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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? A 28-Year-Old Democratic Giant Slayer — She has never held elected office. She is still paying off her student loans. She is 28 years old. “Women like me aren't supposed to run for office,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a viral campaign video released last month.
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Kay Steiger / Vox:
A top House Democrat just lost his primary — to a socialist — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran boldly to the left of Rep. Joe Crowley — and won. — Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the top Democrats in the House of Representatives, lost his New York primary in a shocking upset on Tuesday night to community organizer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Crowley's loss leaves gaping void for next generation of Democratic leaders — Rep. Joe Crowley did not hide his ambition to be House speaker some day. Now, after his stunning primary loss Tuesday, the next generation of Democratic leaders is a blank slate.
New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset — Representative Joseph Crowley of New York, once seen as a possible successor to Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader of the House, suffered a shocking primary defeat on Tuesday, the most significant loss …
BuzzFeed:
A Young Progressive Woman Beat One Of The Most Powerful Democrats In Congress
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New York Primary Election Results
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New York Times:
4 Takeaways From Tuesday's Primary Elections
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Dan Donovan, Aided by Trump, Holds Off Michael Grimm in G.O.P. Primary
Philip Elliott / TIME:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Young Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Topples Old Boss Joe Crowley in Democratic Primary Shocker
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Benjamin Haas / The Guardian:
North Korea making ‘rapid’ upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges — Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is needed — North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program …
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New York Times:
Federal Judge in California Issues Injunction Halting Government From Separating Families — WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction late Tuesday temporarily stopping the Trump administration from separating children from their parents at the border and ordered …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Federal judge enjoins separation of migrant children, orders family reunification — A federal judge in San Diego on Tuesday barred the separation of migrant children from their parents and ordered immigration officials to reunify within 30 days families that have been divided as a result …
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New York Times:
Bigoted and Feckless, the Travel Ban Is Pure Trump — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. — On Tuesday morning the five conservative justices of the Supreme Court …
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CNN:
Roberts treats Trump like a normal President. Sotomayor says no way.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mitch McConnell Reaps The Benefits Of His Stolen Supreme Court Seat
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Battleground state polls find more voters prefer Congress as a check on Trump — Only about a third of voters in Arizona, Florida and Ohio say Trump deserves to be re-elected. — WASHINGTON — Voters in three key Senate battleground states prefer the next Congress to be a check …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Dems lead in Arizona and Ohio Senate races, but Florida contest remains tight
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
92% of Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news — Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.
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Washington Post:
To Trump, Harley's tariff decision is a personal — and unexpected — betrayal — President Trump lashed out at Harley-Davidson on Tuesday over the company's decision to move some production outside the United States, calling it “the beginning of the end” for the iconic motorcycle maker and threatening to respond with punishing taxes.
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Patti Waldmeir / Financial Times:
Harley-Davidson workers back Trump despite jobs shift
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden: European leaders reeling from Trump's hostile behavior
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Red Hen and the Resistance — In almost every opinion on the restaurant that famously refused to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders, there is a too-neat congruence between the moral argument and the meta-political argument. If you think it's right and just and admirable to deprive …
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CNN:
Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection — (CNN)White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is expected to receive Secret Service protection as soon as Wednesday, two sources familiar with the decision tell CNN, but they did not specify how long it will last.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Allies fear Trump-Putin summit — America's allies in Europe are worried about Donald Trump's expected meeting next month with Vladimir Putin. Senior officials from four NATO member nations told me their worst fear is that Trump clashes with America's allies at the NATO summit in Brussels …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Bolton, Putin to meet in the Kremlin to plan Trump-Putin summit
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Here Is One Way Trump Spreads False Information Online — The president tweeted something untrue about Representative Maxine Waters. Outrage ensued online, but that only helped spread disinformation. — On Monday, President Trump tweeted that Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California …
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Laura Loomer / Big League Politics:
Laura Loomer Presses Assault Charges Against Maxine Waters
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Shawn Donnan / Financial Times:
Another top Trump trade adviser to leave White House — One of Donald Trump's top economic and trade advisers is leaving the White House, becoming the latest senior staff member to exit an administration that has become renowned for its boisterous internal politics on trade.
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ProPublica:
We've Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties — Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too. “I could offer clarity,” one federal employee explained, “but I choose not to.”
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court deals sharp defeat to public employee unions, banning mandatory fees … The Supreme Court dealt labor unions a sharp defeat Wednesday, ruling that teachers, police officers and other public employees cannot be forced to pay dues or fees to support their unions.
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Mark Halperin sparks comeback buzz with high-profile meetings — SEE ALSO — Disgraced journalist Mark Halperin has been spotted with a string of powerful media industry pals, insiders told Page Six — including CNN and PBS folks — sparking buzz that he's the latest #MeToo-struck star to plot a comeback.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP Is Trump's Personality Cult. Could Democrats Do the Same? — In 1938, Franklin Roosevelt, coming off two consecutive landslide victories, the second of which amassed 523 Electoral College votes and a nearly 25 percent popular vote margin, attempted to force wayward members of his party to support his agenda.
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Football is popular in Texas. The NFL isn't. — Player protests and other issues have put the NFL in strange territory in Texas: It's both unpopular and politically polarizing. — Nearly half of the state's registered voters have an unfavorable opinion of the National Football League …
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Washington Post:
Trump, using ALL CAPS in a tweet, urges passage of the House GOP immigration bill — “HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WON'T LET IT PASS IN THE SENATE,” the president wrote.
CBS Pittsburgh:
Officer Michael Rosfeld Charged With Criminal Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Antwon Rose — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - According to court records, a charge of criminal homicide has been filed against East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld in connection with the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19.
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Raw Story
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Outside the Red Hen, fire and ire on social media come to life — LEXINGTON, Va. — America broke out Tuesday afternoon in this small Shenandoah Valley town. — Four days after the owner of the Red Hen restaurant stirred national debate by asking White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Baltimore Sun:
Jealous wins Maryland Democratic primary race for governor — Al Redmer, declares that he has won the Republican Baltimore County Executive race. (Nicholas Bogel-Buroughs, Baltimore Sun video) — Voters encounter mice, fleas and flies at their polling place at Patapsco Elementary/Middle School …
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