Thursday, July 5, 2018
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1/ Scott Pruitt resigned from the EPA.
2/ Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer urged Trump to nominate federal Judge Merrick Garland to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
3/ Trump narrowed his Supreme Court shortlist to Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Raymond Kethledge.
4/ Trump asked his advisers last August why the U.S. couldn't invade Venezuela.
5/ Trump hired former Fox News executive Bill Shine to lead his communications team.
6/ Trump's first tariffs will hit $34 billion of Chinese imports starting tomorrow.
7/ The owner of a Chinese factory says it has been hired to make flags for Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.
✏️ NOTABLES.
Robert Mueller is utilizing additional career Justice Department prosecutors.
Trump said he would decide by July 4th if he would sit down for an interview with Robert Mueller's team.
Michael Cohen dropped the reference "personal attorney to President Donald J. Trump" from his social media accounts.
A federal judge rejected a Trump administration request to block three California sanctuary laws.
Trump lied when he tweeted that Obama granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians in an attempt to sweeten the Iran nuclear deal.
Trump's co-author for The Art of the Deal tweeted that Trump "is incapable of reading a book, much less writing one."
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