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”The proper way for Mrs. Lam to ‘kill’ the bill is to invoke article 64 of the Rules and Procedures, to FORMALLY WITHDRAW the bill,” tweeted Joshua Wong, the student activist recently released from prison. “However, she fully IGNORE this procedure in her speech,” Wong wrote.

Video Authorities urge anyone who may have been victimized by Jeffrey Epstein to come forward Hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges; Bryan Llenas reports from New York. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Monday called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to step down for what she called an “unconscionable agreement” with Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged earlier with sex trafficking in New York City federal…

Media captionCarrie Lam said there is “no such plan” for the controversial extradition bill Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland “is dead”. In a press conference on Tuesday, Ms Lam said the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. But she stopped short of saying it had been withdrawn completely, as protesters have been…

“We don’t really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.” The publication of those words will likely end Sir Kim Darroch’s tenure as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. It comes from one of numerous diplomatic cables leaked to the Daily Mail, and the words make Darroch’s position untenable. Not that this is exactly fair…

Felicia Sonmez Matt Zapotosky July 8 at 10:29 PM The legal battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to put a citizenship question on the 2020 Census further escalated on Monday as the plaintiffs argued that Justice Department attorneys should not be allowed to withdraw from the case because they have not given “satisfactory reasons” for seeking to do so. The Trump administration has not demonstrated that the withdrawals “will not…

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Deanna Paul July 8 at 5:27 PM Jeffrey Epstein, a Wall Street billionaire and political financier, was charged with sex trafficking girls as young as 14, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. He is accused of luring the girls to his homes in New York and Palm Beach, Fla., to perform sex acts. Allegations against Epstein are not recent, though. Claims of sexual abuse against minors have been lobbed…

Video Boris Johnson officially launches his bid to become Britain’s next prime minister Raw video: MP Boris Johnson officially launches his campaign to succeed Theresa May as party leader and prime minister while speaking to fellow Conservatives in London. President Trump announced Monday that the U.S. will “no longer deal” with the British ambassador to the United States, after leaked diplomatic cables showed the ambassador secretly slamming Trump in frank and personal terms. The…

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) continues to monitor the chances for tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico, and ‘Barry’ is likely to form by the middle of the week.

Video Iran plans to ‘take the next step’ to enrich uranium closer to weapons-grade levels Iran wants to set new terms for the nuclear deal with the E.U. by July 7th. While national security experts will debate the merits of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration for years to come, one thing is clear: the pact always ensured Washington and Tehran were headed towards a nuclear crisis….

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In addition to his homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, prosecutors said Mr. Epstein has four other residences: a primary home on a privately owned island in the United States Virgin Islands, Little Saint James; a home on Great St. James in the Virgin Islands; property in Paris and a ranch about an hour east of Albuquerque. The government also said in court papers that prosecutors have “real concerns,” based…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to the media in the spin room after the first night of the Democratic presidential debate in Miami last month. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to the media in the spin room after the first night of the Democratic presidential debate in Miami last month. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren spent most of…

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Video Iran plans to ‘take the next step’ to enrich uranium closer to weapons-grade levels Iran wants to set new terms for the nuclear deal with the E.U. by July 7th. While national security experts will debate the merits of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration for years to come, one thing is clear: the pact always ensured Washington and Tehran were headed towards a nuclear crisis….

Video NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes for assisted suicide bill after NJ passes similar law ‘We’ve seen people suffer for too, too long,’ Cuomo says. A panel debates the complicated issue on ‘Fox & Friends.’ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that could allow lawmakers on Capitol Hill to obtain President Trump’s state tax returns, in what has been described as a “workaround” after failed efforts by…

In November, the Miami Herald reported that when Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta was a US attorney in Florida, he gave Jeffery Epstein the “deal of a lifetime.” In a sweeping review of the politically connected billionaire’s case, the Herald explained how Acosta had made an agreement with Epstein to avoid major repercussions for the hedge fund manager, even though a federal investigation had identified 36 underage victims. The report said…

(Reuters) – The Trump administration has few realistic options to get a citizenship question onto next year’s census, but by keeping the issue in the public eye it could still trigger an undercount of residents in Democratic-leaning areas, legal and political experts told Reuters. Constant media coverage linking citizenship and census forms could scare undocumented immigrants away from responding and rally U.S. President Donald Trump’s base to participate, they said….

Video Iran plans to ‘take the next step’ to enrich uranium closer to weapons-grade levels Iran wants to set new terms for the nuclear deal with the E.U. by July 7th. While national security experts will debate the merits of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration for years to come, one thing is clear: the pact always ensured Washington and Tehran were headed towards a nuclear crisis….

Millions of people in Southern California are on edge and worried about their safety after two large earthquakes and more than 4,000 aftershocks. The powerful, damaging quakes rocked the small desert town of Ridgecrest, 110 miles north of Los Angeles. Some people there are so worried, they are refusing to sleep indoors.  California’s governor is calling the seismic activity a wake-up call. Scientists are warning that a similar sized quake…