Subject: FW: Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing for Friday, June 29, 2018
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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:07:14 -0400

Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Friday, June 29, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Urges Americans To “Rise Up,” Demand Trump Pick “Consensus” SCOTUS
Nominee. <#S1>

• In Wake Of Deadly Annapolis Shooting, Biden Says “Congress Must Act.”
<#S2>

• Biden To Help Raise Cash For Cordray, Brown In Ohio Today. <#S3>

• Biden To Keynote Maryland Democratic Party Unity Event On Saturday. <#S4>

• Biden Endorses Sinema’s Bid To Succeed Flake. <#S5>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Meets With “Key Senators” As Administration Seeks Supreme Court
Nominee. <#S6>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump-Putin Summit Set For July 16 In Helsinki. <#S7>

• Assad Forces, Backed By Russian Air Power, Make Gains In Southwest. <#S8>

• Pompeo To Visit North Korea Next Week. <#S9>

• Pompeo, Ivanka Trump Unveil Report On Human Trafficking. <#S10>

• India Asks Refiners To Drastically Reduce Oil Imports From Iran. <#S11>

• Menendez Withholds Support For Gulf Munitions Sale Over Yemen War. <#S12>

• Pence Urges Latin American Leaders To Isolate Maduro. <#S13>

• Navarro Report Outlines Chinese Trade Challenges. <#S14>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Touts Economic Policies, Criticizes Harley-Davidson, At Foxconn
Groundbreaking. <#S15>

• First Lady Meets With Border Patrol Agents, Visits Arizona Detention
Center. <#S16>

• Rosenstein Appears At “Fiery Hearing” Before House Judiciary Committee.
<#S17>

• Five Dead In “Targeted Attack” On Maryland Newspaper. <#S18>

• WSJournal: Trump Considering Ayers, Mulvaney For Kelly Replacement. <#S19>

• Senate Passes Bipartisan Farm Bill, Laying Groundwork For Fight With
House. <#S20>

• Amazon To Acquire PillPack In Bid To Enter Online Pharmacy Market. <#S21>

• At DNC Fundraiser, Obama Contrasts His Administration With Trump’s. <#S22>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• CDC: Childhood Cancer Rates Highest In More Affluent Counties, Big Cities.
<#S23>

• Siblings Diagnosed With Same Type Of Cancer Within Weeks Of Each Other.
<#S24>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S25>

• Washington Post. <#S26>
Biden in the News
Biden Urges Americans To “Rise Up,” Demand Trump Pick “Consensus” SCOTUS
Nominee.

The Independent Journal Review
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(6/28, Rose) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden has “posted a
series of tweets urging the Senate to force a ‘consensus choice’ for the
replacement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, calling it ‘a battle
for the soul of this nation.’” In the wake of Kennedy’s retirement
announcement, Biden “tweeted that ‘many of our fundamental rights,
freedoms, and liberties’ are ‘at risk.’” Biden is quoted as tweeting, “We
shouldn’t move forward with hearings or a vote before the mid-term
elections.” Biden went on to urge “his supporters to ‘show up to vote this
November – in numbers like we’ve never seen.’” The AP
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(6/28) reports that Biden urged “Americans to ‘rise up’ to demand President
Donald Trump nominate a ‘consensus candidate’ to the Supreme Court.” Biden,
who “sided with Democrats who have said the Senate should postpone the
confirmation process until after the mid-term elections,” tweeted, “It’s up
to us, America. Speak out. Rise up. Be heard.”

        MSNBC’s The Last Word
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(6/28) reported that Biden, “the long-time leader of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, said that in normal times – with such a divided Senate – the
president would look for a consensus candidate who could get votes from
both parties. But we are not in normal times. So, Biden also told voters,
‘It’s up to us, America. Speak Out. Rise Up. Be heard.’ And that seems to
be what Democrats are planning.” Earlier in the day, MSNBC The Beat[image:
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(6/28) offered a similar report.

        Several local TV stations also report briefly on Biden’s comments.
For example, KBMT-TV
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Beaumont, TX (6/28) reported that Biden is “urging Americans to rise up
‘rise up’ to demand...Trump nominate a ‘consensus candidate’ to the US
Supreme Court. Biden is siding with Democrats, who say the Senate should
hold up the confirmation process until after the midterm elections.
Republicans are pushing for a vote this fall.” WISH-TV[image: Image removed
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Indianapolis (6/28) reported that Biden “is urging Americans to
demand...Trump nominate a ‘consensus candidate.’ He says, quote, ‘So many
of our fundamental rights, freedoms and liberties and the rule of the law
are all at risk.’”
In Wake Of Deadly Annapolis Shooting, Biden Says “Congress Must Act.”

In the wake of Thursday’s deadly shooting in Annapolis, Maryland,
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Cincinnati (6/29) reports this morning that former Vice President Joe Biden
“tweeted powerful words about the tragedy, writing, ‘Another shooting.
Another night in America where a father, a wife, a friend, a neighbor won’t
be coming home. We can’t accept this. It must end. Congress must Act.’”
Biden To Help Raise Cash For Cordray, Brown In Ohio Today.

WCPO-TV
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Cincinnati's News at 11PM (6/28) reported that former Vice President Joe
Biden will visit “Cincinnati tomorrow. He will be in town to raise money
for the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, Richard Cordray. The event
will be held at the Queen City Club.” Cordray is battling state Attorney
General Mike DeWine (R) in this fall’s race to succeed term-limited Gov.
John Kasich (R). In a broadcast this morning, WBNS-TV[image: Image removed
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Columbus (OH)'s News at 6AM (6/29) reports that following the event in
Cincinnati, Biden “will go to Cleveland for a fundraiser for” Sen. Sherrod
Brown (D), who is up for reelection this fall.
Biden To Keynote Maryland Democratic Party Unity Event On Saturday.

In a broadcast this morning, WMAR-TV
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Baltimore (6/29) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden “will be in
Maryland tomorrow. He’s giving a keynote speech at a Maryland Democratic
Party unity event.” WMAR-TV adds, “The post-primary election celebration
will be held at Camden Yards. The Democratic nominees for governor and US
Senate are also scheduled to deliver remarks...as the party tries to come
together and get ready for the general election this fall.”
Biden Endorses Sinema’s Bid To Succeed Flake.

The Arizona Republic
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(6/28, Sanchez) reports former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday
endorsed Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D) bid to succeed retiring Sen. Jeff Flake
(R), praising her in a statement “for ‘working past party labels to get
things done for Arizona families.” The Republic adds that Biden “could
appeal to moderates on both sides of the aisle who may see him as a
throwback to a less divisive era.” Sinema, the presumptive Democratic
Senate nominee, will face off this fall against one of three candidates
battling in the GOP primary: ex-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R),
Rep. Martha McSally (R), or ex-state Sen. Kelli Ward (R). In an online
article, KTAR-FM
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Glendale, AZ (6/28) reported that Sinema “said she was ‘honored’ to have
the endorsement of Biden and cited their work together on the
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013 after she was
first elected to the House. Several recent polls showed Sinema leading each
of the top Republican candidates in head-to-head matchups.”
Leading the News
Trump Meets With “Key Senators” As Administration Seeks Supreme Court
Nominee.

Media speculation is heavy over who President Trump will nominate to
replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and the expected Senate
battle over confirming the nominee. CNN
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(6/28, Collins, Feldscher) reports that Trump “met with key senators at the
White House on Thursday as the administration goes into a full-court press
to nominate and confirm a new Supreme Court justice before the midterm
elections.” Trump met with Sens. Joe Manchin, Joe Donnelly, and Heidi
Heitkamp, all “red-state Democrats” who are “facing tough re-election
fights.” In addition, Trump met with GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan
Collins, and Chuck Grassley, and “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders
said Trump’s team also talked with a dozen other senators.” The Washington
Examiner
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(6/28, Quinn) reports that Sanders said in a statement that the meetings
were “part of ongoing outreach to get views and advice from both sides of
the aisle on this important nomination.”

        The Hill
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(6/28, Carney) notes the meeting came after Trump “lashed out at Heitkamp
during a rally in North Dakota this week, predicting she wouldn’t support
his eventual nominee to replace Kennedy even though she supported his first
Supreme Court pick.” CQ Roll Call
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(6/28, Lesniewski) reports that Heitkamp said in a statement, “Political
speeches are just that, but the next day, I’m ready to get to work.”

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(6/28, story 3, 1:50, Holt) that Trump is “determined to find a nominee
young enough to make a lasting difference.” Citing “three people familiar
with the matter,” Bloomberg News
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(6/28, Jacobs) reports Trump “has asked advisers their opinions about
nominating Utah Senator Mike Lee.” According to Bloomberg, Trump “thinks
Lee would be easily confirmed by the Senate,” but has also “expressed
concern about keeping his Senate seat in Republican hands.” Bloomberg adds
that Trump, after being “assured the seat will remain safely
Republican...complained that he was told the same about the Alabama Senate
seat held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who wound up replaced by
Democrat Doug Jones.”

        However, NBC News
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(6/28, News) says on its website that “Leonard Leo, who has taken a leave
of absence from the conservative Federalist Society to help in the
selection process, said the nominee will be a judge,” which “suggests that
non-judges on list of potential candidates released by the White House last
November,” such as Lee “are not current frontrunners for a Supreme Court
nomination.” NBC cites “White House insiders working on the process” say
frontrunners for the position include Brett Kavanaugh, who “serves on the
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and is a former Kennedy
law clerk.” Others mentioned “are all federal appeals court judges,
including Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, who serves alongside Trump’s
sister on the Third Circuit.” The short list also “includes two judges from
the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals — Raymond Kethledge of Michigan and Amul
Thapar, who is from Kentucky, home state of Senator Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell — and Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana on the Seventh Circuit appeals
court.” In a piece for Townhall
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(6/28), Guy Benson writes about speculation on who is on the short list of
potential nominees.

        Politico
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(6/28, Cook) reports that “one Republican close to the White House and one
person involved with the judicial selection process” say the White House
hopes to have a nominee chosen by the time Trump leaves for Europe on July
10. Interviews with candidates are expected to start early next week, with
a goal of holding “confirmation hearings in August or September, so that
any confirmed justice can join the court in early October once it resumes
its session.” Reuters
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(6/28, Chung) reports that that “a small group of deeply conservative
lawyers, some inside the White House and at least one from outside,” will
advise the President on choosing a nominee. White House Counsel Don McGahn
will lead the effort, according to “White House sources.” Legal activist
Leonard Leo “will be another key member of the president’s advisory team,
sources said.”

        The Hill
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(6/28, Bolton, Carney) says the fight over Trump’s as yet unnamed nominee
“began almost immediately after the news broke of the opening on Wednesday”
as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “said the Senate would act before
the midterm election to confirm Trump’s next nominee,” and Democrats
“immediately cried foul, arguing the nomination fight should come next
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(6/28, story 4, 3:40, Muir) that with Trump “on the brink of reshaping the
Supreme Court for generations,” Democrats, “outnumbered, are already trying
to stop any vote, echoing the argument Republicans used when they blocked
President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, in an election year. ... But
there’s a big difference. Republicans had the votes to block Garland.
Democrats are in the minority now.”

        The Wall Street Journal
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(6/28, Radnofsky) says Democrats are weighing how to block the eventual
nominee. Citing the party’s success in blocking the ACA repeal by keeping
their caucus together and pulling off centrist Republicans, some Democrats
are recommending a similar strategy on Trump’s nominee. The New York Times
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(6/28, Shear, Kaplan) reports that “Democratic lawmakers gathered on the
steps of the Supreme Court Thursday morning, flanked by members of
progressive groups, to declare their opposition to all of the potential
candidates on Mr. Trump’s public list of 25 possible jurists.”

        The AP
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(6/28, Lucey, Mascaro) reports that abortion rights could be “a flashpoint
in the court debate,” which “puts a spotlight on key female Republican
senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,” who have
“supported abortion access.” The Washington Post
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(6/28, Kim) says Murkowski and Collins “will almost certainly be needed for
Trump’s eventual nominee to be confirmed, making them the most influential
senators in the battle to replace” Kennedy, and Nancy Cordes said on the CBS
Evening News
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(6/28, story 3, 2:20, Glor), Nancy Cordes said “the vote could hinge” on
Murkowski and Collins, “who said today she wants a Justice who views ‘Roe
v. Wade’ as settled law.” Politico
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(6/28, Everett, Bresnahan) also highlights the role Collins and Murkowski
could play in confirming Trump’s nominee, and Bloomberg News
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(6/28) says “abortion could be the central issue in a battle over Trump’s
nominee in the Senate.” Bloomberg adds that Trump “vowed during the
campaign to appoint ‘pro life’ justices who would overturn” Roe vs Wade,
which Collins referred to on Wednesday as “settled law.”

        Amber Phillips of the Washington Post
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(6/28, Phillips) writes that “there’s no actual evidence that Collins
or...Murkowski would buck their party on such a consequential vote.” But,
Kasie Hunt said on NBC Nightly News
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(6/28, story 4, 1:45, Holt) that McGahn “called both Lisa Murkowski and
Susan Collins to discuss the vacancy, a sign that the White House knows how
critical they will be to the knock down, drag out fight ahead.”

        *NYTimes: White House Waged “Quiet Campaign” To Get Kennedy To
Retire. *The New York Times
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(6/28, Liptak, Haberman) describes the effort by the White House to get
Kennedy to retire. The Times says that while “there were no direct efforts
to pressure or lobby Justice Kennedy to announce his resignation,” in
“subtle and not so subtle ways, the White House waged a quiet campaign to
ensure that Mr. Trump had a second opportunity in his administration’s
first 18 months to fulfill one of his most important campaign promises to
his conservative followers — that he would change the complexion and
direction of the Supreme Court.”

        *Kennedy’s Retirement Positions Roberts To Play Key Role On High
Court *. The Washington Post
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(6/28, Barnes) reports that with Kennedy’s retirement, Chief Justice John
Roberts “is poised to play a pivotal role on the court.” While Roberts “has
been content to play the long game, moving the court to the right with
incremental steps,” now “with more conservative colleagues on one side and
liberals on the other, Roberts will have the ability to supply the deciding
fifth vote and dictate the terms of the deal.”

        *Lane: “Dignity” Was Unifying Theme Of Kennedy’s Tenure. *Charles
Lane writes in his Washington Post
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(6/28) column that “protecting the ‘dignity’ of some person or group” was
“the unifying theme of his jurisprudence, and it determined his impact on
the court.” Lane adds that “you had to admire how doggedly he tried to
constitutionalize respect, despite [late-Justice Antonin] Scalia’s taunts
and the inherent difficulties of the task.” Kennedy “spent 30 years on the
court asking government to treat citizens with dignity, and citizens to
respect one another, yet even he could not quite identify a certain
template for doing so — just when we really need one. And then he retired.”

        *Gerson: Kennedy’s Retirement Comes At Good Moment For Trump. *Michael
Gerson writes in the Washington Post
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(6/28) that for Trump, Kennedy’s retirement “could not be better timed.
Replacing the Supreme Court’s most prominent swinger combines every culture
war battle into a single, all-consuming conflagration. And when hatred is
at its height, and civility and comity completely break down, and Americans
are at each other’s throats, Trump is in his element.” Gerson adds that
unless Trump “blows this nomination with a foolish, impulsive pick (not
impossible), he will enter the midterms with a cause that excites his base
and unites his party.”
Foreign Policy
Trump-Putin Summit Set For July 16 In Helsinki.

Media reaction to the announcement that President Trump and Russian
President Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki on July 16 draws attention
to fears from critics of the Russian government that Trump is moving to a
more conciliatory stance in regards to Putin’s foreign policy. The CBS
Evening News
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(6/28, story 8, 0:10, Glor) reported briefly that “the White House said
today the President will meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin July 16 in
Helsinki, Finland. It will come at the end of a week-long trip the
President is making to Europe for meetings with NATO and G7 leaders.”

        USA Today
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(6/28, Hjelmgaard, Jackson) reports Trump told reporters that he and Putin
will “be talking about Syria. I think we’ll be talking about Ukraine. I
think we’ll be talking about many other subjects. And we’ll see what
happens. So you never know.” Asked if Russian election meddling will be one
of those subjects, Trump replied, “You never know about meetings, what
happens. Right? But I think a lot of good things can come with meetings
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(6/28, story 6, 0:30, Holt) that “it’s not clear if President Trump will
push President Putin on Russia’s election interference in 2016 or warn him
not to try it again come the midterms.” Bloomberg News
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(6/28, Meyer, Kravchenko) reports that the summit was announced following
“unusually warm discussions in the Kremlin” involving National Security
Adviser Bolton. According to Bloomberg, analysts say “the mere fact of the
summit is a boost for Kremlin efforts to ease its international isolation,”
and “is above all a symbolic achievement for Putin as he seeks to put ties
with the US back on track with Trump in the White House.”

        The AP
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(6/28, Isachenkov) reports the summit “will offer Putin a chance to try to
persuade Washington to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Russia over
its 2014 annexation of Crimea, its support for separatists fighting the
government in eastern Ukraine and its alleged meddling in the 2016 US
presidential election.” Trump, the AP says, “has continually parroted the
Kremlin’s denial of election interference, a move that has put him out of
step with the findings of the US intelligence community and nearly all
Democrats and Republicans in Congress.” Under the headline, “First
Trump-Putin Summit Has Cold War Backdrop, US Allies Nervous,” Reuters
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(6/28, Chiacu) refers to “nervous US allies in Europe and Russia skeptics
looking on,” and reports that the summit “could irritate US allies who want
to isolate Putin, such as Britain, or countries such as Ukraine who are
nervous about what they see as Trump’s overly friendly attitude towards the
Russian leader.” Reuters adds, “It is also likely to go down badly among
critics who question Trump’s commitment to the NATO alliance and who have
been concerned about his frictions with longtime allies such as Canada and
Germany over trade.”

        Likewise, the New York Times
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(6/28, Kramer, Sullivan) reports that “the potential for such a high-level
meeting has concerned some American allies in Europe, particularly because
of recent tensions between the Trump administration and traditional
American allies including Canada, France and Germany,” while the Washington
Post
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(6/28, Wagner, Troianovski, Rucker) says the summit “threatens to further
rupture Trump’s relationships with European leaders.” According to the
Post, “NATO leaders had expressed concerns about a Trump-Putin meeting
taking place either before or after their planned summit. A friendly Trump
meeting with Putin ahead of the NATO meeting, they reasoned, could have
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(6/28, story 6, 1:45, Muir), Martha Raddatz said, “There is increasing
strain with our allies, who he’ll also be meeting with next month. This is
what he said at a rally last night. ‘The European Union was set to take
advantage of the United States and, you know what, we’re not going to let
that happen.’ Could be some very tense meetings.”

        The New York Times
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(6/28, Landler) reports that according to aides, Trump’s “appetite for a
meeting with...Putin...was whetted by his talks with Kim Jong-un,” but “it
is precisely that encounter that is stirring unease among foreign policy
experts, including some in his own administration. They worry that Mr.
Trump will make the same kinds of concessions to Mr. Putin...that he made
to Mr. Kim in Singapore, tilting a relationship that has already swung in
Russia’s favor.”

        The Washington Post
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(6/28) editorializes that “summits can be productive, even – maybe
especially – when nations are at odds. In theory, a meeting between Mr.
Trump and Mr. Putin...could be useful. But a meeting aimed at pleasing Mr.
Putin is naive and foolhardy. A meeting aimed at pleasing Mr. Putin at the
expense of traditional, democratic US allies would be dangerous and
damaging.” The New York Times
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(6/28) similarly says in an editorial “it’s good for American presidents to
meet with adversaries, to clarify differences and resolve disputes. But
when President Trump sits down with...Putin...it will be a meeting of
kindred spirits, and that’s a problem.” Most likely, the Times, Trump “will
congratulate Mr. Putin, once again, for winning another term in a sham
election, as he did in March, even though his aides explicitly warned him
not to. And he has already proposed readmitting Russia to the Group of 7,
from which it was ousted after the Ukraine invasion.”

        *EU Planning Closer Defense Cooperation Amid Trump Doubts. *Bloomberg
News
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(6/28, Viscusi) reports EU leaders are planning on increasing defense
cooperation “amid doubts about US President Donald Trump’s commitment to
the continent’s security.” An EU draft communique under consideration at a
summit in Brussels is quoted as saying, “Europe must take greater
responsibility for its own security and underpin its role as a credible and
reliable actor and partner in the area of security and defense.” The plan
includes spending more on “joint defense research, preparing forces to
deploy more quickly, and better coordination” with NATO.

        *Rogin: Trump Destabilizing US Relations With Europe. *Washington
Post
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(6/28) columnist Josh Rogin writes that ahead of the NATO summit, Trump’s
“personal attacks on the European Union and other pillars of the Western
order are overshadowing his own administration’s attempts to reassure
allies that the United States still believes in the” body. While the US and
Europe “have had disputes before,” Rogin argues that “Trump is doing
enormous and unnecessary damage. His intentional and egregious actions to
undermine the EU, NATO and the United States’ relationship with both can no
longer be discounted, rationalized or seen as anything but what they are –
a brazen attempt to undo the strategic infrastructure both America and
Europe need more than ever.”
Assad Forces, Backed By Russian Air Power, Make Gains In Southwest.

The Washington Post
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(6/28, Sly, Zakaria) reports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad backed by
Russian air support is attempting “to reclaim territory in Daraa that had
been captured by rebels over the past seven years.” The Post adds that on
Wednesday, the UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura warned the Security
Council about his concerns that there may be “a repetition of what we saw
sadly in Aleppo and Eastern Ghouta.” Reuters
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(6/28, Francis) reports that al-Assad “has sworn to take back every inch of
Syria,” though the southwest where the current fighting is, is a
“de-escalation zone” agreed to by the United States, Jordan and Russia.
Yet, adds Reuters, the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia,
“indicated that Russia would no longer uphold the de-escalation zone,”
saying, “I hope that all of the de-escalation zones will go into history
and will have Syria territorially united under the control of the
legitimate government.”

        *WSJournal Editorial: Trump Tricked By Putin On Syria
De-Escalation. *The Wall Street Journal
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(6/28) in an editorial says that President Trump, in agreeing to
de-escalation zones in Syria, was tricked because then-Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson and Mr. Trump wanted to believe the Russians were seeking
peace or at least a ceasefire. And now, says the Journal, Assad is free to
attack the southwest, previously under a ceasefire, having retaken the area
around Damascus. The Journal mocks the Administration as having no response
but to ask Russia and Assad to stop.

        *Ignatius: Trump Confirms Putin’s Victory In Middle East. *David
Ignatius, writing in his column in the Washington Post
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(6/28), that the US is now in the situation of seeking “a deal that would
preserve power for Syrian President Bashar al -Assad in exchange for
Russian pledges to restrain Iranian influence.” Ignatius says that Trump’s
“most consistent” policy has been to undo US policy from the previous two
administrations. Ignatius concludes, “Putin has taken a decisive position
in Syria at minimal cost — with a deferential Trump now seeming ready to
confirm his victory.”
Pompeo To Visit North Korea Next Week.

Reuters
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(6/28) reports that according to a Financial Times report, Secretary of
State Pompeo “plans to travel to North Korea next week to discuss the
country’s denuclearization plans.” In the report, four unnamed US officials
said Pompeo “had canceled a July 6 meeting with his Indian counterpart in
Washington to fly to Pyongyang.” However, a State Department official
“would not confirm the Financial Times report and told Reuters there were
no travels plans to announce.” The Financial Times
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(6/28, Manson, Stacey) reports US officials said the State Department would
make an official statement in the coming days.

        *Mattis, South Korean Minister: Sanctions Relief Contingent On
Denuclearization. *Reuters
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(6/28, Shin, Kim) reports Defense Secretary Mattis and South Korean Defense
Minister Song Young-moo said Thursday that UN sanctions against North Korea
“should remain in place until North Korea takes concrete, irreversible
steps toward denuclearization.” The AP
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(6/28, Baldor) reports Mattis sought to reassure South Korea during a visit
to Seoul, saying the US will “maintain its current number of troops on the
Korean Peninsula, even as nuclear negotiations continue with North Korea.”
Mattis read what the AP calls a “lengthy statement” reinforcing America’s
“ironclad” commitment to Seoul, adding that “the US will continue to use
the full range of diplomatic and military capabilities to uphold this
commitment.” The AP says Mattis’ message “appeared aimed at putting to rest
any rumblings that the US would pull its forces off the peninsula.”

        *Satellite Imagery Shows North Korea Making Improvement To Yongbyon
Nuclear Site. *USA Today
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(6/28, Hjelmgaard) reports in continuing coverage on the 38 North Satellite
imagery that shows North Korea is “upgrading a major nuclear research
facility” despite President Trump’s claim that Kim “has vowed to disarm.”
The 38 North experts “concluded the images show that ‘improvements to the
infrastructure at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
are continuing at a rapid pace.’”
Pompeo, Ivanka Trump Unveil Report On Human Trafficking.

The AP
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(6/28, George) reports Secretary of State Pompeo and Ivanka Trump unveiled
Thursday the State Department’s annual report on human trafficking, “which
ranks governments in their efforts to combat slavery and the flesh trade.”
At the event, Pompeo said, “Our commitment to fighting (human trafficking)
and ending this together is incredibly strong.” Pompeo added, “The world
should know that we will not stop before we know human trafficking is a
thing of the past.” The AP says the report “left the Trump administration
open to accusations of hypocrisy” for having “separated more than 2,000
migrant children from their parents on the country’s southern border.”
The Washington
Post
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(6/28, Morello) calls the report “a withering condemnation of the
institutionalization of children away from family settings,” and says the
report was “prepared long before the Trump administration instituted a
policy of separating children from their families.” The Los Angeles Times
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(6/28, Bierman) says the report came from “an unlikely source: the Trump
administration,” and quotes the report saying, “Removal of a child from the
family should only be considered as a temporary, last resort.” The Times
also says the report is “certain to be viewed as an indictment of Trump’s
‘zero tolerance’ policy.”
India Asks Refiners To Drastically Reduce Oil Imports From Iran.

Reuters
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(6/28, Verma) reports in the first response that India is responding to the
US push to end Iran’s oil exports, the oil ministry “has asked refiners to
prepare for a ‘drastic reduction or zero’ imports of Iranian oil from
November.” Though India has “said it does not recognize unilateral
restrictions imposed by the United States,” industry sources “said India,
the biggest buyer of Iranian oil after China, will be forced to take action
to protect its exposure to the US financial system.” The sources said
India’s “oil ministry held a meeting with refiners on Thursday, urging them
to scout for alternatives to Iranian oil.”

        *WSJournal: US Iran Policy Benefiting Saudi Economy. *The Wall
Street Journal
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(6/28, Said, Amon) reports that the Administration’s efforts to sanction
Iran are helping Saudi Arabia economically, as it increases its oil
production to replace Iran’s oil, locked out of the market by sanctions,
which will also help it to boost military and other spending. That money,
says the Journal, will help the Saudis in their war in Yemen and generally
with their struggle with Iran across the region.
Menendez Withholds Support For Gulf Munitions Sale Over Yemen War.

Reuters
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(6/28, Zengerle) reports Sen. Bob Menendez (D) said Thursday “he cannot
support for now” an Administration plan to sell high-tech munitions to
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns about the war in
Yemen, “a decision that could derail the sale.” Menendez said the
Administration “had not satisfied his concerns about the sale,” which
“could sink the deal for Raytheon.”
Pence Urges Latin American Leaders To Isolate Maduro.

Reuters
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(6/28, Valencia) reports that in Ecuador on Thursday, Vice President Pence
“urged Latin American nations to help isolate the crisis-stricken
Venezuela, an ideological adversary of Washington that is struggling under
an economic crisis.” According to Reuters, Pence met Ecuadorean President
Lenin Moreno “as part of a tour of Latin America that has included meetings
with Venezuelans who left the collapsing socialist country because they
struggled to obtain food or medicine.” Pence said the US has “offered to
provide $2 million in assistance to Ecuador to handle the growing influx of
migrants, whose growing numbers are overwhelming social services agencies
in countries all over Latin America.” Pence said, “We respectfully urge
Ecuador and all of our allies across the region to take steps to further
isolate the Maduro regime.” In response, Moreno “said Ecuador was seeking
to improving bilateral relations with the United States,” but “stopped
short of heeding Pence’s call for increased isolation” of Venezuela.

        The AP
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(6/28) reports Pence “praised Ecuador’s leader for warming relations” and
added, “The Ecuadorean people have shown remarkable compassion,” in helping
Venezuelans who have fled. Pence said, “We must all take strong action to
restore democracy in Venezuela.” He also has “announced $10 million in aid
to assist in the absorption of Venezuelan refugees.” Moreno said that it is
“ultimately up to Venezuelans” to resolve the situation, but that “he and
Pence agreed to work together in coordination with the Organization of
American States to promote citizen rights and fundamental freedoms
throughout Latin America.” The Washington Post
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(6/28, O'Grady) reports that Pence’s “criticism was not lost on Maduro, who
shot right back later in the day in a speech broadcast on television.
‘Every time the poisonous viper Mike Pence opens his mouth, I feel
stronger,’ the socialist leader said. ‘We have defeated you, and we are
going to defeat [you] wherever you are.’”
Navarro Report Outlines Chinese Trade Challenges.

Bloomberg News
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(6/28, Leonard) reports on a study released by White House trade adviser
Peter Navarro outlining US trade challenges with China, including
intellectual property theft. Navarro said the report is “useful” because
“it gives everybody a common understanding of the structural challenges
that we need to face.”

        *Branstad Skeptical Of Chinese Follow-Through On Trade Pledges. *
Reuters
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(6/28) reports Terry Branstad, the US ambassador to China, said Friday at a
forum in Beijing that he is skeptical China will follow through on trade
pledges. He is quoted as saying, “The administration is not convinced that
the Chinese are willing to make enough progress soon enough.” He added, “I
think the concern is it’s been promised so many times, and it’s been
delayed. So, we really want to see it happen and we want to see it happen
now. Not three years from now or five years from now.”

        *House Defense Spending Bill Bars Pentagon From Doing Business With
ZTE, Huawei. *The AP
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(6/28, Daly) reports that earlier today, the House “approved a $675 billion
spending bill for the Defense Department that includes a 2.6 percent raise
for the military.” The AP says that the bill, which passed on a 359-49
vote, “includes an amendment by Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego to
bar the Pentagon from buying goods or services from Chinese
telecommunications giants ZTE and Huawei.”

        *Chinese Markets Hit Bear Territory As Tariff Uncertainty Takes
Toll. *Under the headline, “Trump’s Trade Threats Hit China’s Stock Market
And Currency,” the New York Times
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(6/28, Bradsher) reports that “months” of economic challenges “and
bickering with President Trump over trade” are having an effect on Chinese
markets. As of this week, the Chinese stock market was down over 20 percent
from its peak in January, putting it in bear market territory. Indeed, it
lost around 1 percent in trading on Thursday. Some observers pointed to
uncertainty surrounding tariffs. Hong Hao of the Bank of Communications, a
Chinese bank, is quoted as saying, “You don’t know what Trump is going to
do next.” He added, “Normally at this level, there should be a technical
rebound.”

        *China Touts WTO Record, Depicting Itself As Champion Of Global
Trade. *The Wall Street Journal
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(6/28, Deng) reports China released a white paper on Thursday defending its
record in meeting World Trade Organization requirements. In doing so, it
sidestepped Trump Administration criticisms that it is using non-tariff
barriers and subsidies to favor domestic companies. At a briefing on the
document, Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said China had even opened
its service sector more than WTO obligations required. The Journal observes
that China appears to be using the white paper as a way to depict the
country as a champion of global trade.

        *Canada To Aid Industries Hit By US Tariffs, Levy Retaliatory
Tariffs. *Reuters
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(6/28, Ljunggren) reports Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is
slated to announce a list of countermeasures to US tariffs today. Sources
indicate she will announce $603 million (C$800 million) in aid to steel and
aluminum companies affected while also providing a list of US goods upon
which Canada plans to place retaliatory tariffs.

        *Forbes: US Tariff On Uncoated Paper Is Tax On Journalism. *In an
op-ed for the Wall Street Journal
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(6/28), Steve Forbes argues that while many US industries are threatened by
the Administration’s tariffs, one that newspaper readers should pay
particular attention to is the 30% tariff on Canadian uncoated paper that
has been levied since March. The tax has already raised the price of
newsprint and is making it more difficult for the struggling media outlets.
Forbes likens the policy to a tax on journalism that undermines freedom of
expression.
Domestic Policy
Trump Touts Economic Policies, Criticizes Harley-Davidson, At Foxconn
Groundbreaking.

President Trump visited Wisconsin Thursday to attend the groundbreaking of
a $10 billion Foxconn factory complex that is expected to bring thousands
of jobs to the state. Only one network news broadcast mentioned Trump’s
trip as part of another story, but print and online reporting are heavy.
While much of the coverage is positive, focusing on Trump’s remarks
praising the Foxconn deal and criticizing Harley-Davidson over its decision
to move some production outside the US, several reports highlight on the
criticism of the financial incentives the state offered Foxconn to build
its facility there.

        Bloomberg News
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(6/28, Jacobs, McCormick) calls the visit “an early illustration of Trump
building the case that his economic policies – particularly tax cuts and
efforts to revive American manufacturing – are paying off ahead of crucial
November midterm elections.” The Wall Street Journal
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(6/28, Raice) says Trump cited the Foxconn facility as evidence that
manufacturing jobs are returning to the US, as he promised during his
campaign. Trump tweeted
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Thursday, “Today, we broke ground on a plant that will provide jobs for up
to 15,000 Wisconsin Workers! As Foxconn has discovered, there is no better
place to build, hire and grow than right here in the United States!”

        Kayla Tausche said on CNBC’s Closing Bell[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(6/28) that Trump “used the speech as a proclamation that the US is open
for business, touting tax reform and deregulation, although, trade is, of
course, the unknown variable there. He says that the tariffs for the steel
industry have caused that business to be through the roof, and that even
though Europe is not happy about it, it has brought them to the negotiating
table. He did also have a warning shot for Harley Davidson.” Liz Claman
said on Fox Business’ Countdown to the Closing Bell[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(6/28) that Trump touted “his pro-America agenda in a speech after breaking
ground on a brand new factory in Wisconsin that’s expected to produce some
13,000 jobs bringing in billions of dollars for the state.” Trump “also
rubbed salt in Harley-Davidson’s wounds, calling out the company again in
the speech, urging them to build in the United States.”

        In an interview with WTMJ-TV
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(6/28, 4:03 p.m. CDT), Trump said, “Foxconn is one of the great companies
of the world. They are building this incredible plant, a plant like
practically, I would say, we don’t have in our country. ... I guess it is
working 15,000 jobs. And I was very involved. I actually recommended
Wisconsin. I recommended it very strongly and I have to tell you Scott
Walker has done a fantastic job. I handed the ball to him, he took it over.
I actually picked the site from the helicopter. I picked the site so I am
very proud of that. But I gave the ball to Scott and he got it done. Very
few people can do that.”

        CNET News
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(6/28, Tibken, Cheng) reports that Trump “lauded Foxconn’s plans” and “said
it’s just the beginning for foreign investment in the US.” Trump said,
“Today’s groundbreaking is only one part of the exciting story playing out
across our nation.” WNEM-TV
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Flint-Saginaw, MI (6/28, 4:01 p.m. CDT) reported that Trump said the
Foxconn project “will attract people to the Badger State and keep jobs in
the US. He said today’s groundbreaking shows our nation’s economy is doing
better than it’s ever done in the past and this project is just the
beginning of whats to come.” Trump: “America is open for business, more
than it has ever been open for business. Between our low taxes, our cutting
of regulations – and we’re not finished with the regulation – and we’ll
have regulation but its sensible regulation. You’ll be able to get things
approved quickly or disapproved. Sometimes it’s got to be disapproved.”

        WTMJ-TV
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Milwaukee (6/28, 4:02 p.m. CDT) said Trump “thanked several Wisconsin
politicians, specifically though Gov. Scott Walker for getting this done.”
Trump “also thanked Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, who says he would not be here
today without the President.” WTMJ added that Trump “kept going back to his
trademark slogan, Making America Great Again. He says things like the
Foxconn facility keep America great.”

        In a story posted before Thursday’s event, The Hill
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(6/28, Wilson) reported that while the Foxconn deal is “expected to bring
thousands of high-paying jobs to suburban Milwaukee,” those jobs “come at a
steep cost to the state, which gave massive tax breaks and incentives to
the Taiwanese firm in order to lure them to Wisconsin.” Some “say the state
will take a generation to make back the money it gave away, and they worry
that the Foxconn deal could mark the beginning of a new round of taxpayer
giveaways to big corporations.” The Wall Street Journal
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(6/27, Raice) says incentives offered by the state and its municipalities
to Foxconn since it announced plans to build the facility have risen by
nearly $1 billion. Peter Alexander said on NBC Nightly News[image: Image
removed by sender. Video]
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(6/28, story 3, 1:50, Holt) that if the incentives are paid out it would be
“the most to a foreign company in US history.”

        Fox Business
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(6/28, De Lea) reports that “taxpayers could be on the hook for a part of
the hefty financial incentives package the state put together to win the
bid for the facility,” and there are “concerns Foxconn may not fulfill its
end of the bargain, after it promised in 2013 to build a $30 million
factory in Pennsylvania that never materialized.”

        WITI-TV
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Milwaukee (6/28, 4:01 p.m. CDT) reported that while “public opinion is
split on the [Foxconn] deal, especially the $4.5 billion dollars in public
incentives that the company is in line for,” if Trump “has heard any of the
criticism from Democrats, he didn’t let on.” Trump: “That’s the way it is.
They always will criticize This is one of the great deals ever. What this
is going to do – and I don’t even know that anyone’s critical of it. I
can’t imagine they could be.” Trump was asked about the criticism in his
interview
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with WTMJ. Trump said, “I think it is going to be great because they are
going to expand. ... they are already talking about expanding. It’s an
incredible thing for Wisconsin to get. Now, a Democrat is always going to
say that. You could make the deal 10 times better and they are going to
say, ‘Oh gee, you could have done better. The fact is, the deal [Walker]
made was incredible.”

        The AP
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(6/28, Superville, Lemire) reports that Trump’s speech “came against a
backdrop of [the] less-rosy economic news” of Harley-Davidson’s recent
announcement that “it is moving some motorcycle production overseas.” Eamon
Javers said on CNBC’s Power Lunch
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(6/28), “The politics of this are a little complicated by the fact that
Harley-Davidson also a Wisconsin company, headquartered just about 30 miles
away from where Foxconn is going to be. Harley-Davidson is moving some
production overseas to the EU to get around some of those EU retaliatory
tariffs that they put in place in response to President Trump’s tariffs
which were announced earlier this year. So some unsettlement in the
political and business landscape in Wisconsin.”

        Reuters
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(6/28) says Trump “praised” Foxconn and “vaguely threatened”
Harley-Davidson during the “campaign-style trip.” Yahoo! Finance
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(6/28, HuReporter) says Trump “used the opportunity to troll
Harley-Davidson, implying the company didn’t realize the benefits brought
by his administration’s tax cuts.” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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(6/28, Glauber, Romell, Spicuzza) says Trump “took a swipe at
Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson,” and the Chicago Tribune
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(6/28, Zumbach) reports that while Trump called Foxconn’s plans for the
factory as “the eighth wonder of the world,” he “had less-kind words”
Harley-Davidson, saying, “Please build those beautiful motorcycles here in
the USA again. Don’t get cute with us,” and “warning,” “Your customers
won’t be happy if you don’t.”

        Asked about Harley-Davidson in his interview
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WTMJ, Trump said, “I was very disappointed because we are bringing trade
right back down. We are balancing it out and we are getting taxes way down.
... So, I was disappointed in Harley because I like Harley and I was
disappointed that they would be moving some of their operation to another
country. I don’t like that. Now, no president has ever said that before,
because I guess you’re not supposed to say it. But I can say it. I’m
disappointed in Harley-Davidson. I don’t like them leaving this country.”
Politico
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(6/28, Morin) reports Trump’s comments about Harley-Davidson “were the
latest attacks he’s made on the motorcycle company,” and the New York Times
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(6/28, Davey) says Trump’s “pointed remarks about Harley-Davidson have also
left Mr. Walker and other Wisconsin Republicans in a difficult position:
How to support one of the state’s beloved companies without crossing the
president?”

        In an op-ed for the Washington Post
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(6/28), former Rep. Reid Ribble, chief executive officer of the National
Roofing Contractors Association, writes that Harley-Davidson’s decision to
move some production out of the US “wasn’t a surprise – that’s what just
about any company would do when faced with a 25 percent tariff imposed by
the E.U. in response to President Trump’s trade agenda.” Ribble argues that
“no one, including Trump, should demonize a company for taking steps to
secure its own future.”

        *NYTimes: Trump Falsely Says He’s First Republican Since Eisenhower
To Win Wisconsin. *Under the headline, “Trump Falsely Claims To Be First
Republican To Win Wisconsin Since Eisenhower,” the New York Times
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(6/28, Qiu) fact checks President Trump’s claim that he is the first
Republican to win the state of Wisconsin since Dwight D. Eisenhower. The
Times says that after Eisenhower “swept the state in 1952 and 1956,”
Richard Nixon “first won Wisconsin in the 1960 presidential election,” and
won the state “again in 1968 and in 1972.” Ronald Reagan “won Wisconsin in
1980 and 1984.”

        *Protesters Greet Trump In Wisconsin. *WITI-TV
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Milwaukee (6/28) reports on its website that “protesters planned a vigorous
welcome” for Trump. As Trump “attended a fundraiser in Milwaukee Thursday
morning ahead of the Foxconn groundbreaking,” protesters “block[ed] the
I-794 off-ramp into the Third Ward,” and chanted, “no justice, no peace.”
Before blocking the Interstate, the group “marched toward the Pfister
Hotel, where President Trump spent the night,” and “12 people moved into
the street and blocked traffic, gathering around a banner reading ‘Families
Belong in Communities Not Cages.’” Another group “gathered at Smolenski
Park in Mount Pleasant, and marched from there to the Mount Pleasant
Village Hall, as President Trump spoke at Foxconn.”
First Lady Meets With Border Patrol Agents, Visits Arizona Detention Center.

ABC World News Tonight
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(6/28, story 7, 0:25, Muir) reported briefly that First Lady Melania Trump
on Thursday made another trip to the US-Mexican border, “this time in
Tucson, touring a Border Patrol facility, where parents and children are
being held. Meeting privately with families and hearing from border agents
about the difficult cases they encounter.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image
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(6/28, story 7, 0:20, Holt) noted it marked “Mrs. Trump’s second visit to a
border state in a week. Her first trip was overshadowed by the message on
her jacket that said ‘I Don’t Really Care, Do You?’” Politico
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(6/28, Morin) says, “This time, Trump kept her wardrobe simple,” and
the Arizona
Republic
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(6/28, Ryman) reports she wore “a conservative black top with
three-quarter-length sleeves, white flowy pants and white sneakers.”

        The AP
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(6/28, Kellman) likewise notes that it was her second trip, though the
first was “overshadowed by a jacket she wore.” Spokeswoman Stephanie
Grisham told reporters en route to Arizona that the First Lady “cares about
children deeply and when the news started to hit I think she was very
concerned and wanted to make sure the kids are being well taken-care of.
She doesn’t like to see parents and kids separated.” Asked whether the
First Lady agrees with her husband’s polices, Grisham said, “She definitely
believes in strong border laws” and wants Congress to act. Bloomberg News
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(6/28, Epstein) calls the visit “a show of concern for migrant children.”
Her first stop was a Customs and Border Protection processing facility in
Tucson, “where immigrants apprehended after illegally crossing into the
country are held.” KGUN-TV
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Tucson, AZ (6/28) reported that the First Lady “also spent some time
touring the intake facility on site where she interacted with children who
are currently held there. Her spokesperson says this trip was designed to
be educational for the First Lady.”

        According to the Washington Post
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(6/28, Heil), she also held “a roundtable discussion with officials from
Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Marshals Service
and a local rancher.” Mrs. Trump told the officials, “I’m here to support
you.” Townhall
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(6/28, Brown) quotes her as saying, “I know how dangerous and difficult
your daily jobs are so I really appreciate all you do on behalf of the
country.” The Daily Caller
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(6/28, Caruso) also reports the comments. The Washington Times
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(6/28, Dinan) reports the First Lady “was told that the government is doing
all it can for the children and families streaming across the border,
including rescuing them from danger and providing them top-notch care.” One
official also “recounted an illegal-immigrant woman who was raped during
her journey and ended up delivering the baby in government care, while
another Border Patrol official recounted a 6-year-old Costa Rican boy whose
uncle abandoned him in the desert earlier this month.” The story, says the
Times, “seemed to shock Mrs. Trump,” who said, “It’s incredible. As young
as six years old, somebody would leave him.”

        KNXV-TV
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Phoenix (6/28, 6:30 p.m. MST) reported, “You can say that Mrs. Trump
presenting a kinder side of the White House...but what Mrs. Trump can’t
change is the push and pull of immigration politics that have forced the
121 kids to reside in that West Phoenix facility for the average of seven
weeks without their parents while government officials figure out what to
do with them.” KVOA-TV
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Tucson, AZ (6/28, 5:02 p.m. MST) reported that “as the First Lady was
inside the facility, outside people were applauding her for doing this, but
they also felt that the President should be touring the facilities as
well.”

        *Pence Tells Central American Leaders To Do More To Stop Migrant
“Exodus.” *The AP
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(6/28, Figuerora) reports Vice President Pence told the presidents of
Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador on Thursday to do more to stop the
“exodus” of illegal immigrants from their countries to the United States.
The remarks came after Pence arrived in Guatemala earlier Thursday for the
final leg of his Latin American trip, and followed a discussion on
immigration issues with the three Central American leaders. Pence said,
“This exodus must end. ... It is a threat to the security to the United
States, and just as we respect your borders and your sovereignty, we insist
that you respect ours.” He also said the Administration “will always
welcome” legal migrants. Reuters
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(6/28, Menchu) reports Pence told the Central American leaders to “tell
your people that coming to the U.S. illegally will only result in a hard
journey, and a harder life.”

        The Washington Post
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(6/28, Wirtz) reports that Pence’s meeting with the Central American
leaders – which also was attended by DHS Secretary Nielsen – focused on
“the growing number of migrants being detained at the US border.” The Wall
Street Journal
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(6/28, Salama) reports that during the discussion, Honduran President Juan
Orlando Hernandez said that their countries had to dismantle trafficking
networks. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said the Northern Triangle
countries will work to address the immigration crisis, but he also urged
the Administration to help ensure a path to citizenship for Latin Americans
who hold jobs and pay taxes in the US.

        *Pence Defends Administration’s Zero-Tolerance Policy. *Bloomberg
News
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(6/28, Talev) reports Pence on Thursday defended the Administration’s “zero
tolerance” immigration policy while traveling in Latin America. Pence,
speaking in an interview aboard Air Force Two, “also said the US was right
to embrace Venezuelan refugees – who say they want to return home after
rule of law and freedoms are restored – even as the administration takes a
more aggressive stance toward Central American immigrants, who he said are
seeking a permanent life in the US.” Said Pence, “There is no comparison
between life in Venezuela under a brutal dictatorship and life in
Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Venezuela has imploded into
dictatorship and tyranny.”

        The Washington Post
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(6/28, Wirtz) reports Pence arrived in Guatemala later Thursday “for a
meeting with Central American leaders about the growing number of migrants
being detained at the US border.” Pence, accompanied by DHS Secretary
Nielsen, “met Thursday evening with the leaders of Honduras, El Salvador
and Guatemala.” Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is “hoping the Trump
administration will provide temporary legal status for Guatemalans who are
living in the United States, following the eruption earlier this month of
the Fuego Volcano.” But the Post adds that “the White House has recently
ended similar programs that had been established years ago for Salvadorans
and Hondurans, making it unlikely a new one will be approved.”

        *Hundreds Arrested At Immigration Protest On Capitol Hill. *The CBS
Evening News
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(6/28, story 6, 3:05, Glor) reported that hundreds “converged on a Senate
office building today to protest the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance
policy on illegal border crossings.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed
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(6/28, story 8, 0:10, Holt) said police “arrested 600 demonstrators, many
of them women.” According to the Washington Post
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(6/28, Lang), Capitol Police said they arrested 575 protesters, who came
from 47 states, at the Hart Senate Office Building “in a mass demonstration
that called for the abolishment of the US Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agency, and an end to migrant family detentions.” The AP
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(6/28, Fram, Daly) says Thursday’s protest “offered a glimpse of what might
happen on Saturday when rallies are planned coast to coast.” The Washington
Examiner
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(6/28, Mayfield) reports Thursday’s demonstration was organized by Women’s
March organizer Linda Sarsour, and among those arrested was Rep. Pramila
Jayapal (D).

        *Pew Poll: Increased Sympathy For Immigrants. *The Los Angeles Times
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(6/28, Lauter) reports that the “share of Americans who would like to see
fewer immigrants in the country has continued to decline despite President
Trump’s push to restrict both legal and illegal migration,” a new poll
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by the Pew Research Center showed Thursday. In addition, “large majorities
also reject Trump’s claims that immigrants commit more crimes and take jobs
away from American workers.” The share of Americans who say they are
“bothered” by immigrants speaking other languages has also “gone down.”

        *Administration Redirecting Immigrants To Federal Prisons. *USA
Today
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(6/28, Johnson) reports that earlier this month, the Administration “took
the extraordinary step of re-directing more than 1,600 adult immigration
detainees and asylum seekers to the federal prison system, despite
persistent staff shortages throughout the 122-facility network that have
forced teachers, food service workers, secretaries and nurses to fill in as
guards.” According to USA Today, “hundreds of the detainees have been
scattered as far as Oregon and Washington state, where some Bureau of
Prisons staffers and government officials say the rules that govern the
detention of convicted felons do not necessarily apply to those awaiting
court hearings on non-criminal matters, including asylum.”

        *Gillibrand Calls For ICE To Be Abolished. *Bloomberg News
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(6/29, Kapur) reports that New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) on Thursday
“became the first U.S. senator to call for abolishing” ICE, “embracing a
left-wing cause that has been gaining traction in the Democratic Party.” In
an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Gillibrand said, “I believe you should
get rid of it, start over, re-imagine it, and build something that actually
works.” The Daily Beast
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(6/28, Resnick) reports that her comments “came after she participated in a
protest at the Capitol about family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border.
At least 575 people were arrested at the demonstration.”

        *Judge Orders Immediate Release Of Nine-Year-Old Brazilian Boy. *The
AP
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(6/28, Irvine, Tarm) reports that a federal judge in Chicago on Thursday
ordered the Administration “to release a 9-year-old Brazilian boy who was
separated from his mother at the US-Mexico border,” saying their continued
separation “irreparably harms them both.” Judge Manish Shah ruled Lidia
Karine Souza “can have custody of her son, Diogo, who has spent four weeks
at a government-contracted shelter in Chicago.” According to the New York
Times
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(6/28, Bosman, Jordan), Souza – who “pleaded guilty to illegal entry into
the United States, a misdemeanor, and was allowed to join family members in
Massachusetts” – and her son were reunited Thursday.

        *Homeland Security Investigative Agents Want To Split From ICE. *The
Washington Post
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(6/28, Miroff) reports that “the political backlash against US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement has turned so intense that leaders of the agency’s
criminal investigative division sent a letter last week” to DHS Secretary
Nielsen “urging an organizational split.” According to the Post, the letter
was “signed by the majority of special agents in charge of ICE’s Homeland
Security Investigative Division (HSI).” The Post notes that “though ICE is
primarily known for immigration enforcement, the agency has two distinct
divisions: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), which carries out
immigration arrests and deportations, and HSI, the transnational
investigative branch with a broad focus on counterterrorism, narcotics
enforcement, human trafficking and other crimes.” The 19 special agents in
charge “urge[d] Nielsen to split HSI from ICE, because anger at ERO
immigration practices is harming the entire agency’s reputation and
undermining other law enforcement agencies’ willingness to cooperate.”

        *Interview With ICE Whistle-Blower Interrupted by Federal Agents. *The
New York Times
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(6/28, Haag) reports that “investigators with the Department of Homeland
Security made an unannounced visit on Wednesday to the home of a former
Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman who abruptly resigned three
months ago because he could not bring himself to lie on behalf of the Trump
administration.” Former ICE spokesman James Schwab, who announced his
resignation on March 12, said he quit because he did not want “to
perpetuate misleading facts” during a dispute between the Justice
Department and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. The CBS Evening News[image:
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(6/28, story 6, 3:05, Glor) reported that “tensions were high when ICE
agents in February carried out a series of raids in the San Francisco Bay
area.” Schaaf, however, tipped off the public to the raids, and acting ICE
Director Thomas Homan “said that because of the tip, agents failed to make
864 arrests.” Schwab, however, said Homan’s claims were “completely false,”
which made him “extremely uncomfortable. We end up arresting 232, which is
16 percent higher than our highest estimates. So internally, that was
considered a success. But what they publicly said was that she let people
go.”

        *Local Officials Cancel Deals With ICE To Detain Immigrants. *The New
York Times
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(6/28, Romero) reports that local governments “around the United States are
starting to sever lucrative ties with federal immigration entities amid
growing discomfort with the Trump administration’s immigration policies.”
Fueled by public outcry over the separation of migrant children from their
parents, the Times says the cancellations “suggest an attempt to disengage
from federal policies seen as harmful to immigrant families – even when
those policies could be pouring millions of dollars into local government
budgets.”

        *Former ICE Official Sentenced To Four Years For ID Theft. *The AP
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(6/28, Johnson) reports that Raphael Sanchez, a “former chief counsel for
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle, was sentenced Thursday
to four years in prison for stealing the identities of people facing
deportation and using them to run up bills totaling $190,000.” Sanchez, who
“resigned when he was charged in the four-year scheme in February,” had
overseen deportation proceedings in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
since 2011.
Rosenstein Appears At “Fiery Hearing” Before House Judiciary Committee.

All three broadcast networks covered Deputy Attorney General Rod
Rosenstein’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. ABC
World News Tonight
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(6/28, story 5, 2:40, Muir) reported on the “fiery hearing” at which
Rosenstein faced “tough questions.” ABC’s Cecilia Vega: “The man
supervising the Russia investigation today in the hot seat on Capitol
Hill,” with lawmakers “saying the probe has gone on long enough.” Rep. Trey
Gowdy (R): “We need to see the evidence. If you have evidence of wrongdoing
by any member of the Trump campaign, present it to the damn grand jury. If
you have evidence that this President acted inappropriately, present it to
the American people. Whatever you got, finish it the hell up, because this
country is being torn apart.” The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by
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(6/28, story 4, 0:35) reported that Rosenstein replied, “I think the best
thing we can do finish it appropriately and reach a conclusion. And I
certainly agree with you, sir--” CBS’ David Glor: “Rosenstein insisted his
office is ‘not trying to hide anything.’” On NBC Nightly News[image: Image
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(6/28, story 5, 2:00, Holt), Hallie Jackson called the hearing “a political
production.”

        The AP
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(6/28, Jalonick, Tucker) reports, “Republicans accused top federal law
enforcement officials...of withholding important documents from them and
demanded details about surveillance tactics.” The House hearing was
Rosenstein’s “first appearance before Congress since an internal Justice
Department report criticizing the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton
email investigation revealed new disparaging text messages” among FBI
officials about President Trump during the 2016 campaign. Reuters
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(6/28, Lynch) reports that Rosenstein “has become a frequent punching bag
for Trump supporters for appointing Special Counsel Robert Mueller to
investigate” possible collusion with Russia.

        The Washington Post
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(6/27, Barrett, Demirjian, Zapotosky) reports that Rep. Jim Jordan (R)
“peppered Rosenstein with accusations, asking, ‘Why are you keeping
information from Congress?’” Rosenstein “denied doing so,” saying, “I don’t
agree with you, congressman. That is not accurate, sir.” As Jordan
“interrupted Rosenstein to level more accusations, Rosenstein snapped back:
‘Your use of this to attack me personally is deeply wrong. ... I’m not
trying to hide anything.’” The New York Times
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(6/28, Fandos) reports that Rosenstein and FBI Director Wray “put up a
spirited defense of the inquiry and the job they had done producing volumes
of sensitive material requested by the committee.” Wray “said he intended
to clean up the culture of leaking and rule-bending” at the FBI outlined in
the DOJ IG report. Politico
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(6/28, Cheney) called the hearing “a multi-front effort to rebuke and
embarrass the GOP-led Justice Department.”

        Reuters
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(6/28) reports that the House “voted along party lines” 226-183
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in favor of a non-binding resolution demanding that the DOJ “produce
documents, including some related to” the Russia investigation, “in an
unusual rebuke to US law enforcement.” Bloomberg News
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(6/28, House, Strohm) reports that the measure “calls for full compliance
by July 6, but it doesn’t say what would happen” if Rosenstein and the DOJ
“fail to meet that date.” The Hill
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(6/28, Zanona) also reports on the vote. Rep. Justin Amash (R) voted
“present.”

        *Ex-Stone Aide Subpoenaed In Russia Investigation. *The New York
Times
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(6/28, Haberman) reports that Andrew Miller, a former aide to “longtime
Trump adviser and self-described ‘dirty trickster’” Roger Stone, was
subpoenaed to appear before the Russia probe grand “and to hand over
documents, and his lawyer said he planned to move on Thursday to quash it
in court.” Miller, “a registered Libertarian,” has “not been mentioned
before publicly in the investigation.” Reuters
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(6/28) reports that Miller’s attorney Paul Kamenar “said Miller had already
turned over some documents to Mueller’s team but that Mueller’s office was
pushing for further document disclosures.” Bloomberg News
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(6/28, Pettypiece, House) also covers the subpoena.

        *Papadopoulos To Be Sentenced On September 7. *NBC News
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(6/28, Winter) reports on its website that ex-Trump campaign aide George
Papadopoulos will be sentenced by a federal judge on September 7. His plea
agreement “says the government will inform the sentencing judge of his
‘efforts to cooperate with the Government, on the condition that [he]
continues to respond and provide information regarding any and all matters
as to which the Government deems relevant.’”

        *Brexit Movement Leaders Sought Ties With Russia, Trump Campaign. *In
a 3,000-word, front-page feature, the Washington Post
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(6/28, A1, Roig-Franzia, Helderman, Booth, Hamburger) examines “How The
‘Bad Boys Of Brexit’ Forged Ties With Russia And The Trump Campaign – And
Came Under Investigators’ Scrutiny,” writing that Brexit movement leaders
in the UK sought to “simultaneously cultivate ties to Russian officials and
Trump’s campaign,” with Steve Bannon playing a connecting role.
Five Dead In “Targeted Attack” On Maryland Newspaper.

Thursday’s deadly shooting at a newspaper Annapolis, Maryland is receiving
significant media coverage, including 11 minutes of network airtime last
night. The story led all three networks. ABC World News Tonight[image:
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(6/28, story 3, 0:35, Muir) reported the President arrived back in
Washington from a trip to Wisconsin and was briefed on the shooting. The
President “took to Twitter
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shortly afterwards, saying, ‘My thoughts and prayers are with the victims
and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are
currently on the scene.’” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by sender.
Video]
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(6/28, lead story, 2:30, Holt) reported five people were “killed and
several wounded when a gunman opened fire at the offices” of the Annapolis
Capital Gazette. According to the CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by
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(6/28, lead story, 3:00, Glor), police responded “quickly,” and took the
suspect into custody. ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by
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(6/28, lead story, 4:10, Muir) said the suspect used a shotgun to carry out
the shooting.

        While earlier reports by the CBS Evening News[image: Image removed
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(6/28, story 2, 2:00, Glor) and ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed
by sender. Video]
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(6/28, story 11, 0:35, Muir) said law enforcement officials said they were
still working to identify the suspect and determine a possible motive, USA
Today
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(6/28, James, Hughes) reports the suspect has been identified as Jarrod
Ramos, 38, of Laurel, Maryland. Ramos had “an ongoing grudge with the
publication” and carried out a “targeted” attack meant to kill people,
police said Thursday night. Court documents show that Ramos filed a
defamation suit against the newspaper in 2012, but a judge “threw out the
lawsuit.” A Maryland appeals court “further concluded that everything
printed in the July 31, 2011 newspaper story about Ramos appeared to be
true.” According to the case, Ramos pleaded guilty in July, 2011 to a
charge of criminal harassment of a woman. The New York Times
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(6/28, Tavernise, Harmon, Salam) reports Ramos had also waged “a social
media campaign against” the newspaper.

        The Washington Post
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(6/28, Bui, Wiggins, Jackman) describes Ramos as “a man with a vendetta”
against the newspaper, and police said he is “not cooperating with
investigators,” and the AP
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(6/29, Witte) reports he “mutilated his fingers in an apparent attempt to
make it harder to identify him, according to a law enforcement official.”
The Annapolis (MD) Capital Gazette
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(6/28, Rector, Bogel-Burroughs) identifies the victims of Thursday’s attack
as Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fischman, John McNamara, and Rebecca
Smith, while ABC World News Tonight
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(6/28, story 2, 1:00, Muir) spoke last night with a witness to the attack. NBC
Nightly News
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(6/28, story 2, 2:10, Holt), meanwhile, called Thursday’s shooting “the
latest massacre” to rock the nation, marking “more than 150 mass shootings
in the US just this year.”

        *Hannity Blames Waters For Shooting. *The Washington Examiner
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(6/28, Chaitin) reports Fox News host Sean Hannity “tied, without
evidence,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D) “to the deadly shooting Thursday” in
Annapolis. As news of the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper “was
coming in,” Hannity said on his radio show, “I’ve been saying now for days
that something horrible was going to happen because of the rhetoric.
Really, Maxine? You want people to create – ‘call your friends, get in
their faces’ – and [former President Barack] Obama said that too. ‘Get in
their faces, call them out, call your friends, get protesters, follow them
into restaurants and shopping malls,’ and wherever else she said.” The Daily
Beast
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(6/28, Wilstein) reports that “within seconds of learning” about the
shooting, Hannity “laid blame at the feet” of Waters. Hannity, the Daily
Beast notes, “has been talking for days about widely circulated comments
made by Waters encouraging the Democratic base to confront Trump
administration officials in public and ‘tell them they’re not welcome
anymore, anywhere.’”

        CNN
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(6/28, Killough) reports Waters, meanwhile, “said Thursday she’s seen an
increase in threats since she made controversial comments last week.” The
California lawmaker “canceled two scheduled appearances in Alabama and
Texas this weekend after saying she got threatening messages and ‘hostile
mail’ at her office, including ‘one very serious death threat’ on Monday
from an individual in Texas.”

        *Yiannopoulos Recently Told Reporters He Looked Forward To Shooting
Of Journalists. *USA Today
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(6/28, Estepa) reports, “Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos recently
told at least two news outlets that he wanted vigilantes to start shooting
journalists, but he insisted Thursday that he did so to taunt reporters.”
In a text message to a New York Observer reporter, Yiannopoulos wrote, “I
can’t wait for vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on
sight.” When “asked to elaborate, [Yiannopoulos] told the reporter this was
his ‘standard response,’ according to the Observer. Yiannopoulos also sent
a similar message to Will Sommer, a Daily Beast reporter.”
WSJournal: Trump Considering Ayers, Mulvaney For Kelly Replacement.

According to a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal
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(6/28, A1, Ballhaus, Nicholas), Chief of Staff Kelly is expected to resign
soon, and President Trump is considering Nick Ayers, Vice President Pence’s
chief of staff, and OMB Director Mulvaney as potential successors.
According to the Journal, Kelly has told others he hopes to be gone by the
beginning of August. Politico
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(6/28, Cadelago, Johnson) reports Kelly “has been telling people in recent
days that he expects to leave his role...’very soon.’” According to “two
Republicans close to the White House, the retired Marine general may depart
before his July 31 anniversary.”

        Reuters
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(6/28, Holland) reports White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters told
reporters aboard Air Force One on Trump’s flight to Washington from
Milwaukee “that both Trump and Kelly had denied that Kelly was on his way
out.” Trump called the report “fake news” and Kelly said that “this was
news to him,” she said. The Washington Examiner
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(6/28, Nelson) quotes Walters as saying, “I spoke to the president, who
refuted this article. He said it is absolutely not true and that it is fake
news.” Axios
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(6/28, Swan), however, reports that “a source who’s discussed the matter
with Trump recently told me he thinks Trump is ready to move, but the
president also signaled as much back to senior aides earlier in the year.
It’s very hard to report anything about staff replacements with anything
approaching 100 percent confidence.”

        Ryan Girdusky writes for the Washington Examiner
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(6/28, Girdusky) that “rather than looking to other members of the White
House or various politicians and advisers, President Trump should bring
back one of his most trusted and loyal advisers, Hope Hicks.” Hicks, he
argues, “has experience working with Trump, providing her with invaluable
insight into how Trump works,” and “doesn’t need a learning curve.”

        *Politico: White House Eyeing Walsh, Marcia Lee Kelly For Deputy
Chief Of Staff. *Citing two Administration officials, Politico
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(6/28, Restuccia, Johnson) reports that “two internal candidates are
emerging as the leading contenders to replace Joe Hagin,” the outgoing
White House deputy chief of staff for operations. The officials identified
the two candidates as Daniel Walsh, director of the White House Military
Office, and Marcia Lee Kelly, White House director of management and
administration. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Senate Passes Bipartisan Farm Bill, Laying Groundwork For Fight With House.

Politico
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(6/28, Boudreau, Crampton) reports the Senate yesterday passed its version
of the farm bill by a vote of 86-11, “clearing the way for a conference
committee to reconcile differences with the House’s version of the sweeping
agriculture and nutrition legislation.” The main difference between the two
chambers’ bills is in their approaches to food stamps, farm subsidy caps,
and conservation policies. The Hill
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(6/28, Carney) writes that conservatives in the House and President Trump
have stressed the Food Stamp work requirement “as key to a final farm
bill.” The Hill quotes Trump saying in a tweet after the House bill passed,
“Farm Bill just passed in the House. So happy to see work requirements
included. Big win for the farmers!” The Washington Post
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(6/28, Dewey, Werner) reports “key senators” have said they would not
support work requirements as “it would jeopardize the bipartisan support
the legislation needs to pass.” As differences between the two bills have
emerged, observers are concerned Congress will not be able to pass a new
farm bill ahead September 30th, when the old law expires.
Amazon To Acquire PillPack In Bid To Enter Online Pharmacy Market.

NBC Nightly News
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(6/28, story 11, 0:25, Holt) reported that Amazon is “plunging into the
drug business, saying it would acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy with a
national reach.” The New York Times
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(6/28, Ballentine, Thomas) observes that the deal is “the kind of news that
the health care industry has been fearing for months, as Amazon hinted that
it was interested in expanding its reach to include prescription drugs, a
$560 billion business.” The Times points out that the acquisition allows
Amazon to bypass the barrier “of securing pharmacy licenses in each state,”
because PillPack “is licensed to ship prescriptions in 50 states.” The Wall
Street Journal
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(6/28, Terlep, Stevens) similarly suggests that the acquisition allows
Amazon to enter the pharmacy business faster than it could have otherwise
and to acquire expertise it needs.
At DNC Fundraiser, Obama Contrasts His Administration With Trump’s.

The Los Angeles Times
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(6/28, Mai-Duc) reports, “Without once mentioning the president by name,
former President Obama on Thursday drew sharp contrast between his eight
years in office and the Trump administration.” Addressing “about 200 people
at a high-dollar fundraiser for the” DNC “in Beverly Hills,” Obama said
that “we are seeing a competition between two stories. There’s the story
that is based largely on fear, and there is a story based largely in hope.
There’s the story that says we’re in it together, and there’s the story
that says there’s an us and a them.” Obama added, “There’s a fundamental
contrast of how we view the world, and I think we are seeing the
consequences of when one vision is realized, or at least in charge. ... The
simple message right now is that if people participate and they vote, then
this democracy works.”

        Politico
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(6/29, Dovere) reported that Obama “warned of a country and world on the
brink – ‘you are right to be concerned,’ he told the crowd – but said
they’d flub their chance to change that if they kept pining for a magical
savior.” Obama said, “Do not wait for the perfect message, don’t wait to
feel a tingle in your spine because you’re expecting politicians to be so
inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow, ‘OK, I’ll get off my couch
after all and go spend the 15-20 minutes it takes for me to vote.’ Because
that’s part of what happened in the last election. I heard that too much.”

        The Daily Mail (UK)
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(6/28, Styles) reported that Obama appeared at “a lavish DNC fundraiser at
the home of a wealthy donor” in Beverly Hills “that included a performance
by singer Christina Aguilera.” However, Obama “was the real star of the
show, with guests shelling out up to $100,000 for the chance to hear him
speak and take part in a roundtable discussion.”
Cancer Research
CDC: Childhood Cancer Rates Highest In More Affluent Counties, Big Cities.

U.S. News & World Report
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(6/28, Galvin) states that a new analysis by the CDC indicates the US
counties where children and teens “are most likely to suffer from cancer
are also the most economically successful.” The report found that in the US
overall, “there were 173.7 pediatric cancer cases per 1 million people
between 2003 and 2014, but incidence rates ranged from a high of 188 cases
in the Northeast to a low of 168 cases in the South...with incidence rates
highest in the 25 percent of U.S. counties with the highest economic
status.” The article notes, “More than 80 percent of children and
adolescents who are diagnosed with cancer are still alive five years later,
a survival rate the National Cancer Institute says has improved
dramatically in recent decades.”
Siblings Diagnosed With Same Type Of Cancer Within Weeks Of Each Other.

The Los Angeles Times
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(6/28, Karlamangla) reports on the Avery family’s battle with cancer in
their two children, saying their four-year-old son Noah began complaining
of pains in a way that recalled the pain their six-year-old daughter Kalea
experienced before she was diagnosed with medulloblastoma a week earlier.
The children had tumors that resembled each other’s and that were “in the
same part of the brain,” the piece says, adding that some physicians
suspect the siblings “have something in their genes that makes them
susceptible to this kind of cancer.”
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“Trump And Putin, Best Frenemies Forever.”* In an editorial, the New York
Times
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(6/28) says “it’s good for American presidents to meet with adversaries, to
clarify differences and resolve disputes. But when President Trump sits
down with...Putin...it will be a meeting of kindred spirits, and that’s a
problem.” Most likely, the Times, Trump “will congratulate Mr. Putin, once
again, for winning another term in a sham election, as he did in March,
even though his aides explicitly warned him not to. And he has already
proposed readmitting Russia to the Group of 7, from which it was ousted
after the Ukraine invasion.”
Washington Post.

*“The Supreme Court’s Decision On Antiabortion Centers Could Have Dangerous
Repercussions.”* A Washington Post
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(6/28) editorial criticizes the Supreme Court’s ruling that California
“antiabortion crisis-pregnancy centers” cannot be required to inform
customers that the state offers discounted or free abortions sets a
dangerous precedent and the Court may find itself “fending off a wave of
new court challenges – to, say, required disclosure of information on
alternative breast cancer treatments or on vaccines, among many other
possibilities – that would have been considered frivolous just a few days
ago.”

        *“Trump Is Kowtowing To The Kremlin Again. Why?” *The Washington
Post
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(6/28) editorializes that “summits can be productive, even — maybe
especially — when nations are at odds. In theory, a meeting between Mr.
Trump and Mr. Putin...could be useful. But a meeting aimed at pleasing Mr.
Putin is naive and foolhardy. A meeting aimed at pleasing Mr. Putin at the
expense of traditional, democratic US allies would be dangerous and
damaging.”

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