| Top GOP senator fears Trump is 'soft' with independents, urges shift in strategy Posted: 24 Jun 2020 10:54 AM PDT  The remarks by Sen. John Thune come as sliding presidential poll numbers spark concern among Republican leaders.
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| 3 North Carolina police officers were fired after they were heard on camera making racist comments, including one threatening to 'slaughter' Black people in a new civil war Posted: 25 Jun 2020 04:27 AM PDT  James Gilmore, Jesse Moore II, and Kevin Piner had been on the force for more than 20 years. Their conversations were caught on an in-car camera.
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| India says China amassed troops along border in violation of agreements Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:04 AM PDT  China has deployed large numbers of troops and weapons along a disputed Himalayan border in violation of bilateral agreements, India's foreign ministry said on Thursday, accusing Beijing of escalating tensions and triggering a deadly clash last week. "At the heart of the matter is that since early May the Chinese side had been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the LAC," ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a briefing in New Delhi, referring to the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border. "This is not in accordance with the provisions of our various bilateral agreements," he said, including a 1993 treaty that dictates that both sides will maintain limited border deployments.
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| George Floyd death: What US police officers think of protests Posted: 25 Jun 2020 04:26 PM PDT  Some think change needs to come from the top, others say they are doing a tough job and under attack.
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| Liberal Fox Pundit Explodes When Colleague Falsely Accuses Her of Comparing Washington to Saddam Posted: 25 Jun 2020 11:27 AM PDT  A Fox News panel flew off the rails on Thursday when Federalist senior editor and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway falsely accused liberal pundit Marie Harf of comparing George Washington to late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during a discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement.During the noon broadcast of female-centric opinion show Outnumbered, Fox contributor Harf weighed in on the recent targeting of the monuments depicting Confederate leaders and historic figures who owned slaves."I do think a process to re-evaluate the monuments is the best way to tackle this issue," she said. "I lived in Charlottesville and they for years have gone through a process to talk about their Confederate statues and we, unfortunately, saw some of the fights that became physical over there."Harf then suggested the taking down of Confederate monuments was akin to Iraqis pulling down Hussein statues after he was deposed."One of the first things the United States military did when we invaded Iraq was, along with Iraqis, tear down statues of Saddam Hussein," she said. "Because while they were only symbols, they were symbols of oppression. They were symbols of a leader who had killed so many of his own people and tortured them. So symbols do matter."The longtime Democratic operative went on to say there needs to be a "process to look at Confederate generals and leaders" before adding that protesters who tear down statues of Ulysses S. Grant "are stupid and are not a part of the broader conversation." Later in the program, during a segment on the ongoing protests, Black conservative pundit Lawrence B. Jones explained that the Black Lives Matter movement has no real hierarchy despite some people claiming to be the head of it. The show's host Melissa Francis admitted to being confused by that and dismissed the fact that BLM is a movement with no real organizational structure."If people get killed and things get burned down and it's not an organization, then nobody gets held responsible," she said, teeing up Hemingway. "That's pretty convenient."Hemingway, meanwhile, said she wanted to "applaud" a BLM activist for "being honest" when he told Fox News on Wednesday that they will "burn down the system" if they don't see the change they want. She then proceeded to refer back to Harf's statue comparison, openly twisting it to launch a bad-faith attack on her colleague."He made a comparison, as Marie Harf did earlier in the show, that sometimes you need to do violent revolution to overthrow things you don't like," she declared. "You know, comparing George Washington to Saddam Hussein and therefore it's OK to tear down both of their statues."Harf immediately objected, noting that she did not "compare George Washington to Saddam Hussein" and that it was "ridiculous" for Hemingway to accuse her of that. Francis, meanwhile, jumped in to tell Harf to let Hemingway finish her thought.The pro-Trump Federalist columnist went on to say the "claim is that it's OK to tear down statues, that include George Washington and Lincoln and abolitionists, because it's just like what we did when we did a regime change in Iraq and helped people tear down statues of Saddam Hussein." After Hemingway finished her diatribe, Harf attempted to address her right-wing colleague's smear. "I compared Confederate generals to Saddam Hussein," Harf exclaimed. "And for you to say I compared George Washington to Saddam Hussein is disgraceful, Mollie. I'm sorry, it is completely unacceptable and inappropriate!""Thank you for the clarification," Hemingway snarked in response with a smirk.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| The Best Gas Grills to Rule Any Barbecue Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:48 AM PDT |
| What is Kim Jong-un Planning? Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:27 AM PDT  Just when you think an off-ramp between the two Koreas is increasingly difficult to spot, North Korea's Central Military Commission unexpectedly provides one.
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| Mississippi mayor in tears after ordering removal of state flag from city buildings Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:27 AM PDT  A black mayor in Mississippi held back tears as he signed an executive order to remove the state's flag from outside Laurel City Hall and other city properties.The order signed by Mayor Johnny Magee reads that "there comes a point in time in the annals of history when it becomes necessary to re-define who we are and what a collection of people represent" and the state's flag — which includes the Confederate battle flag — "should be a unifying image of our ideals and values".
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| US says if no arms embargo on Iran it will seek UN sanctions Posted: 24 Jun 2020 11:38 PM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to seek to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not approve a resolution that would indefinitely extend the arms embargo on Tehran, which is set to expire in October. Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have escalated since the Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six major powers in 2018 and reimposed crippling U.S. sanctions.
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| Biden will accept nomination at the Democratic convention in Milwaukee; delegates told to stay home Posted: 24 Jun 2020 04:45 PM PDT  Wisconsin is a key battleground state for the Democrats to win in November. President Donald Trump won the state by a slim margin in 2016.
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| Calif. College Professor Placed on Leave After Asking Asian-American Student to 'Anglicize' Her Name Posted: 24 Jun 2020 05:41 AM PDT  'This incident is obviously disturbing,' Laney College's President said in a statement
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| Texas, at center of new U.S. coronavirus surge, pauses reopening Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:18 AM PDT  The governor of Texas temporarily halted the state's reopening on Thursday as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged in the state and new daily cases around the country climbed to a near-record high. Texas, which has been at the forefront of efforts to reopen devastated economies shut down in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, has seen one of the biggest jumps in new cases, reporting over 6,000 in a single day on Monday. "This temporary pause will help our state corral the spread until we can safely enter the next phase of opening our state for business," Governor Greg Abbott, a two-term Republican, said in a statement.
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| Lightning kills more than 100 in northern India Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:55 PM PDT  PM Narendra Modi said relief efforts were under way and expressed condolences to victims' families.
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| Seattle Businesses, Residents Sue City for ‘Extensive Harm’ for Allowing ‘Autonomous Zone’ Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:42 AM PDT  Over a dozen businesses and residents in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood have filed a lawsuit against the city for its "unprecedented decision to abandon and close off an entire city neighborhood" to allow for the creation of the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone/Organized Protest" (CHAZ/CHOP).The suit, which is seeking damages as well as the restoration of full public access to Capitol Hill, emphasizes that, while it does not want to "undermine CHOP participants' message or present a counter-message," the city's decision to abandon the East Precinct earlier this month allowed the rights of the plaintiffs to be "overrun.""The City's policies have effectively authorized the actions of the CHOP participants. The City has communicated clearly to CHOP participants that they may indefinitely continue occupying the streets in the area, maintaining their barricades, and blocking traffic, all without interference from the City," the lawsuit reads.Seattle police chief Carmen Best has told reporters that her officers are unable to respond to emergency calls — including rapes, robberies, and "all sorts of violent acts that have been occurring in the area" — because they are not allowed inside the area."The City's decision has subjected businesses, employees, and residents of that neighborhood to extensive property damage, public safety dangers, and an inability to use and access their properties," the lawsuit reads. It explains that, since CHAZ was created several weeks ago, the neighborhood has been left "unchecked by the police, unserved by fire and emergency health services, and inaccessible to the public at large." Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan, who has been heavily criticized by President Trump for her response to the situation, said this week that the city would move to dismantle the area after multiple deadly shootings."The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents," she admitted at a news conference. " . . . There should be no place in Seattle that the Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Police Department can't go."The plaintiffs detail how anarchists in CHAZ "threatened business owners with retaliation if they paint over graffiti" and threatened to steal the phones of local residents who tried to take pictures near Cal Anderson Park. "CHOP participants have been observed carrying guns in the public streets and parks in broad daylight," the suit also states.
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| Troubling trend in U.S. of Black men found hanging Posted: 24 Jun 2020 07:03 AM PDT  As protests against police brutality and racist violence have rocked the country over the past month, the deaths of four Black men by hanging has put Black Americans on edge, raising ugly reminders of the lynchings that terrorized African-Americans during Reconstruction and the civil rights era. Former NYPD detective and New York Law School professor Kirk Burkhalter and Nicholas Creary, PhD, associate director, Center for Diversity and Enrichment at the University of Iowa, discuss what may be the causes of the hangings and whom to hold accountable.
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| Indian army chief visits troops near troubled China border Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:56 AM PDT  India's army chief visited the border with China in the Himalayan region to review his troops' preparedness after hand-to-hand combat between Indian and Chinese soldiers left 20 Indians dead earlier this month, the army said Thursday. The trip by Gen. M.M. Naravane to the Ladakh region on Wednesday and Thursday came as two Indian security officials reported that Chinese soldiers have entered Indian-controlled territory in another strategically important area despite ongoing talks between military commanders and diplomats to ease tensions. The Indian army has not commented on the reported incursion.
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| Trump news – live: President accuses ‘crazy’ media over bad poll numbers as he loses support in six states and 1.5m Americans apply for unemployment Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:14 AM PDT  Donald Trump has continued his attack on the media, specifically recent poll numbers showing the president down in six key battleground states. A poll released on Thursday found former Vice President Joe Biden leading the president in states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.Blaming the media on his slip in the polls comes as an additional 1.5m Americans file for unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the official count to about 47.2m. Mr Trump has attempted ot curb worries about the surge in coronavirus cases by saying it's due to increased testing, but that doesn't explain an increase in hospitalisations in states like Texas.
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| Joe Biden builds lead amid new Michael Flynn probe revelations Posted: 24 Jun 2020 08:41 PM PDT  One day after a record-setting fundraiser, Joe Biden gains a significant lead over President Trump in a new poll; Jacqui Heinrich reports.
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| Congresswoman Karen Bass being vetted to be Biden running mate Posted: 24 Jun 2020 04:10 AM PDT  The Congressional Black Caucus chair has been one of the leading House lawmakers in crafting policing reform legislation in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
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| Researchers lower forecast for U.S. COVID-19 deaths even as cases climb Posted: 24 Jun 2020 12:58 PM PDT  "People need to know that wearing masks can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as 50%, and those who refuse are putting their lives, their families, their friends and their communities at risk," IHME's director, Dr. Christopher Murray, said in a statement. The new IHME worst-case forecast - 179,106 U.S. lives lost by Oct. 1 - was revised downward from the 201,000 deaths projected on June 15.
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| New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to quarantine visitors from coronavirus hot spots Posted: 24 Jun 2020 04:24 PM PDT  The safety measure comes as states such as Florida, Arizona and Texas see record spikes in cases.
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| Meng Wanzhou: Trudeau rejects calls to release top Huawei executive Posted: 25 Jun 2020 01:31 PM PDT  The PM is under pressure to release Meng Wanzhou in order to help free two detained Canadians.
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| Member of Mueller Team to Testify that DOJ Pressured Prosecutors to Treat Roger Stone ‘More Leniently’ Posted: 24 Jun 2020 07:43 AM PDT  A federal prosecutor will testify to Congress on Wednesday that the Justice Department exerted "heavy pressure" on prosecutors in Roger Stone's criminal trial to request a more lenient sentence for Stone.Aaron Zelinsky, an assistant U.S. attorney in Maryland who was formerly assigned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, will testify to the House Judiciary Committee that prosecutors in Stone's criminal trial were under "heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice to cut Stone a break."Stone's sentencing was handled in an "unusual and unprecedented way" that Zelinsky found "deeply unsettling," he will testify, according to his prepared remarks.Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the House's investigation into the Trump campaign's connections to Russia.Trump complained in February that the prosecutors' seven-to-nine-year sentencing recommendation constituted a "horrible and very unfair situation." Shortly afterwards, his Justice Department submitted a revised filing stating that the prosecutors' recommended lengthy sentence "could be considered excessive and unwarranted." Zelinsky was one of four prosecutors to recommend Stone's seven-to-nine year sentence who either resigned or quit the case after the DOJ weighed in.The White House has denied Trump pressured the DOJ to show lenience to Stone.Zelinsky's supervisors in the U.S. Attorney's Office informed him that Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump's, was being treated differently because of his relationship to the president. The federal prosecutor said he was told that the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Timothy Shea, was under "heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice to cut Stone a break, and that the U.S. Attorney's sentencing instructions to us were based on political considerations.""I was also told that the acting U.S. Attorney was giving Stone such unprecedentedly favorable treatment because he was 'afraid of the President,'" Zelinsky will testify.Meanwhile, Zelinsky says he saw the DOJ exerting "significant pressure" on prosecutors to obscure the correct Sentencing Guidelines calculation for Stone as well as "water down and in some cases outright distort the events that transpired in his trial and the criminal conduct that gave rise to his conviction.""Such pressure resulted in the virtually unprecedented decision to override the original sentencing recommendation in his case and to file a new sentencing memorandum that included statements and assertions at odds with the record and contrary to Department of Justice policy," Zelinsky's remarks to Congress read.Zelinsky said he and other Assistant United States Attorneys "immediately and repeatedly raised concerns, in writing and orally" but their "objections were not heeded."Another Justice Department official, antitrust prosecutor John Elias, will also testify on Wednesday about a separate alleged instance of political bias within the DOJ. Elias will tell lawmakers that Attorney General William Barr ordered the department's Antitrust Division to probe ten marijuana company mergers because he "did not like the nature of their underlying business."Both officials are testifying under subpoena.
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| Justices boost Trump administration's power in asylum cases Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:12 AM PDT  The Supreme Court on Thursday strengthened the Trump administration's ability to deport people seeking asylum without allowing them to make their case to a federal judge. The high court's 7-2 ruling applies to people who are picked up at or near the border and who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the high-court opinion that reversed a lower-court ruling that said asylum-seekers must have access to the federal courts.
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| Why even ‘the Atlanta way’ faces a reckoning on policing Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:13 AM PDT  The arrest of former officer Garrett Rolfe on murder charges for shooting Rayshard Brooks has put Atlanta at the forefront of a wrenching debate.
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| White House abruptly cut off funding to coronavirus grant research, Dr Fauci says Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:07 AM PDT  The White House has abruptly cut off funding to the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) coronavirus research, said Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Mr Facui made the revelation when speaking to Congress on Tuesday about the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Exclusive: U.S. warns Russia, China of U.N. isolation if Iran arms ban extension blocked Posted: 24 Jun 2020 09:07 AM PDT  Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the "road to dystopia" by blocking a U.S. bid to extend a weapons ban on Iran, U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook told Reuters ahead of his formal pitch of the embargo to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. The 13-year-old arms restrictions on Iran are due to expire in October under the terms of Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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| A massive dust cloud is barreling toward the U.S. The health impacts could be deadly. Posted: 24 Jun 2020 07:48 AM PDT  The enormous dust cloud could be the biggest and most intense Saharan plume in 50 years, say some experts.
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| Gun battle over El Chapo legacy leaves 16 dead in Mexico Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:07 PM PDT  Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) - The fight for control of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's legacy spilled into the open on Thursday after a gun battle between rival Mexican gangs left 16 dead, authorities said. The 16 men, heavily armed and wearing bullet-proof vests, died in a six-hour running shootout near the rural town of Tepuche in northwestern Sinaloa province. "A van with seven bodies was located" after an initial clash, while nine bodies were discovered following a second exchange, Sinaloa's state security minister Cristobal Castaneda told reporters.
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| An AOC-backed New York candidate just pulled off a stunning upset over a powerful House Democrat in New York Posted: 24 Jun 2020 09:36 AM PDT  Jamaal Bowman is a former Bronx middle-school principal who ran to Engel's left on a platform of Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.
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| Official: US might help others buy non-Huawei telecom gear Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:40 AM PDT |
| Watch Out, Kim Jong Un: These Are the Five Weapons the U.S. Marines Will Use Against You Posted: 25 Jun 2020 09:15 AM PDT  The Marines would be the tip of the spear.
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| Azerbaijan to buy armed drones from Turkey Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:28 AM PDT  Recently, the Azeri parliament approved a bill to receive financial assistance from Turkey to be used for the purchase of weapons systems.
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| Hawaii to implement pre-arrival COVID-19 test option as quarantine alternative Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:29 AM PDT  Tourists to Hawaii will be exempted from the quarantine rule upon arrival from different states if they carry a valid coronavirus test result prior to the visit, Governor David Ige said late on Wednesday. "Beginning August 1, we will be implementing pre-travel testing program for travellers to Hawaii as an alternative for 14-day mandatory quarantine," Ige said in a briefing.
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| Federal judge pans Trump order used to expel migrants at border Posted: 24 Jun 2020 01:11 PM PDT  Citing a CDC order, border officials have expelled tens of thousands of migrants, including children and many seeking asylum.
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| Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham on Democrats blocking GOP police reform bill Posted: 24 Jun 2020 06:59 PM PDT  Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats want to use police reform as an election issue, South Carolina Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham tell Sean Hannity on 'Hannity.'
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| White men in car chased down Black teens on bikes, police say Posted: 24 Jun 2020 01:57 PM PDT  "We got to stand together because this could have been very different; I could have woke up on Sunday morning hearing" that my child is dead, the mother of one of the teens said.
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| Angola mulling arrest warrant for Isabel dos Santos: prosecution Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:36 AM PDT  Angola's attorney general said Thursday that he did not rule out issuing an international arrest warrant against billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, suspected of corruption in her native country and Portugal. Dos Santos, 47, described by Forbes as the wealthiest woman in Africa, is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos's near four-decade rule of the oil-rich African nation. Last December, a civil court in Luanda issued a "preventative" order to freeze her business assets as part of a crackdown on graft by the former president's successor, Joao Lourenco.
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| Businesses sue Seattle over 'occupied' protest zone Posted: 24 Jun 2020 06:50 PM PDT  A collection of Seattle businesses, property owners and residents sued the city Wednesday over its tolerance of an "occupied" protest zone, saying officials have been complicit in depriving them of their rights to their property. The plaintiffs — including a tattoo parlor, auto repair shop and property management firm — emphasized in the lawsuit that they were not trying to undermine the anti-police-brutality or Black Lives Matter messaging of the "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest." "Rather, this lawsuit is about the constitutional and other legal rights of plaintiffs — businesses, employees, and residents in and around CHOP — which have been overrun by the city of Seattle's unprecedented decision to abandon and close off an entire city neighborhood, leaving it unchecked by the police, unserved by fire and emergency health services, and inaccessible to the public at large," the lawsuit said.
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| RIP, F-35: Meet the Air Force and Navy’s 6th Generation Stealth Fighter Programs Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:30 AM PDT  Though the program is full of promise, both branches have to prove to Congress that they're worth it.
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| Amid a Crippling Economy and U.S. Sanctions, the Syrian Regime May Be On the Brink of Collapse Posted: 25 Jun 2020 03:44 AM PDT  As Syria faces a crippling economic crisis and U.S. sanctions, questions swirl around what will happen to President Bashar Assad's regime.
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| U.S. and EU must face down China together, Pompeo says Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:30 AM PDT  The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, calling Beijing a threat and accusing it of stealing European know-how to develop its economy. Pompeo said he had accepted a proposal by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to create a formal U.S.-EU dialogue on China and would travel to Europe soon to host the first session. "There is a transatlantic awakening to the truth of what's happening," Pompeo told a think-tank event via video link.
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| Kellyanne Conway Defends Trump’s Use of ‘Kung Flu’ by Attacking Asian-American Reporter Posted: 24 Jun 2020 11:43 AM PDT  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway flip-flopped on her previous position that the use of the racist term "Kung Flu" is "highly offensive," defending President Donald Trump's use of it on Wednesday while bizarrely attacking an Asian-American reporter for not having the "courage" to out a White House official who said the phrase months ago.During a White House driveway gaggle with reporters on Wednesday morning, Conway was immediately confronted by NBC News reporter Monica Alba over the president's recent habit of tossing out the phrase and Conway's March denouncement of the term, which the Trump adviser called "wrong" while noting she is "married to an Asian."Conway, meanwhile, turned the question back around on the press corps, seemingly placing the blame on CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang, who reported in March that a White House official referred to the novel coronavirus as the "Kung Flu" to her face."I also asked Weijia to reveal to us who said it, I think that would have gone a long way," Conway said to Alba before saying the reporter should confront Jiang.Alba, however, pressed forward and asked Conway if she would react to Trump's repeated use of the loaded term, prompting the presidential aide to claim that Trump was merely making it "very clear" that the virus originated in China. Conway then pressed Jiang to reveal her source."I still invite you up here to tell us who said that," Conway taunted the reporter. "And I think that that would be a very important revelation for us. That's not a source for you to protect. That's somebody who shouldn't have said that, and you're claiming did say that, and we still don't know who that was."While Conway accused her of "changing the subject," Jiang noted that at the time Conway said the phrase was "hurtful," asking the Trump official if she was going to tell that to the president now."I speak to the president daily on many different topics," Conway replied, causing Jiang to ask again if she'd tell Trump his use of "Kung Flu" is offensive."We don't always agree on everything, and that's why I work here," the veteran pollster shot back before pivoting to another subject. Moments later, however, Conway circled back to the topic, defending the president by saying "it's incredibly important" for Trump to "not let China escape responsibility here." Jiang wondered aloud if Conway could explain the "logic" on how Kung Flu accomplishes that as it doesn't refer to a particular place."How do you know, excuse me, how do you know the way people, how do you know that people aren't anticipating that or are not connecting that?" Conway exclaimed, her voice rising. "You don't know that! Excuse me, while the president is saying it, he's also saying this virus came from China. China is responsible!"Interestingly, Conway refused to actually use the phrase, instead saying that Trump has "said it's called many different things," such as "the Wuhan virus, the Chinese virus, and then he used another term."As Jiang continued to press her on Trump's embrace of the racist term, Conway eventually placed the blame squarely on the CBS reporter's shoulders."You should have come forward a hundred days ago when you had the chance. You lost your opportunity, you lacked the courage to tell everybody who said that to you," Conway fumed. "You like to stoke this instead of solving it. I'm here to solve things not stoke them. You did the opposite on this issue."Conway flailing on this issue comes on the heels of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany struggling to fend off questions about the president using the racist term. Earlier this week, McEnany insisted the president was just trying to point out where the virus came from while blaming the media for "trying to play games with the terminology."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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