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Democratic Lawmakers Call On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Resign

Several Democratic lawmakers said Monday that Department of Homeland Security

At least 20 injured after gunfire erupts at New Jersey art festival

The gunfire rang out in Trenton, New Jersey, during an “Art All Night” festival meant to bring the community together. Police say one suspect is dead and another is in custody.

Dunkin' Donuts Sign Asks Customers To Snitch On Workers Not Speaking English

A Dunkin Donuts in Baltimore is under fire for posting a sign offering

Trump defends North Korea summit, trashes media: 'We got so much for peace in the world'

Sunday morning, President Trump repeatedly defended the North Korea summit and accused the press of not giving him the credit he deserves for trying to bring more stability to the Korean peninsula.

Texas Border Patrol Chase Ends In Crash, Killing At Least 5 Immigrants

At least five people were killed and several others injured when an SUV

Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted for

Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirmed the deaths of 110 people as a result of the volcanic eruption on June 3, but another 197 remain unaccounted for. Guatemala's south-central region was also shaken on Sunday night by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter at Iztapa, on the Pacific coast near neighboring El Salvador, the civil protection agency said.

Texas deputy arrested on allegation of child sexual assault

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in South Texas is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl and threatening the child's mother with deportation if she reported him, authorities said.

Georgia Grandma Strangles Rabid Bobcat With Her Bare Hands While Granddaughter Slept

Dede Phillips must now get rounds of painful and expensive treatment to prevent rabies.

The movement to arm teachers

Since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, a divisive idea has gained momentum as a way to stem school shootings: arm teachers. At some schools in Ohio, armed teachers have been in classrooms for as many as five years.

Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering

The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on setting limits on extreme partisan

'Incredibles 2' Destroys Opening Weekend Record For Animated Films

The first family of the cinematic superhero world has returned in epic

Turned away by 2 countries, rescued refugees end their odyssey in Spain

More than 600 refugees who set out from Libya to reach Europe were turned away by Italy, in a sudden change of heart about accepting refugees, and denied entry to Malta. At last, Spain agreed to take them — but the politics of immigration in the European Union are only growing more complicated and fraught.

Trey Gowdy Threatens DOJ, FBI Officials Over Clinton Probe Documents

House oversight committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) threatened on Sunday to

Thomas Markle says Prince Harry said to give Trump a chance

LONDON (AP) — The father of the former Meghan Markle says he talked politics with Prince Harry over the phone — and Harry argued that he should give President Donald Trump a chance.

Megachurch Pastor: 'It’s embarrassing' that Sessions quoted the Bible to defend immigration policy

MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian interviews Pastor Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong NYC Church. Pastor Lentz called Sessions use of Romans 13 a “misapplication of scripture”.

Three Dead, Dozens Injured by Earthquake in Western Japan's Osaka

A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.

Family Dog Stayed With Missing 3-Year-Old During the 12 Hours She Was Gone

She was unharmed.

Monday's Morning Email: Dems Beg GOP For Help Stopping Immigrant Family Separations

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Former Israeli government minister charged with spying for Iran

A former Israeli government minister, once imprisoned for trying to smuggle drugs, is back behind bars after being charged with spying for archenemy Iran, the country's internal security agency said Monday. The Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency, said Gonen Segev was extradited from Guinea and arrested upon arrival in Israel last month on suspicion of "committing offenses of assisting the enemy in war and spying against the state of Israel." It said Mr Segev, a former energy minister, acted as an agent for Iranian intelligence and relayed information "connected to the energy market and security sites in Israel including buildings and officials in political and security organizations." Lawyers representing Mr Segev issued a statement that did not reject or accept the accusations, only saying that the indictment "portrays a different picture" than what the Shin Bet says. Mr Segev, who served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the mid-1990s, was arrested in 2004 for attempting to smuggle 32,000 Ecstasy tablets from the Netherlands to Israel using an expired diplomatic passport.  Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speaks with former energy minister Gonen Segev Credit: REUTERS/GPO A former doctor whose medical license was revoked, Mr Segev was released from prison in 2007 and had been living in Africa in recent years. The Shin Bet said Mr Segev met with his operators twice in Iran, and also met with Iranian agents in hotels and apartments around the world. Mr Segev was given a "secret communications system to encrypt messages" with his operators. The statement said that Mr Segev maintained connections with Israeli civilians who had ties to the country's security and foreign relations. It said he acted to connect them with Iranian agents who posed as businessmen. Israel and Iran are bitter enemies, and the allegations against Mr Segev are extremely grave. Israel considers Iran to be its biggest threat, citing Iranian calls for Israel's destruction, Iran's support for hostile militant groups like Hezbollah and its development of long-range missiles.

DHS Secretary Claims There’s No Family Separation Policy, ‘Period'

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended her

Parents hit with £100,000 bill after child knocks over a statue

A family has been asked to pay nearly £100,000 after a child knocked over a valuable sculpture in a community centre. The five-year-old boy was caught on CCTV touching the artwork in the community centre in Overland Park, Kansas. Now the community centre want the boy’s mother, Sarah Goodman, to pay for the the Aphrodite di Kansas City work which has been valued at $132,000 (£99,400).

Chart-topping rapper XXXTentacion shot dead at 20

XXXTentacion, the troubled 20-year-old rapper whose grim, often suicidal rhymes propelled him to the top of the US chart just months ago, was shot dead Monday in Florida in a possible robbery, authorities said. The rapper, whose lyrics were filled with insecurity and his real life marred by violence, was gunned down in broad daylight near a motorcycle store in Deerfield Beach north of Miami, the Broward County sheriff's department said. The artist whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Immigrant kids seen held in fenced cages at border facility

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets.

Photographer Reveals Heartbreaking Story Behind Viral Photo of Crying Toddler at the Border

He said the photo made him emotional.

Kendall And Kylie Jenner Wish Heartfelt Happy Father's Day To Caitlyn

Caitlyn Jenner's model daughters got sentimental on Father's Day.

Remnants of hurricane help crews in Colorado, Wyoming fires

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A welcome dose of rain spawned by a hurricane that churned through the Pacific has given a boost in the battle against two large wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming.

Trump lawyer shrugs off Roger Stone meeting with Russian over Clinton dirt

Roger Stone, a sometime adviser to Trump, has said he expects Mueller to indict him in order to ‘silence’ him. Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Sunday he “doubted” the president knew about a newly reported May 2016 meeting between sometime adviser Roger Stone and a Russian offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton, then Trump’s rival for the White House. “I doubt it,” Rudy Giuliani told CNN’s State of the Union.

South Korea Defense Ministry Confirms Suspension of Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Drills Originally Planned for August

The South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that their major military exercise with the US planned for August has been suspended.

Here's How to Stop North Korea from Cheating on Denuclearization

Now that North Korea has agreed at the Singapore summit to work towards denuclearization certain elements will need to be in any nuclear deal for the agreement to be effective. Despite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s more recent suggestions that he is open to denuclearizing if the United States were to provide security guarantees for the regime, North Korea has a significantly longer history of arguing that it would never do so.

FARC peace deal at risk as conservative Duque wins Colombia presidency

Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election Sunday after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels that he pledged to overhaul. Duque, 41, polled 54 percent to his leftist rival Gustavo Petro's 42 percent with almost all the votes counted, electoral authority figures showed. Tensions over the deal became apparent in the immediate aftermath of Duque's victory, after the president-elect lost no time in pledging "corrections" to the peace deal.

Emilia Clarke Says Goodbye To ‘Game Of Thrones’ In A Heartfelt Post

The Breaker of Chains has broken our hearts.

New Jersey Mom Gives Birth to 'Youngest Survivor' of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

She was one month pregnant during the shooting.

Lucy Hale Says She Was Assaulted: 'It's Happened To Me'

It appears stories from the recent Me Too movement hit close to home for

Column: Koepka wins an Open where the whiners go home early

SOUTHAMPTON (AP) — The whiners went home early, beaten down by Shinnecock Hills and the USGA's clumsy efforts to turn the venerable golf course into something it was never meant to be.

Donald Trump defends 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy amid fury over separated children

Donald Trump dug in his heels over a controversial "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has seen thousands of children forcibly separated from their parents at the Mexican border. Mr Trump pointed to Europe, which he said had become a "migrant camp," and said that would not happen to the United States under his leadership. Speaking at the White House the US president said: "The United States will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. You look at what's happening in Europe, and in other places, we cannot allow that to happen. Not on my watch." Mr Trump spoke amid an uproar among Democrats and Republicans as images of children being held in wire mesh cages, and toddlers crying as they were separated from their mothers, emerged from the border. The president said criminals were using children like a "Trojan horse" to get into America, that "a county without borders is not a country at all," and that people coming in were bringing "death and destruction". He added: "They are thieves and murderers and so much else." A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the US-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 Credit: John Moore/Getty Images Criticising the more open immigration policies of his European Nato allies Mr Trump wrote on Twitter: "Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!" He specifically mentioned Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, falsely suggesting "crime in Germany is way up" and immigration was why "the people of Germany are turning against their leadership". Mr Trump went on to attack Democrats in Congress, blaming them for the separation of families at the border because they had created "horrible laws" and had been "weak and ineffective". The "zero-tolerance" policy was introduced by Jeff Sessions, Mr Trump's attorney general, in April. It means all adults caught crossing the border illegally are detained and prosecuted, rather than being released while they await proceedings. Their children are removed and held in separate facilities. Over a six-week period at least 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. Kirstjen Nielsen, Mr Trump's homeland security secretary, defended the measures. Commenting at the National Sheriffs' Association, she said releasing parents with their children would amount to a "get out of jail free card" for illegal immigrants. She later described suggestions that the children were being held as pawns, and used as a deterrent, as “offensive”. “The children are not being used as pawns,” she said. “We are trying to protect the children, which is why we want Congress to act.” Asked why Mr Trump did not pick up the phone to order the policy of “zero tolerance” be immediately halted, she replied: “I think what the president is trying to do is find a long term fix.” “These parents and children who enter the country illegally are by definition criminals,” she said. People detained by US Border Patrol agents at the Central Processing Center in McAllen Credit: AFP Asked whether the policy was tantamount to child abuse, she replied: “Unfortunately I am not in any situation to deal with hearsay stories. Of course we do not want any situation where a child is not adequately taken care of.” She insisted that people wishing to seek asylum should do so at an official border crossing, rather than attempting to enter illegally, and said that people who were turned away from the border because of overcrowding were told to come back another day. Hundreds of children are being held at a converted former Walmart store in Texas. Another detention centre in Texas has been nicknamed La Perrera - "the dog kennel" in Spanish. Democrat politicians who were allowed to tour "La Perrera" saw one cage with 20 children inside. Children were sleeping on the floor on thin mattresses with foil sheets as blankets. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat senator, said: "I witnessed loads of kids massed together in large pens of chain-linked fence separated from their moms and dads. Shameful." Michelle Brane, director of the Women’s Refugee Commission, said she found an unaccompanied four-year-old in a detention centre. She said: "The girl was so traumatised that she wasn’t talking. She was just curled up in a little ball." It is the Democrats fault for being weak and ineffective with Boarder Security and Crime. Tell them to start thinking about the people devastated by Crime coming from illegal immigration. Change the laws!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2018 Another young boy was silent in his cage, clutching a photocopy of his mother’s identity card. Amnesty International said the treatment of children "meets the definitions of torture under both US and international law". It said: "This is a spectacularly cruel policy where frightened children are being ripped from their parent’s arms and taken to overflowing detention centers which are effectively cages." Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said they were “not the ones who created the problem”, and insisted they were determined to fix it. “The president himself has said that he hates these images, and he wants it to be fixed. It’s Congress’s job to make the law. The president would sign legislation that closes these loopholes. “People should be begging at the door of Congress asking them to fix this.” Mr Sessions, speaking at the same meeting in New Orleans, said if a border wall was built then "we won't face these terrible choices". Congress is expected to consider two bills this week aimed at resolving immigration issues. Democrats have accused Mr Trump of using the separation of families as a "negotiating tool" to secure more funding for the border wall in any bill that passes. ‘This is a moral and humanitarian crisis.’ — @HillaryClinton is calling out the Trump administration for detaining immigrant children pic.twitter.com/7MumjlplZQ— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 18, 2018 Laura Bush, the former first lady, joined a chorus of criticism, saying the separation of families was "cruel, immoral and breaks my heart". She compared it to the "shameful" internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War. Former first lady Rosalyn Carter called the “zero tolerance” policy “disgraceful” and “a shame to our country.” “When I was first lady, I worked to call attention to the plight of refugees fleeing Cambodia for Thailand, I visited Thailand and witnessed firsthand the trauma of parents and children separated by circumstance beyond their control,” Carter said in a statement obtained by ABC News. “The practice and policy today of removing children from their parents’ care at our border with Mexico is disgraceful and a shame to our country," the statement continued. A senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services said up to 30,000 illegal immigrant children could be held by the end of August, and it was "running out of space". Several military bases in Texas are being considered as sites for temporary tented shelters.

Toyota confirms production of 986bhp GR Super Sport

Since the Toyota MR2 went out of production in 2007 there hasn't been much evidence of sportiness in the Japanese automaker's lineup beyond the somewhat underpowered GT86, but that's about to change in a big way as it's now been confirmed a production version of the 986 horsepower GR Super Sport is in the pipeline. At the moment we only have images of the concept first shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January of this year, but news of a production version was released by Toyota on the eve of the Les Mans 24 hour race. This isn't the first time Toyota has looked at building a production Le Mans racer, because in 1998 the company brought us the GT-One (TS020) Le Mans Prototype where a road-going concept was produced with a view towards building a handful of production models.

Syrian, Iraqi forces say U.S. bombs military border positions, U.S. denies

By Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian state media said on Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied it was responsible. The attack took place in al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state news agency SANA said, citing a military source. A commander in the alliance fighting alongside Damascus told Reuters that drones that were "probably American" had bombed the positions of Iraqi factions between Albu Kamal and Tanf, as well as Syrian military positions.

S. Korea holds war games to defend against Japan

South Korea on Monday began two days of war games to practise defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast -- against an unlikely attack by Japan. The drills come just days after President Donald Trump announced the suspension of long-running US joint exercises with South Korea -- aimed at deterring North Korea -- calling them expensive and "provocative". The two-day exercise -- tiny compared with the suspended US-South Korea war games -- will involve six warships and seven aircraft and had begun, Seoul's defence ministry said.

Widebody Subaru BRZ With LS3 V8 Engine Is Over-The-Top Tuning

With an engine over three times the size of the original, this is the BRZ many people want.

British Man Accidentally Kills Himself While Demonstrating 'Stab-Proof' Vest

Jordan Easton mistakenly thought he was wearing a vest that was 'stab-proof,' authorities said.

Chris Pratt 'Dying To Get Back Together' With 'Parks And Recreation' Cast

Let's get the Pawnee gang back together.

Republicans risking conservative backlash over immigration

NEW YORK (AP) — The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party's most animating issues and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost the GOP control of the House in November.

Fans Cheering World Cup Goal May Have Caused 'Artificial Earthquake' In Mexico City

Mexico shocked the soccer world Sunday when it defeated defending champions

Weekend Rewind: Federal judge reverses Manafort's bail

Take a look the top stories that happened over the weekend, including the reversal of fortune for President Trump's former campaign head Paul Manafort.