--- description: In the News: Poll says Obama worst President since WW2; Palestinian teen dies in possible revenge killing; Tim Howard had best World Cup match, despite loss; and Obama to Congress "sue me" title: Morning Must Reads: July 2 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: July 2 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 12:39 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 12:39 PM CUT * Iraq reinforcements: Return of the “5 o’clock follies”? \[[TIME](http://time.com/2947442/iraq-reinforcements-return-of-the-5-oclock-follies/ "undefined")\] * The Bill and Hillary Clinton money machine taps corporate cash \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-bill-and-hillary-clinton-money-machine-taps-corporate-cash-1404268205 "undefined")\] * Protesters in Murrieta, Calif. halt buses in tense standoff \[[LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigrants-murrieta-20140701-story.html#page=1 "undefined")\] * Palestinian kid killed in possible revenge killing \[[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/02/us-israel-palestinians-idUSKBN0F70AD20140702 "undefined")\] * How would Chuck Norris vote? \[[NYT Magazine](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/magazine/how-political-endorsements-got-so-dumb.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=magazine&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Magazine&pgtype=article "undefined")\] * Why the Civil Rights Act couldn’t pass today \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/why-the-civil-rights-act-couldnt-pass-today-108496.html?hp=t1 "undefined")\] * Obama blasts Congressional inaction: “So sue me” \[[TIME](http://time.com/2946448/howard-dean-scream-obama-president/ "undefined")\] * US turning the screws on tax cheats \[[The Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/finance/211113-us-turns-the-screws-on-tax-cheats "undefined")\] * Hong Kong police arrest democracy protestors in sit-in \[[BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28122434 "undefined")\] * “The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)’s data collection program has been an effective tool to enhance the country’s security but some elements of the cyber-spying raises privacy concerns, a U.S. federal privacy watchdog said in a report.” \[[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/02/us-usa-security-internet-idUSKBN0F70U520140702 "undefined")\] * “A plurality of voters think Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, a new poll says. According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 33 percent of voters think the current president is the worst since 1945.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/poll-obama-worst-president-since-wwii-108507.html#ixzz36JSfHccB "undefined")\] * Benghazi suspect organized attack out of ideological fervor, prosecutors say \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/benghazi-suspect-organized-attack-out-of-ideological-fervor-prosecutors-say/2014/07/01/61b4a674-017e-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322%5Fstory.html?hpid=z2 "undefined")\] * Many sharp turns in Bergdahl’s path the Army \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/us/many-sharp-turns-in-bergdahls-path-to-army.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LargeMediaHeadlineSum&module=photo-spot-region®ion=photo-spot&WT.nav=photo-spot "undefined")\] * “The Federal Trade Commission accused wireless carrier T-Mobile of adding bogus charges totaling “hundreds of millions of dollars” on customers’ accounts without their consent.” \[[USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/07/01/ftc-tmobile/11913151/ "undefined")\] * Tim Howard lost, but he had the best match of the World Cup \[[FiveThirtyEight](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/tim-howard-lost-but-he-just-had-the-best-match-of-the-world-cup/?utm%5Fcontent=buffer7c14b&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2949202/morning-must-reads-july-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2949202/morning-must-reads-july-2/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: July 2","datePublished":"2014-07-02T12:39:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:56:16.334Z","description":"In the News: Poll says Obama worst President since WW2; Palestinian teen dies in possible revenge killing; Tim Howard had best World Cup match, despite loss; and Obama to Congress \"sue me\"","url":"https://time.com/2949202/morning-must-reads-july-2/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/morning-must-reads/","name":"Morning Must Reads"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2949202/morning-must-reads-july-2/","name":"Morning Must Reads: July 2"}}]}] ```