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US turned to threats to fight breastfeeding resolution: report

The United States turned to threats at the World Health Assembly in an effort to quash a resolution that sought to promote breastfeeding, The New York Times reported Sunday.

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http://thehill.com/policy/international/396025-us-turned-to-threats-to-fight-breast-feeding-resolution-report

California prosecutor under fire for offensive social media posts about Michelle Obama, Maxine Waters

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/09/california-prosecutor-under-fire-for-offensive-social-media-posts-about-michele-obama-maxine-waters/

Drugmakers defy Trump's call to drop prices

President Donald Trump in May said that drugmakers would soon announce “massive” price cuts, and his administration rolled out a plan to bring down the cost of medicines. But the companies don’t appear to have gotten that message.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/03/drugmakers-trump-drug-prices-668260

NYT: Trump told Putin some of his own aides are ‘stupid people’

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/396198-nyt-trump-told-putin-some-of-his-own-aides-are-stupid-people

Membership has its privileges—Trump golf club members treated to private tours on Air Force One

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/9/1779127/-Membership-has-its-privileges-Trump-golf-club-members-treated-to-private-tours-on-Air-Force-One

White House staffers ‘annoyed’ Trump timed his SCOTUS nominee announcement to boost Hannity’s ratings

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/white-house-staffers-think-trump-scheduled-scotus-nominee-announcement-9-pm-boost-hannitys-ratings/

Oil prices at highest level in three years

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http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Oil-prices-at-highest-level-in-three-years-487604741.html

McConnell’s Legacy Hinges On Reshaping The Courts Under Trump

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mcconnells-legacy-hinges-on-reshaping-the-courts-under-trump

Solar Is the Future. Donald Trump Tied a Bow on It and Gave It to China.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/solar-china-donald-trump-xi-jinping-innovation-huawei/

The 11 most dangerous things Donald Trump said in his Montana speech

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/06/politics/donald-trump-montana-speech/index.html

Thanks to Trump, the U.S. is now mired in trade wars on three continents

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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-trade-war-china-unintended-consequences-7b4500e94186/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds

Trump administration admits they’ve lost track of roughly 20 percent of toddlers’ parents

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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-administration-admits-theyve-lost-track-of-roughly-20-percent-of-toddlers-parents-a08290b85bdc/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds

Mueller Taps More Prosecutors To Help With Growing Russia Probe

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mueller-selects-more-prosecutors-russia-probe

Why Trump’s inauguration money is a major part of Mueller’s Russia investigation

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https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17505728/trump-inauguration-mueller-russians-rick-gates

Bill Shine, accused of covering up sexual harassment at Fox News, will be White House communications director

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https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17537190/bill-shine-fox-news-trump-white-house-communications-director

GOP Rep Jordan: Teen sex scandal is deep-state plot concocted by Rosenstein

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http://americablog.com/2018/07/gop-rep-jordan-teen-sex-scandal-is-a-deep-state-plot-concocted-by-rosenstein.html

Trump Hires Fox News Sexual Assault Enabler Bill Shine For His White House Staff

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https://www.politicususa.com/2018/07/05/trump-hires-bill-shine.html

Conservative radio host ‘pretty damn sad’ after ‘vast majority’ of GOP callers say it’s OK for Trump to lie

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/conservative-radio-host-pretty-damn-sad-vast-majority-gop-callers-say-ok-trump-lie/