| No Images? Click here  Monday, July 8DHS CHIEF DEFENDS DETENTIONS Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan defended conditions at the Border Patrol’s migrant detention centers, saying there is “adequate food and water.” Recent troubling reports have highlighted the facilities’ unsafe and unsanitary environments. [HuffPost]BIOGRAPHER TWEETS TRUMP QUOTE ON CREEP EPSTEIN Donald Trump biographer Tim O’Brien tweeted an old quote from the president about his one-time pal, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. It’s “even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side,” Trump said of Epstein, who has been arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking dozens of minors. [HuffPost]U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WINS WORLD CUP The United States has secured its fourth Women’s World Cup title, beating the Netherlands 2-0. Sunday’s win at Stade de Lyon in France marked the team’s second consecutive World Cup victory and its 12th consecutive win in World Cup matches. This sets a new record for consecutive wins. [HuffPost]CA EARTHQUAKES ‘A WAKEUP CALL’ California is on edge after a series of major earthquakes rattled the region during the holiday weekend. While damage was relatively minor, hundreds of temblors continued to shake the region and officials have urged Californians to rethink preparedness for the next “big one.” [HuffPost]COUPLE FORCED TO GIVE UP BABIES AFTER IVF MIXUP A Queens couple who tried to conceive through IVF says in a lawsuit that the fertility clinic accidentally transferred embryos from two other couples — and they had to give up the babies once they were born. [The Daily Beast]DISNEY STAR DEAD AT 20 Actor Cameron Boyce, who grew up in the public eye starring in Disney Channel shows like “Jessie” and the “Descendants” franchise, died on Saturday at the age of 20. A spokesperson told ABC News that the actor had suffered a seizure “which was a result of an ongoing medical condition for which he was being treated.” [HuffPost]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  AMASH: GOP’ERS THANKED ME FOR SPEAKING OUT In his first interview since announcing his departure from the GOP, Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) said he was contacted by Republicans who privately supported his decision. “People call me saying, ‘Thank you for what you’re doing, great op-ed,’” Amash told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday. [HuffPost]TRUMP HITS BACK AT UK AMBASSADOR President Donald Trump took aim at the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the U.S., saying Sir Kim Darroch had “not served the U.K. well” after the ambassador lambasted the Trump administration as “inept” and “incompetent” in leaked diplomatic messages. [HuffPost]IRAN ANNOUNCES NEW VIOLATION OF NUCLEAR DEAL Iran announced it will raise its level of uranium enrichment, breaking another limit of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. [AP]DEM FISSURE BUILDS OVER IMMIGRATION A string of former Obama administration officials have railed against 2020 hopeful Julián Castro’s call to decriminalize border crossing, highlighting a widening split between the progressive primary field and parts of the party establishment. [HuffPost]PRINCIPAL: NOT EVERYONE BELIEVES THE HOLOCAUST HAPPENED A Florida high school principal appeared to defend Holocaust deniers when he was reportedly asked by a parent how his school teaches about the World War II atrocity and wrote that “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.” [HuffPost]HONG KONG PROTEST SHOWS NO SIGN OF WANING Thousands of people, many wearing black shirts and some carrying British flags, were marching in Hong Kong on Sunday, targeting a mainland Chinese audience as a month-old protest movement showed no signs of abating. [AP]
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