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Kevin Durant / The Players' Tribune:
My Next Chapter — PHOTOS BY JED JACOBSOHN/THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE — This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices.
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Outside the Beltway, CBS New York, Bleacher Report, Mashable, Complex, The Daily Caller, Dallas Morning News, CBS Boston, New York Times, The Week, The Root and Deadspin
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Denies That Controversial Tweet Was Anti-Semitic — Donald Trump via Twitter Monday denied that a tweet he posted Saturday that featured Hillary Clinton and a Star of David was anti-Semitic. — Trump blamed the media for depicting his tweet as anti-Semitic and said the the star shape …
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump adviser: ‘Never any intention of anti-Semitism’ in tweet … 's presidential campaign said early Monday that there was “never any intention of anti-Semitism” in a tweet featuring the Star of David that sparked a backlash. — “We corrected it. There was never any intention of any anti-Semitism …
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The Week, Politicus USA and CNN
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump draws rebuke for his tweet with an image of Clinton and a Star of David
Trump draws rebuke for his tweet with an image of Clinton and a Star of David
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Politico, ABC News and Power Line
Craig Gilbert / Des Moines Register:
Priebus: Republicans need to unite ‘more than ever’ — WASHINGTON — As the head of a party turned upside down by its nominating fight, Reince Priebus says Republicans need “more than ever” to have a unifying convention this month. — “Given the drama that we've had ... I think now …
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Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Republicans' many tortured excuses for not going to their Donald Trump-led convention — It's no secret that the Republican Party is split right now; while millions and millions of Republicans voted for the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, the party leadership is still wary …
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Raw Story
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Huma Abedin admits that Clinton burned daily schedules — More On: — Hillary Clinton's closest aide revealed in a deposition last week that her boss destroyed at least some of her schedules as secretary of state — a revelation that could complicate matters for the presumptive Democratic nominee …
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about … First, they came for Istanbul. On Tuesday night, three suspected Islamic State militants launched a brazen assault on Turkey's main airport, exploding their suicide vests after gunning down numerous passengers and airport staff.
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New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Outside the Beltway
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Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
Kennedy family BASHES Trump over Fourth of July weekend with a pinata of The Donald at their Cape Cod compound — The Kennedy clam gathered at their family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts over the weekend for their annual Fourth of July party — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter Kathleen …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP's pointless ObamaCare war — The House GOP has finally put out its own healthcare plan. — That giant choking sound you hear is coming from Donald Trump — . He can't swallow this one. — Trump, about to be crowned as the Republican presidential nominee …
New York Times:
After Slaughter, Bangladesh Reels at Revelations About Attackers — DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's capital city reeled in shock on Sunday as clues began to flood social media about the privileged backgrounds of the half-dozen attackers believed to have butchered 20 patrons of a restaurant during a bloody siege here late last week.
Telegraph:
Tory candidates need a plan for Brexit - here's mine in 5 points — Boris greeted by angry crowd as he arrives in Tiverton — Play! — On Friday I heard a new dawn chorus outside my house. There was a rustling and twittering, as though of starlings assembling on a branch.
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Guardian, Business Insider, Coffee House and Heat Street
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
GOP senator: Lynch-Clinton meeting ‘raises questions about interference’ — (R-Ark.) said Sunday that Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with former President Bill Clinton — raises questions about the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton — 's use of a personal email server while she was secretary of State.
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Alexandra Field / CNN:
Dhaka attack: ‘That is not my son,’ killer's horrified father cries — New video purports to show Dhaka cafe siege — Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)The last time Meer Sameh Mobasheer's family saw him was when he walked out the door, munching on popcorn headed to an examination preparation class.
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BBC:
UKIP leader Nigel Farage stands down — Nigel Farage says he is standing down as leader of the UK Independence Party. — Mr Farage said his “political ambition has been achieved” with the UK having voted to leave the EU. — He said the party was in a “pretty good place” …
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The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
Collin Szewczyk / Aspen Daily News Online:
Gingrich makes the case for Trump — Ex-Speaker of the House mum on potential VP run — Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that while he was surprised that Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump received the party's nomination, he foresees the outspoken businessman having …
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The Hill:
Tech industry wants Trump agenda — The tech industry is pressing Donald Trump — to “get into the game” after Hillary Clinton — released a wide-ranging platform that touched on internet connectivity, cybersecurity and computer science education. — Industry officials generally …
Telegraph:
Michael Gove: it's telling Boris pulled out of Tory leadership race — Boris Johnson's former campaign manager Ben Wallace writes that Michael Gove is unfit to be Prime Minister because he is a gossip. — There is a convention among campaign managers that, after the dust has settled …
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Guardian, Coffee House and Business Insider
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience — Sometimes in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. It is high time to declare our personal independence from any remnant …
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