| 'Be careful what you wish for Max!' Trump warns Waters over call for public confrontations Posted: 25 Jun 2018 11:00 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday lashed out at Rep. Maxine Waters after the California Democrat urged protesters to publicly confront members of his administration over its controversial policies.
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| Melting ICE? A handful of Democrats turn up the heat. Posted: 25 Jun 2018 12:22 PM PDT  As the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency continues to draw criticism for its arrest of immigrants, the idea of abolishing the agency entirely is starting to gather momentum among Democrats.
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| California father killed while camping with daughters Posted: 25 Jun 2018 08:47 AM PDT  35-year-old Tristan Beaudette was gunned down inside his tent while his two- and four-year-old daughters were by his side on in Southern California on Friday.
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| The Latest: Woman in candidate wreck crashed minutes earlier Posted: 25 Jun 2018 12:38 PM PDT  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the wreck that severely injured U.S. House candidate Katie Arrington (all times local):
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| Iguanas Caught on Camera Wrestling in Parking Lot of California Starbucks Posted: 25 Jun 2018 11:16 AM PDT  It's not clear what the iguanas were fighting over, but it was quite the sight.
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| We Took a Ride With Saudi Arabia's First Women Taxi Drivers Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:48 AM PDT  After the ban on women drivers was lifted on June 24, companies like Uber and Careem are putting women in the driver's seat
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| Supreme Court upholds Trump administration’s so-called travel ban Posted: 26 Jun 2018 11:46 AM PDT ![Supreme Court upholds Trump administration's so-called travel ban]( "Supreme Court upholds Trump administration's so-called travel ban") The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Donald Trump's controversial travel ban restricting entry to people from five Muslim-majority countries, delivering the president a major victory in a tortuous legal battle.
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| Sarah Huckabee Sanders Got Off Easy At Virginia Restaurant, Says Trevor Noah Posted: 25 Jun 2018 11:52 PM PDT  Being asked to leave was probably the "nicest thing" that could have happened
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| Joanna and Chip Gaines Posted a Photo of Their Adorable Newborn Son—And His Name Is Not What We Expected Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:57 PM PDT  It's a name that's gaining in popularity.
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| Analysis: Why Trump is keeping Mattis out of the loop Posted: 25 Jun 2018 06:08 AM PDT  From the Iran nuclear deal to the pause of U.S. military exercises with South Korea and Space Force, Defense Secretary Jame Mattis has been one of the last of President Trump's team to find out about crucial decisions.
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| U.S. top court largely backs Texas Republicans over electoral maps Posted: 25 Jun 2018 07:15 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic voters. In a 5-4 ruling, the conservative-majority court largely accepted the state's argument that the Republican-led Texas legislature acted in good faith when it adopted new electoral maps in 2013 for state legislative and U.S. congressional seats. Republican President Donald Trump's administration had backed Texas in the case.
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| Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Cut From Award For Her 'Stereotypical' Depictions Posted: 25 Jun 2018 11:14 AM PDT  A national library group removed author Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from a
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| Israel may reconsider UNESCO exit: ambassador Posted: 26 Jun 2018 10:59 AM PDT  Israel's ambassador to UNESCO said Tuesday he was urging his government to reconsider its decision to quit the UN cultural body, saying it had halted its "anti-Israeli resolutions" over the past year. Israel and the United States both announced on October 12 that they would leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization over resolutions critical of the Jewish state. "What I'm going to recommend to my ministry and my government is at least to reconsider our decision," Shama-Hacohen told journalists by telephone.
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| California Governor Declares State of Emergency as Wildfires Force Thousands to Flee Posted: 25 Jun 2018 07:02 PM PDT  The fire has forced 3,000 residents from their homes and destroyed 22 buildings
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| Florida AG Pam Bondi says she won't be bullied after being confronted at Mr. Rogers movie Posted: 25 Jun 2018 08:54 AM PDT  Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Monday she refuses to be bullied by protesters like those who confronted her at a screening of the Mister Rogers documentary over the weekend for her support of President Trump.
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| 'Children As Young As 5' Could Face Immigration Court Alone, Experts Say Posted: 25 Jun 2018 07:50 PM PDT  Many of the migrant children who remain separated from their parents will have
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| The Latest: Iranian protesters confront police in Tehran Posted: 25 Jun 2018 04:42 AM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in Iran (all times local):
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| Supreme court sidesteps North Carolina dispute over Republican election maps Posted: 25 Jun 2018 08:20 AM PDT  By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower court's ruling that Republicans lawmakers in North Carolina drew congressional district boundaries to ensure lopsided electoral victories for their party against rival Democrats. The justices sent the case back to a federal three-judge panel to reconsider whether the plaintiffs, including a group of Democratic voters, have the necessary legal standing to sue in the case involving a contentious practice called partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court put on hold the lower court's order that a new map be drawn, leaving the Republican-drawn districts in place for congressional elections in November, giving a boost to Republicans in their bid to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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| Heather Locklear Hospitalized After Possible Overdose Posted: 26 Jun 2018 05:45 AM PDT  "Melrose Place" actress Heather Locklear was hospitalized Monday for a
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| 'Needs a paint job': Trump blasts Virginia restaurant for asking Sarah Sanders to leave Posted: 25 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday blasted a small restaurant in rural Virginia whose owner asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to leave because its staff disagreed with the administration's policies.
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| Migrant Children In Detention Center Told Not To Talk To Reporters Posted: 26 Jun 2018 03:55 AM PDT  A woman who quit her teaching job at a detention center holding migrant
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| Emmanuel Macron and Pope talk poverty, migration and Europe in unusually long meeting Posted: 26 Jun 2018 08:32 AM PDT  French President Emmanuel Macron, accused at home of straining France's secular foundations by seeking to mend ties with the Catholic Church, discussed Europe, migration and poverty in an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis on Tuesday. The two talked together for nearly an hour in the official papal library in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, about twice as long as Francis usually spends with heads of state or government. They discussed "protection of the environment, migration, and multilateral commitment to conflict prevention and resolution, especially in relation to disarmament," a Vatican statement said. They also spoke about prospects for resolving conflicts in the Middle East and Africa and the future of Europe, it said. At the end of the private part of the audience, Macron gave Francis a rare copy of Georges Bernanos 1936 book "Diary of a Country Priest". "I've read this book many times and it has done me good. It is a book that I have always loved very much," the pope told Macron, 40, who was accompanied in the public parts of the meeting by his wife Brigitte. Pope Francis insisted on the importance of tending to the poor amid claims by rivals of Emmanuel Macron that he is "the president of the rich". Credit: ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/AFP Francis gave Macron a medallion depicting Martin of Tours, a 4th century saint who is depicted cutting his cloak in half to give it to a beggar in winter. "This means the vocation of those who govern is to help the poor. We are all poor," Francis told Macron as he was giving him the medallion. Macron earned himself the nickname "president of the rich" in France after scrapping a wealth tax and cutting a popular housing allowance in the first year of his mandate, hurting his popularity with the working class. As Macron left the library, he and Francis exchanged a two-cheek kiss, another very unusual gesture between a pope and a visiting head of state. The Vatican was expected to issue a statement later on the themes discussed during the private talks. Two months ago, Macron called for stronger ties between the state and the Catholic Church, a move critics said blurred a line that has kept French government free of religious intervention for generations. Emmanuel Macron is at the Vatican at a time of tension between France and Italy over migrants Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP The issue is particularly sensitive in historically Catholic France, where matters of faith and state were separated by law in 1905 and which is now home to Europe's largest Muslim and Jewish communities. France's guiding principles also hold that religious observance is a private matter, for all faiths. Macron was raised in a non-religious family and was baptized a Roman Catholic at his own request when he was 12. After leaving the Vatican he was installed as the "First and Only Honorary Canon" of the Rome Basilica of St John's in Lateran, which is the pope's cathedral in his capacity as bishop of Rome. Under a tradition that began in the 15th century when France was a monarchy, French leaders are automatically given the title. Macron took his seat of honour in basilica's elaborately carved wooden choir stall to the applause of those in attendance, including members of the local French ex patriot community.
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| South Sudan's Kiir hopes talks will bring 'immediate end' to war Posted: 25 Jun 2018 10:21 AM PDT  South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said he hopes his meeting with arch-foe Riek Machar in Khartoum on Monday will bring an "immediate end" to the devastating war in their country. Machar and Kiir met at a Khartoum convention centre for a new round of peace talks after a meeting between the two heavyweights last week in Ethiopia failed to achieve a breakthrough. The latest rounds of talks between the bitter rivals come as East African leaders launched new efforts to secure peace in South Sudan, where warring factions face a looming deadline to avert UN sanctions.
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| Top court decision on U.S. travel ban proves Trump 'got it right': McConnell Posted: 26 Jun 2018 11:59 AM PDT  The Supreme Court decision to uphold the Trump administration's travel ban on citizens from certain majority-Muslim countries indicated it "finally got it right," the Senate Republican leader said on Tuesday. The Supreme Court weighed in on the third version of the ban. "There were several earlier iterations of the so-called travel ban.
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| Mourners: Black teen killed by police more than a hashtag Posted: 25 Jun 2018 03:10 PM PDT  SWISSVALE, Pa. (AP) — Classmates and community members on Monday honored Antwon Rose Jr. as a dynamic and determined young man who deserves to be remembered as more than just the latest hashtag given to unarmed black men killed by police, while vowing to continue pushing for justice.
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| Roseanne Barr Breaks Down In First Interview Since Scandal Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:15 PM PDT  Roseanne Barr said she's "lost everything" after posting a racist tweet about
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| 'Deeply Unfortunate Killings' Have Left Dozens of Farmers and Herders Dead in Nigeria Posted: 24 Jun 2018 09:02 PM PDT  Nigeria's presidency late Sunday announced a "deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities" in central Plateau State as one report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers
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| FDR's granddaughter on immigration: Our country did not learn Posted: 25 Jun 2018 03:25 PM PDT  The country hasn't learned from history, says Anne Eleanor Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's granddaughter, who calls current immigration policies, like the internment of Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor, "inconsistent with who we are as a country."
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| Parents Reportedly Told They Can Reunite With Children By Choosing Voluntary Deportation Posted: 25 Jun 2018 03:18 AM PDT  Immigration officials are offering migrants in detention the option of
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| 740 lots of Americana – including a diner! – sell in 2-day auction Posted: 26 Jun 2018 08:42 AM PDT  The remarkable Dingman Collection of cars, neon signs and automobilia is sold by RM Sotheby's – and a cutaway Ford V8 goes for ten times its estimate!
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| Erdogan declared winner of Turkey presidential polls Posted: 24 Jun 2018 06:19 PM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said Monday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count. Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both president and parliament in the snap elections, with Erdogan looking for a first round knockout and an overall majority for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The stakes were particularly high as the new president will be the first to enjoy enhanced powers, without even a prime minister, under a new constitution agreed in an April 2017 referendum strongly backed by Erdogan but which opponents say grants autocratic powers.
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| Brazil's Temer to press Pence on U.S. treatment of migrant families Posted: 25 Jun 2018 02:49 PM PDT  President Michel Temer will press U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his two-day visit to Brazil on cases of Brazilian children separated from their parents upon trying to enter the United States, a Brazilian diplomat said on Monday. Pence will hold bilateral talks with Temer and other Brazilian officials on Tuesday. Temer "will express his worries about the treatment" of about 50 Brazilian children who were separated from their parents as part of the Trump administration's policy of seeking to detain and prosecute anyone accused of entering the country illegally, said Brazilian diplomat Fernando Magalhaes during a Monday foreign ministry briefing in Brasilia.
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| Reality Winner, National Security Agency Leaker, Pleads Guilty To Espionage Charge Posted: 25 Jun 2018 08:36 PM PDT  Reality Winner, the former government contractor for the National Security
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| Police: 2 dead, 1 hurt in small plane crash in Detroit Posted: 25 Jun 2018 02:01 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash in a Detroit neighborhood that killed the pilot and one of his two passengers.
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| Donald Trump Responds To Supreme Court's Travel Ban Ruling Posted: 26 Jun 2018 08:44 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling
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| Leading Israeli liberal praises Kushner’s unfinished, still-secret Mideast peace plan Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:41 PM PDT  Jared Kushner's Mideast peace plan is expected to be released in the near future, but one leading Israeli liberal already likes it.
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| Watch The BMW M8 While Being Pushed Hard At The Nurburgring Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:48 PM PDT  M850i not enough? You'll have to wait for this full-fat M model.
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| Elon Musk Teases Tesla Semi 'Mad Max' Autopilot Mode With Screenshot Posted: 25 Jun 2018 04:42 AM PDT  The Tesla CEO has some interesting ideas.
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| Saudi-led coalition says killed 8 Hezbollah fighters in Yemen Posted: 25 Jun 2018 11:20 AM PDT  The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen on Monday said its forces killed eight members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah in an air strike in northern Yemen, near the Saudi border. Among the dead were eight members of Lebanese Hezbollah, including a commander," coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a statement, without offering details on how the fighters were killed. Maran is in Saada province, a stronghold of Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels who are backed by Iran.
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