By Marisa Fernandez @ Axios.com, July 13

Amazon’s e-commerce sales are expected to top $258 billion this year, up 30% from one year ago with projections for 2018 even more staggering in each Amazon category, according to a survey by eMarketer.

By Julie Miller @ VanityFair.com, July 13

Weinstein’s lawyer called his client’s sit-down with The Spectator columnist “a social meeting between old friends” and “not an interview.”

Petition @ Change.org (He needs only a few more signatures at the link for this weekend, if you like this sort of protest. It makes me laugh, so I think it's a good thing in these sad times.)

By Zachary Basu @ Axios.com, July 12

ln-depth article by Radley Balko @ "The Watch" op-ed section @ WashingtonPost.com, July 10, with videos

Trump and Pence trot out bad-cop, good-cop routine as fears rise over trade war and NATO spat. 

By Christopher Cadelago @ Politico.com, July 11, 3:18 pm EDT

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By Reid Wilson @ TheHill.com, Jul 10

[....] Helena District Court Judge James Reynolds invalidated some of the signatures Green Party backers submitted to the secretary of state’s office, either because the signatures did not match those on file, because they did not match a registered voter or because of improper signature-gathering practices [....]

Theresa May votes to fight a leadership challenge if one is triggered, defending her Brexit policy as being ‘in our national interest.’

By Tom McTague & Annabelle Dixon @ Politico.eu, July 9

By Azadeh Moaveni @ NewYorker.com, July 9

And you probably won’t until it’s too late.

By The Editorial Board @ NYTimes.com, July 9

The regime's harsh statement illustrates the risk in putting so much stock into last month's ceremonial Singapore summit.

Analysis by Andrea Mitchell @ NBCNews.com, July 7

Fabrice Leggeri said his agency registered 6,000 irregular border crossings from Africa in the region last month.

By Jonash Delcker @ Politico.com, July 7

BERLIN — Migrants are increasingly taking the Western route across the Mediterranean to reach Europe via Spain, the head of the EU’s border monitoring agency warned.

The US president will have dinner at Blenheim Palace, see the prime minister at Chequers and visit the queen in Windsor.

By Tom McTague @ Politico.com, July 6

@ pol.qu.edu, July 2

[....] American voters are divided on when the U.S. Senate should consider President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, as 46 percent say the Senate should consider the nomination and 48 percent say the Senate should not consider the nomination until after the November elections. 

The president is unlikely to agree to be voluntarily questioned by the special counsel, his lawyer said, signaling a subpoena fight ahead.

By Michael S. Schmidt & Maggie Haberman @ NYTimes.com, July 7

By John Irish & Francois Murphy @ Reuters.com, July 5

VIENNA  - Iran wants world powers to present measures guaranteeing oil revenue and investment into the country despite U.S. sanctions when ministers meet on Friday to save the 2015 nuclear deal, but European states will fall short of its demands, diplomats said [....]