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630 women arrested protesting Trump immigration policy in D.C.
Democratic lawmaker Pramila Jayapal said she was among those arrested "who took over the center of the Hart Senate Building protesting the inhumane and cruel zero-tolerance policy of Donald Trump and this administration". In the president's hometown of New York City, an estimated 30,000 marchers poured across the Brooklyn Bridge in sweltering 90-degree heat, some carrying their children on their s... [Full Article...]
US presses UN Security Council to sanction Iran
Calling out President Donald Trump directly, Rouhani said: "Before us is a person who separates a mother from her child, is against Islam and Muslims, and boasts about a wall on the U.S". The threat of further sanctions is already having an impact, with several multinational companies withdrawing their investments from Iran. The chairman also said that from now on, 20 percent trading in the USA ... [Full Article...]
Annapolis newspaper shooting suspect ID'd as Jarrod W. Ramos
Authorities have so far ruled out terror angle in the shooting incident. Those injured in the shooting were taken to the Johns Hopkins Shock Trauma center. The Capital Gazette is owned by the Baltimore Sun Media Group. The newspaper is located in a four-story office building in Annapolis , the capital of the U.S. [Full Article...]
Hundreds of Women's March Protesters Arrested in Senate Office Building
Buzzfeed reported that five immigrant children in federal custody filed a lawsuit Friday against what they called the Trump administration's "cruel policies and practices that unlawfully prolong their detention and delay their reunification with their families". [Full Article...]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal arrested during immigration protest in U.S. Senate building
On June 20, Trump signed an executive order created to stop family separations after a surge of public outcry. On Friday, the Justice Department said in a court filing that "the government will not separate families but detain families together during the pendency of immigration proceedings". [Full Article...]
Trump to announce Supreme Court pick July 9
Trump's wish list , she said, includes "tremendous intellect, judicial temperament and impeccable qualifications". In his Air Force One conversation with reporters, during the quick afternoon flight to New Jersey from Washington , Trump singled out one potential candidate for the court, Sen. [Full Article...]
Rape of girl (7) sparks angry protests in India
On Friday, the police made another arrest of a construction worker, Asif, 24, after Irfan named him as an accomplice. The child was waiting for her father near her school in Mandsaur town when she was allegedly picked up by the accused, who raped her and also tried to strangle her, police said . [Full Article...]
France to reinstitute national service for teenagers
In modern France, national service - including military conscription for all fit males - dates back to the years leading up to World War I, when the French military tried to keep pace with the growing German Imperial Army. Then a further two weeks will be spent in smaller, "personalized" groups. They cal also have the option to pursue volunteer work in heritage, the environment or social care. [Full Article...]