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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.
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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BBC:
Iran nuclear talks: ‘Historic’ agreement struck
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bet for Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal May Take Years to Pay Off
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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.
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Walker calls minimum wage ‘lame’
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CNN:
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
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ABC News
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates
Aaron Goldstein / American Spectator:
Six Reasons Why Scott Walker Will Be Elected President
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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.
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Politico:
Pentagon moves to allow transgender troops to serve openly
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Doug Moore / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Dent County commissioners vote to lower flags to ‘mourn’ same-sex marriage decision — Upset that the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage last month, the Dent County Commission voted Monday to observe one year of “mourning.” — That will come in the form of lowering the flags …
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Andrew Sheeley / thesalemnewsonline.com:
COUNTY COMMISSION: Presiding commissioner says flag decision to be rescinded
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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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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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Ben White / Politico:
Clinton speech react: ‘Is that it?’ — The Democratic front-runner manages to underwhelm both Wall Street and its reformers in her signature economic policy speech. — NEW YORK CITY — Hillary Clinton gave a big economics speech here on Monday and the snap reaction among Wall Street investors …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Blames Republicans for Promoting Inequality
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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.
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.
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 …
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