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Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be “quite this severe” — Shares - — On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash …
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Rick Perry on Donald Trump: ‘I Was Offended by His Remarks’ — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said he didn't believe that his fellow 2016 contender Donald Trump “understands the challenge” of strengthening the U.S.-Mexico border, adding he was “offended” when Trump labeled Mexicans “rapists” during a speech last month.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb: Trump's Mexico talk ‘extraordinarily ugly’
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Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders — ATHENS — Greeks delivered a shocking rebuff to Europe's leaders on Sunday, decisively rejecting a deal offered by the country's creditors in a historic vote that could redefine the country's place in Europe and shake the Continent's financial stability.
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Greeks Set to Reject Creditors' Bailout Terms, Projections Show
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Mehreen Khan / Telegraph:
Greek Referendum Day results live: Voting closes with polls showing ‘No’ …
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
EU warns of Armageddon if Greek voters reject terms
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WCSH-TV:
One dead after fireworks accident in Calais — CALAIS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - One person is dead after a fireworks mishap Saturday night. — 22-year-old Devon Staples died instantly when he put a fireworks mortar on his head and set it off, said Maine Public Safety Spokesperson Steve McCausland.
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Man killed in fireworks mishap in Calais
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Mary Margaret / People.com:
Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick in Surprise Wedding at His Estate — Surprise! — Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening. — The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer's spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear — WHEN he ran for president the second time almost half a century ago, Richard M. Nixon made Earl Warren's Supreme Court a target of his campaign. It was a brilliant move. His accusation that the court had tilted “too far in weakening …
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Shawna Thomas / NBC News:
Ted Cruz on Supreme Court: The Justices ‘Put on an Obama Jersey’
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Reporters Kept Behind Moving Rope Line At New Hampshire Parade — At the Fourth of July parade Hillary Clinton marched in today in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following the candidate were kept — and at moments, dragged — behind an actual moving rope line.
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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Clinton campaign ropes off reporters at New Hampshire parade
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New York Post:
Four sex scandals rock one hanky-panky high school — It's not clear how much reading, writing and arithmetic is going on at James Madison High School in Brooklyn — but it definitely has sex ed covered. — A special-ed teacher at the school allegedly had carnal relations with a student every …
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CNN:
Mike Huckabee: ‘Redefinition of love’ threatens marriage — Huckabee calls for term limits on Supreme Court 04:04 — Washington (CNN)Mike Huckabee says marriage is “in trouble today” because of the “redefinition of love” — no matter who's in the relationship.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Paris When It Sizzles — PARIS — THE turquoise tranquillity of the Côtes d'Azur was rocked a couple of times during the Cannes Lions Festival, the advertising world's rosé-soaked answer to the Cannes Film Festival. — Al Gore snubbed Monica Lewinsky.
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Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
The New Post-Homophobic Christianity — Most Christians are going to adapt to the new America just fine. — Since the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized marriage equality in America, some conservative Christians have been downright apoplectic.
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Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
California tax officials blast Blue Shield in audit — In a scathing audit, state tax officials slammed nonprofit health insurer Blue Shield of California for stockpiling “extraordinarily high surpluses” — more than $4 billion — and for failing to offer more affordable coverage or other public benefits.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Americans Are Blessed with Liberty, but Not Because We Deserve It — The American proposition is a theological proposition: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” — Just how radical that idea is is difficult for the 21st-century Western mind to comprehend.
Chicago Tribune:
3 killed, 27 wounded over eight hours in Chicago, including boy, 7 — After a relatively quiet start to the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago, a burst of gun violence overnight left three dead and 27 people wounded in just eight hours, including a 7-year-old boy killed after returning from a celebration.
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