WTF Just Happened Today

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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1/ The Trump administration will rescind Obama-era guidelines that encourage college admissions to consider race as a factor in order to diversify their student bodies.

2/ Leaked copies of Michael Cohen's shredded documents were reconstructed by the FBI and appear to confirm Cohen's $62,500 payment to a former Playboy model.

3/ Scott Pruitt and his aides kept "secret" calendars and schedules to hide controversial meetings and calls with industry representatives.

4/ Two of Pruitt's top aides told congressional investigators that he leveraged his position for personal benefit and ignored warnings about potential ethical issues.

5/ Trump threatened several NATO allies in June that they increase defense spending and meet their security obligation or face consequences.

6/ Trump ordered American flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of last week's shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom.

poll/ 64% of voters want Trump's Supreme Court nominee to "limit the amount of money corporations and unions can spend on political campaigns."

poll/ 62% of Americans say they want the Republican-led Senate to vote on Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the November midterm elections.

✏️ NOTABLES.

• Rep. Jim Jordan was accused of failing to stop sexual abuse by the team doctor when he was the Ohio State wrestling coach.

• Wilbur Ross shorted two more stocks – five in total – during his time as Commerce secretary.

• Trump, again, criticized Harley-Davidson for moving some operations overseas in response to retaliatory EU tariffs against U.S. goods.

• The top aide to Rod Rosenstein will leave the Justice Department for a job in the private sector.

• A federal judge set a pre-sentencing hearing for Michael Flynn.

• Trump plans to meet one-on-one with Putin during their July 16 summit in Helsinki, Finland.

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