June, 2019

Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that “a violation of status is not a reason for deportation” while discussing immigration during a “Speaker in the House” discussion in Elmhurst, N.Y. on 6/24/19...

"We have a total deployment, between the National Guard and army units, of 14,000, almost 15,000 men in the north of the country," Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said at a press conference alongside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Asked whether those forces were detaining migrants to prevent them from crossing, Sandoval replied: "Yes."...

President Donald Trump is suggesting the United States should not protect ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz without compensation from other countries...

Trump says most of the oil China and Japan import goes through “the Straight,” adding, “All of these countries should be protecting their own ships on what has always been a dangerous journey.”...

"CBS This Morning" has reviewed e-mails from California Cryobank to several of its clients, disclosing that a hold has been placed on the use of some donor sperm from the inventory it bought from Manhattan Cryobank. The e-mails said the screening did not comply with FDA requirements.

We reached out to the FDA, but have not heard back.

The justices did not comment on Monday in leaving in place a decision by the Court of International Trade that ruled against steel importers and other users of imported steel who challenged the 25% tariff on steel that Trump imposed in 2018...

The legal challenge is at an early stage, before a federal appeals court has weighed in. The case could return to the Supreme Court later...

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether the federal government was entitled to break a promise to shield insurance companies from some of the risks they took in participating in the exchanges established by President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Affordable Care Act.

In their brief seeking Supreme Court review, two insurance companies said they had been the victims of “a bait-and-switch of staggering dimensions in which the government has paid insurers $12 billion less than what was promised.”...

The fighter jets were on an air combat mission when they collided and crashed, a development that was witnessed by a third Eurofighter pilot flying nearby.

"Together with a third Eurofighter they were flying an Air Combat Mission," the German air force said in a tweet. "The pilot of the third Eurofighter observed the collision and reported that two parachutes descended to the ground."...

Reports that two Eurofighter jets touched each other and crashed in Northern Germany. Apparently the pilots ejected safely, but wildfires have erupted at the crash sites.
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— Ragnar Weilandt (@RagnarWeilandt) June 24, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to talk to Iran about a deal that would lift American sanctions but Tehran would need to curtain its nuclear and missile program, as well as its support for proxies, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

U.S. Special Representative on Iran Brian Hook told reporters that Iran could “come to the table or watch its economy crumble,” but declined to give more details about fresh U.S. sanctions expected later on Monday...

EDF Renewables says the energy generated will be delivered to Tucson, Arizona, and the system will have a capacity of about 247 megawatts.

"The truth is the communist party isn’t out to hurt you ... it will set you free."...

The remarks, met with applause, came on the first day of CPUSA’s 31st national convention – and at a moment in American politics in which democratic socialism and progressive ideas are increasingly finding a home in the mainstream of the Democratic party.

President Trump, in an executive order issued Monday, directed HHS and other agencies to put out rules requiring hospitals disclose prices that reflect what patients and insurers “actually pay” for services, Azar told reporters.

The rules aim to bring more transparency to a health care system where patients usually don’t find out how much a procedure costs until they get the bill in the mail.

This will “go down as one of the most significant steps in the long history of American health care reform,” said Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

To get a sense of what jobs will thrive in the emerging digital workplace, we looked at nine skills, knowledge areas, and work-style characteristics that reflect the growing importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM): mathematics, science, engineering and technology, computers and electronics, programming, innovation, analytical thinking, general design, and technology design. If you have an interest or talent in any of the above, then congratulations, your work future is looking bright...

The United States has given Turkey a deadline of July 31 to drop the purchase of the S-400 system, or face sanctions and removal from its F-35 fighter jet program.

“Regardless of whatever sanctions there may be, whatever the messages from America, we’ve bought the S-400,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara.
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“If there’s an attack on Turkey tomorrow, we cannot expect NATO to protect us because NATO’s capacity would only protect 30 percent of Turkey’s airspace,” Cavusoglu said.

Turkey will no longer allow other countries to dictate its defense purchases, he said.

In the latest comment from Tehran, an adviser to President Hassan Rouhani repeated a longstanding demand that Washington lift sanctions in line with the deal... adviser, Hesameddin Ashena tweeted a rare suggestion that Iran could be willing to discuss new concessions, if Washington were willing to put new incentives on the table that go beyond those in the deal. “If they want something beyond the JCPOA, they should offer something beyond the JCPOA; with international guarantees.”...

Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov has not revealed what steps Russia would take in response to the measures taken by Donald Trump aimed at stopping the country from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Mr Ryabkov has said sanctions would increase tensions and that Washington should instead be seeking dialogue with Tehran, according to Russian news agencies.

Seek dialogue? While many news outlets are fear-mongering, the real news is that Iran has said it is willing to renegotiate. Which is exactly what's happening...

The Oregon GOP official Twitter account has been mocking Democrats as Republican senators avoided a legislative session in order to sabotage a climate bill. Police were ordered to bring in rebel lawmakers amid protests.

While the state police are searching for senators at the request of the governor, the official GOP Twitter account has been provoking a heated online row...

Heavily armed militia lays siege to Oregon's Capitol as Senate Democrats cower in fear. #orpol #orleg #capkillsjobs #hb2020 #Oregon11 #orcot pic.twitter.com/XQHCEb3D59

— Oregon GOP (@Oregon_GOP) June 23, 2019

The tweet came out after the Oregon State Senate closed on Saturday, citing a “possible militia threat.” Several local militia groups, including the Oregon Three Percenters, who were involved in an armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in 2016, pledged their support to local lawmakers.

The quake hit at a depth of 220 km. The US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said it would not trigger tsunami and there were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties...