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US intelligence believes North Korea making more nuclear bomb fuel despite talks
Pompeo said Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons is the goal of the talks. "We are watching closely". The intelligence report may also confirm the theory held by many arms experts: that North Korea possesses a second, undisclosed nuclear enrichment facility. [Full Article...]
Death toll doubles in southwest Syria offensive - monitor
Jordan , which is already hosting 660,000 registered refugees, says it can not accept any more and has sealed its border, despite appeals from aid groups. "The Observatory said at least 46 civilians, including 15 children, have been killed since the offensive began, including the victims of Thursday's airstrike". [Full Article...]
Automakers: New Tariffs Could Force Job Cuts
Tariffs could tack on $1,800 in costs to the vehicle, which has a base price of about $23,600, Toyota said in its comments to the Commerce Department. The company added it "is hard to foresee a situation in which any of them would engage in an armed conflict with the USA or cut off supplies of defense materials, and if they did, the United States would have an easy recourse of simply seizing the... [Full Article...]
Cops use stun gun on sitting man
Williams had his arms out as the officer told him to put his legs "straight out" or he would be stun gunned, and after his knees remained bent, a female officer was heard yelling the same order. Bernot instructed Williams to sit on the curb, and warned the man a Taser would be used if he didn't comply, police said. While police have since said Williams failed to comply with previous orders to ... [Full Article...]
Trump to announce Supreme Court pick on July 9
The regular Saturday morning tweetstorm from President Donald Trump had more than the usual amount of news. "I've got it narrowed to about five", the president said of his list of candidates, adding that two of the possibilities were women. [Full Article...]
Trump narrows down Supreme Court judge candidates
In nominating his successor Trump has the opportunity to shift the high court decisively to the right. The president said two women are among the candidates he's considering among a pool of between five and seven potential nominees. According to the Washington Post , the 53-year-old circuit judge has previously argued presidents "should not be distracted by civil lawsuits, criminal investigations... [Full Article...]
US, UK teams join Thailand's search for 13 missing in cave
The cave, cut into a mountainside near the border with Myanmar, can flood severely during the rainy season, which runs from June to October. At a morning briefing, Thai SEAL divers explained to the US team that water levels had been rising overnight at a rate of about 15 centimeters (6 inches) per hour, complicating efforts to squeeze through tight passages, some of which require divers to contort... [Full Article...]
Judge: 'Even a blind person' can see Manafort used to 'target' Trump
In addition to the storage unit search, Ellis heard brief arguments Friday on Manafort's request that the evidence from a July search of his residence be thrown out. Weissmann later joined Mueller's team and is one of the lead attorneys prosecuting Manafort. Pfeiffer remained at the locker until the storage facility, which was also in Alexandria, closed that day, he testified. [Full Article...]