are nervous times for his friends, enablers  —  Jeffrey Epstein spent a second night in a New York jail cell Sunday, with a federal indictment expected to be unsealed Monday, charging him with sex offenses involving underage girls he and others allegedly trafficked …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Why the Trump White House Is Caught Up in the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal  —  In the years since Mr. Epstein was first accused of sexually abusing minors, one of Mr. Trump's Cabinet officials has been accused of letting him off easy.  —  By the time Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and felon …
Mimi Rocah / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn't Expect to Wriggle Free Again  —  Feds in Florida cut an infamous sweetheart deal with the confessed billionaire sex predator.  The ‘sovereign’ district of New York isn't likely to do that.  —  Justice has seemed elusive these past three years.
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Is Accused of Luring Girls to His Manhattan Mansion and Abusing Them  —  The billionaire financier is charged with running a sex-trafficking operation that brought dozens of girls as young as 14 to his opulent Upper East Side home.  —  Federal prosecutors appear to have resurrected …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Christine Pelosi warns it's ‘quite likely that some of our faves are implicated’ in ‘horrific’ Epstein case  —  Christine Pelosi, a Democratic National Committee official and daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warned conspicuously on Saturday evening that it is “quite likely …
Washington Post:
Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors
Discussion: Spectator USA and Rolling Stone
Erica Orden / CNN:
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein accused of paying girls as young as 14 for sex
Discussion: New York Post, Salon and Daily Wire
Alexander Kacala / Newsweek:
Miami Herald Investigative Reporter: ‘Quite A Few Powerful, Important People’ May Be Named in Jeffrey Epstein Case
Discussion: Bloomberg, twitchy.com and RedState
Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: New swing-district polling illustrates impeachment peril
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department changing lawyers on census case  —  The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys' legal or ethical concerns …
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Tom Hals / Reuters:
In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Post
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Census farce: Trump, Barr and the Justice Department make a mockery of the law
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
A New Team of Government Lawyers Will Take Over Census Fight
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Axios
Associated Press:
AP: Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:   Federal Grand Jury Probing Top GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Trump Inauguration
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Tom Steyer Is Telling Allies He's Running for President  —  The presidential-campaign announcements may not be over yet—with the latest potentially coming from a person who ruled out a run just a few months ago.  —  The billionaire investor Tom Steyer, who in the past decade …
Discussion: CNN, Axios, The Resurgent and Splinter
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Politico:
Tom Steyer reconsiders 2020 and plans to enter the race  —  The billionaire environmentalist who has poured millions into an effort to impeach President Trump had decided against a run in January.  —  Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmental activist who toyed with a 2020 presidential run …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup  —  New CNN poll shows Harris and Warren rise after debates  —  (CNN)CNN will conduct a live draw to determine which night each candidate will appear in the highly anticipated Democratic presidential primary debates airing later this month on the network.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Adam Brewster / CBS News:
Hickenlooper vows to stay in Democratic presidential race, says Senate bid isn't “his calling”
Discussion: Washington Times
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Hickenlooper: Vast majority of campaign's problem ‘was me’
Discussion: Splinter and Political Wire
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says  —  At the height of the furor over Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Brett Kavanaugh, the media were filled with speculation that the Supreme Court nominee might withdraw from the nomination battle.
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Wire
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
If I Had Five Minutes to Question Robert Mueller  —  Here's a puzzle: Imagine that you are a member of Congress who, under rules seemingly designed to preclude effective questioning, had exactly five minutes to interview Robert Mueller on national television.  What would you ask him?
Kelsey Gee / Wall Street Journal:
Sunday Night Is the New Monday Morning, and Workers Are Miserable  —  Some employers are banning weekend and late-night emails to prevent employee burnout  —  Like many bosses, Chris Mullen found the final hours of the weekend ideal for decluttering an unruly inbox, sharing stray thoughts …
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
In surprise move, admiral tapped to lead U.S. Navy declines job, retires instead  —  Bill Moran said he turned down the job of Chief of Naval Operations because of a probe of his ties to an officer investigated for inappropriate conduct.  —  WASHINGTON — The man set to take over as the head …
Discussion: USNI News, Wall Street Journal and UPI
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
MIRIAM ADELSON: A time of miracles  —  Miriam Adelson, a Las Vegas philanthropist, researcher, physician and expert in drug addiction, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Israel Hayom newspapers with her husband, Sheldon Adelson.  —  Cherishing, promoting and safeguarding the U.S.-Israeli alliance …
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Penelope Green / New York Times:
Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?  —  Summer's great indoor-temperature debate rages on.  —  Modernity was born 116 years, 11 months, two weeks and two days ago, at a printing plant in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, when a junior engineer named Willis Carrier devised a contraption …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The Purell presidency: Trump aides learn the president's real red line  —  He asks visitors if they'd like to wash their hands in a bathroom near the Oval Office.  —  He'll send a military doctor to help an aide caught coughing on Air Force One.  —  And the first thing he often tells …
Discussion: Political Wire
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver's License Databases  —  WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have mined state driver's license databases using facial recognition technology, analyzing millions of motorists' photos without their knowledge.
Discussion: VICE
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
UK hunts mole behind leak of envoy's frank Trump missives  —  LONDON (AP) — The British government was hunting Monday for the source of a leak of diplomatic cables from Britain's ambassador in Washington that branded President Donald Trump's administration “dysfunctional” and “inept.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Stuart Stevens / USA Today:
Ex-Romney strategist: Kill the Electoral College to help America and, yes, Republicans  —  Getting rid of the Electoral College means winners would win, all votes would count, and Republicans would be forced to compete and grow — or die.  —  CONNECT  —  Only once since 1988 …
 
 
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