| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, June 25 E. JEAN CARROL HITS BACK AT TRUMP’S RAPE DENIAL E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who has accused President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, hit back at the president after he denied the allegation and tried to insult her appearance by claiming she was “not his type.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]ICE INCARCERATES ILL, PREGNANT MOTHER Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport a severely ill pregnant mother with her two children on Wednesday, even though she’s still fighting her removal order in court. [HuffPost]IRANIAN PRESIDENT SLAMS WHITE HOUSE Iran on Tuesday sharply criticized new U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and other top officials, saying the measures spell the “permanent closure” for diplomacy. For his part, Iran’s president described the White House as “afflicted by mental retardation.” [AP]KIDS REMOVED FROM DANGEROUS DETENTION CENTER The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 kids detained there were caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation. [AP]GREEN BERET’S WIDOW SPEAKS Just hours after Michelle Melgar spoke to her husband, Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, for the last time, his teammates broke into his room to haze him. By morning, he was dead. Michelle declined interviews since her husband was killed and his teammates were charged with murder -- until now. [Daily Beast]GERMAN TOWN KEEPS NAZI FESTIVAL BEER-FREE Neo-Nazis were met with a sober welcome last week when they arrived in the town of Ostritz in Saxony to attend a right-wing music festival. A court had ruled that no alcohol could be served or consumed at the event, and Ostritz locals reportedly banded together to buy all the beer in town, just to be sure. [HuffPost]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  PLEASE TAX US MORE, SAY BILLIONAIRES Nineteen U.S. billionaires are calling for a new wealth tax on their fortunes to help battle income inequality and boost public revenue. “America has a moral, ethical and economic responsibility to tax our wealth more,” they declared in a letter addressed to the “2020 Presidential Candidates.” [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS MAY SOON CLOSE HORSE TRACKS The California Legislature passed a bill on Monday that would give horse racing officials broad authority to move or suspend races, just days after the conclusion of a racing season that saw 30 horses die at the state’s popular Santa Anita Park. [HuffPost]SHAREHOLDERS TAKE AIM AT NEO-NAZIS For months, Mastercard has tried to suffocate the creation of an internal committee that would monitor payments to white supremacists and far-right extremists. But on Tuesday, renegade shareholders will finally force a vote on the matter during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. [HuffPost]COMMON DRUGS LINKED TO DEMENTIA RISK A study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found a possible link between anticholinergic drugs and an increased risk of dementia. The link is strongest for antidepressants, bladder antimuscarinics, antipsychotics and antiepileptic drugs. [CNN]INSLEE: PROSECUTE THE POLLUTERS! Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, whose 2020 Democratic campaign for the White House is entirely centered on climate change, is out with a new proposal to end federal support for fossil fuel production and make the industry pay for some of the damages emissions are causing. [HuffPost]WATCHDOG TO INVESTIGATE DELAY ON HARRIET TUBMAN BILL The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog said it would investigate why a new $20 bill featuring the abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been delayed by the Trump administration. [HuffPost]
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