| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, July 10TRUMP SCOTUS PICK ‘CAN’T BE TRUSTED’ President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court — a judge who has argued that a president shouldn’t be burdened by lawsuits, investigations or indictments. Here’s everything you need to know about the right-wing nominee, whom Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — the man refused to hold hearings for Obama’s pick Merrick Garland — says the Democrats should treat fairly. Dems quickly lined up against the pick, with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) writing Kavanaugh “can’t be trusted.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]BORIS BOLTS The British government is close to collapse following the resignation of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over Brexit negotiations. Johnson’s resignation came a day after Brexit Secretary David Davis and his junior minister Steve Baker also stepped down. Compounding the fraught situation, Trump is due to arrive in the U.K. on Friday. [HuffPost]JUDGE RULES AGAINST LONG-TERM DETENTION OF KIDS A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s request to allow long-term detention of migrant children. Meanwhile, the White House is set to miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite about 100 children under age 5 with their parents after the Trump administration separated the families at the border. [Reuters]THAI RESCUE: DAY 3 An international team has rescued three more boys from the flooded cave system in Thailand. “If there are no abnormal factors, all five will come out today,” said the former Chiang Rai governor who has been leading the rescue effort. [HuffPost]TRUMP ‘STIFFED’ HIS CHAUFFEUR Noel Cintron, Trump’s former chauffeur, filed a lawsuit in New York state court on Monday against the Trump Organization, alleging he is owed “thousands of hours” of unpaid overtime. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA PROSECUTOR ON LEAVE AFTER UNHINGED WATERS RANT A San Bernardino County prosecutor has been placed on leave after posting a vicious attack on social media about Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). It read: “Being a loud-mouthed c**t in the ghetto you would think someone would have shot this b***h by now.” [HuffPost] ‘DEALMAKER’ BLAMES BEIJING Trump has blamed China for the apparent troubles plaguing the “deal” he made with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president on Twitter claimed Beijing “may be exerting negative pressure” on the process. [HuffPost]LIU XIAOBO’S WIDOW LEAVES CHINA Liu Xia, the widow of late Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning political dissident Liu Xiaobo, left China early Tuesday, bound for Berlin — after eight years under house arrest. [Reuters]MICHIGAN CLOSES IN ON VOTING RIGHTS BALLOT INITIATIVE Michigan civil rights groups are close to collecting enough signatures to give voters the chance in November to decide on a state constitutional amendment that would introduce a slew of reforms making it easier to vote. [HuffPost]SIMMONS SETTLES LAWSUIT Kiss rocker Gene Simmons has settled a lawsuit with a reporter who accused the rocker of groping her in November. [HuffPost]FRENCH SCIENTISTS COOK UP SOME ROCKET FUEL In a remote corner of South America, French scientists are creating a highly explosive rocket fuel for a new breed of space rockets. [BBC]NEW YORKER UNION RECOGNIZED The editor of The New Yorker magazine has said management will recognize the staff’s union. [CNN]
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