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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.
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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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Report: Top aide said Clinton destroyed State Dept. schedules — 's top aide said during a deposition that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee destroyed her schedules as the head of the State Department, according to a new report. — Huma Abedin revealed the information …
USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to 5 points — Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican Donald Trump has narrowed to five percentage points, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, in a groundbreaking presidential election that is sparking feelings of alarm for most voters.
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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
Trump adviser: ‘Never any intention of anti-Semitism’ in tweet
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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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John C Wright / John C. Wright's Journal:
Supreme Court Holds Constitution to be Unconstitutional … The High Court ruled on WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH v. HELLERSTEDT, 136 S. Ct. 1001 (2016). In his dissenting opinion, Justice Thomas points out that the Supreme Court, has, in effect, overthrown the body of the constitution and ignored the limitations of the rule of law.
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BBC:
Medina explosion: Saudi city ‘hit by suicide bomber’ — A suicide bomber has attacked the Saudi city of Medina, close to the Prophet's Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites, according to local media reports. — The bomber detonated his device as security officers were breaking their Ramadan fast, al-Arabiya TV said.
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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Flustered Trump Supporter Loses His Mind on CNN Panel Trying to Defend Anti-Semitic Image — Michael Caputo had a rough go of it on CNN Monday morning trying to defend his candidate's use of a neo-Nazi-sourced image on Twitter. — Caputo, a former Trump campaign advisor, claimed that the campaign had nothing to apologize for.
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Raw Story
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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Robert G. Parkinson / New York Times:
Did a Fear of Slave Revolts Drive American Independence? — Binghamton, N.Y. — FOR more than two centuries, we have been reading the Declaration of Independence wrong. Or rather, we've been celebrating the Declaration as people in the 19th and 20th centuries have told us we should …
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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
American Secessionists Dream of Declaring Independence — Secessionists across the United States are taking heart. The United Kingdom's historic vote to leave the European Union last month has sparked interest in the far-fetched idea that U.S. states might win independence from Washington …
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Local News from Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
GoFundMe site created for family of boy accidentally killed at gun range — PHOTO OF www.gofundme.com/stephenbrumby — SARASOTA - UPDATE: A memorial fund has been set up to help the family of a boy who was accidentally shot and killed Sunday at a gun range.
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Daily Mail:
'He grabbed me, then touched my genitals. Girls were crying everywhere': 17-year-old tells of horror after mob of ‘foreign youths’ sexually assault 35 females as young as 12 at Swedish music festival — A 17-year-old has told of her ordeal after a mob of ‘foreign youths’ sexually assaulted dozens …
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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.
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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 …
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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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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