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Andy Borowitz | UK Unable to Find Replacement Ambassador Who Does Not Think Trump Is an Idiot 
U.K. prime minister Theresa May. (photo: Luke Dray/Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Following the resignation of its Ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, the government of the United Kingdom has disclosed that it has been unable to find a replacement for Darroch who does not also think that Donald J. Trump is a blithering idiot."
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Trump's 'Salute to America.' (photo: Getty)
Trump's 'Salute to America.' (photo: Getty)

Trump's July Fourth Event and Weekend Protests Bankrupted DC Security Fund, Mayor Says
Peter Jamison, The Washington Post
Jamison writes: "President Trump's overhauled July Fourth celebration cost the D.C. government $1.7 million, an amount that - combined with police expenses for demonstrations through the weekend - has bankrupted a special fund used to protect the nation's capital from terrorist threats and provide security at events such as rallies and state funerals."
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Border Patrol. (photo: CBP)
Border Patrol. (photo: CBP)

15-Year-Old Migrant Girl Says Border Agent Sexually Assaulted Her While Other Officers Watched
Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News
Excerpt: "The poor treatment of migrant children at the hands of U.S. border agents in recent months extends beyond Texas to include allegations of sexual assault and retaliation for protests, according to dozens of accounts by children held in Arizona collected by government case managers and obtained by NBC News."
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An ultrasound machine sits in an empty examination room in South Bend Indiana, June 2019. (photo: Scott Olson)
An ultrasound machine sits in an empty examination room in South Bend Indiana, June 2019. (photo: Scott Olson)

If the ACA Is Repealed Under Texas v Azar, Millions Will Lose Health Insurance Coverage
Emily Gee, Center for American Progress
Gee writes: "The lawsuit brought by Republican state officials to overturn the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA), Texas v. Azar, continues to work its way through the U.S. legal system."
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Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)

Alex Acosta Plans to Slash Funds for Sex Trafficking Victims
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "Alexander Acosta, the US labor secretary under fire for having granted Jeffrey Epstein immunity from federal prosecution in 2008, after the billionaire was investigated for having run a child sex trafficking ring, is proposing 80% funding cuts for the government agency that combats child sex trafficking."
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (photo: Fox News)
Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (photo: Fox News)

Ilhan Omar Calls Tucker Carlson a 'Racist Fool' After His Scathing Attack on Air
Sophie Weiner, Splinter
Weiner writes: "Tucker Carlson did a monologue on his Tuesday night Fox News show about Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, that was incredibly, unbelievably racist even by his high standards."

In a segment about a recent Washington Post profile of Omar, Carlson argued that Omar is proof that his (very bigoted!) fears about what unassimilated immigrants will do to America are correct.



El Rosario was once surrounded by subtropical pine forests that helped lower temperatures and control erosion, but the forests have been diminished by logging. (photo: Georgina Gustin/Inside Climate News)
El Rosario was once surrounded by subtropical pine forests that helped lower temperatures and control erosion, but the forests have been diminished by logging. (photo: Georgina Gustin/Inside Climate News)

Ravaged by Drought, a Honduran Village Faces a Choice: Pray for Rain or Migrate
Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News
Gustin writes: "Like so many developing countries, Honduras has contributed relatively little to the greenhouse gas emissions heating the planet. And yet, projections suggest it is especially imperiled by climate change."
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