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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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.
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 …
Lawrence Meyers / Townhall.com:
Why They Hate Trump So Much — One of the reasons the Leftists are so angry at President Trump isn't so much because he won, even though Leftists are incapable of being gracious losers. It's that they were told that the Second Coming of Typhoid Mary would occur, and like all children, are mad that Papa CNN and Mama MSNBC were wrong.
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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