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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF — (CNN)The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted — one day after CNN identified …
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David Rothkopf / Washington Post:
The greatest threat facing the United States is its own president — David Rothkopf is the author of “The Great Questions of Tomorrow.” He is a visiting professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a visiting scholar …
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The North Korean Missile Crisis
The North Korean Missile Crisis
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New York Times, The Guardian and The American Conservative
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky
What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
U.S., South Korea stage show of force after North Korea ICBM test
U.S., South Korea stage show of force after North Korea ICBM test
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Politico, Associated Press, AOL, The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Washington Post:
North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration
North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration
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John Bowden / The Hill:
U.S., South Korea respond to North Korea ICBM launch with ‘show of force’
U.S., South Korea respond to North Korea ICBM launch with ‘show of force’
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IJR
David Weigel / Washington Post:
At parades and protests, GOP lawmakers get earful about health care — EASTPORT, Maine — For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada. She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats.
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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure — ALDERSON, W.Va — In normal times, the Fourth of July parade is a fat pitch down the middle for the grinning politician. For instance, here was Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat facing re-election next year …
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Daily Kos
Karma Allen / ABC News:
NYC officer shot, killed while sitting in police car — An on-duty New York City police officer was killed early Wednesday after a man walked up to her patrol vehicle and fired shots through the window, authorities said. — Officer Miosotis Familia, a 12-year veteran assigned …
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NYPD officer shot in the head, dies in hospital
NYPD officer shot in the head, dies in hospital
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Conservative News Today and WHNT-TV
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Police Officer Is Shot and Killed in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in the Bronx
Police Officer Is Shot and Killed in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in the Bronx
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Washington Post, Mediaite, CBS New York, twitchy.com and Fox News Insider
Ryan Martin / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana GOP asked Facebook for Obamacare horror stories. The responses were surprising. — That will leave about 76,000 Hoosiers without coverage, but there may be other options for them.. Dwight Adams/IndyStar — The Indiana Republican Party posed a question to Facebook on Monday: “What's your Obamacare horror story?
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Indiana GOP request for ObamaCare ‘horror stories’ goes wrong — The Indiana Republican Party has requested that the state's constituents share their “horror stories” with ObamaCare, the Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday. — “What's your Obamacare horror story?
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Raw Story and Indiana Republican Party
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority of voters back Trump travel ban — A clear majority of voters supports President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — Polling on the travel restrictions has varied wildly since …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Majority in new poll backs Trump's travel ban — A majority of voters backs President Trump's travel ban, according to a new survey. — A Politico/Morning Consult poll found 60 percent of voters support the State Department's “new guidelines which say visa applicants from six predominately …
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Mohammad Zia Adnan / New York Times:
Going to Hooters and Seeing America — It sounds like the beginning of an uncomfortable joke: Four brown kids of Pakistani descent — from Karachi, Dubai, London and Augusta, Ga. — walk into a Hooters on a recent Saturday afternoon. — They order cheese fries, mozzarella sticks and a plate …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Chris Christie's Tutorial in Hubris
Chris Christie's Tutorial in Hubris
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Steve Bannon is out of Trump's doghouse — Not a lot of people in the White House are having fun these days. But one top official is having a blast — inviting friends over for lunch, joking about good times from the campaign, plotting 2018 and even 2020.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Another big-time Trump donor eyes buying up Time — A supporter holds a copy of TIME magazine he had signed by Donald Trump. — Getty Images — MORE FROM: … There is now more than one conservative booster of President Trump with a fancy for buying Time Inc. — and its 94-year-old flagship newsweekly, Time.
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Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Weigh Higher Health Premiums' Possible Effect on Midterms — Republican senators are confronting a political challenge that is increasingly hard to ignore: Under their health-care overhaul, average premiums for a midlevel insurance plan would jump by 20% next January.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is the Democrats' real 2020 frontrunner — He's staffing up, touring the country, and still drawing record crowds. — Amid a swirl of speculation about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, and practically everyone else under the sun …
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada to compensate ex-Guantanamo inmate, opposition furious — Canada's Liberal government will apologize to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around C$10 million ($7.7 million) in compensation, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday, prompting opposition protests.
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Robert Fife / Canadian Press:
Ottawa to offer Omar Khadr apology, $10-million in compensation
Ottawa to offer Omar Khadr apology, $10-million in compensation
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The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Talking Dog and Toronto Star