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) Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell aren't exactly kissing and making up. The unflattering details of a rapidly deteriorating relationship between the President and the Senate majority leader spilled out into the open this month -- an angry phone call that devolved into a screaming match; a refusal to speak to one another since that heated conversation; and a steady exchange of hardly subtle snubs. But the constant drip of reporting about the stunningly strained ties between Trump and McConnell appear to have done little so far to compel the two powerful Republicans to swallow their pride and hug it out -- in fact, the tension appears to be mounting.The White House press secretary said Trump's Congress relations are 'fine'Trump and McConnell are currently not speaking following a heated phone callBoth the Legislative and Executive Branch have ambitious goals for this fall 
 Question:Earlier in the morning, the President had also criticized _'s handling of raising the debt ceiling.

SOLUTION: Mitch McConnell

PROBLEM: (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader took verbal jabs at the United States Saturday in his first public reaction since the United States accused Iran of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labeled the allegations "meaningless and absurd." "They (the U.S.) want to isolate Iran," Khamenei said over chants of "down with America" in a speech before thousands in the western Iranian city of Gilangharb. Also, an Iranian official said claims by the United States that a high-level U.S. diplomat had met Wednesday with an Iranian counterpart over the plot were untrue. "There were no kinds of negotiations between the two countries, and there was not such a contact," said Alireza Miryousefi, press secretary for the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.NEW: Scholar says plot does not fit Quds Force "M.O."Ayatollah Khamenei calls the U.S. allegations "absurd"Iranian diplomat: U.S. claims of a meeting with Iran are not trueThe U.S. alleges Iran was involved in a plot to kill a Saudi official in the United States 
 Question:"Doing so on _ soil is unmistakably an attack on the United States, not on Saudi Arabia."

SOLUTION: United States

PROBLEM: The resignation of Sepp Blatter will spark new questions over whether the next World Cups will go ahead in Russia and Qatar. It raises the possibility that England – controversially beaten by Russia to the role of 2018 host – could step in as a replacement. European nations are due to meet on Friday to discuss splitting from FIFA for a breakaway World Cup in 2018. They and some invited South American teams would boycott the official tournament, which last week FIFA officials insisted would go ahead. Questions have been raised over the awarding of the Cup to Russia and Qatar, due to host in 2022, with allegations of under-the-table deals and vote-rigging.Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday at press conferenceDoubts now made over Russia and Qatar hosting their World CupsEngland could be seen as an ideal replacement due to their infrastructureFIFA has been heavily affected by the scandal surrounding corruptionOfficials have been arrested and investigated over alleged bribesGreg Dyke: Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers 'will not sleep well tonight' 
 Question:Major figures have now suggested England could replace _ if there is a new vote.

SOLUTION:
Russia