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10:50 AM ET, July 7, 2018

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New York Times:
Shifting Strategy, Trump's Lawyers Set New Conditions for Mueller Interview  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers set new conditions on Friday on an interview with the special counsel and said that the chances that the president would be voluntarily questioned were growing increasingly unlikely.
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Bill Frist / Washington Post:   The Senate I led put country over party. This one must do the same for Robert Mueller.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt's Last Day  —  WASHINGTON — In the final hours of Scott Pruitt's tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing …
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Bloomberg:
Pruitt Was Told to Resign in Call From White House, Sources Say  — EPA chief's tenure was marred by alleged ethical missteps  — Call to quit came from Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly  —  Scott Pruitt resigned as EPA chief Thursday after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly delivered …
Discussion: Vox and Mediaite
New York Times:   Scott Pruitt's Rocky Relationship With His Aides Set the Stage for His Fall
Washington Post:   Shift at EPA shows technocrats are replacing big-personality Cabinet members
Erin Dunne / Washington Examiner:
Why the Left will hate Andrew Wheeler at EPA even more than Scott Pruitt
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Secretary of State Pompeo leaves North Korea with promise of more talks but no tangible breakthrough  —  TOKYO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came away from a two-day visit to North Korea on Saturday without meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or securing a breakthrough in efforts …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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New York Times:
North Korea Calls U.S. Attitude During Talks With Pompeo ‘Regrettable’  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” hours after Secretary …
Associated Press:
The Latest: North Korea says Pompeo talks ‘regrettable’  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to North Korea (all times local):  —  North Korea says high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were …
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Oliver Hotham / NK News:
North Korea expresses regret at outcomes of two-day DPRK-U.S. talks
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Manafort bank fraud trial does have Trump campaign connection, Mueller's team says  —  (CNN)Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller intend to present evidence at the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort that a banking executive allegedly helped Manafort obtain loans …
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Washington Post:
Paul Manafort wants trial moved to Roanoke, says Northern Virginia too liberal  —  Attorneys for Paul Manafort asked a federal judge to move his fast-approaching criminal bank and tax fraud trial from Alexandria to Roanoke, Va., saying a more Republican-friendly jury would decide his guilt or innocence more fairly.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort proposes delay and move for Virginia trial
Politico:
‘A cesspool of deviancy’: New claims of voyeurism test Jordan denials  —  A half-dozen former wrestlers at Ohio State, where GOP Rep. Jim Jordan once coached, said they were regularly harassed by men in their training facility.  —  New allegations in the Ohio State University sexual abuse scandal …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to ‘Deep State’  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Jim Jordan is facing the kind of slowly percolating scandal that would bring down other politicians in other times, as new accusers step forward by the day to say the wrestling …
Washington Post:
Ahead of NATO and Putin summits, Trump's unorthodox diplomacy rattles allies  —  President Trump will land in Europe next week amid fears that he will blow up a key summit focused on Europe's defense and then offer concessions to NATO's main adversary in Russian President Vladi­mir Putin.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Democratic Socialism Is Dem Doom  —  A political novice who calls herself a “democratic socialist” wins an unexpected Democratic Party primary victory, and now political taxonomists are racing to explain just what the term means.  Here's my definition: political hemlock for the Democratic Party.
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:   Cuomo not the only NY Democrat keeping Trump money
RT:
Greenwald: I came to Russia to combat US' toxic view on the country … Too many people in the US consider any contact with Russia suspicious, or worse, journalist Glenn Greenwald told RT. Combating this toxic attitude is one of the reasons he decided to come to Russia this week.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Holocaust Denier in California Congressional Race Leaves State G.O.P. Scrambling  —  A Republican congressional candidate in a reliably blue California district managed to capture nearly a quarter of votes cast in the state's open primary last month — just after the state Republican Party caught wind …
Discussion: Law & Crime and The Daily Beast
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4  —  “What does July 4th mean to me?  Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.  —  For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven …
Discussion: Politico, POLITICUSUSA, Hullabaloo and Salon
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Expected to Suspend ACA Program Related to Insurer Payments  —  Companies could take financial hit from freezing of risk-adjustment payouts  —  The Trump administration is expected to suspend an Affordable Care Act program that plays a key role in the health law's insurance markets …
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's list of judges isn't a nightmare all-star team of Neil Gorsuches.  Here's what Dems can hope for  —  President Trump isn't expected to unveil his pick for the Supreme Court until Monday, but already the leading contenders are drawing fire — from within the conservative fold.
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Bill Shine's Wife Darla Complained She Couldn't Use N-Word and Spread Conspiracy Theories About ‘Blacks’  —  The wife of Bill Shine — former Fox News co-president who just joined the Trump administration as White House communications chief — has a lengthy history of defending racists …
Washington Post:
‘A little steel in the spine’: Rod Rosenstein, facing mounting criticism from Congress, is starting to fight back  —  As lawmakers took breaks during a tense congressional hearing last week to vote on a resolution meant to shame him, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein casually worked the room …
Associated Press:
Philippine president says he'll resign if anybody can prove God exists  —  MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
They Came Here to Serve.  But for Many Immigrants, the Army Isn't Interested.  —  Recruit Zhang, an immigrant from China, joined the United States military on the promise that enlisting would lead to American citizenship.  He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and was handed an Army T-shirt.
Tom Ley / Splinter:
Inspiring: A Small Number of Jackasses Put Minimal Effort Into Remembering Some Onion Inc. Blogs  —  The Daily Beast reported today that Univision, the parent company of both the Gizmodo Media Group and Onion Inc., is planning to layoff a significant number of Onion Inc. employees in the coming days.
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Wall Street Journal:
Univision Eyes Sale of Fusion Media Group
Los Angeles Times:
Southern California sets all-time heat records as broiling conditions bring misery  —  Many parts of Southern California hit new high-temperature marks Friday, with a few spots reaching the hottest readings ever recorded.  —  Among the places that set all-time records were Van Nuys Airport …
Discussion: Legal Planet and The Mahablog
Max Fisher / New York Times:
Why Europe Could Melt Down Over a Simple Question of Borders  —  LONDON — The European Union has always been sold, to its citizens, on a practical basis: Cheaper products.  Easier travel.  Prosperity and security.  —  But its founding leaders had something larger in mind.
Discussion: LewRockwell
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors abruptly dismiss all remaining Inauguration Day rioting cases  —  District prosecutors on Friday dismissed rioting charges against all remaining defendants arrested after destructive Inauguration Day protests, bringing to a close a controversial case which led to allegations of government overreach.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
The Government Is Dropping All Charges In The Remaining Inauguration Day Prosecutions
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alan Dershowitz Is Enjoying This
Discussion: Esquire and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patrick Gleason / Forbes:
Millionaires Flee California After Tax Hike
Janosch Delcker / Politico:
Frontex chief: Increase in migrants reaching EU via Spain
The Guardian:
Theresa May faces Tory anger over soft Brexit proposal
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
New York jury convicts two men for trading on hacked press releases
Neena Satija / The Texas Tribune:
The Trump administration is not keeping its promises to asylum seekers who come to ports of entry
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Orrin Hatch: What to expect when Trump nominates a new Supreme Court justice
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
In Making His Second Supreme Court Pick, Trump Has a Model: His First
Discussion: Power Line and Weekly Standard
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Ron Johnson: Russian lawmakers 'don't understand why' election interference is a big deal
Reveal:
Defense contractor detained migrant kids in vacant Phoenix office building
Washington Post:
Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July