TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: (CNN) Shortly after Wednesday morning's attack on Republican members of Congress practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, Congressman Rodney Davis, still in his baseball clothes, spoke to CNN's Brianna Keilar. In addition to describing the events he witnessed, he spoke from the heart. "This hatefulness that we see in this country today over policy differences has got to stop ... Republicans and Democrats need to use this day today to stand together and say 'stop.' Let's work together. Let's get things done," he said. "We can have our differences, but let's not let it lead to such hate." We should all heed Congressman Davis' call, including our President. Since his announcement to run for office, Donald Trump has consistently yelled fire in a crowded political theater by castigating various segments of our population and encouraging his supporters to "knock the crap" out of protesters. And on and on.Douglas Heye: Wednesday's attack on Republicans at a baseball field reminds us that hateful rhetoric accumulates and causes things to escalateWhomever the targets, it was perhaps inescapable that something tragic was coming in an environment like this, Heye writes 
 Question:Many _ supporters have followed his lead, escalating the rhetoric against political opponents and the media.

SOLUTION: Donald Trump

PROBLEM: (CNN) -- A federal court on Monday sentenced a Somali man to 30 years in prison for acts related to high-seas piracy, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Today marks the first sentencing in Norfolk for acts of piracy in more than 150 years," U.S. Attorney MacBride said in the statement. "Piracy is a growing threat throughout the world, and today's sentence ... demonstrates that the United States will hold modern-day pirates accountable in U.S. courtrooms." Jama Idle Ibrahim pleaded guilty in federal court in August, admitting he had intended to seize a U.S. merchant vessel on April 10 and hold it for ransom.NEW: A Somali man is sentenced to 30 years in prison in high-seas piracy attemptJama Idle Ibrahim is one of a group of would-be pirates who were capturedHe has admitted to trying to seize a U.S. merchant vessel and hold it for ransomUntil this year, the last piracy-related conviction in the United States was in 1861 
 Question:Ibrahim and five other would-be pirates learned too late that they had instead pulled alongside a _.

SOLUTION: U.S.

PROBLEM: South Africa's Kevin Anderson has his sights set on the top five in the world after his shock victory over Andy Murray at the US Open. Anderson stunned the world number three at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 6-7 (2/7) 7-6 (7/0) victory to progress to his first ever grand slam quarter-final. It is the first time in eight attempts Anderson has won a fourth round match at a major tournament after struggling in the past to overcome the world's top players. His victory over Murray, however, came exactly two months after taking Novak Djokovic to five sets at Wimbledon and Anderson wants to compete with the elite on a more regular basis.Kevin Anderson stunned Andy Murray with a four-set win in New YorkAnderson stunned the world No 3 at Flushing Meadows 7-6 6-3 6-7 7-6South African has set his sights on competing with elite on a regular basisStan Wawrinka will be Anderson's opponent in the US Open quarter-finals 
 Question:The Briton's resurgence brought back memories of _'s duel with Djokovic at Wimbledon, where he was up two sets before losing in the decider.

SOLUTION:
Kevin Anderson