| No Images? Click here  Monday, June 18TRUMP TEAM CUTS TIES WITH POLLSTERS President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has reportedly severed ties with some of its pollsters after leaks of dismal internal polling data that showed him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in several key states. [HuffPost]POMPEO BLAMES IRAN FOR TALIBAN ATTACK As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo railed against Iran in the wake of Thursday’s attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, he also blamed the nation for a recent assault in Afghanistan claimed by the Taliban. [HuffPost]COP AIMS GUN AT BLACK FAMILY A disturbing video captured a Phoenix police officer aiming a gun, yelling obscenities and threatening to shoot a black family after their 4-year-old daughter walked out of a store with a doll last month. [HuffPost]IRAN WILL BREAK URANIUM STOCKPILE LIMIT Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country’s atomic agency said. Iran also has the need for uranium enriched up to 20%, close to weapons-grade levels. [AP]BLACKOUT HITS MILLIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday in what the Argentine president called an “unprecedented” failure in the countries’ power grid. [AP]ISRAELI PM’S WIFE FINED $15,000 A Jerusalem magistrate court on Sunday sentenced Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to pay a fine of more than $15,000 for misusing state funds. Sara Netanyahu was accused of misusing $100,000 in state money on lavish meals. [AP]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  TRUMP ‘HOPES’ N.K. ISN’T BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS Trump said he doesn’t know if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is still building nuclear weapons — but said, “I hope not.” Speaking about the potential nuclear threat, Trump stressed the “very strong relationship” he’d forged with Kim. [HuffPost]WEST VIRGINIA SENATE BATTLES TEACHERS AGAIN West Virginia teachers successfully went on strike in February to protest a bill that would open up the state to charter schools and help students pay for alternatives the public education system. Earlier this month, the state Senate passed two similar bills, but made it harder for the educators to strike. [HuffPost]HONG KONG UNREST CONTINUES Hong Kong’s top official, Carrie Lam, apologized to residents on Sunday night, saying that the government’s “inadequacies” have “caused huge friction and dispute in the society” and “disappointed and saddened the people of Hong Kong.” [HuffPost]FARMERS BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE FLOOD HELL Panicked farmers throughout the Midwest are facing the increasing probability that vast tracts of fields will remain unplanted or crops will fail this year as much of their land remains under water or too sodden for farm equipment and plants. [HuffPost]WILL 2020 DEMS REPAIR AMERICA’S SOCIAL SAFETY NET? For all their ambitious proposals on Medicare and climate change, neither congressional Democrats nor 2020 hopefuls have shown much interest in expanding the monthly benefits low-income Americans receive, even though they have a proven track record of helping families escape poverty. [HuffPost]ISRAEL TO NAME SETTLEMENT AFTER TRUMP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has inaugurated a small settlement named after Trump in the occupied Golan Heights territory. The new town is known as “Ramat Trump,” which is Hebrew for “Trump Heights.” [HuffPost]
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