Trump discovers the media can’t take a joke when it comes to Obama and ISIS

Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) “the founder” of ISIS, & MVP. The business mogul first used the line at a rally on Wednesday, saying Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were “co-founders” of ISIS and that Obama deserved the “most valuable player award” for letting the terrorist group gain traction.

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  6 Times Donald Trump Says He's Been 'Sarcastic' or 'Misinterpreted'

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  Donald Trump further out on the ledge

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Woman Climbs Out of Truck Brandishing Gun in Shocking Road Rage Video

A shocking road rage incident in Gainesville, Florida was caught on camera, capturing the moment the altercation escalated and a woman involved appeared to pull out a gun. Surveillance footage shows a black pickup truck and a silver sedan pulling into a gas station before the nasty confrontation earlier in the week. One of the two women who got out of the truck wielded a gun before the male driver of the pickup appeared from off camera and wrestled the weapon out of her hand.

Woman Almost Loses Hand After Alligator Attack in Florida

The attack took place in the Florida Everglades, where the 49-year-old woman (who has not been identified), reached into the water after dropping a can. “Her right hand was almost totally amputated,” Mike Jachles, spokesman for the Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue said, CNN reports. It’s recommended that people don’t feed alligators, which is illegal in the state of Florida.

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  Alligator Chomps off Woman's Hand in Florida Everglades

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  Alligator bites woman in Florida, authorities say

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Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier in West Bank: army

A Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier near Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and was arrested, a military spokesman said. A wave of violence in the Palestinian territories and in Jerusalem since last October has resulted in the deaths of 219 Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese, according to an AFP count. Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, Israeli authorities say.

U.S. declares a public health emergency in Puerto Rico over Zika

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico due to the rapid and widespread transmission of the Zika virus, saying it poses a "significant threat" to the health of pregnant women who may be infected and their children. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last declared a public health emergency in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, which slammed into the New Jersey shore and flooded parts of New York City in 2012. The action gives the government access to additional funding to fight Zika as congressional efforts to allocate money remain stalled.

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  A public health emergency is declared for Puerto Rico

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  US declares health emergency in Puerto Rico due to Zika

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Venezuela and Colombia reopen border crossings without incident

San Antonio del Táchira (Venezuela) (AFP) - Venezuela and Colombia on Saturday opened several "provisional" border crossing points for pedestrians for the first time in nearly a year as part of a progressive reopening agreed this week, AFP journalists confirmed. During three temporary border openings last month, some 150,000 Venezuelans -- suffering from their country's severe economic crisis -- poured into Colombia to purchase food, medicine and other basics. Both governments agreed to facilitate "the fastest possible movement of people, rapidly but in a controlled fashion," Venezuelan regional military chief Jose Morantes Torres said.

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  Venezuelans cross into Colombia to buy food, goods

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  Venezuelans cross reopened border to Colombia for food, medicine

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Boko Haram: Some abducted Chibok girls killed in air strikes

The mother of one of the Chibok girls kidnapped more than two years ago by Nigeria's Islamic extremists on Sunday saw the first proof her daughter is alive — a video of her begging Nigeria's government to exchange detained militants for the girls' freedom. Chibok community leader Pogu Bitrus to The Associated Press the video was being watched at the weekly rally of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign at Unity Fountain in Abuja, the capital. Some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have been killed by Nigerian military air strikes, according to a new video from Boko Haram, which shows one kidnap victim pleading for authorities to bow to the extremists' demands that they release detained militants in return for the girls.

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  Video purportedly shows Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram

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  Polio is back in Nigeria because Boko Haram kept kids from being vaccinated

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Author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' J.D. Vance: Trump 'Doesn't Offer Many Solutions'

The Powerhouse Roundtable is joined by author of J.D. Vance to discuss the political implications of his new book "Hillbilly Elegy." Even right along the south shore we are talking about temperatures in the 80's. This afternoon, keep an eye to the sky this is why it is an impact the weather day. Antoinette: Thousands flocking to Boston's seaport district this weekend for one of the most colorful events of the year.

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Nothing Says Summer Friday Like Tax Returns

Donald Trump has refused to make his returns public, citing an IRS audit. Trump said on Twitter that his claim that President Obama founded ISIS was sarcasm. A federal judge blocked an Ohio law meant to defund Planned Parenthood, saying the group would suffer “irreparable injury.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the odds of Republicans keeping control of the Senate in November are “very dicey” in an address in Louisville, Kentucky.

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  Has Donald Trump hit bottom?

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