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Aside from Inauguration Day, there is absolutely nothing to get excited about when the National Mall and the most important roads in Washington are shut down to accommodate some festival, marathon, or parade. President Trump now wants to compound the misery by carting in military tanks and armored vehicles so that they can sit in the heat for his “Salute to America” event on Independence Day. D.C. is already the…

Tourists entering China’s Xinjiang region are reportedly being forced to install an app that downloads all of their phone’s text messages, contacts, and calendar information, and scans the device for files related to Islam. According to a joint report from Motherboard, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Guardian, The New York Times, and NDR, officials are using the data in their campaign to surveil the activities of a primarily Muslim ethnic group in…

Jeff Stein Rachael Bade July 2 at 12:32 PM House Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court seeking access to President Trump’s tax returns, accusing the Trump administration of an “extraordinary attack” on Congress in preventing the disclosure of the president’s personal financial records. Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, filed the lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department…

US Customs and Border Protection is investigating the “disturbing social media activity” of current and former Border Patrol agents, following a report by A.C. Thompson at ProPublica on Monday that uncovered a private Facebook group in which current and former agents reportedly posted sexist and racist memes. According to ProPublica, roughly 9,500 people are part of the Facebook group, called “I’m 10-15” — a reference to the Border Patrol code…

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CLOSE In night two of the Democratic debate, candidates bore down into issues, and each other. Kamala Harris went after Joe Biden for his past on busing. USA TODAY The first Democratic debate has reshaped the presidential field in Iowa, surging support for California Sen. Kamala Harris, undercutting the standing of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and raising questions about the solidity of former vice president Joe Biden’s frontrunner status. In…

President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News painted a dark picture of people “living in hell” due to homelessness in major U.S. cities, claiming that it is “a phenomenon that started two years ago,” blaming Democratic mayors for the problem. FOX News Channel President Donald Trump appears in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that aired on July 1, 2019. “We may intercede,” Trump said. “We may…

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. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection of having a “violent culture” and questioned how officers treat migrants after a report surfaced Monday about a secret Facebook group where Border Patrol agents purportedly posted graphic and vulgar jokes about the Democratic…

Media caption‘No woman should be locked up in a pen’ US officials are investigating a secret Facebook group where border patrol members allegedly posted racist and sexist jokes about migrants. The private group was called “I’m 10-15” and had about 9,500 members, including former and current border patrol agents, ProPublica reported. Some posts mocked migrant deaths, while others targeted Latino members of Congress, ProPublica said. The Border Patrol chief has…

“I don’t support violence, no matter what, but I understand why people would do it,” said Emily Lau, a former lawmaker. “They are very frustrated because they say they have protested so much.” Some argued that nonviolence had failed and that a more confrontational approach was necessary to protect Hong Kong’s freedoms. “We have been too peaceful for the past few times, so the police think we are easily bullied,”…

Joe Biden is getting hammered by bad press. The 2020 Democratic front-runner’s previous anecdotes about working alongside racist Dixiecrats in the U.S. Senate have gone from longstanding parts of Biden speeches to breaking news. Newsrooms are also resurfacing specifics of Biden’s past opposition to busing of students for the purpose of racial desegregation. And all of this comes after the former vice president was mauled badly during the first Democratic…

At least two Army tanks have arrived from Fort Stewart in Georgia ahead of the Fourth of July celebration that President Trump has said will honor the military in “A Salute to America.” Trump said Monday that military tanks will be stationed outside during the celebration but provided no other details to NBC Washington. A photographer from the Associated Press said that two M1A1 Abrams tanks are currently with four…

President Trump launched a new attack on the world’s internet and social media giants Monday, especially Twitter, alleging the company is stopping him from picking up new followers. Trump accused Twitter of “possibly illegal” activity during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, although the president offered no proof to back up his claim. The interview was about international affairs, but Carlson brought up the subject of internet giants,…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharply criticized the conditions at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention camps, stating that migrants were subject to “systemic cruelty” that treated them “like animals.” “Just left the 1st CBP facility,” wrote Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter. “I see why CBP officers were being so physically &sexually threatening towards me. Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of…

Claudia Mo, a pro-democracy legislator in Hong Kong, said protesters who stormed into the Legislative Council building are angry and frustrated with their government. While Mo did not condone the vandalism, she said she sympathized with protesters. “All the pictures you are seeing are shocking and they are unexpected, but then I hope the world wouldn’t just blame the young. You have to understand their temper, anger and frustration and resentment,…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a brief media frenzy, South Korea’s military said it turned out to be a flock of birds that prompted it to launch fighter jets and alert journalists that it had detected an unidentified object flying near the border with North Korea on Monday. The South’s earlier announcement on the flying object left many media outlets scrambling, with the incident coming a day after U.S. President…

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Video Freak hailstorm buries Mexican city of Guadalajara Summer storm swamps streets in 5 feet of hail. One of Mexico‘s largest cities was transformed into a scene straight out of winter Sunday when a freak hailstorm dropped a deluge of ice that left streets impassable and cars buried. The hailstorm in Guadalajara, located north of Mexico City, came after several days during which temperatures approached 90 degrees. “I’ve never seen…

A war over opium, an island as a prize The British arrived in China in the late 17th century, bent on trade and empire, and soon found themselves at odds with Chinese rulers happy to export their goods, but far less interested in importing the West’s. In opium, Britain saw a way in, forcing the drug onto the Chinese market against the wishes of the Manchu emperors. The British claimed…