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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.
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 — HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — Our thoughts and prayers as a Nation are with the service members killed last week in Chattanooga.
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
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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Washington Monthly
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Facebook must hand over New York users' info to prosecutors, court rules — Facebook Inc cannot challenge search warrants New York prosecutors used to get information from its site on hundreds of users suspected of Social Security fraud, a state appeals court said on Tuesday …
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The Week
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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Eli Stokols / Politico:
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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Austin Ruse / BREITBART.COM:
New Video Shows Another Planned Parenthood Doctor Haggling Price of Baby Body Parts — In the second video released today by the Center for Medical Progress, yet another senior medical adviser to Planned Parenthood of America appears to negotiate the price of selling baby body parts …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm
Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm
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The Daily Signal
David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Second Planned Parenthood Senior Executive Haggles Over Baby Parts Prices, Changes Abortion Methods
Second Planned Parenthood Senior Executive Haggles Over Baby Parts Prices, Changes Abortion Methods
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation:
The 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book — #DataBook — State Trends in Child Well-Being — By the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Project — The KIDS COUNT Data Book is an annual publication that assesses child well-being nationally and across the 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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Jennifer Calfas / USA Today:
More children living in poverty now than during recession
More children living in poverty now than during recession
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
E.L. Doctorow, Literary Time Traveler Who Stirred the Past Into Fiction, Dies at 84 — E. L. Doctorow, a leading figure in contemporary American letters whose popular, critically admired and award-winning novels — including “Ragtime,” “Billy Bathgate” and “The March” …
The Atlantic:
What Was the Most Significant Airplane Flight in History? … Erica Jong, author, Fear of Flying — Amelia Earhart's last flight ended her life and gave birth to a myth. — Tom D. Crouch, senior curator for aeronautics, National Air and Space Museum — “Success four flights Thursday morning …
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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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Washington Monthly
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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CNN:
Police officer shoots man to death in Cincinnati traffic stop — Police officer kills man during traffic stop 01:20 — Story highlights — (CNN)Cincinnati police are investigating the fatal shooting of an apparently unarmed black man by a University of Cincinnati police officer after a confrontation during a traffic stop Sunday.
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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.
Don Superior / Ashley Madison Media:
STATEMENT FROM AVID LIFE MEDIA, INC. JULY 20 - 12:25PM — We were recently made aware of an attempt by an unauthorized party to gain access to our systems. We apologize for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information. We have always had the confidentiality …
CNN:
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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Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News:
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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Fox News:
British charge Muslim man in plot against U.S. military, trying to join ISIS — British Authorities charged two Muslim relatives on Tuesday with terror-related offenses, including plotting an attack against U.S. military personnel in the UK and planning to go to the Middle East to join ISIS.
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Avoiding the Trump Trap on Immigration — The GOP has an opportunity to win over Hispanic voters in 2016—and the party needs them. Here's how to do it. — When Cory Gardner was persuaded by national Republican leaders to run for the Senate in Colorado against incumbent Democrat Mark Udall, he was a latecomer to the race.
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National Review
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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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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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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