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CNN:
Forty-one states have refused Kobach's request for voter information — Three states are still reviewing the commission's request and another three states have not returned CNN's request for comment — Seven states are still awaiting a letter from the commission …
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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland official resigns from Trump voter fraud panel — Maryland's deputy Secretary of State has resigned from a controversial Trump administration panel probing alleged voter fraud in last year's presidential election. — Deputy Secretary of State Luis E. Borunda …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and WiredPen
BBC:
North Korea hails ‘ICBM test’ success — North Korea says it has successfully tested its first “intercontinental ballistic missile” (ICBM). — A state television announcement said the missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, could hit targets anywhere in the world.
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Says It Has Successfully Tested ICBM
North Korea Says It Has Successfully Tested ICBM
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CNBC and Political Wire
Reuters:
North Korea says first intercontinental ballistic missile test successful
North Korea says first intercontinental ballistic missile test successful
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Common Dreams and The Week
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Astonishing poll about Trump and media — A stark poll by Survey Monkey finds that 89% of Republicans view President Trump as more trustworthy than CNN, and 91% of Democrats think the opposite. Among all adults, trust for CNN is 7 points ahead of Trump. Among independents, CNN wins by 15 points.
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Mediaite
Virginia Hale / Breitbart:
Bill Gates: Europe Will Be Overwhelmed Unless It Stems Flow of Migrants — Microsoft founder Bill Gates has warned that Africa's population explosion will overwhelm Europe unless the continent makes it more difficult for migrants to reach its shores. — The American billionaire's comments come …
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Telegraph and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / CNN:
Liberals are reclaiming patriotism from the right — Senator Warner on the future of the Democrats — Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, and professor of history and Italian studies at New York University. Follow her on Twitter @ruthbenghiat.
Tony Romm / Recode:
Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman are launching a new group to rethink the Democratic Party — It's called Win the Future, and Pincus is even courting potential WTF candidates like the frontman of '90s rock band Third Eye Blind. — Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman want to hack the Democratic Party.
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Paula Rogo / Essence.com:
Maxine Waters On Ben Carson: ‘I Am Going To Take His A** Apart’ — The gloves came off as the California congresswoman took on President Trump and his administration. — Some may call her congresswoman, others even call her auntie. — But on the ESSENCE Empowerment stage Saturday …
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Breitbart, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Conservative News Today, Fox News Insider, TheBlaze and IJR
Michael Cottman / NBC News:
Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello mansion that has astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of Sally Hemings …
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Daily Mail, IJR, The Week and AOL
Jim Camden / Spokesman.com:
Paid family and medical leave fast tracked through Legislature — jimc@spokesman.com — (509) 879-7461 … OLYMPIA - Late Friday night, with great emotion but relatively little fanfare, the Legislature moved Washington into the forefront among states that provide financial help to parents …
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Energy Department to reconsider Obama energy efficiency rule — The Energy Department is gearing up to request information about the agency's energy efficiency rule for air compressors, indicating it could consider rewriting an Obama-era regulation the Trump administration froze earlier this year.
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The Daily Caller
HuffPost:
Guns And KKK Members At Gettysburg Confederate Rally, But No Foes To Fight — The anti-fascists never came, but pro-Confederate protesters at the Civil War battlefield were still angry, and heavily armed. — GETTYSBURG, Pa. A few hundred armed militia group members, Sons of Confederate Veterans …
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Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Christian Borys / BBC:
The day a mysterious cyber-attack crippled Ukraine — This time last week, an online attack brought chaos to Ukraine's banks, hospitals and government, before spreading worldwide. The evidence suggests that money was not the aim - the real intention was disguised. Could it be a sign of something more serious to come?
Nicholas Bakalar / New York Times:
U.S. Fertility Rate Reaches a Record Low — In 2016, the fertility rate in the United States was the lowest it has ever been. — There were 62 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, down 1 percent from 2015. There were 3,941,109 babies born in 2016. — In an analysis issued …
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Eschaton and The Daily Caller
BBC:
Raqqa: IS ‘capital’ wall breached by US-backed Syrian forces — US-backed Syrian forces have breached the wall at Raqqa's Old City as they try to retake the city from so-called Islamic State, the US military says. — It says the coalition had helped the advance of the Syrian Democratic Forces …
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The Daily Caller and IJR
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
CNN: Trump's Wrestling Meme May Be Racist, Antisemitic — CNN is fighting back after President Donald Trump tweeted a spoof video on Sunday showing him wrestling the network to the ground. On Sunday, network commentators described the video as a form of incitement; on Monday …