| No Images? Click here  Thursday, July 11SHOW THEM THE MONEY Besides winning the World Cup, the U.S. Women’s National Team has done something truly amazing. They got the whole country talking about equal pay for women. The wage gap has became the subject of conversation on sports radio and in places typically unbothered by gender inequality. [HuffPost]ICE RAIDS BACK ON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials plan to launch nationwide raids and arrest thousands of undocumented immigrants as soon as this weekend, The New York Times reported. [HuffPost]IRANIAN BOATS ATTEMPTED TO STEAL BRITISH TANKER Five armed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats unsuccessfully tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday, according to two U.S. officials with direct knowledge. [CNN]MOTHER WHOSE DAUGHTER DIED AFTER ICE CUSTODY SPEAKS Yazmin Juárez sat in front of a House subcommittee and described how her 21-month-old daughter, Mariee, crossed the border healthy last year, but died of respiratory illnesses after leaving Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. [HuffPost]THE UK AMBASSADOR’S FINAL STRAW Several factors led to Kim Darroch’s decision to leave his role as U.K. ambassador to the U.S., from being disinvited from key meetings by President Donald Trump, to fresh derogatory Trump tweets and a personal sense of duty. But it was Boris Johnson’s lack of public support that may truly have spelled the end of Darroch’s tenure. [HuffPost]DOE SHIPPED NUCLEAR WASTE TO NEVADA FOR YEARS The U.S. Department of Energy shipped potentially dangerous nuclear material incorrectly labeled as low-level radioactive waste into Nevada for several years, the governor said. [HuffPost]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  ACOSTA DEFENDS HANDLING OF EPSTEIN CASE Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta defended the deal he hatched as a federal prosecutor with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2008, helping the financier avoid harsh punishment and keep under wraps the details of allegations he had raped or abused dozens of young girls in his Florida mansion. [HuffPost]AIR FORCE GENERAL ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT A senior military officer has accused an Air Force general tapped to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of sexual misconduct. The accusation may have an effect on his nomination. [AP]D.C. MAYOR ASKS TRUMP FOR REIMBURSEMENT AFTER 4TH Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has asked President Donald Trump to reimburse the city for approximately $1.7 million in costs related to his July 4 “Salute to America” celebration that featured military displays and a Trump speech. [HuffPost]AOC WOULD CONSIDER ABOLISHING DHS Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) said she would consider getting rid of the Department of Homeland Security, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. [HuffPost]CARLSON TAUNTS CRITICS AFTER RACIST RANT Tucker Carlson intensified his attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), calling her a “grievance monger” and saying he refuses to submit to calls that his show be taken off the air because Fox News has “got our back.” [HuffPost]VEGAS POLICE RELEASE REPORT ON 2017 MASSACRE Las Vegas police learned from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history to secure high-rise buildings overseeing open-air crowds and train more officers with rifles to stop a shooter in an elevated position, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. [AP]
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