Today's edition of quick hits:
* ISIS: "Kurdish forces say they seized a military base from ISIS fighters just 30 miles from the self-declared caliphate's capital city in Syria, another gain in an offensive that is pushing deeper into militant strongholds."
* Fast-track hangs on: "With no votes to spare, the Senate salvaged President Barack Obama's trade agenda on Tuesday, putting a measure to give him enhanced powers to strike free trade deals on track to be signed into law by the end of the week."
* This will affect the schedule on trade votes: "House GOP leaders announced Tuesday afternoon they would end the week's legislative business Thursday in an effort to allow members more time to travel to Charleston, S.C., to participate in funeral proceedings for the nine victims of last week's church massacre."
* New York: "Police vehicles on Tuesday afternoon were converging on a campground in upstate New York near the Adirondack Mountains cabin where searchers found DNA of two escaped murderers. State police officials conveyed a sense of urgency and described the situation as 'active and developing.'"
* Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asked on the Senate floor this morning about guns, "Is that asking too much? Couldn't we at least do this little thing to stop people who are mentally ill, people who are criminals from purchasing guns?" Apparently, the answer to the first question is "yes"; the answer to the second question is "no."
* Keep an eye on this one: "President Obama on Wednesday will announce that the government will no longer threaten criminal prosecution of the families of American hostages who are held abroad by groups like the Islamic State if they attempt to pay ransom for the release of their loved ones."
* 113 degrees Fahrenheit: "A scorching heat wave across southern Pakistan's city of Karachi has killed at least 436 people, authorities said Tuesday, as morgues overflowed with the dead and overwhelmed hospitals struggled to aid those clinging to life."
* The worst-case scenario is pretty damn terrifying: "Furious storms, extreme heat and poisonous air will kill thousands and rob the economy of billions of dollars in the next century if the world does not act, according to a new report released by the Obama administration on Monday."
* Mississippi: "After a Leakesville-based faction of the Ku Klux Klan made headlines last month for expressing interest in holding a rally at the Jones County Courthouse this summer, the group's leader is now saying the event is postponed and may be held at several locations, including the state Capitol."
* My advice for those trying to deny the racial aspect of Confederate symbols: please just stop: "The Confederate flag is directly tied to the Confederate cause, and the Confederate cause was white supremacy. This claim is not the result of revisionism. It does not require reading between the lines. It is the plain meaning of the words of those who bore the Confederate flag across history. These words must never be forgotten."
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