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11:20 AM ET, July 14, 2015

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New York Times:
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.
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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Single Most Important Question to Ask About the Iran Deal  —  “Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing.  If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this.”  - President Barack Obama, May 21, 2015  —  The theocratic regime that rules Iran …
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and Mediaite
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.
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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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 …
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.
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Doug Moore / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Dent County commissioners vote to lower flags to ‘mourn’ same-sex marriage decision
Discussion: Advocate and Addicting Info
Milo Yiannopoulos / VICE:
In Defense of Ayn Rand, Monster Under the Progressive Bed  —  Liberals are constantly begging for more female authors and female lead characters in literature, but one woman author and philosopher remains stubbornly absent from progressive reading lists.  Her name is Ayn Rand …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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
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 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll finds majority of Americans do not trust Iran to stick to deal  —  A majority of Americans think Iran cannot be trusted to stick to the parameters of a nuclear agreement, according to a new Monmouth University poll conducted in the days leading up to Tuesday's announcement of a final deal.
Discussion: The Week
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.
Jonathan Amos / BBC:
New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto  —  BBC Science Correspondent, Laurel, Maryland  —  This image of Pluto was taken on Tuesday and was downlinked just before the flyby  —  Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second.
Discussion: The Frisky
hillaryclinton.com:
The Facts About Hillary Clinton's Emails … Next  —  Where do the Republicans really stand on immigration?  —  Read more.
Discussion: America Rising, The Verge and NBC News
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
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.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Graham: Trump is ‘a wrecking ball’ for GOP  —  Donald Trump is “a wrecking ball” that's threatening to dismantle the Republican Party, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday.  —  Graham, a GOP presidential contender, said Trump's recent condemnation of most immigrants as criminals …
Discussion: Politico
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
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Ben White / Politico:
Clinton speech react: ‘Is that it?’
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household  —  Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) warned Monday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's dissonance with his wife on same-sex marriage could cause him to be less “active” in his opposition.  —  “Spouses matter,” Santorum said in an editorial meeting with The Daily Caller.
Discussion: ABC News
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