U.S. border agents fire tear gas at migrants

Children were left screaming and coughing in the mayhem. No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Monday, November 26 BORDER AGENTS TEAR GAS MIGRANTS Migrants approaching the border from Mexico were hit with tear gas fired by U.S. agents after several tried to breach a fence separating the two countries. The gas left children screaming and coughing in the mayhem. Activists, Democratic politicians and others reacted with shock at the scenes, but Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended her agency’s actions, saying DHS “will not tolerate this type of lawlessness.” [AP] Tweet | Share on Facebook] TENSIONS ESCALATE NEAR CRIMEA Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels, wounding several crew members, after a tense standoff in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian lawmakers will consider a presidential request for the introduction of martial law following the incident. [AP] COMPANIES ABANDONING MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN Major League Baseball wants the campaign of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to return a $5,000 donation. Walmart, AT&T, Leidos, Union Pacific and Boston Scientific have all made similar requests after reports that she recently made a joke about attending a “public hanging.” [HuffPost] TRUMP BACKER: MUELLER REPORT WILL BE ‘DEVASTATING’ Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor and frequent defender of Trump, had a grim prediction regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. “I think the report is going to be devastating to the president,” he said. [HuffPost] REPUBLICANS SHRIG OFF CLIMATE REPORT GOP senators retreated to well-trod talking points when pressed about an alarming federal report detailing the impact of unchecked greenhouse emissions on American livelihoods, agriculture, the economy and the environment. The Trump administration tried to minimize the findings by releasing the report the day after Thanksgiving. [HuffPost] KASICH MULLING TRUMP CHALLENGE Outgoing Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he’s “very seriously” considering a White House bid in 2020 against Trump. The Republican leader, a two-time presidential candidate, told ABC’s “This Week” that he’s been discussing the possibility of running for the GOP nomination “virtually every day.” [HuffPost]         LIBERALS TARGET SCOTUS The recent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and Republicans’ 2016 stonewalling of Merrick Garland have upended liberals’ view of the Supreme Court as a protector of key constitutional rights. Now, progressives are starting to talk about how to challenge the power of the sitting Supreme Court. [HuffPost] LEWANDOWSKI PENS ‘DEEP STATE’ CONSPIRACY BOOK A new book by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and ex-deputy manager David Bossie claims the presidency is being sabotaged by a network of “embedded enemies” throughout the federal government, echoing Trump’s “Deep State” paranoia. [HuffPost] NAZI CAMP GUARD CHARGED A 95-year-old man has been charged in Berlin with more than 36,000 counts of being an accessory to murder on allegations that he served as a guard at the Nazis’ Mauthausen concentration camp. [HuffPost] EU APPROVES BREXIT DEAL European Union leaders approved an agreement on Britain’s departure next year — the first time a member country will leave the 28-nation bloc. [AP] MASS CASUALTIES IN SYRIA GAS ATTACK Syria accused insurgents of wounding more than 100 people in a suspected toxic gas attack in Aleppo. [Reuters] CAMP FIRE 'CONTAINED' Northern California’s devastating Camp fire blaze that engulfed more than 153,000 acres, killing at least 85 people and destroying nearly 14,000 homes, has finally been contained. [HuffPost]       “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski got married Saturday in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington. NASA’s deputy associate administrator for exploration, Steve Clarke, said the space agency is looking to get humans to Mars sometime in the 2030s. This bear sauntered into a police facility on two legs — like he worked there. As many as 145 pilot whales died after becoming stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand. Amid growing concern over pro-Kremlin propaganda in the region, the BBC launched its Serbian service following a suggestion from Britain’s Foreign Office. A judge rejected a bid by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to delay his two-week prison term, saying he must surrender Monday as scheduled. Matthew Hedges, the British academic jailed for life for spying in the UAE, has been pardoned. Here’s Rainn Wilson urban farming in Los Angeles. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez burns Fox News for being “obsessed” with her. Park officials in Vancouver are scrambling to catch a peckish river otter who has dined on seven prized koi fish from a pond at the city’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Amid growing concern over pro-Kremlin propaganda in the region, the BBC launched its Serbian service following a suggestion from Britain’s Foreign Office. At 3 p.m. ET today, the NASA InSight spacecraft will try to land on Mars. Researchers described the tricky culmination of the mission as “seven minutes of terror.” Do you always feel cold? This is why. This pet peacock ran away from home — and took up with a flock of wild turkeys. “Ralph Breaks the Internet” registered the second-largest Thanksgiving five-day box office take of all time, followed by “Creed II,” which took the largest holiday opening ever for a live-action film. Love this newsletter? Share it with a friend!      HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. Start your workday the right way with the news that matters most — all with a dash of signature Morning Email snark. Does somebody keep forwarding you this email? Get your own copy. It's free! Sign up here. Check out HuffPost Politics for more of the good stuff. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe     - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe