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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.”

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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
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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,
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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
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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.”

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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[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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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.”

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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
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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.”

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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[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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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.”

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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.

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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
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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[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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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