memeorandum: So Greece and the rest of the euro zone have a deal. (Megan McArdle/Bloomberg View)

10:40 AM ET, July 14, 2015

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Iran Nuclear Deal Is Reached With World Powers — VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran's nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Washington Post, Associated Press, Mashable, The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, Political Wire, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Guardian

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

Graham: Iran Deal ‘Akin to Declaring War’ on Israel — The newly announced deal between Iran and six world powers is “akin to declaring war on Israel and the Sunni Arabs,” and will be a huge problem for Hillary Clinton, according to GOP presidential candidate and Senator Lindsey Graham …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, NBC News, Washington Times, Business Insider and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Reuters, Business Insider, Guardian, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, Israpundit and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: Politico and Hot Air

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Bet for Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal May Take Years to Pay Off — VIENNA — Richard M. Nixon's opening to China more than 40 years ago was a huge Cold War gamble that he could forge a working relationship with a Communist country that had built a small arsenal of nuclear weapons and clearly had long-term ambitions for global power.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Washington Post, Guardian, The Week, Just Security and The Daily Caller

Politico:

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 …

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Mail, SaintPetersBlog, The Last Tradition and PoliticusUSA

Politico:

Republican lawmakers threaten to kill Iran deal — Obama will need to rally at least 34 senators to his defense as Congress reviews final agreement. — It will be days before Congress receives the full nuclear agreement with Iran and all of its classified annexes for review …

Discussion: Political Wire

Scott Johnson / Power Line:

Munich for our time — The big news of the day is the announcement of the deal with Iran by President Obama and Secretary Kerry. The Washington Post provides the text and video of Obama's announcement here. — Listening to President Obama this morning, without access to the text of the agreement …

Discussion: Washington Post, Weekly Standard and National Review

BBC:
Iran nuclear talks: ‘Historic’ agreement struck

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and NBC News

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran, World Powers Reach Final Nuclear Deal

Discussion: CBS DC, protein wisdom, Business Insider, Hot Air, Jihad Watch and Wall Street Journal

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.

Discussion: Fox News, Shakesville, Washington Post, Hot Air, American Spectator and The Daily Caller

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.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, American Spectator, Yahoo Politics and Fox News

Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Walker calls minimum wage ‘lame’

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Political Wire and National Journal

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household

Discussion: ABC News

Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates

Discussion: Advocate, VICE, Politico and Mediaite

CNN:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker launches bid with red meat speech

Discussion: Washington Times, Commentary Magazine, Hullabaloo, The Week, Hot Air and NPR

Aaron Goldstein / American Spectator:
Six Reasons Why Scott Walker Will Be Elected President

Discussion: Politico

defense.gov:

Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on DOD Transgender Policy — Over the last fourteen years of conflict, the Department of Defense has proven itself to be a learning organization. This is true in war, where we have adapted to counterinsurgency, unmanned systems, and new battlefield requirements such as MRAPs.

Discussion: Human Rights Campaign Blog, Guardian and NPR

Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Pentagon readying plan to lift transgender ban

Discussion: Addicting Info, New York Times, Human Rights Campaign Blog, The Daily Caller, Advocate, BuzzFeed, Washington Free Beacon, Towleroad and The Week

Politico:
Pentagon moves to allow transgender troops to serve openly

Discussion: The Last Tradition and ABC News

Andrew Sheeley / thesalemnewsonline.com:

COUNTY COMMISSION: Presiding commissioner says flag decision to be rescinded — The Dent County Commission voted unanimously Monday to observe one year of “mourning” over the Supreme Court's June 26 decision that gay couples have the constitutional right to marriage.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, Daily RFT, Washington Post, Towleroad, Political Wire, Slantpoint and Mediaite

Doug Moore / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Dent County commissioners vote to lower flags to ‘mourn’ same-sex marriage decision

Discussion: Advocate and Addicting Info

The Atlantic:

There Is No Post-Racial America — The term post-racial is almost never used in earnest. Instead it's usually employed by talk-show hosts and news anchors looking to measure progress in the Obama era. Earnest or not, the questions we ask matter. As many of our sharper activists and writers …

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.

Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog, The Last Tradition, Althouse, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Paul Krugman Puts Trump On Blast: He's A ‘Loudmouth Racist’ (VIDEO) — New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was blunt Monday when he speculated that real estate mogul Donald Trump was polling so well within the GOP presidential field because he's a “loudmouth racist.”

Discussion: Business Insider

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Blames Republicans for Promoting Inequality — Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered her economic policy speech at the New School in New York on Monday. — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed Republicans for “35 years” of policies that have exacerbated income inequality by giving …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post

Ben White / Politico:
Clinton speech react: ‘Is that it?’

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Vox, Washington Post, Salon, Liberal Values, FiveThirtyEight, Yahoo Politics, Althouse, Wall Street Journal and ABC News

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.

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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Guardian, The Federalist, Mediaite, The Interrobang and The Daily Beast

John Marzulli / New York Daily News:
Eric Garner's widow rejects NYC's $5M offer to settle wrongful death suit: source

Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Week

Daily Mail:

Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter — By ALASDAIR BAVERSTOCK IN MEXICO CITY and OLLIE GILLMAN FOR MAILONLINE — Mexico's billion dollar drugs lord known as ‘El Chapo’ has gloated on Twitter about his escape from a maximum security jail …