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Associated Press:
Iran says Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a U.S. drone amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal. The U.S. military declined to immediately comment.
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Trump says ‘Iran made a very big mistake’ in shooting down US military drone — In a major provocation, Iran shot down an unarmed and unmanned U.S. RQ-4A Global Hawk drone while it was flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, U.S. Central Command confirmed in a statement.
New York Times:
Iran Says It Shot Down a U.S. Drone, Escalating Tensions — Iran said Thursday that it had shot down a United States drone, days after American officials blamed Iran for attacks on international shipping, in the latest escalation in tensions that have raised fears of war between the two countries.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War — The conventions of mainstream journalism make it difficult to challenge America's self-conception as a peace-loving nation. But the unlovely truth is this: Throughout its history, America has attacked countries that did not threaten it.
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Brian Bennett / TIME:
‘My Whole Life Is a Bet.’ Inside President Trump's Gamble on an Untested Re-Election Strategy — ‘My whole life is a bet,’ the President of the United States says, resting his forearms on the edge of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. — It's a steamy evening in mid-June …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Horns are growing on young people's skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests. — Mobile technology has transformed the way we live — how we read, work, communicate, shop and date. — But we already know this. — What we have not yet grasped is the way the tiny machines …
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
'These People Aren't Coming From Norway': Refugees in a Minnesota City Face a Backlash — As more Somali refugees arrive in St. Cloud, white anti-immigration activists have pressed an increasingly explicit anti-Muslim agenda. — ST. CLOUD, Minn. — John Palmer, a former university professor, has always had a cause.
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New York Times:
Biden and Democratic Rivals Exchange Attacks Over His Remarks on Segregationists — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday lashed out at his Democratic rivals who had assailed his fond recollections of working relationships with segregationists in the Senate, refusing to apologize and defending his record on civil rights.
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Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Top South Carolina Democrat Weighs Endorsing in 2020 Primary
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A.G. Sulzberger / Wall Street Journal:
Accusing the New York Times of ‘Treason,’ Trump Crosses a Line — The Founders considered it the gravest of crimes. Tossing the charge around is irresponsible and wrong. — First it was the “the failing New York Times.” Then “fake news.” Then “enemy of the people.”
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Republicans fear campaign arm is stumbling in fight for the House — The House GOP campaign arm is under fire from Republicans who are growing increasingly anxious about the party's plan to win back the chamber in 2020. — Republicans still don't have an answer to Democrats' online fundraising behemoth ActBlue.
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The Hill:
GOP hopes dim on reclaiming House — The 2020 election is more than a year away, but some Republican lawmakers are pessimistic about their chances of winning back the House. — President Trump's approval ratings in key swing states are under water. Infighting on the GOP leadership team …
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Marianne Williamson apologizes, says she misspoke in calling vaccines ‘draconian’ — Williamson explains her qualifications for President — Washington (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is apologizing and claiming that she “misspoke” after reportedly referring …
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Axios, The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Biden appears to be softening his stance on the death penalty — Joe Biden said in a 1992 speech that criminal justice legislation he was pushing was so strict that “we do everything but hang people for jaywalking.” Two years later, his signature crime bill made dozens of additional offenses punishable by death.
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Illinois Democrats Reps. Sean Casten, Jan Schakowsky call for Trump impeachment inquiry — Freshman Casten, who flipped a suburban Chicago district in 2018, is among the 44 House Democrats facing the toughest GOP challenges in 2020, and only the third in this group to back an impeachment inquiry.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Close Pelosi ally Rep. Jan Schakowsky backs impeachment inquiry
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Helen Christophi / courthousenews.com:
Feds Tell 9th Circuit: Detained Kids ‘Safe and Sanitary’ Without Soap — SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The Trump administration argued in front of a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday that the government is not required to give soap or toothbrushes to children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border …
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Washington Post:
With Maduro entrenched in Venezuela, Trump loses patience and interest in issue, officials say — Last winter, the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seemed a sure bet to President Trump, a quick foreign policy win at a time when other initiatives in Asia …
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Political Wire, VICE, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mother Jones
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Senators get classified briefing on UFO sightings — Three more U.S. senators received a classified Pentagon briefing on Wednesday about a series of reported encounters by the Navy with unidentified aircraft, according to congressional and government officials — part of a growing number …
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Joel Kotkin / Quillette:
What Do the Oligarchs Have in Mind for Us? — The recent movement to investigate, and even break up, the current tech oligarchy has gained support on both sides of the Atlantic, and even leapt across the gaping divide in American politics. The immediate concerns relate to such things …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Bernie Sanders Says Elizabeth Warren Catching Up to Him Because People ‘Would Like To See A Woman Elected’ — Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pegged Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's rise in the primary polls to, among other things …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
State Department official didn't disclose ties to the boyfriend of Russian agent Maria Butina — The State Department official in charge of U.S. arms control negotiations with Moscow and her husband had a years-long friendship with GOP operative Paul Erickson, the former boyfriend …
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Washington Post:
A path has been laid out for holding Khashoggi's murderers accountable — THIRTEEN MINUTES before Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, the head of a hit team who was dispatched to intercept him asked the team's forensic doctor about dismembering the journalist's body.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Believes He Has the Authority to Replace Powell at Fed — President is not planning to demote Fed chairman, for now — Powell says he will serve his full term despite criticism — President Donald Trump has told confidants as recently as Wednesday that he believes …
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and Wall Street Journal
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Michael Bennet pushes sweeping plan to remake political system — Sen. Michael Bennet sprang onto the national stage in January, when the usually low-key Colorado Democrat went viral shouting about the 35-day federal government shutdown and Ted Cruz's “crocodile tears.”
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
Syrian Refugee Arrested On Allegations Of Planning Attack On Pittsburgh Church — Mustafa Mousab Alowemer was arrested on terrorism charges in relation to a plan to attack a church in Pittsburgh, according to the Justice Department. — A Syrian man who is a refugee was arrested Wednesday …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Feds arrest Syrian refugee accused of plotting terrorist attack on Pittsburgh church
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump is bumping into a very low 2020 ceiling — 45 is struggling to crack the mid-40s in polls. And it appears the only way he'll overcome it is to pull the Democrats down with him — as he did in 2016. — President Trump launched his reelection campaign this week at an inauspicious time.
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The Guardian
Steven Overly / Politico:
Apple fights to spare iPhone from Trump's tariffs — Apple wants U.S. trade officials to exclude the iPhone from President Donald Trump's latest round of proposed tariffs on Chinese-made goods, as the Silicon Valley giant looks to shield its core product from Trump's trade war with Beijing.
The Texas Tribune:
Texas gained almost nine Hispanic residents for every additional white resident last year — New census estimates show Texas' Hispanic population growth continues to surpass white population growth, with Hispanics on pace to soon represent a plurality.
Jon Brown / Washington Examiner:
Koch brothers 'don't care about Republican voters,' Tucker Carlson says — Fox News host Tucker Carlson tore into Charles and David Koch on his show Wednesday night, arguing that the billionaire Republican donors are largely to blame for the resistance President Trump is meeting from his own party.
Taylor & Francis:
The “Arbiters of What Our Voters See”: Facebook and Google's Struggle with Policy, Process, and Enforcement around Political Advertising — Abstract — The question of how Facebook and Google make and justify decisions regarding permissible political advertising on their platforms is increasingly important.
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump: I wasn't going to live-tweet debates, but now I may — President Donald Trump said he hadn't thought about live-tweeting the first Democratic debates but now that the media has brought it up, he just might. — Several people close to the president told POLITICO and The Wall Street Journal …
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Back home in South Bend, Buttigieg faces ‘his nightmare’ — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — In recent weeks, Pete Buttigieg had emerged as the surprise success of the 2020 presidential campaign. Polls showed him surging in key states, enchanted Democrats were forking over millions of dollars …
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