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Donald Trump gives out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number — If Lindsey Graham has to change cellphone numbers, he has Donald Trump to thank. — On Tuesday, Trump ramped up his attacks on the South Carolina senator — who made headlines Monday for calling the Donald a “jackass” — and even gave out Graham's private phone number.
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Lindsey Graham to Trump: “Stop being a jackass” — Shares - — Presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has “had it” with Donald Trump. — After Trump undermined the military service of Graham's longtime colleague Sen. John McCain, Graham had a clear message for his GOP rival.
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
What Al Sharpton learned from James Brown that Donald Trump hasn't — The Rev. Al Sharpton perfectly assessed the character of Donald Trump's death-defying campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. “What plays at Lincoln Center don't play at the Apollo,” Sharpton said about Trump.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rick Perry compares Trump to cancer
Rick Perry compares Trump to cancer
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It — I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. — Though I hadn't touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Obama lowers White House flag — President Obama has ordered flags at the White House and other public buildings to fly at half-staff after mounting criticism over the delay in honoring five armed forces members killed last week by a gunman. — Obama's proclamation calls for the flags …
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Presidential Proclamation — Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Presidential Proclamation — Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Obama orders flags to half staff at White House for Chattanooga victims
Obama orders flags to half staff at White House for Chattanooga victims
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
John Kasich: A Jeb Bush In Jon Huntsman Clothing — It reads like a dream résumé for a Republican presidential candidate: nine-term congressman, six-year Fox News host and now twice-elected governor of a crucial swing state. His record puts him snugly in the mainstream of the Republican Party.
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Jeb Bush vs. Scott Walker: Round 1 of a long brawl
Jeb Bush vs. Scott Walker: Round 1 of a long brawl
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm — A second secretly recorded video released by an anti-abortion rights group appears to show an official from Planned Parenthood negotiating prices for selling fetal tissue. — The new video from the Center for Medical Progress highlights …
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The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town — The shrubbery stirs in the breeze, which carries the odor of crushed asphalt. — Yellow paint is chipping off the curbs. — A single orange traffic cone sits in the revolving door that no longer revolves …
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Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Republicans' ‘Munich’ fallacy — You have to feel sorry for Munich. Home to museums, universities, beer halls and one spectacular glockenspiel, it gets international recognition instead for a misbegotten 1938 summit conference in which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain …
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David Montgomery / New York Times:
New Details Released in Sandra Bland's Death in Texas Jail — HEMPSTEAD, Tex. — The authorities on Monday offered new details of the final hours of a Chicago-area woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Texas three days after she was arrested during a traffic stop.
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Jeb Bush defends McCain, but supported Swift Boat attacks against Kerry — Washington (CNN)After Donald Trump questioned Republican Sen. John McCain's status as a war hero, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush quickly jumped to McCain's defense. — “Enough with the slanderous attacks.
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Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft …
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft …
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Claire Webb / RadioTimes:
Emma Thompson: the acting industry is more sexist today than it was in my youth — “I don't think there's any appreciable improvement and I think that for women, the question of how they are supposed to look is worse than it was even when I was young. So, no, I am not impressed at all”
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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Apple Profit Up 38%, but iPhone Sales Disappoint Wall Street — Apple's profit soared 38 percent and revenue rose 33 percent in its fiscal third quarter, as sales of iPhones continued to surge, yet the performance did not meet Wall Street's high expectations.
The Hill:
House to vote on blocking federal grants to sanctuary cities — The House will vote this week on legislation that would deny funding to “sanctuary cities” that have policies designed to shelter illegal immigrants from deportation. — Sanctuary cities largely refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies.
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Matt McGrath / BBC:
Arctic ice ‘grew by a third’ after cool summer in 2013 — The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by around a third after an unusually cool summer in 2013. — Researchers say the growth continued in 2014 and more than compensated for losses recorded in the three previous years.
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
ISIS Transforming Into Functioning State That Uses Terror as Tool — ISTANBUL — The Islamic State uses terror to force obedience and frighten enemies. It has seized territory, destroyed antiquities, slaughtered minorities, forced women into sexual slavery and turned children into killers.
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
President Obama on Iran deal critics: They were wrong on Iraq, too — The administration has presented the negotiations with Iran as a choice between peacefully preventing a nuclear Iran and going to war with the Islamic Republic. — Getty — As he stepped up efforts to sell …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Alito: Gay Marriage Ruling Could Allow Judges To End Minimum Wage Laws — According to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the court's recent decision legalizing same-sex marriage laid the legal groundwork for a libertarian justice to eliminate minimum wage laws, or a socialist justice to say that there is a right to an annual income.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Great Lost Huckabee Constituency — Something I was vaguely aware of but hadn't really focused on came very much to my attention yesterday while we were taping this week's WaMo BloggingheadsTV/podcast with guest Matt Cooper of Newsweek. Matt wrote a column that actually got Trump's personal attention …
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