Some headlines that caught our eye.

Politics

Biden: Racism Is White — AP

The 25^th A-Mooch-Ment — Sam Dorman, Fox

Next G-7 At Trump Golf Course Slammed — Brendan Condon & Adriana Gomez Licon, AP

Joe Biden, The Lamborghini of Gaffes — Dana Milbank, Wash Post

Deutsche Bank Has Trump Tax Records Dems Want — AP

Government

Cuomo Substitutes Live Streaming For Property Tax Cuts — James Madore, Newsday

Justice Dept: Civil Rights Act Doesn’t Protect ‘Gender Identity’ — Randy DeSoto, Western Journal

EU Scrutinizes Google’s Job Search Tool — Foo Yun Chee, Reuters

World

How To Get Out of Afghan Mess Without Creating Another — Andrew Malcolm, Hot Air

Iran Prez Rouhani Say No Talks Unless All Sanctions Lifted — AP

Orwell’s 1984 Surveillance Becoming A Reality In Britain — Martin Bentham, Evening Standard

Moscow Refuses Visas To 2 US Sens, One Liberal, One Conservative — Patricia Zengerle, Reuters

EU Starting To Soften On Brexit — Jennifer Rankin & Jessica Elgot, Manchester Guardian

Media

MSNBC’s Joy Reid: Trump, Hitler & The Media — Cameron Cawthorne, Wash Free Beacon

Wash Post’s Jen Rubin: ‘Burn Down The GOP’ — Michael Chapman, CNS News

Econ

Lindsay Graham: Surrendering To China Will ‘Devastate Out Economy’ — Blair Shiff, Fox

Consumers Shrug Trade War — Jeffry Bartash, Market Watch

Businesses Have Had It With Trade War — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes

Life & Death

Judge Blocks 8-Week Abortion Restriction, Keeps Others — Crystal Thomas, Kansas City Star

Pilot Who Saved 184 Lives Dies — Keerthi Vedantam, Seattle Times

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