| No Images? Click here  Friday, June 28KAMALA TAKES COMMAND The second Democratic debate swiftly devolved into indecipherable crosstalk between the 10 candidates. Sen. Kamala Harris cut through the noise, however, and pointedly told former Vice President Joe Biden how much he had hurt her when he had boasted about working with two well-known segregationists and talked about his opposition to busing. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]TRUMP TO PUTIN: DON’T MEDDLE IN OUR ELECTION! President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin joked about election meddling on Friday at the G-20 summit in Japan. “Don’t meddle in the election,” Trump said to Putin, then wagged a finger and repeated, “Don’t meddle in the election.” [HuffPost]WOMAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AFTER MISCARRIAGE An Alabama woman who reportedly suffered a miscarriage after being shot in the abdomen has been charged with manslaughter in the death of the fetus. Marshae Jones, 27 was accused of starting a Dec. 4 fight with another woman who fired the shot. [HuffPost]SHOOTING NEAR FRENCH MOSQUE An unidentified gunman shot and wounded an imam and one other person Thursday in front of a mosque in the western French city of Brest, then killed himself, police said. France’s interior minister ordered security tightened at places of worship around the country. [AP]GENOA BRIDGE DEMOLISHED IN DRAMATIC EXPLOSION The two remaining towers of Genoa's Morandi Bridge were blown up in a controlled explosion on Friday, nearly a year after the structure collapsed in a disaster that killed 43 people. [CNN]DUBAI RULER CONDEMNS RUNAWAY WIFE IN VERSE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has written a furious poem denouncing treachery and betrayal after his wife, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the daughter of the King of Jordan, secretly fled to Europe with her son Zayed, 7, and daughter Al Jalila, 11. [The Daily Beast]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  ‘MEDICARE FOR ALL’ IS THE NEW DEM STANDARD In a stark contrast from a decade ago, “Medicare for All” is the standard against which all the Democratic candidates’ health care plans are measured. There’s a real chance that Democrats will nominate a candidate who actively supports the creation of a universal, national health care system. [HuffPost]KAGAN CALLS OUT CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denounced the high court’s five conservative justices who essentially greenlighted the practice of partisan gerrymandering, arguing that the majority shirked the court’s responsibility to help protect democracy. [HuffPost]2020 DEMS BACK DECRIMINALIZING BORDER CROSSINGS All but two candidates participating in Thursday’s debate backed a proposal to decriminalize unauthorized border crossings, reflecting the growing influence of former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA BANS HAIR DISCRIMINATION California lawmakers have passed a bill protecting black people from hair discrimination, potentially making it the first state to do so. The legislation, proposed by state Sen. Holly Mitchell (D), a black woman, would outlaw policies that punish black employees and K-12 students for wearing their natural hair. [HuffPost]FAR-RIGHT EXTREMIST CONFESSES TO POLITICIAN’S MURDER Close to 10,000 people gathered in central Germany to protest far-right extremism after an avowed neo-Nazi confessed to murdering pro-migrant politician Walter Lübcke. [HuffPost]NASA PLANS TO SEND DRONE TO SATURN NASA is sending a drone to explore Saturn’s largest moon. The space agency said the Dragonfly mission will fly over Titan, exploring different locations on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life. [AP]
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