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Iran Nuclear Deal Reached, Next Hurdle Is Congress — VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran's nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

Graham: Iran Deal ‘Akin to Declaring War’ on Israel — The newly announced deal between Iran and six world powers is “akin to declaring war on Israel and the Sunni Arabs,” and will be a huge problem for Hillary Clinton, according to GOP presidential candidate and Senator Lindsey Graham …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, US News, Business Insider, PoliticusUSA, Israel Matzav, Washington Times and Political Wire

Scott Johnson / Power Line:

Munich for our time — The big news of the day is the announcement of the deal with Iran by President Obama and Secretary Kerry. The Washington Post provides the text and video of Obama's announcement here. — Listening to President Obama this morning, without access to the text of the agreement …

Discussion: National Review, New York Times and Weekly Standard

Carlos Barria / BuzzFeed:

President Obama Says He Will Veto Legislation To Block Iran Deal, Which Is “Built On Verification” — After more than a year of missed deadlines, a deal has been reached in the discussions over Iran's nuclear program. — Here's What's Happening: — Iran and six world powers …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Business Insider, Guardian, Washington Free Beacon, Israpundit, New York Times and Washington Post

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:

The Single Most Important Question to Ask About the Iran Deal — “Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this.” - President Barack Obama, May 21, 2015 — The theocratic regime that rules Iran …

Discussion: Fox News, New York Times and The Week

Politico:

Republican lawmakers threaten to kill Iran deal — Obama will need to rally at least 34 senators to his defense as Congress reviews final agreement. — It will be days before Congress receives the full nuclear agreement with Iran and all of its classified annexes for review …

Discussion: Political Wire

Politico:

U.S., world powers reach historic deal with Iran — The accord follows 18 days of marathon diplomacy in Vienna — and heralds a summer of political blowback at home. — The United States and five other world powers have reached a deal with Iran that would place strict limits …

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Daily Mail, SaintPetersBlog, The Last Tradition and PoliticusUSA

Billy House / Bloomberg Business:

Skeptical Congress Will Now Have Its Say on Iran Deal — The U.S. Congress will begin its scrutiny of the international nuclear agreement with Iran amid heavy skepticism among Republicans, many of whom said in advance that they're prepared to reject a deal that's weak and gives too much leeway to Tehran.

Discussion: Politico and Hot Air

David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bet for Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal May Take Years to Pay Off

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg Business, Guardian and The Week

BBC:
Iran nuclear talks: ‘Historic’ agreement struck

Discussion: Washington Post, Progress Pond, NBC News, The Atlantic and Outside the Beltway

CNN:
Landmark deal reached on Iran nuclear program

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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Netanyahu Denounces Iran Nuclear Deal as a ‘Historic Mistake’

Discussion: Hit & Run and The Daily Caller

Wall Street Journal:
Iran, World Powers Reach Nuclear Deal

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Hit & Run, Hot Air, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, American Spectator and Daily Kos

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran, World Powers Reach Final Nuclear Deal

Discussion: CBS DC, protein wisdom, Business Insider, Hot Air, Jihad Watch and Wall Street Journal

Hanna Trudo / Politico:

Walker calls minimum wage ‘lame’ — Referring to the minimum wage as “lame,” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker outlined the differences between his conservative labor agenda and those of his Democratic opponents. — Hours after announcing his candidacy for president, Walker took to the airwaves …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Yahoo Politics and National Journal

Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:

America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words — “Scott Walker is a national disgrace,” reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of the most hardcore right-wing extremists in America.

Discussion: Fox News, Shakesville, Hullabaloo, American Spectator, Washington Post, Hot Air and The Daily Caller

Brian Beutler / The New Republic:

Scott Walker Is the Most Boring Presidential Candidate Ever — Scott Walker's appeal to American conservatives is obvious. He's as hard-nosed and unwilling to compromise as any conservative activist, but as deft as a seasoned party operative who knows how to pile up victories in hostile territory.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Prairie Weather, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, American Spectator, Yahoo Politics and Fox News

Andrew Sheeley / thesalemnewsonline.com:

COUNTY COMMISSION: Presiding commissioner says flag decision to be rescinded — The Dent County Commission voted unanimously Monday to observe one year of “mourning” over the Supreme Court's June 26 decision that gay couples have the constitutional right to marriage.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, Daily RFT, Washington Post, Towleroad, Political Wire, Slantpoint and Mediaite

Doug Moore / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Dent County commissioners vote to lower flags to ‘mourn’ same-sex marriage decision

Discussion: Advocate and Addicting Info

Milo Yiannopoulos / VICE:

In Defense of Ayn Rand, Monster Under the Progressive Bed — Liberals are constantly begging for more female authors and female lead characters in literature, but one woman author and philosopher remains stubbornly absent from progressive reading lists. Her name is Ayn Rand …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Charlie Cook / National Journal:

Will Trust Be a Deal-Breaker for Hillary Clinton? — Voters have previously elected at least one president they considered dishonest: Bill Clinton. — One topic that often comes up in serious conversations about 2016 presidential politics is whether questions about Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness will be her undoing.

Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Blames Republicans for Promoting Inequality

Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos

Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton made gender such a big deal in her major economic speech

Discussion: American Prospect

The Atlantic:

There Is No Post-Racial America — The term post-racial is almost never used in earnest. Instead it's usually employed by talk-show hosts and news anchors looking to measure progress in the Obama era. Earnest or not, the questions we ask matter. As many of our sharper activists and writers …

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Paul Krugman Puts Trump On Blast: He's A ‘Loudmouth Racist’ (VIDEO) — New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was blunt Monday when he speculated that real estate mogul Donald Trump was polling so well within the GOP presidential field because he's a “loudmouth racist.”

Discussion: Business Insider

Dylan Byers / Politico:

N.Y. Times stands by Ted Cruz decision — The New York Times is standing by its decision to omit Ted Cruz's new memoir from its best-seller list on the grounds that sales were driven by “strategic bulk purchases,” despite the fact that both HarperCollins and Amazon say there is no evidence for that argument.

Discussion: The Last Tradition, Trail Blazers Blog, Althouse, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, New York Times and The Moderate Voice, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan Amos / BBC:

New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto — BBC Science Correspondent, Laurel, Maryland — This image of Pluto was taken on Tuesday and was downlinked just before the flyby — Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second.

Discussion: The Frisky

Martin Matishak / The Hill:

Report: One-third of vets on pending medical care list already dead — An internal Veterans Affairs Department report states that about one-third of the veterans waiting to receive medical care from the agency have already died. — A review of veteran death records provided …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Katie Pavlich / The Hill:

Barack Obama's sanctuary country for criminal aliens — The debate over illegal immigration erupted again recently after 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed allegedly by seven-time felon and five-time deportee criminal alien Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez in San Francisco.

hillaryclinton.com:

The Facts About Hillary Clinton's Emails … Next — Where do the Republicans really stand on immigration? — Read more.

Discussion: America Rising, The Verge and NBC News

Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:

‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates — As reigning victor of the Iowa caucuses, Rick Santorum is arguing he should be guaranteed a spot on the Republican presidential debate stage regardless of his polling numbers. — “I call it the Masters exemption …

Discussion: Advocate, Politico, VICE, NPR, ABC News and Mediaite