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‘This was a direct attack on U.S. assets’: Trump’s aborted Iran strike draws criticism from Republicans – USA TODAY

Friday, June 21, 2019

CLOSE President Trump canceled a retaliatory attack on Iran after the nation shot down a U.S. surveillance drone, according to a U.S. official brief. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans were divided Friday following President Donald Trump’s decision to abort a planned missile strike against Iran for the downing of a U.S. drone. “I’ll judge ultimately based on if there is a response, but if the response is no response then…

ICE set to begin immigration raids in 10 cities on Sunday – CNN

Friday, June 21, 2019

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Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll details alleged rape by Trump in 1990s – AOL

Friday, June 21, 2019

A famous advice columnist has come forward to allege that President Donald Trump attacked her in the 1990s in a dressing room. The alleged actions ― as described by columnist E. Jean Carroll in graphic detail ― would clearly constitute rape. Carroll is the 16th woman to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct. In an excerpt of her upcoming book, “What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal,” published Friday by New…

Media keeps hush on pro-abortion provision in House spending bill – Washington Examiner

Friday, June 21, 2019

House Democrats kept the Hyde Amendment intact in their $1 trillion spending bill, which passed yesterday by a vote of 226 to 203. However, they added a different pro-choice provision that the liberal media is keeping quiet about. The new spending bill would repeal the Mexico City Policy, which was reinstated by executive order when President Trump took office. The policy prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortion overseas. This Democratic…

The Supreme Court overturned Curtis Flowers’s murder conviction, citing racial bias – Vox.com

Friday, June 21, 2019

The Supreme Court has overturned a murder conviction for Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man who has been tried for murder six times, saying that the prosecutor violated the Constitution by excluding black potential jurors from the trial. The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Friday that Doug Evans, a white prosecutor, unconstitutionally excluded eligible black jurors from Flowers’s trial for murdering four people in 1996 inside a furniture store. Justices Clarence Thomas…

Chris Wallace on Trump’s Iran strike reversal: There are ‘costs to inaction,’ just like Obama’s Syria red line – Fox News

Friday, June 21, 2019

Video Chris Wallace: Trump’s last-minute decision to call off Iran strike raises more questions The president and his administration appear to be conflicted about whether to escalate the military situation with Iran, ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace says. “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said Friday that there are “costs to inaction” after President Trump confirmed he called off retaliatory strikes against Iran. Trump made the last-minute decision Thursday night after the downing of a Navy drone that Washington…

Supreme Court throws out murder conviction of black inmate as Kavanaugh, Gorsuch split again – Fox News

Friday, June 21, 2019

Video How will Supreme Court picks factor into the 2020 presidential campaigns? Former deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo and Bradley Moss of the Mark S. Zaid Law Office weigh in on ‘Fox News @ Night’ with Shannon Bream. The Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the murder conviction of a black death row inmate who underwent six criminal trials before being convicted, in a 7-2 opinion that saw Trump-appointed…

Chris Wallace on Trump’s Iran strike reversal: There are ‘costs to inaction,’ just like Obama’s Syria red line – Fox News

Friday, June 21, 2019

Video Chris Wallace: Trump’s last-minute decision to call off Iran strike raises more questions The president and his administration appear to be conflicted about whether to escalate the military situation with Iran, ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace says. “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said Friday that there are “costs to inaction” after President Trump confirmed he called off retaliatory strikes against Iran. Trump made the last-minute decision Thursday night after the downing of a Navy drone that Washington…

Excluding Black Jurors in Curtis Flowers Case Violated Constitution, Supreme Court Rules – The New York Times

Friday, June 21, 2019

Mr. Evans said he excluded black potential jurors because they knew witnesses or members of Mr. Flowers’s family, had been sued by the furniture store where the murders took place, had qualms about the death penalty or had turned up late for jury selection. Justice Kavanaugh said that some of those reasons were false and that Mr. Evans did not ask detailed questions of white jurors with comparable connections to…

Chris Wallace on Trump’s Iran strike reversal: There are ‘costs to inaction,’ just like Obama’s Syria red line – Fox News

Friday, June 21, 2019

Video Chris Wallace: Trump’s last-minute decision to call off Iran strike raises more questions The president and his administration appear to be conflicted about whether to escalate the military situation with Iran, ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace says. “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said Friday that there are “costs to inaction” after President Trump confirmed he called off retaliatory strikes against Iran. Trump made the last-minute decision Thursday night after the downing of a Navy drone that Washington…

Two more Americans reported dead after Dominican Republic vacations – New York Post

Friday, June 21, 2019

Two more Americans — a man from Kansas and a woman from Pennsylvania — died during vacations in the Dominican Republic, amid a recent spate of tourist deaths in the country, according to a new report. The families of Chris Palmer — a 41-year-old Army veteran from Kansas who died on April 18, 2018, and Barbara Diane Maser-Mitchell, a 69-year-old retired nurse from Pennsylvania who died on Sept. 17, 2016…

Trump threatened Time journalist with prison over Kim Jong Un letter – CNN

Friday, June 21, 2019

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AOC’s Dem rival, Joe Crowley, now backing candidate against hers in New York DA race – Fox News

Friday, June 21, 2019

Video Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez refusing to apologize for comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps AOC comments spark outrage for both Republicans and Democrats; Aishah Hasnie reports. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley may get his revenge by proxy on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a district attorney race — after being embarrassingly dethroned last year. Crowley, previously a top Democrat whose years-long political career was derailed by the self-described Democratic Socialist, is…

Trump’s Iran strikes U-turn underscores war and peace dilemma – CNN

Friday, June 21, 2019

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Iran shoots down U.S. drone, Biden refuses to apologize, Ortiz wasn’t the intended target – ABC News

Friday, June 21, 2019

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Hope Hicks, former Trump aide, didn’t answer 155 questions during testimony. Here are some of them – USA TODAY

Friday, June 21, 2019

CLOSE Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks refused to answer House Judiciary Committee questions about her time in the White House, dimming Democrats’ chances of obtaining new or substantive information for their obstruction of justice probe. (June 20) AP, AP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former aide Hope Hicks sat down with the House Judiciary Committee for nearly eight hours on Wednesday to answer questions about her time in the White…

Trump’s Iran strikes U-turn underscores war and peace dilemma – CNN

Friday, June 21, 2019

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Iran shoots down U.S. drone, Biden refuses to apologize, Ortiz wasn’t the intended target – ABC News

Friday, June 21, 2019

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Hope Hicks, former Trump aide, didn’t answer 155 questions during testimony. Here are some of them – USA TODAY

Friday, June 21, 2019

CLOSE Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks refused to answer House Judiciary Committee questions about her time in the White House, dimming Democrats’ chances of obtaining new or substantive information for their obstruction of justice probe. (June 20) AP, AP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former aide Hope Hicks sat down with the House Judiciary Committee for nearly eight hours on Wednesday to answer questions about her time in the White…

Trump’s Iran strikes U-turn underscores war and peace dilemma – CNN

Friday, June 21, 2019

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