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The Guardian
Pakistani court removes PM Nawaz Sharif from office in Panama Papers case
Scaramucci in furious, foul-mouthed attack on White House rivals
John McCain sinks 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare health act
Barcelona train crash injures scores of commuters
Der Spiegel removes 'antisemitic' book from bestseller list
The Raw Story
Trump whines about filibuster rule after Obamacare repeal goes down in flames
Scaramucci’s ‘dumbass popped-collar chest bumping’ against leakers ‘could be a felony’
‘Two men enter, one man leaves’: CNN’s Cuomo ridicules Trump’s chaotic ‘Thunderdome’ White House
Sessions plan to revive the war on drugs will further harm police-community relations
Internal talking points from Trump’s spy chief reveal tensions between president and the intel community
AlterNet
Trump Jr., Kushner and the Lie of Inherent White Innocence
Obamacare Lives! Senate Votes Down GOP Scheme to Destroy Our Health Care System
Anthony Scaramucci in Furious, Foul-Mouthed Attack on White House Rivals
Republicans Kill Medical Marijuana Provision for Veterans
On the Brink of a Constitutional Crisis, the Nation Goes Numb
Zero Hedge
One Killed, Several Injured After Stabbing Attack In Hamburg Supermarket
Gauntlet Thrown: House Judiciary Demands Special Counsel To Investigate Comey, Lynch, And Clinton
UMich Consumer Confidence Tumbles To Lowest Since Before Election As Trumphoria Fades
The Magic Of Revisions: How That Abysmal "Snowfall" Quarter Of 2015 Became 3.2% GDP
One Trader's "Market Playbook" For An Anything-But-Quiet August
Hot Air
Q2 GDP: Solid or stolid?
ICE may be getting ready to arrest some sanctuary city mayors
Lex talionis, Moscow-style: Hundreds of US diplomatic personnel to get the boot
IRS makes shocking discovery as to why they have so many “problematic employees”
49-51: The stunning, gasping, and mavericky end to ObamaCare repeal
Red State
Don’t Shame GOP Minorities, Then Shame GOP for not Being Diverse Enough
After Thursday’s Scaramucci Blowup, Huckabee-Sanders Tasked With Making It Sound Sane
Scaramucci Unloads On Reince Priebus’s Mental Defects And Expresses Awe At Steve Bannon’s Anatomy
House Judiciary Committee Calls For Special Counsel To Investigate Comey, Clinton and Associates.
What Happened During Last Night’s Disastrous “Skinny Repeal” Vote
Think Progress
All the ways Trump can still kill Obamacare
WATCH: Fox & Friends melts down over Trumpcare’s defeat
McCain is getting the credit, but these women are the ones who really saved Obamacare
House slashes funding for clean energy, restores funding for fossil fuel research
North Carolina’s transphobia is about to cause major headaches for a top college athletic…
Common Dreams
More Than 7,000 Nuns to GOP: Your Attack on People's Healthcare 'Simply Immoral'
GOP's Vague New Tax Plan Can't Hide True Aim: Massive Tax Cuts for Wealthy
With Kentucky's Last Clinic 'Under Siege,' Anti-Choice Activists Display Abortion on Jumbotron
Scaramucci Goes to War Over "Leak" That Turns Out To Be Public Document
GOP Single-Payer Ploy Shows Just How 'Very Sick' US Healthcare Debate Remains
The Nation
Is Donald Trump Immune to Prosecution?
Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance
The Treasury Secretary Just Lied Under Oath
Jimmy Carter Calls for Single Payer
A US-Led Coalition Is Bombing Civilians Out of Raqqa
Mother Jones
That's It For Today
The Intercept Discloses Top-Secret NSA Document on Russia Hacking Aimed at US Voting System
Lunchtime Photo
Chart of the Day: Health Care Spending as a Percentage of GDP
Trump's Tweets Threaten His Travel Ban's Chances in Court
The Onion
Trump Orders All Flags To Half-Staff In Honor Of American Killed On Episode Of ‘Blue Bloods’
Inmates Offered Reduced Sentences For Getting Vasectomy
Onion Fact Checks: Anthony Scaramucci’s ‘New Yorker’ Interview
Study Finds Americans Do Most Financial Planning When Figuring Out How To Get Money’s Worth At Buffet
Sean Spicer’s Voice Immediately Recognized By Everyone Else In ‘Halo 5’ Multiplayer Lobby
The New York Times
Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Obamacare Repeal as McCain Votes No
5 Takeaways From the Failed Senate Effort to Repeal Obamacare
John McCain Casts Decisive Health Care Vote
On Washington: McCain Provides the Dramatic Finale: Thumb Down
A Look Inside the Senate’s Late Night
Washington Post
McCain winks, gives thumbs-down to Murkowski
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli, borrowing from Trump, calls case against him 'silly witch hunt'
FDA to delay e-cigarette reg for years and explore reducing nicotine in conventional cigarettes
Tampa Bay is due for a major hurricane. It is not prepared.
U.S. economy rebounds in the second quarter
Chicago Tribune
Senate narrowly rejects 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare, 3 Republicans break with party
McCain's surprise thumbs down doomed the GOP bill. Did it open the door for Senate bipartisanship?
How John McCain's 'no' vote on health care played out on the Senate floor
Russia demands U.S. reduce diplomatic staff, seizes property in reaction to new sanctions by Congress
Pakistani Supreme Court disqualifies prime minister from office over corruption allegations exposed in Panama Papers
Detroit Free Press
Detroit teachers ratify contract, will get 7% raise
Judge doesn't buy convicted embezzler's remorse, apology
No summer pay for teachers at closed Detroit charter school
MikeThompson's Islamophobia cartoon gallery
Cartoon come to life: Dangerous self-driving cars?
San Jose Mercury News
Whale recovery: Most humpback populations removed from U.S. endangered species list
Hurricane Newton slams Baja California's Los Cabos
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte: I regret calling Obama that name
Japan's Prince Hisahito turns 10 amid national concern over emperor successors
Lost comet lander Philae spotted by Rosetta probe, in last month before demolition
Philadelphia Inquirer
At Philly gay bar ICandy where owner used N-word, efforts to welcome people of color draw ire
Bones from Arch Street excavation disappear
The end is coming for 3 Philly area J.C. Penney's on Monday
Judge scoffs at 'Chip' Fattah's $3 million demand
Woman arrested in fatal shooting of man in West Oak Lane
Associated Press
Disqualified by court, Pakistan's prime minister steps down
GOP blame-game begins after Senate sinks health care drive
Scaramucci tirades ignite smoldering White House tensions
Russia sanctions bill heads to Trump, Moscow retaliates
Trump headed to Long Island to trumpet MS-13 crackdown
Reuters
In blow to Trump, Republican bid to gut Obamacare crashes in Senate
U.S. economic growth picks up in second quarter, wages continue to lag
Russia orders out U.S. diplomats in sanctions retaliation
Top Trump lieutenant Scaramucci lashes colleagues in obscene rant
Pakistan faces political turmoil as PM Sharif ousted in wealth probe
CBS
GOP's "skinny repeal" dies in Senate vote
Russia retaliates against new U.S. sanctions
Solar eclipse will reveal mysteries of the sun
Could alcohol lower your diabetes risk?
Details emerge about woman killed on Alaska cruise
NBC
Jury Urged to Convict 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli of Fraud, Stealing
22 People Arrested for White House, Capitol Security Breaches Since 2014
Judge Rescinds Offer of Reduced Sentences for Vasectomies
Is My Teen Academically Prepared for College? How to Know
Thrill Ride Safety Under Scrutiny After Ohio State Fair Horror
ABC
Russia tells US to cut diplomats or face expulsion
Spain: 50 injured in train station accident in Barcelona
Officials say 7,000 Islamic State affiliates remain in Iraq
Russia orders cut in US diplomats in reaction to sanctions
Hauntingly huge spider perches on window of Australian house
CNN
Sen. John McCain has defied his party before. This time, his maverick moment stopped a GOP effort to repeal Obamacare
Obamacare repeal fails in tense late-night vote
Behind the scenes of McCain's no vote
Okay, so what happens next?
Health care vote and White House tensions
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Financial Times
Trump effort to repeal Obamacare dealt fatal blow
Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s new megaphone
US growth picks up but wage shadows remain
Scaramucci escalates White House power struggle
Russia to expel US diplomats in tit-for-tat over sanctions
BBC
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Panama Papers verdict
Russia orders US to cut embassy staff in retaliation for sanctions
Gulnara Karimova, Uzbekistan ex-leader's daughter, 'detained'
Hamburg supermarket attack leaves one dead
Migrant crisis: Italy backs force to police Libya shore
NPR
Russia Moves Against U.S. Diplomats In Retaliation For Sanctions
Russia Retaliates For Sanctions Approval, Hitting At U.S. Diplomatic Corps
Pakistan's High Court Ousts Prime Minister Sharif In Panama Papers Fallout
Morning News Brief: GOP Health Plan Fails In Senate, Pakistan's Sharif Removed
Pakistan's Prime Minister Resigns After Court Disqualifies Him From Office
Haaretz - (Israel)
New sanctions on Iran, Russia pass Senate as Putin vows retaliation
Anti-Semitic incidents at all-time high in U.K., report says
There's no escaping the abnormal norms of Paris
Russia used Facebook to spy on Macron campaign, sources claim
Cold War Two? Russians say new U.S. sanctions could push ties to 'uncharted waters'
China Daily
Canadian icon hot issue misses the Chinese coffee rush
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Pakistan PM quits after court orders disqualification
Russia cuts US diplomatic staff, seizes 2 Moscow properties in retaliation
US Senate rejects partial Obamacare repeal
Russia Today
Brexit may take much longer to protect UK economy from shock
LBC radio urged to sack Nigel Farage for making ‘false statements’
1 killed, multiple injured in Hamburg knife attack – police
Romania closes airspace to Russian passenger jet with deputy PM on board
United Russia pushes for greater transparency of political sponsors
Al-Jazeera - (Qatar)
What's next for Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif?
Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies Nawaz Sharif
NewsGrid - Al Jazeera's interactive news hour
Palestinian killed after alleged stabbing attempt
Palestinian dies as Israel restricts al-Aqsa access
CBC
Venezuela braces for mass protests against president's reforms
Russia retaliates against sanctions, ordering U.S. to cut diplomatic staff to 455 from 1,100
McCain, Republican holdouts deal stiff blow to U.S. Senate's bid to repeal Obamacare
Barcelona train crash leaves at least 56 injured
Jeff Sessions plans to stay, despite criticism from Trump over recusal
DW - (Germany)
Namibia eases restrictions on poultry imports
Are Kim Jong Nam murder suspects being framed by N. Korea?
US sanctions expert: European concerns are exaggerated
Kremlin tells US to cut diplomatic staff in sanctions row
Indian Muslims who support Hindu nationalism
France 24
'Hotspots' in Libya: French President Macron's troubling announcement
Saudi coalition downs Yemeni rebel missile near Mecca
Men under 50 banned from Friday prayers at Jerusalem holy site
US Senate rejects partial Obamacare repeal in shock blow to Trump
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Supreme Court order to disqualify him
ABC - (Australia)
One dead in knife attack at Hamburg supermarket
Dozens injured when train fails to stop at Barcelona station
Pakistan's PM resigns after Panama Papers corruption ruling
Russia retaliates against 'arrogant' US over fresh sanctions
Indonesian ombudsman condemns execution of Nigerian man
The Globe and Mail
Officials say 7,000 Islamic State affiliates remain in Iraq
Chris Christie says public outcry over Beachgate ‘upset his children’
Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque end without serious violence
Russia orders some U.S. diplomats to leave in response to sanctions
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif removed from office by court
Sydney Morning Herald
One person dead and several injured during Hamburg supermarket stabbing
The night John McCain killed the Republican Party's healthcare fight
Che Guevara: How a sickly child became the world's most famous freedom fighter
Barcelona train crash injures more than 50 commuters
Pakistan's top court orders PM Nawaz Sharif's removal over Panama Papers scandal