| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, June 19FEARMONGERING TRUMP WANTS 4 MORE YEARS President Donald Trump formally launched his reelection campaign at a packed-to-the-rafters rally in Orlando, Florida, officially moving to continue one of the most divisive administrations in modern history for four more years. [HuffPost]CALL FOR SAUDI PRINCE TO BE INVESTIGATED OVER KHASHOGGI DEATH An independent UN human rights expert investigating the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling for an investigation into the possible involvement of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, citing “credible evidence”. [AP]CONGO VIOLENCE LEAVES AT LEAST 240 DEAD Resurgent violence in Ituri province, long a flashpoint for ethnic tensions in Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, has reportedly killed at least 240 people since last week, and the toll is expected to rise. More than 300,000 others have fled their homes, according to the United Nations. [Reuters]SENATORS TURN TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT BORDER The top Republican and Democrat on a key Senate panel have agreed on a $4.6 billion measure to house and care for refugees flocking across the U.S.-Mexico border. This marks a long-delayed step toward averting a humanitarian tragedy at overcrowded, inadequate federal facilities in the Southwest. [AP]4 WOMAN SUE INDIANA AG FOR HARASSMENT Four women who accused Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill of groping them at a party last year filed a federal lawsuit against him, alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, gender discrimination and defamation. [HuffPost]NEARLY 1 IN 100 PEOPLE ON EARTH DISPLACED More than 70 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence or persecution, the United Nations said, as the global migrant crisis pushed the number of refugees and displaced people to a new all-time high. [CNN]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  EX-GOP CONGRESSMAN TEARS INTO TRUMP 2020 “This is a president who is in trouble tonight politically in terms of his own reelection,” former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) said Tuesday. “It is still early, but this is a president who needs to move in the polls and he didn’t get it done tonight.” [HuffPost]FOX NEWS’ CARLSON ADVISES TRUMP AGAINST WAR As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate, the voices and opinions of figures like Mike Pompeo and John Bolton have predominated. But there’s been another in the president’s ear: that of Fox News host Tucker Carlson. [The Daily Beast]POSTAL SERVICE WANTS TO SLASH WORKER BENEFITS The U.S. Postal Service wants Congress to help it make significant cuts to employee benefits, according to a draft business plan HuffPost obtained. The proposal would save an estimated $18 billion on employee compensation over a decade. [HuffPost]MCCONNELL REJECTS REPARATIONS Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed the idea of modern-day reparations for slavery, arguing that civil rights legislation and former President Barack Obama’s election show they are unnecessary. [HuffPost]ANOTHER DOMINICAN TOURIST DEATH CONFIRMED A New Jersey man is the ninth and latest American tourist to die in a series of strange occurrences in the Dominican Republic now being probed by the FBI. Joseph Allen, 55, was found dead in his room at the Terra Linda Resort in Sosúa on Thursday, CNN reported. [HuffPost]RACE FOR BRITISH PM INTENSIFIES The race to succeed Theresa May as British prime minister is entering its crucial stage. Conservative lawmakers will shortly select two candidates for the final decision on who will take on the twice fatal Brexit challenge. And increasingly, eyes aren’t focused on bombastic front-runner Boris Johnson, but an insurgent outsider. [CNN]
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