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Iran Nuclear Deal Is Reached After Long Negotiations — VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States have agreed to a historic accord to significantly limit Tehran's nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions against Iran …
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U.S., world powers reach historic deal with Iran — The accord follows 18 days of marathon diplomacy in Vienna — and heralds a summer of political blowback at home. — The United States and five other world powers have reached a deal with Iran that would place strict limits …
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Carlos Barria / BuzzFeed:
President Obama Says He Will Veto Legislation To Block Iran Deal, Which Is “Built On Verification” — After more than a year of missed deadlines, a deal has been reached in the discussions over Iran's nuclear program. — Here's What's Happening: — Iran and six world powers …
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Billy House / Bloomberg Business:
Skeptical Congress Will Now Have Its Say on Iran Deal — The U.S. Congress will begin its scrutiny of the international nuclear agreement with Iran amid heavy skepticism among Republicans, many of whom said in advance that they're prepared to reject a deal that's weak and gives too much leeway to Tehran.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran, World Powers Reach Final Nuclear Deal — Iran and world powers on Tuesday announced they had sealed a final nuclear deal with Tehran that will lift most economic sanctions on the country and permit it to continue many of the most controversial aspects of its nuclear program …
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Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:
America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words — “Scott Walker is a national disgrace,” reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of the most hardcore right-wing extremists in America.
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Scott Walker Is the Most Boring Presidential Candidate Ever — Scott Walker's appeal to American conservatives is obvious. He's as hard-nosed and unwilling to compromise as any conservative activist, but as deft as a seasoned party operative who knows how to pile up victories in hostile territory.
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Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Walker calls minimum wage ‘lame’ — Referring to the minimum wage as “lame,” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker outlined the differences between his conservative labor agenda and those of his Democratic opponents. — Hours after announcing his candidacy for president, Walker took to the airwaves …
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CNN:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker launches bid with red meat speech
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker launches bid with red meat speech
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household
Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household
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Aaron Goldstein / American Spectator:
Six Reasons Why Scott Walker Will Be Elected President
Six Reasons Why Scott Walker Will Be Elected President
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates
‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates
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Meredith ShinerPolitical / Yahoo Politics:
In Wisconsin, Scott Walker was a political survivor. Can he become a national winner?
In Wisconsin, Scott Walker was a political survivor. Can he become a national winner?
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Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
Barack Obama's sanctuary country for criminal aliens — The debate over illegal immigration erupted again recently after 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed allegedly by seven-time felon and five-time deportee criminal alien Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez in San Francisco.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama's silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening
Obama's silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening
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Politico:
Pentagon moves to allow transgender troops to serve openly — The Pentagon is opening the door for transgender troops to serve in the military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Monday, continuing a wave of expansion in opportunity under President Barack Obama.
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Pentagon readying plan to lift transgender ban
APNewsBreak: Pentagon readying plan to lift transgender ban
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Pentagon Moves to Allow Transgender People to Serve Openly in the Military
Pentagon Moves to Allow Transgender People to Serve Openly in the Military
TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Calls in FBI Over Death Threats Involving El Chapo — CALLS IN FBI — Over Death Threat Involving El Chapo — EXCLUSIVE — Donald Trump tells TMZ he is contacting the FBI to investigate threats just made by a man claiming to be the son of escaped Mexican drug lord El Chapo.
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Daily Mail:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter
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Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Donald Trump on Mexican drug lord's escape: ‘I told you so’
Donald Trump on Mexican drug lord's escape: ‘I told you so’
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times stands by Ted Cruz decision — The New York Times is standing by its decision to omit Ted Cruz's new memoir from its best-seller list on the grounds that sales were driven by “strategic bulk purchases,” despite the fact that both HarperCollins and Amazon say there is no evidence for that argument.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
NY Times Taking a Beating In Its Battle With Ted Cruz
NY Times Taking a Beating In Its Battle With Ted Cruz
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Eric Garner Case Is Settled by New York City for $5.9 Million — New York City reached a settlement on Monday with the family of Eric Garner, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his killing by the police last July on Staten Island, according to a lawyer representing the family.
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John Marzulli / New York Daily News:
Eric Garner's widow rejects NYC's $5M offer to settle wrongful death suit: source
Eric Garner's widow rejects NYC's $5M offer to settle wrongful death suit: source
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Primary amnesia — What the press forgets every election. — Getty. — SHARES — In his classic 1941 short story “Nightfall,” Isaac Asimov imagines a planet (Lagash) with six suns. Only once every 2,049 years does total darkness fall—and with nightfall comes the appearance of the stars.
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Report: One-third of vets on pending medical care list already dead — An internal Veterans Affairs Department report states that about one-third of the veterans waiting to receive medical care from the agency have already died. — A review of veteran death records provided …
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ABC News:
Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist — The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists, federal officials told ABC News today.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Alabama's chief justice: Satan made Supreme Court ‘destroy the institution of God’ in marriage ruling — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Outspoken Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore told a church gathering on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court “destroyed the institution of God …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
17 ways Hillary's big economic speech rehashed Obama — Hillary Clinton on Monday delivered a much-publicized speech in which she was supposed to lay out her economic agenda. In reality, she just rehashed President Obama's. Her speech ultimately sounded like another Obama State of the Union address …
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