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12:20 AM ET, July 15, 2020

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Grace Segers / CBS News:

Asked why Black Americans are killed by police, Trump responds, “So are White people” — Watch more from Catherine Herridge's interview with President Trump on the “CBS Evening News” at 6:30 p.m. ET, and on “CBS This Morning” from 7 to 9 a.m. ET. — Washington — In an interview with CBS News …

Discussion: Redstate, Breitbart, Fox News, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Post, NPR, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, HillReporter.com, Rolling Stone, NBC News, Axios, The Week, The Wrap, New York Post and Twitchy

Peter Baker / New York Times:

The White House Called a News Conference. Trump Turned It Into a Meandering Monologue. — The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters. — WASHINGTON — In theory, President Trump summoned television cameras …

Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:

Elder Abuse at the White House — Tuesday's Rose Garden press conference was . . . something else. — What did we just see? And who thought this would be a good idea? — Donald Trump is sinking in the polls, failing spectacularly at the worst crisis of his presidency …

Virginia Kruta / The Daily Caller:

Rasmussen: Is Joe Biden Capable Of Debating Donald Trump? Only 54% Say Yes — Only 54% of likely voters believe former Vice President Joe Biden is up to the task of debating President Donald Trump. — A poll released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports said that in a national survey of 1000 likely voters …

David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump uses Rose Garden event for extended campaign-like attack on Biden

Discussion: Associated Press, Reuters, Fox News and The Hill

Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump uses Rose Garden as substitute rally venue in onslaught against Biden

Discussion: Breitbart

Kyle Olson / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Refuses to Take Questions from Reporters for 2nd Time in Under a Week

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Trump deflects on why Black people are killed by police: “And so are white people”

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Post and The American Independent

Rasmussen Reports:
Only 54% Think Biden Capable of Debating Trump

Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times

Tiffany Littler / KSNT-TV:

3 felony criminal charges filed against Steve Watkins — TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Tuesday he's filed criminal charges against Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins. This follows an investigation by the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office.

Discussion: Breitbart, Axios, Daily Kos, Alternet.org and Raw Story

Melissa Brunner / WIBW-TV:

DA charges Watkins with voter fraud — TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins faces criminal charges of voter fraud. — Shawnee Co. District Attorney Mike Kagay said Tuesday he filed four counts against Watkins: Interference with Law Enforcement, Providing False Information …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Roll Call and The Hill

Politico: Kansas Republican Rep. Steve Watkins charged with voter fraud

Kerry Flynn / CNN:

Longtime columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan resigns from New York magazine — New York (CNN Business)Columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan is leaving New York magazine, his professional home since 2016, he announced Tuesday. — “This will be my last week at New York Magazine,” Sullivan tweeted.

Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION, Reason, The Hill, New York Post and Instapundit, more at Mediagazer »

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

New York Times Will Move Part of Hong Kong Office to Seoul — A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city's prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia. — The New York Times said on Tuesday that it would relocate …

Discussion: The Hill, One America News Network and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, more at Mediagazer »

Edmund Lee / New York Times:

Bari Weiss Resigns From New York Times Opinion Post — In a letter posted online Tuesday, she cites “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.” — Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the opinion department of The New York Times, has resigned from the paper, citing “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.”

Discussion: The Week, Fox News, The Unz Review, Redstate and Althouse

Laura Wagner / VICE:

Bari Weiss Is Leaving the New York Times — The writer and editor has self-expelled from the newspaper, she tells VICE. — Laura Wagner — Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the embattled New York Times Opinion section, is leaving the paper. — When reached by phone …

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Just The News, Disrn, Twitchy, Instapundit, The Daily Caller, Politico, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Patterico's Pontifications, more at Mediagazer »

Jodi Rudoren / The Forward:
I don't recognize the NYT that Bari Weiss quit

Discussion: City Journal, Washington Free Beacon and New York Post

Frida Ghitis / Washington Post: Can Taiwan survive a second Trump term?

Dominic Green / Spectator USA: Source: ‘Dozens of instances of bullying and harassment’ at New York Times

USA Today:

Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on: Peter Navarro — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on. — In late January, when I was making the case on behalf …

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Emily Cochrane / New York Times:

Sara Gideon Wins Nomination to Challenge Susan Collins in Maine — Ms. Gideon, backed by the Senate Democratic campaign arm and outside political groups, had long been the favorite to challenge Senator Collins, the sole remaining New England Republican in Congress.

Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos

Elaina Plott / New York Times:
For Sessions, No Amount of Campaigning Could Overcome Trump in Alabama

Discussion: Mother Jones

New York Times: Sessions Pays the Price for Incurring Trump's Wrath, Losing Alabama Senate Race

Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Jeff Sessions Lost His Race To Get Back To The US Senate

Discussion: NPR, New York Times, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Beast

Jane Coaston / Vox:
Tommy Tuberville wins the Alabama GOP Senate primary, defeating Jeff Sessions

Discussion: Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and FiveThirtyEight

New York Times:

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Walks Back Rule That Would Have Stripped Some Foreign Student Visas — Florida broke its record for most deaths in a single day, and Republicans are rethinking their convention there. People in England will be required to wear masks inside shops and supermarkets.

Discussion: Associated Press, HillReporter.com, Gothamist, The Daily Beast, Washington Post and NBC News

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data — Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.

Discussion: Axios, Gizmodo, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, HillReporter.com, Alternet.org, Raw Story, Politico, WHDH-TV and Talking Points Memo

New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Florida Breaks Its Record for Most Deaths in a Day

Discussion: The Verge

Robby Soave / Reason:

Museum Curator Resigns After He Is Accused of Racism for Saying He Would Still Collect Art From White Men — Until last week, Gary Garrels was senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). He resigned his position after museum employees circulated …

Discussion: Instapundit

NBC News:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection — Supreme Court Justice Ruther Ginsburg was admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday for treatment of a possible infection. — Ginsburg was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. …

Discussion: Politico and Axios

CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection

Discussion: Variety, The Slot, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Ebony Bowden / New York Post:

Trump sporting more natural gray hairdo amid the pandemic — WASHINGTON — As the rest of the nation endures missed appointments with their hairdressers and beauticians, President Trump has also started sporting a more natural look. — At a briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday …

John M. Barry / New York Times:

The Pandemic Could Get Much, Much Worse. We Must Act Now. — A comprehensive shutdown may be required in much of the country. — Mr. Barry is the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.” — When you mix science and politics, you get politics.

Christian Cooper / Washington Post:

Why I have chosen not to aid the investigation of Amy Cooper — Christian Cooper is a writer and editor and a board member of New York City Audubon. — On May 25, when I was birding in the Ramble section of New York's Central Park, I asked a woman whose dog was off his leash to please put him back on, as the area's rules require.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Mike Levine / ABC News:

A message for President Donald Trump from his niece: ‘Resign’ — In exclusive, Mary Trump said she saw “first hand” what shaped her uncle. — Speaking about her influential uncle for the first time since the publication of her explosive new book, Mary Trump — President Donald Trump's niece …

Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill

Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:

Kanye's Short-Lived Attempt to Get on the 2020 Ballot — On July 4, Kanye West tweeted that he was running for president. It was treated as one of his typical grandiloquent pronouncements. The tweet sparked a lot of opinion pieces, cable news segments, and even a question in an Oval Office interview with Donald Trump.

Discussion: Florida Politics, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Vulture and Breitbart

Em Steck / CNN:

Senior Trump campaign lawyer critical of mail-in ballots voted by mail three times — (CNN)A top Trump campaign adviser and lawyer who has criticized voting-by-mail and warned without evidence that it could lead to election fraud previously voted by mail at least three times.

Discussion: The Hill

JAMA Network:

Universal Masking to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission—The Time Is Now — John T. Brooks, MD1; Jay C. Butler, MD1; Robert R. Redfield, MD1 — In this issue of JAMA, Wang et al present evidence that universal masking of health care workers (HCWs) and patients can help reduce transmission …

Discussion: Axios, Politico, Breitbart, Centers for Disease Control …, The Hill and STAT

Russell E. Travers / Washington Post:

I'm a former civil servant. We are professionals, not a ‘deep state.’ — Russell E. Travers retired from the civil service this month after being removed as the acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center. — I retired from the federal civil service this month.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:

Source: Spain is Customer of NSO Group — The Guardian and El Pais reported NSO Group's malware was used to target prominent politicians in Spain. Now a former employee says that Spain has been an NSO Group customer. — The cellphones of several politicians in Spain …

Discussion: The Guardian, more at Techmeme »

Reade Pickert / BloombergQuint:

America's Jobless Are About to Lose Their $600-a-Week Lifeline — (Bloomberg) — In about two weeks millions of Americans could lose a crucial economic lifeline of this pandemic: $600 a week in extra federal unemployment benefits. — Bloomberg — Missing BloombergQuint's WhatsApp service?

Business Insider:

Russia used Trump's intelligence sharing to try to assassinate Chechen dissidents in Europe, sources say — Foto: Vladimir Putin. — Russia is using an information-sharing process with the US to target Chechen dissidents, sources told Insider. — The US and Russia have shared …

U.S. Department of Justice:

Former Atomwaffen Division Leader Pleads Guilty to Swatting Conspiracy — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events targeting journalists …

Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:

I Went Home to Texas to Cover the Virus. Then My Family Got It. — Edgar Sandoval knew he was well prepared to report on the spread of the coronavirus on the Texas-Mexico border. He was going home. Little did he know exactly what he would find. — MCALLEN, Texas …

David Ignatius / Washington Post:

Trump's ‘law and order’ is a code for maintaining personal power — It's laughable, really, that President Trump is presenting himself as the candidate of “law and order” in the 2020 presidential campaign. His record in office has been one of illegality and disorder.