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Philippine mayor on Duterte's 'narco-list' shot dead by 'sniper'
As the camera strays to film another group, a single shot rings out, followed by screams and a woman's voice, saying "oh my God" in English. The mayor was declared dead at a local hospital less than an hour after he was shot. "I have a feeling they (police) are going after the small fry to frighten the people", he said. Lacson, chairman of the Senate public order and risky drugs committee, said ... [Full Article...]
Trump officials lay out ambitious plan to denuclearize North Korea
Stanford University researcher Siegfried Hecker, a former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and authority on global nuclear threat reduction, said this was the tough part of a denuclearization deal with notoriously deceptive North Korea. [Full Article...]
Cohen: Family, country ‘first loyalty,’ not Trump
Michael Cohen tweeted a picture of himself sitting for an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Sunday night, adding, "My silence is broken!" Cohen's remarks, in an off-camera interview with ABC's Good Morning America , will intensify speculation that he may be prepared to "flip" and co-operate with federal prosecutors in NY and investigators looking into Russian election inter... [Full Article...]
Merkel reportedly secures deal with 14 European Union nations on migrants
But the community is struggling to find unity. The meeting came amid warnings that authoritarian and "anti-European" movements would profit from any failure by the 28 leaders to deal with a flare-up of tensions over migrants that has put Merkel's political future in the balance. [Full Article...]
Capital Gazette Leaves Its Editorial Section Blank Day After Shooting
Police said that after a search of his Laurel apartment Thursday, they found evidence, which they did not detail, showing that he had planned the attack. She eventually went to police, and Ramos ended up pleading guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. Days later, Hartley wrote a story titled "Jarrod wants to be your friend", which included details of the case. [Full Article...]
Trump anti-abortion supreme court pick 'not acceptable', says Collins
Wade that legalizes abortion. "So a nominee's position on whether or not they respect precedent will tell me a lot about whether or not they would overturn Roe v. Collins did not elaborate on specific judges she had ruled out. In another Sunday morning interview, Collins said she would not support a Trump nominee who she believed would support overturning Roe v. [Full Article...]
Afghan president orders end to unilateral cease-fire
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells visited Kabul on Saturday and Sunday and met with Afghan officials and global partners. Pakistan, in return, has accused Afghanistan of sheltering the Pakistani Taliban. On June 17, Ghani extended a unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban and urged militants to follow the government's lead and part... [Full Article...]
Duckworth doesn’t join Dem colleagues in calls to abolish ICE
The Trump administration has flatly rejected that option, saying it would amount to "catch and release" - when illegal immigrants are processed and released into the community on the usually false hope that they will return for their deportation hearings. [Full Article...]