| No Images? Click here  Thursday, June 27THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY Ten candidates stood on stage at the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 cycle Wednesday, but the left ruled the night. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed issues, including decriminalizing unauthorized migrant crossings and “Medicare for All,” to the forefront of the party conversation. [HuffPost]FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST DEBATE The Democratic debate featured so many new faces that much of its airtime was devoted to introductions and basic platform outlines. But we still learned some things from the two-hour showdown. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S HORRIFIC ASYLUM POLICIES BLASTED A coalition of American asylum officers urged a federal court to block the Trump administration from returning some migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. to Mexico, saying the policy was “contrary to the moral fabric of our Nation.” [HuffPost]PRESIDENT RILED BY RAPINOE President Donald Trump responded to a disparaging comment by Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, by chastising her for “disrespect[ing] our Country” and invoking the black unemployment rate in a bizarre series of tweets. [HuffPost]EMBATTLED GOP REP. ACCUSED OF GROPING STAFFER A former Capitol Hill staffer has accused Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) of sexual harassment, the latest in a string of scandals to beset the lawmaker as he faces criminal prosecution for allegedly misusing campaign money to fund a lavish lifestyle and several extramarital affairs. [HuffPost]FORMER GYNO ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING 16 WOMEN The former longtime gynecologist at the University of Southern California was charged with sexually assaulting 16 women at the student health center, the first criminal counts in a case that already has seen USC offer to pay $215 million to settle potentially thousands of civil claims. [AP]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  2020 LONG SHOTS EXPOSE DEMOCRATS’ FOREIGN POLICY TENSION During Wednesday’s debate, a tussle between Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) about the U.S. role in Afghanistan highlighted hard truths for the party as it vies to win voters’ trust. [HuffPost]BOSTON APPROVES STRAIGHT PRIDE APPLICATION Boston officials have approved an application that would allow a group to hold a “Straight Pride Parade” meant to counter the city’s annual LGBTQ Pride Parade. The application was sent by Super Happy Fun America, whose slogan is, “it’s great to be straight.” [HuffPost]TRUMP: IF U.S. IS ATTACKED, JAPAN CAN WATCH ON TV President Donald Trump again lamented what he views as an unequal military alliance, claiming that if the U.S. is attacked, Japan "doesn't have to help us at all" and "can watch it on the Sony television." [CNN]ANGELA MERKEL SEEN SHAKING AGAIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen trembling once again during a ceremony in Berlin on Thursday, eight days after a similar incident, which Mrs Merkel had blamed on dehydration. “The federal chancellor is fine," spokesman Steffen Seibert said. [BBC]PARENTS OF DEAD GIRL ‘HOPED FOR BETTER LIFE’ The parents of a 6-year-old girl who died of heat stroke this month while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border are speaking up about the “desperate” choice they made to seek asylum in America. [HuffPost]FAA DISCOVERS NEW BOEING 737 MAX RISK The Federal Aviation Administration discovered another potential risk in Boeing’s 737 Max 8 jets, which were grounded in the U.S. and abroad in March after 346 people died in two separate crashes involving the plane. [HuffPost]
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