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Rick Perry to President Obama: No handshake — Texas Gov. Rick Perry declined an official White House offer to greet President Barack Obama when he lands at Austin's airport Wednesday. — The Republican governor, who has repeatedly criticized Obama for his handling of the crisis along …
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Rick Perry declines Obama offer for ‘quick handshake’ at Austin airport — Gov. Rick Perry Monday turned down what he characterized as President Barack Obama's offer for a “quick handshake on the tarmac” at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Wednesday, but said he would juggle …
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Obama ‘would welcome’ visit with Perry to talk about the border — Gov. Rick Perry Monday turned down what he characterized as President Barack Obama's offer for a “quick handshake on the Tarmac” when the president arrives in Austin on Wednesday. But Perry said he would juggle his schedule to accommodate a …
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White House requests $3.7 billion in emergency border control funds
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The Daily Caller, Associated Press and Daily Signal

Democrat hopes immigration crisis isn't 'Obama's Katrina moment'
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American Thinker and Washington Post

Rick Perry Wants Meeting With Obama, Not Handshake
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and Hot Air

Obama's ‘Katrina moment’? White House shrugs off drumbeat for border visit
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Slate, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Caller

Israel launches major operation against Hamas in Gaza Strip — GAZA CITY — The Israeli army, air force and navy launched a major operation Tuesday against the Islamist militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, striking dozens of sites in the coastal enclave and mobilizing infantry troops along …
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Cruz: Investigate Cochran primary — Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for an official investigation into the Republican Senate primary runoff in Mississippi between Sen. Thad Cochran and the challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel. — The Texas Republican on Monday evening called the runoff contest …
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McDaniel attorney says fraud reports pouring in
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Washington Post, National Review and Outside the Beltway

Ted Cruz: Mississippi Runoff Must Be ‘Vigorously Investigated’
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler


Why Your Yoga Class Is So White — Ironically, the practice is full of racial tension—but some studios are trying to change that. — Thick, glossy copies of LA Yoga, Yoga Journal, and Yoga Magazine cover the rickety folding table in the lobby of Green Tree Yoga and Meditation.

Release Detail — July 8, 2014 - Clinton Owns Dem 2016 Nod; Tops Top Republicans, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 2014 Generic House Race Tied, But Voters Hate Dems Less — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sweeps the Democratic primary field for the 2016 presidential race …
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Why Teenagers Today May Grow Up Conservative — There was a time not so long ago when the young seemed destined to be liberal forever. Americans in their teens and 20s were to the left of their elders on social issues. They worried more about poverty. They voted strongly Democratic.
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FOX News Radio and Booman Tribune


Peace is the only path to true security for Israel and the Palestinians — In an exclusive article for Haaretz's Israel Conference on Peace, Barack Obama says that the only solution is a democratic, Jewish state living side-by-side in peace and security with a viable, independent Palestinian state.
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Bled dry by the New Class: Column — Bureaucrats push pencils at the expense of real workers — Life is hard. It's harder still when an entire class of people with their hands out stands between you and success. — Unfortunately, that's increasingly the problem, all around the world.
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EXCLUSIVE—SARAH PALIN: 'IT'S TIME TO IMPEACH' PRESIDENT OBAMA — Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, “no mas.” — Without borders, there is no nation. Obama knows this.
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop, Mediaite and Conservatives4Palin


Dems plot legislative offensive on high court's birth control decision — Democrats want to lure Republicans into a fight over birth control with legislation to reverse the Supreme Court's decision that ObamaCare may not require certain businesses to include contraception in their employee health coverage.
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The Letters That Warren G. Harding's Family Didn't Want You to See — Warren G. Harding, right, perhaps the worst chief executive in U.S. history, and Carrie Fulton Phillips, his longtime mistress and sexy pen pal. — Left: the Calvin H. Topliff family. Right: the Ohio History Connection.
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Taylor Marsh and Roger Ailes


'Surveillance on Merkel's Phone Was Absolutely Wrong' — Interview Conducted By Marc Hujer and Holger Stark — In an interview, Hillary Clinton discusses the growing gap between the rich and poor that threatens democracy, Americans' discontent with politics, her regrets over NSA spying …
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Politico, Mediaite, Weekly Standard, Business Insider and Washington Post

For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story — The Singer-Songwriter Says Artists and Fans Will Still Form Deep Bonds, but They Will Do It in New Ways — Where will the music industry be in 20 years, 30 years, 50 years? — Before I tell you my thoughts on the matter …
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Every Day is an All-Out Assault — RUSH: Where you been, Snerdley? Snerdley walks in here, brings me his Stack of show prep that he wanted me to see today, and he's outraged. Have you not been listening to this program? “More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth …
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Sens. Paul and Booker Introduce Criminal Justice Reform Legislation — Bill Calls for Comprehensive Reform Measures to Fix America's Broken Criminal Justice System, Ease Burden on Taxpayers & Break the Cycle of Incarceration for Non-violent Offenders — WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Rand Paul …
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