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Day 529: Art of the FART.


Monday, July 2, 2018

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1/ Michael Cohen will "put family and country first," saying his "first loyalty" isn't to Trump.

2/ Susan Collins will not support a Supreme Court nominee who has displayed "hostility" toward Roe v. Wade.

3/ North Korea has increased its production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons in recent months.

4/ The Trump administration drafted a bill that would abandon America's commitment to the World Trade Organization.

5/ Trump said he's not happy with the revised NAFTA deal with Canada and Mexico and he won't sign it until after the midterm elections.

6/ Canada imposed new tariffs on $12.5 billion worth of American exports and goods.

7/ Trump tried to pretend that he never urged House Republicans to vote for an immigration bill — even though he tweeted that exact thing just three days earlier.

✏️ NOTABLES.

  • Senior Border Patrol official Ronald D. Vitiello will replace Thomas D. Homan and serve as the new acting director of ICE.

  • The White House is walking back Trump's call for Saudi Arabia to "increase oil production, maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels" per day, to make up for decreases in production by Iran and Venezuela.

  • A podcast host tricked Trump into calling him from Air Force One by telling the White House switchboard operator that he had Sen. Bob Menendez on the line for him.

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