| Beto O'Rourke thinks Texas is 'Biden's to lose' Posted: 25 Jun 2020 02:12 PM PDT  Although his presidential bid failed to gain traction, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke came within a hair of becoming a senator from Texas in 2018 and performed better than any Democrat in a statewide race in nearly 30 years.
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| 'Dixie' Chicks no more: As Confederacy loses its luster, bands and brands rush to abandon its symbols Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:57 PM PDT  The decision by the Dixie Chicks to change their name follows weeks of demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and is the latest instance of a nationwide move to abandon symbols of the Confederacy, slavery and Jim Crow.
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| Fact: A French Nuclear Submarine 'Sunk' an American Aircraft Carrier Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:30 PM PDT  How did a tiny submarine kill a ship almost fifty times larger than itself?
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| New U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass peak set in April as states rethink strategy Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:55 AM PDT  States stretching from Florida to California are seeing record highs in cases as hospitals begin to fill up and Republican governors urge the use of masks.
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| Jon Stewart says he doesn't remember Republicans being mad about erasing history when the Saddam Hussein statue was toppled in Baghdad Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:07 AM PDT  On "The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah", Jon Stewart lampooned Republicans' hypocrisy over tearing down Confederate statues.
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| 2 brothers change minds, will cooperate in Smollett case Posted: 25 Jun 2020 09:11 AM PDT  Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperating with prosecutors, their attorney said Thursday. In yet another strange twist in a story that has been full of them, attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez said in a statement that Abimbola (Abel) and Olabinjo (Ola) Osundairo changed their minds after a 9mm handgun that was seized during a search of their home last year was located after it went missing. "Abel and Ola will recommence their cooperation in the Smollett case now that the handgun has been produced by the Special Prosecutor's Office," Schmidt Rodriguez wrote, referring to Special Prosecutor Dan Webb, who is now handling the case.
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| ‘Leadership Matters.’ Researcher Says Rate of Fatal Police Shootings Is Lower in Cities With Black Police Chiefs Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:23 AM PDT  The study looks at five years of police-involved shootings in the nation's 60 biggest cities.
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| Op-Ed: Why California needs affirmative action more than ever Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT  California's Proposition 209, an anti-affirmative action law, never did "level the playing field"; instead it reinforced historic patterns of discrimination.
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| Russia reportedly paid Taliban-linked militants bounty money to kill American troops Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:29 PM PDT  Russian officials said they were not aware of the allegations that the country's military offered bounties to kill US troops.
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| Coronavirus: New York imposes quarantine on eight US states Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:28 AM PDT  It comes as a US university predicts 180,000 US deaths from the virus by October.
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| Iran explosion: Blast seen near military base in Tehran Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:12 PM PDT  Iranian authorities are investigating after an explosion east of the capital near a site linked to the regime's nuclear testing programme. A bright and large flash of light was seen in the night sky over Tehran early on Friday in images shared widely on social media, Iran's Fars news agency reported. "In the early hours after midnight on Friday, a number of social media users reported seeing an orange light in the eastern part of Tehran," said Fars. "In the videos sent by (our) readers, this light is seen for a few seconds," it reported, adding it was following up the issue with the relevant authorities. Fars said later that the flash was caused by "an industrial gas tank explosion" near a facility belonging to the defence ministry.
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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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| Governor Asks California County To Reimpose Stay-At-Home Order Posted: 26 Jun 2020 01:00 PM PDT  Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he wants an agricultural Southern California county to reimpose stay-home orders amid a surge in positive coronavirus tests there and through much of the state.
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| Coronavirus kills 93 U.S. meatpacking, food-processing workers, union says Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:40 AM PDT  At least 65 U.S. meatpacking employees and 28 food-processing employees have died from COVID-19, the country's largest meatpacking union said on Thursday, reflecting the steep toll the contagious respiratory disease has taken on essential workers. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said that more than 196 of its members who work in meat and food plants, grocers and healthcare facilities have died from COVID-19, which is caused by the new coronavirus. New daily COVID-19 cases around the country have recently climbed to a near-record high and U.S. government experts said the coronavirus may have infected 10 times more Americans than reported.
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| 'Please for the love of God do not vote for my dad': Republican's daughter voices opposition Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:20 AM PDT  Robert Regan blames daughter's 'socialist university' but says he's 'happy she feels confident' to oppose him publiclyIt's not the usual rallying cry one might expect from a political candidate's child as their father runs for office, but the daughter of a Republican candidate has urged people in Michigan to "please, for the love of God" not vote for her father."Tell everyone," Stephanie Regan wrote in a viral tweet – which has now been liked more than 180,000 times on Twitter.In a follow-up tweet, she called on voters to research the background of her father, Robert Regan, for themselves, writing: "I don't feel safe rn sharing further information regarding his beliefs, but please look him up and just read for yourself."Regan is running in Michigan's primary for a state house seat this August.> if you're in michigan and 18+ pls for the love of god do not vote for my dad for state rep. tell everyone> > — STEPH (@streeganz) June 23, 2020Stephanie Regan's words seem to have come as a blow to her father, who has espoused a commitment to his family on his campaign website, using multiple photos of himself and his children to support his campaign.Robert Regan has spoken on local TV since his daughter sent out the tweet, blaming her liberal college education for her views."When they go off to college, quite frankly they get involved with these Marxist, socialist universities ,and they start getting indoctrinated with things that are completely polar opposite from where you raised them," Regan told local TV.Regan, who describes himself on his own website as "so conservative [he] makes Rush Limbaugh look like a liberal," says he and his daughter have disagreed on systemic racism, white privilege and Black Lives Matter."She's a big believer in that," he told the Hill. "The only place where I really see systemic racism would be the abortion clinic, because they seem to target the African American community."His tone seems to have taken a turn since Thursday, when he posted a lengthy statement to Facebook that seemed appreciative of his daughter's political engagement."I am happy that she feels confident enough in our relationship to express her opposing thoughts so publicly" while encouraging her and others to voice their own opinions, he said. * This article was amended on 26 June 2020 to correct a misspelled name in a photo caption.
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| Donald Trump Should Be Worried: The U.S. Military Could Fall Behind Russia and China Posted: 26 Jun 2020 06:49 AM PDT  It is already happening in certain areas.
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| 3 cops watched a fellow officer slowly kill George Floyd. Here's why so many officers don't intervene. Posted: 25 Jun 2020 03:33 AM PDT  Police experts told Insider there is a pervasive culture that keeps officers from reporting on each other even when they cross the line.
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| UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children may starve amid pandemic Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:08 PM PDT  Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across war-torn Yemen amid a "huge" drop in humanitarian aid funding, the U.N. children's agency warned Friday. The stark prediction comes in a new UNICEF report, "Yemen five years on: Children, conflict and COVID-19." "As Yemen's devastated health system and infrastructure struggle to cope with coronavirus, the already dire situation for children is likely to deteriorate considerably," warned UNICEF.
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| US Navy’s chief learning officer announces departure as Pentagon exodus continues Posted: 26 Jun 2020 07:20 AM PDT  Another Navy leadership shakeup, and another high-profile Pentagon departure.
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| White House does not commit to temperature checks in meeting with U.S. airlines Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:37 PM PDT  Top U.S. airline executives met on Friday with Vice President Mike Pence and other senior administration officials but did not come away with any commitments from the White House on mandating temperature checks for airline passengers. Airlines want the U.S. government to administer temperature checks to all passengers in a bid to reassure the public.
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| Former Washington congressman slams Seattle mayor for proposed $20M police budget cuts: 'It's the biggest mistake they can make' Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:15 AM PDT  Former Washington Congressman and Sheriff Dave Reichert describes the CHOP violence as 'third world action,' while also slamming Seattle's mayor Jenny Durkan for proposing to slash millions of dollars from the police budget in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Digital.
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| UN Security Council to meet Monday on Ethiopia dam Posted: 25 Jun 2020 02:29 PM PDT  The United Nations Security Council plans to meet Monday to discuss Egypt and Sudan's objections to Ethiopia's construction of a mega-dam on the Nile River, diplomatic sources said Thursday. The public video conference was called by the United States on behalf of Egypt, according to the sources. Ethiopia wants to start filling the reservoir for the 475-foot (145-meter) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in July, with or without approval from the two other countries.
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| Trump suddenly has a bigger problem than his plummeting poll numbers | Analysis Posted: 26 Jun 2020 06:21 AM PDT  Losing politicians rarely miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Donald Trump is undefeated in political races, but he missed a major opportunity on Thursday night.During a friendly interview at a town hall event in Wisconsin -- a state he needs to win and collect its 10 Electoral College votes – Fox News commentator and host Sean Hannity lobbed what in basketball terms should have been alley-oop for the president.
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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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| ‘This Is About True Reparations.' Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the Movement to Defund Police Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:34 AM PDT  'This is simply about a refund. This is about true reparations. This is about investment in communities'
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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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| Fund of up to $630 million for Jeffrey Epstein victims opens Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:55 PM PDT |
| This Day in History: Battle of Little Bighorn Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:33 AM PDT  This Day in History: Battle of Little Bighorn June 25, 1876 The battle was between the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes of the Great Plains, and the U.S. Army. It is also known as Custer's Last Stand, after Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Led by Chief Crazy Horse, the Native American forces defeated Custer's 7th Cavalry near the Little Bighorn River in southern Montana. The members of the Great Plains tribes had gathered near the river in defiance of a U.S. War Department order. Sent in to scout for enemy troops, Custer fatefully decided not to wait for reinforcements. Custer and 200 of his men were killed in the attack. The Great Plains tribes would be confined to reservations within five years.
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| Pence says the US has 'flattened the curve,' but 14 charts shown by his White House Coronavirus Task Force show why that's false Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:22 PM PDT  "The truth is we did slow the spread. We flattened the curve," Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday. That's false. These charts show why.
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| Trump administration opens sensitive Arctic areas to oil development Posted: 25 Jun 2020 02:48 PM PDT  The Trump administration on Thursday released its plan to open environmentally sensitive areas in Arctic Alaska to oil development, overturning some protections that go back decades. The plan released by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management revokes an Obama-era management system for a huge swathe of federal land on the western North Slope, the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The Trump plan, contained in a final environmental impact statement, opens 18.7 million acres of the 23 million-acre reserve to development.
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| UK teen who threw French boy off gallery balcony jailed for life Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:33 PM PDT  A troubled British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy from a viewing platform at London's Tate Modern art gallery was on Friday jailed for life. Judge Maura McGowan told Jonty Bravery, 18, he would spend at least 15 years in custody for attempting to murder the boy in front of horrified crowds on August 4 last year. McGowan said what Bravery had done was "callous" and "beyond imagination".
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| 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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| Italy sends in army after riot erupts on council estate near Naples over new virus outbreak Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:16 AM PDT  Italy sent soldiers and riot police as reinforcements on Friday to a council estate in the south of the country where a cluster of coronavirus cases among foreign farm workers has sparked tensions with locals. Violence flared between Italian residents and migrant workers on Thursday and Friday in the town of Mondragone, north of Naples, after five blocks of flats were locked down in an outbreak of 43 positive cases, mostly among Roma and Bulgarian field workers. The trouble reportedly began after a group of Bulgarians attempted to force their way through a cordon put in place earlier this week, to protest not being able to return to work. Police persuaded them to return inside, but a few were later spotted heading out. A throng of angry resident Italians then gathered below the tower blocks shouting insults at the inhabitants, some of whom responded by throwing chairs and objects from their balconies. The affected council estate is home to some 300 Italians and 400 migrant workers from Eastern Europe, North Africa and South America. "We have put all the tower blocks in quarantine. Now they need to stay in their homes and respect the rules: for 15 days no-one enters or exits those buildings," said Campania governor Vincenzo De Luca, who requested extra law enforcement from the interior ministry and threatened to lock down the whole town if screening identifies more than 100 cases. Several vehicles with Bulgarian plates were vandalized and a van was set alight with a molotov cocktail on Friday morning before the army unit arrived.
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| George Floyd death: What US police officers think of protests Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:35 AM 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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| Philippine police kill 4 suspected militants in Manila raid Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:51 AM PDT  Philippine police killed four suspected Islamic State group-linked militants during a raid on a hideout in metropolitan Manila early Friday, security officials said. Metropolitan Manila Police Chief Debold Sinas said police and intelligence agents planned to serve a search warrant at a house in suburban Paranaque city after months of surveillance when the suspected militants opened fire.
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| Florida Orders Bars to Shut Down as Coronavirus Cases Hit New Record Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:51 AM PDT  Florida on Friday ordered all bars to close as cases of the coronavirus in the state continue to spike."Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide," Secretary Halsey Beshears of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced on Twitter.Florida reported a record daily high of 8,942 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the state's Department of Health said. Friday's cases smashed the state's previous record from Wednesday, 5,508 new cases, and bump the state's total number of coronavirus cases to 122,960.Just a day earlier, Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, vowed not to impose new restrictions on businesses even as the virus spread more rapidly across his state."We're not shutting down. We're going to go forward we're going to continue to protect the most vulnerable, we're going to urge continue to advise, particularly our elderly population, to maintain social distancing and avoid crowds," DeSantis said last week.However, the governor indicated Thursday that Florida would not be moving to the next phase of reopening in the immediate future."We are where we are," the governor said Thursday. "I did not say we are going to go on to the next phase.""We did the opening at the beginning of May, had very steady, manageable cases. Obviously we've seen that turn lately," DeSantis added.Florida entered in Phase Two of the state's three-phase reopening plan earlier this month. In Phase Three, the state will begin operating close to normally again. The state started to re-open its economy on May 4.Texas, another state that has seen its coronavirus cases spike in recent weeks, also imposed new restrictions on Friday, ordering bars to close and restaurants to operate at a more limited capacity.
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| MGM and Caesars casinos change their policies to require all visitors wear masks Posted: 25 Jun 2020 09:35 AM PDT  MGM casino guests will be offered a free mask if they don't have one — otherwise they'll be asked to leave.
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| Lobbyist Abramoff to plead guilty in cryptocurrency fraud case Posted: 25 Jun 2020 01:17 PM PDT  Abramoff and Rowland Marcus Andrade, the chief executive of NAC Foundation, were accused of conspiring to make false and misleading statements to potential purchasers of the cryptocurrency. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced parallel charges against NAC, Andrade and Abramoff. Abramoff, who once served four years in prison for bribing U.S. officials in a case that became synonymous with government corruption, also agreed to settle with the SEC.
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| U.S. couple "angry" after barely surviving deadly volcano eruption Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:23 AM PDT  Matt and Lauren Urey suffered severe burns and were both put in medically induced comas.
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| Trump Seems Resigned Biden Will Win: ‘He’s Going to Be Your President’ Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:12 PM PDT  For the second time this week, President Donald Trump appeared almost resigned to the idea that former Vice President Joe Biden will beat him in November, telling Fox News' Sean Hannity that Biden "is going to be president because some people don't love me."During a town hall in key swing state Wisconsin, Trump fell back on his well-worn attack lines against his Democratic opponent, painting Biden as too old and suffering from cognitive decline."Whenever he does talk, he can't put two sentences together," Trump exclaimed. "I don't want to be nice or un-nice. The man can't speak."At the same time, the president seemed to acknowledge current polling, which shows the ex-veep up by double digits nationally and leading in most battleground states—including Wisconsin, a must-win for Trump."And he is going to be president because some people don't love me, maybe," Trump said. "And all I'm doing is doing my job."The president insisted that before the "China plague" hit, the country was enjoying the "best job numbers we ever had" and the "best economy we ever had." He then pivoted to complaining about China, which he said "ate our lunch" before he entered office.The president used similarly interesting language while speaking about the possibility of a Biden presidency earlier this week.Asked during a trip to Arizona to react to Biden saying he may not complete construction on the border wall if elected, Trump said: "No, he will complete it. You'd have a revolution if they didn't do it."A number of conservatives have recently begun to sound the alarm on Trump's plummeting poll numbers and declining re-election chances. In a fiery Thursday night monologue, Fox News host Tucker Carlson warned Trump that he "could well lose this election" if he doesn't turn things around soon.Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Reveal Why Biden Is the Right Man to Lead America Past TrumpRead 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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