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Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times keeps Cruz off bestseller list — The New York Times informed HarperCollins this week that it will not include Ted Cruz's new biography on its forthcoming bestsellers list, despite the fact that the book has sold more copies in its first week than all but two of the Times' bestselling titles, the On Media blog has learned.
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump leads GOP presidential field in new national poll — Media coverage of Donald Trump's controverisal immigration remarks have lifted the GOP presidential candidate to the top of the Republican field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll. — Trump was the preferred GOP nominee …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Bush Outstrips Rivals in Fund-Raising as ‘Super PACs’ Swell Candidates' Coffers
Bush Outstrips Rivals in Fund-Raising as ‘Super PACs’ Swell Candidates' Coffers
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Towleroad
Alana Wise / Reuters:
Over 60 percent of Republicans oppose court on gay marriage: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Over 60 percent of Republicans oppose court on gay marriage: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Daily Kos
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: RNC chairman ‘probably’ leaked call — Donald Trump said in an interview airing late Thursday that Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus “probably” leaked details of a call between the pair this week. — “I just don't know how the story got out,” Trump …
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Political Wire, Fox News and Washington Post
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Sen. Flake: Local GOP should not host Trump's Arizona event
Sen. Flake: Local GOP should not host Trump's Arizona event
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Arizona Republic and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump vows long campaign, won't commit to backing GOP nominee
Trump vows long campaign, won't commit to backing GOP nominee
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Politico, Liberaland, Real Clear Politics, ChrisWeigant.com, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Fox News, Hot Air, Salon, Bloomberg View, The Week, Daily Mail, Mediaite, Business Insider and Gothamist
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Clinton Foundation keeping Trump money
Report: Clinton Foundation keeping Trump money
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Bloomberg Business, Mediaite, American Spectator, Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Karen Schwartz / New York Times:
F.A.A. to Drop Donald Trump-Related Navigation Codes
F.A.A. to Drop Donald Trump-Related Navigation Codes
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Business Insider, ABC News, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
This Is How Hillary Loses the Primary — Bernie Sanders will never be president. But unless Clinton changes her strategy—and soon—he can still wind up toppling her. — Something remarkable is happening in American politics. For the first time in our history, a socialist is running …
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Outside the Beltway
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's push on gun control marks a shift in presidential politics — In her standard stump speech, Hillary Rodham Clinton talks about fighting income inequality, celebrating court rulings on gay marriage and health care and, since the Emanuel AME church massacre, toughening the nation's gun laws.
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Reuters, Hot Air and Bloomberg Business
Guardian:
Go Set A Watchman: read the first chapter - interactive — An exclusive extract from the new novel by Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, published on 14 July — Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.
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Raw Story, KTLA, Mashable, Daily Mail and The Week
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Wall Street Journal:
Harper Lee's ‘Go Set a Watchman’: Read the First Chapter — Read the first chapter of Harper Lee's ‘Go Set a Watchman,’ which will be published July 14. — In 1957, when she was 31 years old, Harper Lee submitted her first attempt at a novel to the publisher J.B. Lippincott.
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New York Times and The Verge
U.S. Office of Personnel Management:
OPM Announces Steps to Protect Federal Workers and Others From Cyber Threats — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber incident involving Federal background investigation data …
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NPR, Fox News, Slantpoint, Guardian, The Daily Caller and Mashable
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Hacking of Government Computers Exposed 21.5 Million People
Hacking of Government Computers Exposed 21.5 Million People
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CNN, Washington Free Beacon, Slantpoint, The Daily Caller and Engadget
Bill Laitner / Detroit Free Press:
Judge jails kids for refusing lunch with dad — The children were sent to a juvenile detention facility for defying her orders — while in court — that they go to lunch with their father. — CONNECT — Three Oakland County children who refused to go to lunch with their father …
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FOX6Now.com, Guardian, KFOR-TV and CBS Detroit
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Jeb Bush, The $114 Million Man — NOTABLES —IN THE MONEY: Jeb Bush's super PAC, Right to Rise, will report having raised $103 million over the first half of the year. His campaign took in $11.4 million in just two weeks, ABC's CHRIS GOOD notes.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump In 2000: Jeb Bush Is “Bright, Tough, And Principled,” May Be President Someday
Trump In 2000: Jeb Bush Is “Bright, Tough, And Principled,” May Be President Someday
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CNN, The Week and Washington Post
Gertrude Himmelfarb / Weekly Standard:
Into the Abyss — From the halls of academia to the cover of Vanity Fair. — The Caitlyn (née Bruce) Jenner case has engendered if not a new subject at least a newly publicized and sensationalized one. For an old-timer like myself, transgenderism is reminiscent of the postmodernism …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Pelosi ambushes GOP with Confederate flag resolution — The House voted Thursday to refer legislation banning the Confederate flag image from the Capitol to a committee, effectively punting the issue. — The dramatic vote was forced by Minority Leader — Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …
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The Huffington Post, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, New York Times, Washington Monthly and Hot Air
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Sandra Pedicini / Orlando Sentinel:
Disney World removes Confederate flag from Epcot display
Disney World removes Confederate flag from Epcot display
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USA Today, Orlando Weekly, Fox News, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Daily Mail and The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Greece's Economy Is a Lesson for Republicans in the U.S. — Greece is a faraway country with an economy roughly the size of greater Miami, so America has very little direct stake in its ongoing disaster. To the extent that Greece matters to us, it's mainly about geopolitics …
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Washington Post and Salon
amna.gr:
The Greek government's full proposal to the Eurogroup — The full proposal submitted by the Greek government to the Eurogroup earlier on Thursday is the following: — “Greece: Prior Actions — Policy Commitments and Actions to be taken in consultation with EC/ECB/IMF staff:
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New York Times, Telegraph and Guardian
Noah Phillips / Washington Post:
I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work. Instead I came face to face with it. — The advantages of race and class are not easily shed, even in a falafel shop. — I attended the Edmund Burke School, one of Northwest Washington's small private prep schools …
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