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The Latest: Trump to watch military parade at Windsor Castle — BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Europe (all times local): — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will welcome President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at Windsor Castle where they will watch …
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NATO summit: Trump accuses Germany of being a ‘captive of Russia’ — Brussels (CNN)President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused fellow NATO ally Germany of being beholden to Russia because it buys energy from Moscow, in pointed remarks ahead of a summit of the military alliance in Brussels.
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Trump says Germany ‘is captive to Russia’ in fiery opening salvo against NATO — BRUSSELS — President Trump unleashed a blistering attack Wednesday on Germany and other NATO allies, wasting no time to take the offensive before a week of high-stakes diplomacy on both sides of the former Cold War divide.
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Trump Is Training His Base to Hate NATO and Like Putin — President Trump tweeted today that America's NATO allies have been “delinquent for many years in payments” and should “reimburse the U.S.” That is not how NATO works. It is not a protection scheme where the allies pay the United States.
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‘They Will Die in Tallinn’: Estonia Girds for War With Russia
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Trump Unloads On NATO Secretary-General Over Defense Spending
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Trump issues blistering attacks on Germany at NATO breakfast: ‘Germany is controlled by Russia’
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Trump rips into Germany at NATO chief breakfast
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Axios and Wall Street Journal


EXCLUSIVE: Ocasio-Cortez with another surprise election win - in a district she wasn't even running in … Things are going so well for insurgent Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she's winning primaries she didn't even enter. — In addition to recently …
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The Center Is Sexier Than You Think — Enough about the Freedom Caucus. Enough about the Democratic Socialists of America. They're flamboyant players in our political debate, but they're extremes: More politicians — and most Americans — occupy the expansive territory in between.
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New Dem star to rattle DC establishment — Democrats are racing to figure out how to handle Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose primary win over a longtime incumbent is set to shake up the party's Washington establishment. — Ocasio-Cortez's shock victory over Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) …

Democrats break with left on ICE
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The Daily Caller and Spectator USA


Sarah Palin Says Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Her in “Sick” Interview — “Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country.” — Sarah Palin on Tuesday took to Facebook to reveal …
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Yup - we were duped. Ya' got me, Sacha. Feel better now? — I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick “humor” of the British “comedian” Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.
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Breitbart, HuffPost, Mashable, Daily Wire and AOL


Furious Sarah Palin reveals she was TRICKED by Sacha Baron Cohen when he pretended to be a …
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Sarah Palin Claims ‘Evil’ Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Her into an Interview by Posing as a Disabled Vet
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Joe.My.God., Althouse, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller


Border Protection says NYC mayor crossed border illegally — WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his security detail violated both Mexican and U.S. immigration laws by crossing the border on foot during a visit near El Paso, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection alleges …
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Townhall, The Daily Caller, Bustle and Daily Wire

EXCLUSIVE: The Russian pop star who set up Don Jr.'s infamous Trump Tower meeting tells all — In an exclusive interview with VICE News Tonight on HBO, airing Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EST, Emin Agalarov, a Moscow-based real estate developer and pop star, responds for the first time to allegations …
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Donald Trump Jr. said he didn't recall talking to Emin Agalarov. Agalarov remembers it.
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GOP Senators Tell Contradictory Stories About Moscow Trip
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Brett Kavanaugh and the Mueller Investigation: What Do His Writings Really Say? — I think I am on safe ground in saying that when Brett Kavanaugh and I presented our papers at the Minnesota Law Review symposium in October 2008—his on separation of powers and mine on (of all things) …
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Kavanaugh's Papers Don't Help Trump Avoid Indictment
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Showdown on a Trump Subpoena Could Overshadow Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation
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Mike Flynn Joins Global Consulting Firm — Former Trump adviser is awaiting sentencing for lying to federal investigators — Former national security adviser Mike Flynn has a new job: He has joined a global lobbying and investment advisory firm. — As he awaits sentencing for lying …
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Trump Administration Returns to ‘Catch and Release’ of Migrants — WASHINGTON — The government said on Tuesday that it would release hundreds of migrant families wearing ankle bracelet monitors into the United States, effectively returning to the “catch and release” policy that President Trump promised to eliminate.
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Bustle, Los Angeles Times and Axios


BMW increasing production in China, raising prices on SC-made SUVs in response to tariffs — FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker BMW says it will build more of its popular SUVs overseas to offset the higher cost of sending cars to China due to recently enacted tariffs.
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Pence launches Midwest damage control mission — With anxiety rising over Trump's trade policies, the vice president is stumping for endangered incumbents and reassuring big GOP donors. — CHICAGO — Vice President Mike Pence begins a campaign swing through the Midwest on Wednesday designed …
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Talking Points Memo


Paula White: There's a Difference Between Jesus as a Refugee and Those Who Enter the US Illegally … Amid the hysteria surrounding the separation of immigrant families who recently entered the United States illegally, one of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Paula White …


Trump's neediness is at the core of his diplomacy — Watching President Trump's diplomatic maneuvers — in Singapore last month and during the run-up to his meetings over the next week in Brussels and Helsinki — I wonder whether analysts have been making a mistake explaining his bargaining style …
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CIVITAS POLL: McCready Leads in NC-09 Congressional Race — RALEIGH, N.C. - In the latest Civitas Poll, Democrat congressional candidate Dan McCready leads Republican Mark Harris by 7 points. — The poll, conducted July 5-8, 2018, surveyed 543 likely voters in North Carolina's 9thcongressional district …
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Gov. Matt Bevin's ‘disturbing’ West End comments spark outrage — Gov. Matt Bevin said in a promotional video featuring the West Louisville chess club that some people might be surprised by the connection between the club and the neighborhoods it draws children from, unleashing a barrage of criticism on social media.
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Raw Story


Facebook Gave a Russian Internet Giant a Special Data Extension — SINCE MARCH, WHEN news broke that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica used a Facebook app to amass data on as many as 87 million people without their consent, the social networking giant has been forced …
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Government Told Immigrant Parents to Pay for DNA Tests to Get Kids Back, Advocate Says … DALLAS—U.S. government officials recently told four immigrant women that they must pay for DNA tests in order to be reunited with their children, according to the shelter that housed the women.
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Office of Refugee Resettlement, Splinter and POLITICUSUSA


Greece, Russia to expel diplomats in Macedonia tussle ahead of NATO summit — ATHENS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Greece were poised on Wednesday to expel two of each other's diplomats in a rare dispute that Greek media said had been prompted by the issue of Macedonia …


A Press Conference About The Seth Rich Murder Went Even Worse Than You'd Expect — Right-wing activist and lobbyist Jack Burkman held a press event this afternoon in a conference room at a Holiday Inn one Metro stop beyond Washington, where he promised he would produce an eyewitness …


Inside Mueller's New Army … Chelsea Manning, Iranian extortionists, and Hillaryland's original hacker—they've all been targets for prosecutors that now work for Team Mueller. — As special counsel Robert Mueller's probe has quietly chugged along, outraging the president and encircling …