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07/04/2017 09:56 AM EDT

By ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc)and JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman)with DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman)

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Good Tuesday morning. Happy Fourth of July! The Capital Weather Gang: "D.C.-area forecast: Celebrate July 4 with a classic summer day and a chance of storms." "Today: Partly sunny, hot, low p.m. storm risk. Highs: 89-93. Tonight: Possible evening storm, warm. Lows: 69-75." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f0f3211c0a8dceb9c942dbf4a922601554a0a695efd0606dab4c6e5cf77b83e8647c6369ca04da8f360ea3fafad2058c4

THE PRESIDENT is in Washington and will have a picnic for the military. He left the White House this morning at 9:23 a.m. THE VICE PRESIDENT is traveling to Grandville, Michigan, (population 16,000) for its Fourth of July parade. He'll also attend the picnic.

WHAT THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT -- "North Korea claims it tested first intercontinental missile," by AP's Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug in Seoul, South Korea: "North Korea on Tuesday claimed it successfully test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile, a potential game-changing development in what may be the world's most dangerous nuclear standoff and, if true, a direct rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump's earlier declaration that such a test 'won't happen!' The launch appeared to be North Korea's most successful missile test yet. A U.S. scientist examining the height and distance said the missile could potentially be powerful enough to reach Alaska.

"In typically heated rhetoric, North Korea's Academy of Defense Science said the test of an ICBM - the Hwasong-14 - marked the 'final step' in creating a 'confident and powerful nuclear state that can strike anywhere on Earth.' It will be difficult to confirm many details about what happened. North Korea's weapons program is perhaps the most closely held state secret in one of the world's most suspicious nations. U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials earlier assessed that the North fired an intermediate-range missile into waters near Japan. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga declined to comment on whether Japan thinks it was an ICBM, and South Korea's Defense Ministry said
it was analyzing whether the North's statement was accurate." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f31d1473302c5c0e4011d90e7692fbf988c19e1e34d9335a1f1eda3673aad740b77b3c806b74874892a7496daafdf0909

--NYT's Choe Sang-Hun: "If the missile took 37 minutes to fly 578 miles, that would mean that it had a highly lofted trajectory, probably reaching an altitude of more than 1,700 miles, said David Wright, co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Such a missile would have a maximum range of roughly 4,160 miles, or 6,700 kilometers, on a standard trajectory, he said. North Korea said the missile, which it identified as the Hwasong-14, flew for 39 minutes. ... Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies [said:] 'It's a very big deal - it looks like North Korea tested an ICBM ...
Even if this is a 7,000-km-range missile, a 10,000-km-range missile that can hit New York isn't far off.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f986c99eeb19e23fb4bab8554ad534280d2931479a2960b7dd6a9ffd7bb2f90d3f4287a9be62c261c8eae050f392c6f8a

--"Havens Advance as Missile Test Rattles Traders," by Bloomberg's Samuel Potter: "A risk-off mood seeped into markets on Tuesday, with haven assets including gold and the Japanese yen climbing and stocks slipping in the wake of an apparent milestone in North Korea's weapons program. Early market optimism in Asia -- sparked by bullish American economic data yesterday -- ebbed as North Korea said it successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fc9dbe62f2329065ab43b8fa32f438e8c83acbb4ab023cb923fa1f5c21a994a863f1c2e1efbcfa2e199c3e3919e036552

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S REACTION -- Monday at 7:19 p.m.: "North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea....." ... and at 7:24 p.m.: "....and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"

-- THIS COMES as Trump and world leaders prepare to meet at the G-20 Summit.

THIS AP ALERT came across at 9:31 this morning: "MOSCOW (AP) - Russia, China propose that Pyongyang halt nuclear and missile test, US and South Korea refrain from large-scale drills."

THE WHITE HOUSE told the Washington Blade's Chris Johnson -- today's print pooler -- that "The meeting between President Trump and Putin is set for Friday afternoon, it will be a normal bilateral meeting. We will have no further comment on it today." This comes after a CNN report by Jeremy Diamond that the meeting will be an "official bilateral meeting...rather than an informal pull-aside meeting." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f83b475433bb97133dc768d4b5015a37c7995e4f3b2dd669a784a594ffa55b7d008d9dd8f373cf16110d2f3f56d76467e

WHAT TRUMP WANTS TO BE TALKING ABOUT -- Monday at 1:54 p.m.: "Really great numbers on jobs & the economy! Things are starting to kick in now, and we have just begun! Don't like steel & aluminum dumping!" ... and at 2:10 p.m.: "Dow hit a new intraday all-time high! I wonder whether or not the Fake News Media will so report?"

-- "Trump touts 'great jobs numbers' that aren't actually so great," by LA Times' Jim Puzzanghera: "From February through May -- the latest data available -- the U.S. economy has created 594,000 net new jobs, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's fewer than the 659,000 created during the final four months of the Obama administration, which Trump criticized for its job growth. So far, 2017 is on track to produce the fewest net new jobs in seven years." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fc32ed3c742da58647e7f1b58bc8564e9b00a3a6447f5101b3c8aeb534555529e5846c1c9ab50f0fa47d9921e12977530

THE SLOW BLEED -- NYT'S HEALTH CARE GURU ROBERT PEAR: "Congress Moves to Stop I.R.S. From Enforcing Health Law Mandate": "[T]he House Committee on Appropriations has drafted a provision to stop the I.R.S. from enforcing the mandate. The restrictions, for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, are included in an appropriations bill that was approved on Thursday by the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. 'None of the funds made available by this act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to implement or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code,' which imposes the tax penalty on people who go without insurance, the bill says.

"The bill would also prohibit the I.R.S. from enforcing a requirement that employers and insurance companies inform the government of the name and Social Security number of anyone to whom they provide health insurance coverage. The government uses these reports to help administer the individual mandate and other requirements. Representative Tom Graves, Republican of Georgia and chairman of the subcommittee, said the panel had produced 'a very conservative bill that aligns closely with President Trump's budget.' He said the bill would hold the budget of the I.R.S. 'below the 2008 level' while providing money to improve its customer service and cybersecurity."
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NEW JERSEY HAS A BUDGET DEAL -- BACK TO THE BEACH! -- "Christie, lawmakers reach deal to end 3-day shutdown," by Ryan Hutchins and Katie Jennings in Trenton: "Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers reached a deal late Monday to end New Jersey's first state government shutdown in more than a decade, settling a bitter feud over an unrelated bill that had left the Statehouse in disarray for two weeks. An agreement was struck just before 10 p.m. after top lawmakers spent much of the day scurrying from one closed-door meeting to another, haggling over the details of a bill that would reshape the state's largest health insurance company, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

"The Republican governor had demanded such a bill in exchange for signing off on some $325 million in Democratic priorities included in the proposed $34.7 billion state budget. Democratic leaders of the state Legislature said the governor had stayed in touch all day and agreed to the terms. ... The state Department of Environmental Protection quickly said all state parks and beaches would be open Tuesday morning for the Independence Day holiday." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f0523e3affc6027b52c6454c62134fc583700c4884d93aa97631acfb6d40dbff3e604c86aece99a472f93ef1cd7d9f767

-- BOB COSTA on Chris Christie: "Chris Christie flew close to the sun. Now, he sits under it, defiantly" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f8fb8132146155d450d5c82e296ad428d077e538321912a81c5b923f76414af237c09d25893fa4e57b4e3535fc4a7abad

COVER OF THE STAR LEDGER: "IT'S A DEAL: Christie OKs compromise, reopens parks, beaches" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f8bedebfa98b891e6c6e140dbf194b40b17d3041eebb4e851aae7aea1e9ea61b50b004d9636618d3c63e196f626d57ac7


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WHAT AMERICA IS READING -- THE COUNTRY'S FRONT PAGES: ARIZONA REPUBLIC: "Reagan now says she won't give data to vote-fraud panel ... THE PRICE OF HEAT: A new study suggests climate change will cost Arizona money -- and lives" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fb98208e02346051697f97c5f01b2aaf78c2f611ad47f218755fe82c41a48d36b1be242a8b13ed0fb990dbf05324a6aaa ... HARTFORD COURANT: "State Balks At Giving Any Voter Information: Merrill Responds To Public Worries" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f13743a53aa1099f390388205ae920043aac238b35c2944cb8441eafccdace0640c222ffd8533df75e810103d2ccf7f4d ... MIAMI HERALD: "Are those firecrackers? Or is America falling apart on July 4?" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f67bfe482815ff42729a72919d1609cf3378dca3326b2073035c3dd2375ecf262251bfdffdc3fbc7ca685cafd80f0db11 ...

... INDIANAPOLIS STAR: "Health care debate brings challenge: Democrats enter race against Hollingsworth in 9th District" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f851d0c175dce0c86a8ec96fcf88a50a60bf6c05908e6230756605a14f62a3431b19d913c86c761ea8455b638cc408803 ... DES MOINES REGISTER: "IN DES MOINES, NEW CITIZENS WELCOMED" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fe23008a0ad73c535924bb93aa6afbe6ea9436626df9c114b765d10b6484c0a263a364ca604bc08979d996f7a7baae206 ... CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: "Seasonal worker visa cuts hurt N.C. businesses" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f9c9a1d2e6dabd48f419057c31b8975d91ae3e19663bd828d8aac87d3a6bb77fd4f16cc1608eb608615d570a9892908d4 ... DAYTON DAILY NEWS: "'Come together' ... Are we united? For some, political divisions taint the patriotic mood" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f9c2e908ba63ce2db5d3fb106d2333cc83d81231940799a30bad9a0c542b9a3baa53edec82b039fc2a57490829d41fb1a

GREAT LEAD -- ADAM NAGOURNEY and MIKE SHEAR on A13 of the NYT, with a Los Angeles dateline -- "Call From California: President Trump, Where Are You?": "Was it something we said? In the six months since President Trump took office, he has visited Iowa. Ohio. Florida. New York. South Carolina. Wisconsin. Georgia. Pennsylvania. Virginia. Michigan. Tennessee. Even New Jersey.

"But the 39 million residents of the country's most populous state have yet to receive a visit - a break in presidential travel history that dates back decades. Perhaps Mr. Trump is in no rush to visit the state that has emerged as the center of the resistance to his presidency. He lost California by more than four million votes in November. The state is the biggest Democratic stronghold in the nation, and its leaders have been challenging Mr. Trump and his policies at every turn. Mr. Trump even described California as 'out of control.'

"Or maybe it's the president's apparent aversion to long trips. Despite having the luxury of traveling on Air Force One -- no taking off your shoes for a security line -- Mr. Trump has stayed close to the East Coast since he took office, crossing the Mississippi River only once, briefly, for an Iowa rally last month. And it can't be for a lack of a place to lay his head. The Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles promises to be the 'pinnacle of the luxury golf experience,' good enough, presumably, for a president. (Except for his foreign trip in May, Mr. Trump has slept only at the White House, Camp David or a Trump property since becoming president.)"
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PENTAGON REPORT -- "AP Exclusive: US nuclear inspection results now concealed," by Robert Burns: "The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and bouts of low morale. Overall results of routine inspections at nuclear weapons bases, such as a 'pass-fail' grade, had previously been publicly available. They are now off-limits. The change goes beyond the standard practice of withholding detailed information on the inspections. The stated reason for the change is to prevent adversaries from learning too much about U.S. nuclear weapons
vulnerabilities. Navy Capt. Greg Hicks, spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the added layer of secrecy was deemed necessary." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f60de61a90f5eb3d65284b0490c770171f72c2a071271e5485a42d06eeb7b8edc75828a93798545155caeabb4c639738e

-- "Pentagon Considers Canceling Program That Recruits Immigrant Soldiers," by NPR's Richard Gonzales and Tom Bowman: "The Pentagon is considering pulling out of a deal it made with thousands of noncitizen recruits with specialized skills: Join the military and we'll put you on the fast track to citizenship. The proposal to dismantle the program would cancel enlistment contracts for many of the foreign-born recruits, leaving about 1,000 of them without legal protection from deportation. ... [In a DoD] memo, obtained by NPR, high-level personnel and intelligence officials cite security concerns and inadequate vetting of recruits under a program called Military Accessions Vital to the
National Interest, or MAVNI. ... The founder of the MAVNI program, retired Lt. Col. Margaret Stock, said the security concerns are overblown. 'If you were a bad guy who wanted to infiltrate the Army, you wouldn't risk the many levels of vetting required in this program,' she said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f6417ba7300b222f6d7dad8dacc01681adb38c22ff7a788bfd4bb33c1ee1b84e3287a585110bbc4454f03b5329dfc8cdb

THROWING SHADE -- ISAAC DOVERE talks with FRENCH AMBASSADOR GERARD ARAUD for OFF MESSAGE: "French Ambassador Gérard Araud tells Dovere that Donald Trump isn't the leader of the free world -- no one is anymore. 'We have to define what is the free world, and today, there is no -- the expression of 'leader,' I think, doesn't really doesn't fit the question,' Araud said.

"Ahead of the trip to the G-20 Trump leaves for on Wednesday and his return to Paris to watch the Bastille Day parade with Emanuel Macron, Araud acknowledged how much has been thrown into question: 'This world order, the traditional liberal world order, is more or less undermined, really, or looks injured. Where [is] the United States? And that's a question which is on the table,' Araud said. 'I think it's impossible to move on without America, and I think also that the United States really can't let the world move on.'

"But it's not all about Trump to Araud, who pointed out that he wasn't the president who delegated the response to Ukraine to Angela Merkel or took a hands-off approach to Syria. ''America First,' in a sense, was raised in a discrete way, also under President Obama,' Araud said." Listen to the full podcast http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f8b9913bd337d6eaa44d4c3e4501ae7e09790a4152c98a7ef3bb474bd4f4bddce0ae0cbf876dcbc94aedce881a20270ea

-- "'Europeans Can't Think of Building a Future Without the Americans,'" by Isaac Dovere: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2ff3110f255996862dd871e317b94f0932eacd76ecf65d6567a00ecdf6a5dce311785645172b2dd9811a37c760b4e15d19

PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- "It's summer, and Washington smells like weed. Everywhere, all the time," by Maia Silber in WaPo: "[M]ore than two years after the District legalized marijuana possession, it seems that everywhere you go in the nation's capital, you catch a whiff of weed. And it's often in the places where you least expect it. On H Street downtown, as you wind your way between office workers rushing back from lunch. At 10th and E streets NW, in the shadow of the FBI headquarters. In the hallway of your apartment building. In the foyer of your gym. In Aisle 9 of the Walmart, wafting in through the beach towels. (Wait, Walmart?)" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f4b5182dd482b9208a3d849c3c8b9120caecff46f5ea3c23b6b5801502a696886dffd445c96df228a3bcee540d134cfff

BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- "Sikh Community Saves Town's Independence Day Fireworks Display," by NBC News' Alex Seitz-Wald: "When the mayor of Visalia, located in California's agricultural Central Valley, mentioned to a local Sikh businessman that the city of 120,000 might have to forego a July Fourth fireworks display due to financial concerns, the religious community jumped. The Sikhs chipped in $10,000 for the festivities ... The donation is part of a new nationwide campaign to educate Americans about Sikhs that launched earlier this year with $1 million in TV advertising featuring Sikh families playing football, discussing their love of 'Game of Thrones,' and explaining that 'Sikh values are
American values.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f302308b2712f9d017774e1a4cb16db47c2f87e70336d98bf0d43efbd06dc760a9d2a13cde20037a1666c88382fb5246b

SPORTS BLINK -- THE QUESTION ALL NATS FANS ARE ASKING -- BARRY SVRLUGA in WaPo: "The Nationals may have the most star power in baseball. Will the bullpen waste it?" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f602a21403cbfbceb928caf37976d2a8a4044c017b566c6420810b07fdd8418e39fd189b5e155077aefeb4525f503380c

PLAYBOOKER TRAVEL PICS - American Airlines' Stephen Johnson sends in his annual contribution of a sunset pic, from Laguna Beach last night, taken from "The Deck," a favorite gathering spot. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f7af427a51d76f3696388391632eae20d3721d858d463171c05329888d09f87538677e767260126ff92968cda00b31184


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PHOTO DU JOUR: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the test-fire of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location. North Korea declared it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. | Getty

HOLIDAY LONG READ -- "The Heroin Crisis in Trump's Backyard: In Palm Beach County, where 'sober homes' trap addicts and scam insurance companies, the cure is as bad as the disease," by Frank Owen in Palm Beach County, Fla., in POLITICO Magazine: "Across the bridge from Palm Beach's oceanfront mansions and Mar-a-Lago, the private club owned by President Trump where he spent seven weekends this past winter golfing and entertaining visiting heads of state, it's not uncommon to see teenage junkies nodding off on coffee shop couches or to come upon them shooting up in supermarket bathrooms. Palm Beach heroin addicts like to get high in public places because if they accidentally overdose, there's
somebody around to call an ambulance. Heroin's cocoon-like embrace is a national affliction, but here, in the shadow of some of Florida's priciest real estate, paramedics responded to 5,000 overdose calls last year, nearly 600 of them fatal." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f27f5e1408a8d2ae2d2423e9ee87f8b3222763206195220984f11122f7bcedd31b196dacc66b5887e6dac38e6ffd20b2f

MEDIAWATCH -- "Another sexual harassment scandal for Fox as it fires its head of sports programming in L.A.," by LA Times' Meg James: "Jamie Horowitz's dismissal Monday came about a week after Fox began investigating allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace in its sports division. The company interviewed several women at L.A.-based Fox Sports about Horowitz's behavior, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to publicly discuss it. The women included prominent on-air personalities and show producers, according to two people who requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the investigation."
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--"The Wall Street Journal shutters eight blogs: 'The tools for telling' stories have changed," by Neiman Lab's Christine Schmidt: "Goodbye to Law Blog, China Real Time, India Real Time, Speakeasy, and four others." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fc299cd81a5ec9c2af4b628655bd0524212ff33a8e0545955b745f84e7cd6cfe096e08475113c0ed2a3e2cf9d3bf63fa8

HILLARY IN THE WILD! -- "Theater Goes Nuts As Hillary Clinton Appears In The Audience," by HuffPost's Nina Golgowski: "Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation as she and former President Bill Clinton made their way to their seats for a performance of the Tony Award-winning play 'Oslo' in New York City on Sunday night. The former secretary of state and presidential candidate was quietly walking down the aisle when audience members caught sight of her and broke out into applause and cheers. 'We love you, Hillary!' several people were heard shouting as others began chanting her first name. With what appeared to be the entire house on its feet, Clinton turned to wave at her supporters as
her husband reached her side." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f84d174ccdf4b8436366bd24e80b1e735431904120c4d0e61118086e9e9b407e6992c1a7573da48d92b90defad972635c

FOR YOUR RADAR -- "Nonprofit urges multinational companies to shun Qatar," by Louis Nelson: "A U.S. nonprofit is warning businesses to avoid getting entangled with the Qatari government, alleging that the tiny Gulf state, currently embroiled in a regional diplomatic dispute, harbors terrorists and is a funder of extremist groups. ... A version of the letter sent last week to American Airlines was ... provided to POLITICO by the Counter Extremism Project. Additional versions of the letter will be sent to 11 different companies from around the world, including Siemens, Volkswagen, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Royal Dutch Shell and AccorHotels, later this week and early next week."
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f6ce802764a978db18ff90e415f006c20a0230da8d8b5b69726aaa00e4df691a36dacf913e5dfd326b23cf52511f67d38 ... The letter http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fb5627cf7bacad0f70bd74c8f2b8a1aaf1ff359260529dc2f8686647463d769ff8aa22bcb775495b9697d09e3ea3c4026

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CLIMATE WATCH -- "Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution," by WaPo's Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson: "An appeals court Monday struck down the Environmental Protection Agency's 90-day suspension of new emission standards on oil and gas wells, a decision that could set back the Trump administration's broad legal strategy for rolling back Obama-era rules. In a 2-to-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that the EPA had the right to reconsider a 2016 rule limiting methane and smog-forming pollutants emitted by oil and gas wells but could not delay the effective date while it sought to rewrite the regulation. The agency has proposed
extending the initial delay to two years. Next Monday, there will be a separate administrative public hearing on that suspension." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f2888128970512fcf8503cf9a5f9e7f027dd3f0d11e7a111e73b49afcb6696c1973dd32c382803a1c1eedd2da4e1084a1

BUSINESS BURST -- "Hedge Funds Flock to Europe, Thinking Worst Is Over," by WSJ's Laurence Fletcher and Gregory Zuckerman: "After the presidential election last year, many hedge-fund managers called the U.S. a great moneymaking opportunity. It turns out Europe is the place to be. Bets on stocks in Italy, France and Spain-long laggards compared with the U.S.-have given some global hedge funds returns of more than 20% so far this year. The average hedge fund has managed only 3% through May, according to the most recent data from Hedge Fund Research. ... A sustained rebound in Europe, should it come to pass, would reshape global markets. Most European bourses remain mired below their 2007
peaks. The euro and the British pound have been slumping for a decade." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f43cba9aaf9e6fe8acacb2019a0c081bb80dfacb99823ad521dfa024fe0e7740a7d5666a18413ac6a37d00a13ca48b682

TV TONIGHT -- Alexandra Pelosi's new documentary on HBO at 7 p.m. -- "The Words That Built America": "This Independence Day, see Americans come together for a reading of the authentic words of our founding fathers." Pelosi got all the living presidents to read from the Constitution, as well as Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Colin Powell, Sean Hannity, Fareed Zakaria, Meryl Streep, Hillary Clinton, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Speaker Paul Ryan, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Morgan Freeman, Megyn Kelly and, of course, her mom, Nancy Pelosi. Trailer http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f54843ac4dbe92922c3fff895bf87eafe31926d24660336ac87677c9995d91ca713e82a99e4b0188b87aace125ea0985d
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ENGAGED -- Eli Kaplan, founder of Rising Tide Interactive, proposed to Sasha Borowsky, chief of staff at No Labels. They got engaged on a private boat during the sunset in Mykonos, Greece, on a romantic getaway. They met at the No Labels presidential candidate Problem Solver Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire, in October of 2015. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2fd79315e4a377e4741261e8b65fe41b07b28e47a5142bef0117b4f95e1bd524388b6079f5d20f4c4bbb72e49de692f7ae ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f4b19a6b64b34cb8edc2dcb1f7627b277bbe51a18b80a06cc5257b6fd0775bf4188149b9d4c200851296580d23a47128f

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ryan Williams, SVP at FP1 Strategies and former Romney spox. How he's celebrating: "I always celebrate with my family at our home in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Every year we invite both sides of the family over for a clambake, followed by generous servings of the same Friendly's vanilla and chocolate birthday cake I have requested every year since I was a kid. It's the best cake." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0d6f1bcad128da2f4134be580137a081e7b0c080ecd77ca53caa1c100c98d70d97a4d0f05b1acc0a5262648a872a09f1b9ec4add23e71460

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY: The United States of America is 241 ... Malia Obama is 19 ... Geraldo Rivera is 74 ... WNYC's Matt Katz ... Will Ritter, founder of Poolhouse digital ad agency (hat tip: Natalie Boyse) ... Lanhee Chen, research fellow at Hoover Inst. and former Romney policy director (h/ts birthday boy Ryan Williams) ... Frank Donatelli, EVP and director of federal public affairs for McGuireWoods Consulting ... newly married Travis Considine, comms manager for Uber Texas and a Rick Perry alum, is 31 ... Martha Joynt Kumar ... former Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.) is 76 ... WSJ's Natalie Andrews ... Sunshine Sachs' Taylor Friedman (hubby tip: Andrew) ... Tyler Cheney ... Sasha Graffagna
... Chris Ring ... Ed Matricardi ... Darren Stevenson ... Noah Reichblum, senior associate at Hamilton Place Strategies ... Rich Neimand (h/t Jon Haber) ... Ann Conant, executive assistant to the deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House ...

... Kevin McLaughlin, principal at the Podesta Group and an NRSC alum, celebrating at the Chesapeake Bay (h/t Holmes) ... Evan Breslow, director at BlackRock and senior leader on its managed account team, is 4-0 ... McClatchy investigative editor Viveca Novak (h/t Kristin Roberts) ... Matthew Gravatt, associate director for federal and administrative advocacy at the Sierra Club ... Kathleen Kennedy Townsend ... Bennett "Rocco" Packer ... former Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) is 48 ... Lauren Ashburn ... DCCC alum Brandon English ... Jessica Unger ... Gavan William Duffy Gideon, researcher for Fareed Zakaria, celebrating his 25th in Bangkok (h/t Josh Rubin) ... Elliott Singer ... Cathy Deeds ...
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