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New York Times:
North Korea Criticizes ‘Gangster-Like’ U.S. Attitude After Talks With Mike Pompeo — PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” …
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
Cost of one of those ‘expensive’ U.S.-South Korea military exercises? $14 million — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea scrapped after President Donald Trump griped about “tremendously expensive” military drills would have cost around $14 million …
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Axios
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
North Korea pans ‘gangster-like mindset’ of US as Pompeo signals ‘progress’ in talks
North Korea pans ‘gangster-like mindset’ of US as Pompeo signals ‘progress’ in talks
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Associated Press, Splinter, Vox, Shareblue Media and WPMT FOX43
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Secretary of State Pompeo leaves North Korea with promise of more talks but no tangible breakthrough
Secretary of State Pompeo leaves North Korea with promise of more talks but no tangible breakthrough
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story, NBC News, RedState, Mother Jones, Townhall, Mediaite and Reuters
Bill Frist / Washington Post:
The Senate I led put country over party. This one must do the same for Robert Mueller. — Bill Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U.S. Senate majority leader and senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. — When I retired from the U.S. Senate in 2007 as its majority leader …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4 — “What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day. — For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven …
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POLITICUSUSA and Politico
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump is hinting at concessions to Putin. So what do we get back?
Trump is hinting at concessions to Putin. So what do we get back?
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LewRockwell
Danielle Ohl / capitalgazette.com:
‘Wendi Winters saved my life’: Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter — Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper. — dohl@capgaznews.com — When a man with a shotgun shattered the glass door …
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The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Trump lawyers call Comey ‘Machiavellian’ in note to Mueller — WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year to the special counsel, casting him as “Machiavellian,” dishonest and …
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Hill Reporter, Axios and Mediaite
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
'It's a Terrible Vote': Red-State Democrats Face an Agonizing Supreme Court Choice — WASHINGTON — Democratic senators running for re-election in Trump Country face an agonizing choice over President Trump's coming Supreme Court nominee: Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead …
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New York Times:
Democrats: Do Not Surrender the Judiciary
Democrats: Do Not Surrender the Judiciary
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Power Line, Breitbart, twitchy.com and Instapundit
New York Times:
Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy — Obesity affects 40 percent of adults and 19 percent of children in the United States and accounts for more than $168 billion in health care spending each year. Sugary beverages are thought to be one of the major drivers of the obesity epidemic.
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
Court Order To Reunite Migrant Children And Parents Reveals How Little Planning Went Into Separation Policy — The Trump administration's struggle to meet a judge's order reveals the extent of its lack of planning when it implemented its zero tolerance policy. — Reporting From Los Angeles
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Politico
Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
Mrs. Jimmy Kimmel: I Said ‘What The F***?’ to Stop Hillary Pantsuit Jokes — The August issue of the women's magazine Glamour is the Comedy Issue, so they rounded up female comedy writers for all the liberal late-night shows to address diversity in the writers' room and how feminism pervades the late-night scene.
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Louder With Crowder
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Mueller WILL NOT Present Collusion Evidence At Manafort Trial — Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws Bronx cheer for misleading campaign bio — The Democratic Socialist candidate seeking to represent New York's 14th Congressional District is facing backlash over her working class “Bronx girl” campaign narrative.
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lohud.com and The Gateway Pundit
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Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay — Psychologist Michal Kosinski says artificial intelligence can detect your sexuality and politics just by looking at your face. What if he's right? — Vladimir Putin was not in attendance, but his loyal lieutenants were.
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Hullabaloo
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alan Dershowitz Is Enjoying This — In an interview with The Times, Mr. Dershowitz talks about McCarthyism (Martha's Vineyard-style) and why nuance doesn't exist in politics anymore. — CHILMARK, Mass. — This is what McCarthyism evidently looks like on Martha's Vineyard.
Shant Shahrigian / New York Post:
‘Irate’ man arrested for threats against Trump supporters, local politician — A Long Island man was arrested Friday for threatening to kill supporters of President Donald Trump and Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin - then nearly hitting a Zeldin campaign staffer with his car, according to Suffolk County police.
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Chris Glorioso / NBC New York:
Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained While Visiting Son-in-Law at Fort Drum, Family Says — Concepcion and Margarito were stopped by military police at the gates of Fort Drum on July 4, their children say — Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained at Army Base
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Mother Jones
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Reports of denied dental care mount after Bevin's Medicaid cuts — Louisville group speaks out against Gov. Matt Bevin's cuts to Medicaid cuts on Monday, Marty Pearl, The Courier Journal — Two advocacy groups on Thursday called on the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to ensure children …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
GOP Freedom Caucus members refuse to back Jim Jordan on the record as more abuse accusers come forward — House Republicans are refusing to publicly defend Tea Party firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as more details come to light about the congressman's role in the Ohio State University sexual assault scandal.
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CNN, POLITICUSUSA and New York Times
Dan Merica / CNN:
GOP candidate in Kansas: ‘Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism’ — (CNN)A Republican congressional candidate in a Kansas race Democrats are targeting in November told an audience at a party meeting this month that “outside of Western civilization there is only barbarism.”
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
This Italian Town Once Welcomed Migrants. Now, It's a Symbol for Right-Wing Politics — Macerata once had a reputation for tolerance. But the killing of a woman and a revenge shooting made the Italian town a symbol of rising right-wing politics. — MACERATA, Italy …
Associated Press:
Philippine president says he'll resign if anybody can prove God exists — MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Checks the ‘Fact Checker’ — Should the Washington Post award itself a few Pinocchios? — Friday's employment report from the Labor Department showed expanding opportunity at workplaces across the United States. But the report also likely brought a measure of embarrassment to one workplace in particular.
Washington Post:
‘A little steel in the spine’: Rod Rosenstein, facing mounting criticism from Congress, is starting to fight back — As lawmakers took breaks during a tense congressional hearing last week to vote on a resolution meant to shame him, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein casually worked the room …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
They Came Here to Serve. But for Many Immigrants, the Army Isn't Interested. — Recruit Zhang, an immigrant from China, joined the United States military on the promise that enlisting would lead to American citizenship. He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and was handed an Army T-shirt.
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Outside the Beltway and Task & Purpose