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| House Democrats stage gun control sit-in for second day – live | House Democrats stage gun control sit-in for second day – live |
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| Obama to speak on immigration non-decision | |
| The president will hold a news conference shortly on the Supreme Court deadlock over his executive actions on immigration, the White House has announced. | |
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| Ryan to address media | |
| As the Democratic sit-in on the House floor continues, speaker Paul Ryan is preparing to address the media. Here’s a live video stream: | |
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| Clinton: court deadlock a 'reminder of harm Trump would do' | |
| Here’s Hillary Clinton’s statement on the court’s non-decision that blocks the president’s executive actions to defer deportations for up to 4m parents and family members of young immigrants. | |
| Clinton says that the decision is “unacceptable” and a “stark reminder of the harm Donald Trump would do to our families”: | |
| Today’s deadlocked decision from the Supreme Court is unacceptable, and show [sic] us all just how high the stakes are in this election. … in addition to throwing millions of families across our country into a state of uncertainty, this decision reminds us how much damage Senate Republicans are doing by refusing to consider President Obama’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court… | |
| This decision is also a stark reminder of the harm Donald Trump would do to our families, our communities, and our country. Trump has pledged to repeal President Obama’s executive actions on his first day in office. He has called Mexican immigrants ‘rapists’ and ‘murderers’. He has called for creating a deportation force to tear 11 million people from their families and their homes. | |
| Hillary Clinton statement Texas v. United States, which was also delivered in Spanish. pic.twitter.com/GT22oNuZP7 | |
| No statement yet from Trump. | |
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| Video: Democrats use Periscope to broadcast sit-in after cameras turned off | |
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| Supreme Court deadlock preserves block on Obama immigration program | |
| David Smith | |
| Barack Obama’s immigration program to protect some families from deportation relief remains blocked by a court order, after the supreme court deadlocked in a 4-4 tie, Guardian Washington correspondent David Smith reports: | |
| The opinion represents a significant blow to Obama during his final months in office. It will allow Republicans to claim victory in their argument that he overreached presidential powers and failed to protect America’s borders. | |
| It comes in an election year in which immigration has proven a bitterly divisive issue in the battle to succeed him. | |
| The court had heard arguments in April over whether to revive Obama’s plan to spare roughly 4 million undocumented immigrants – those who have lived illegally in the US at least since 2010, have no criminal record and have children who are US citizens or lawful permanent residents – from mass deportations that would rip many families apart. | |
| Related: Obama's sweeping immigration reforms blocked in 4-4 supreme court deadlock | |
| Entire immigration policy remains in in limbo. 11m undocumented, one candidate wants to deport all, one let them stay, Congress gridlocked. | |
| House speaker Paul Ryan proclaims vindication for the legislature over the power of the executive: | |
| BREAKING: President Obama's use of executive action to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants is now null and void: pic.twitter.com/hsDrVSS93a | |
| Separately, the Supreme Court upheld an affirmative action program at the University of Texas: | |
| Related: US supreme court upholds affirmative action at University of Texas | |
| The winner of the presidential race is likely to have the opportunity to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Antonin Scalia and to make additional appointments, shaping the court and the direction of national policy for a generation. | |
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| House minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s planned news conference has been bumped to this afternoon, around 2pm ET, provisionally. Speaker Paul Ryan is still on for around 11.30am. | House minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s planned news conference has been bumped to this afternoon, around 2pm ET, provisionally. Speaker Paul Ryan is still on for around 11.30am. |
| Huffington Post reporter Matt Fuller is at the scene: | Huffington Post reporter Matt Fuller is at the scene: |
| Steve Israel announces floor plans. Sounds like Dems are going to squeeze in as many people as possible until 12:30, then maybe end sit-in. | Steve Israel announces floor plans. Sounds like Dems are going to squeeze in as many people as possible until 12:30, then maybe end sit-in. |
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| Trump to visit Scotland to re-open golf course | Trump to visit Scotland to re-open golf course |
| Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to appear Friday morning at Trump Turnberry, a golf club in southwestern Scotland he bought two years ago, to officially mark its reopening after an extensive renovation. | Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to appear Friday morning at Trump Turnberry, a golf club in southwestern Scotland he bought two years ago, to officially mark its reopening after an extensive renovation. |
| “I paid all cash. I then spent a tremendous amount of money on renovating the hotel and the golf courses,” Trump told Reuters in a telephone interview. “It’s incredible.” | “I paid all cash. I then spent a tremendous amount of money on renovating the hotel and the golf courses,” Trump told Reuters in a telephone interview. “It’s incredible.” |
| It’s unclear how Trump may don the hat of statesman during his business trip. The results of the Brexit vote are expected to be announced – barring recounts in what appears to be a very tight fight – around the time that Trump pops up at Turnberry. | It’s unclear how Trump may don the hat of statesman during his business trip. The results of the Brexit vote are expected to be announced – barring recounts in what appears to be a very tight fight – around the time that Trump pops up at Turnberry. |
| On Saturday, Trump is scheduled to visit a golf investment outside Aberdeen, in the northeast, where some locals have prepared a special welcome: | On Saturday, Trump is scheduled to visit a golf investment outside Aberdeen, in the northeast, where some locals have prepared a special welcome: |
| Related: Mexican flags raised in view of Donald Trump's Scotland golf course | Related: Mexican flags raised in view of Donald Trump's Scotland golf course |
| Trump appears to be under some pressure with his golf investments (he owns twelve courses). A Reuters examination of them “shows that Trump has likely lost millions of dollars on his golf projects”: | Trump appears to be under some pressure with his golf investments (he owns twelve courses). A Reuters examination of them “shows that Trump has likely lost millions of dollars on his golf projects”: |
| The analysis shows high costs and modest current valuations. Using conservative estimates of the amount Trump has spent, he may be breaking even or making modest gains; on higher estimates – based on what Trump has said he is spending – he’s losing money. | The analysis shows high costs and modest current valuations. Using conservative estimates of the amount Trump has spent, he may be breaking even or making modest gains; on higher estimates – based on what Trump has said he is spending – he’s losing money. |
| Trump disputes the analysis. He said Reuters’ calculations overestimated what he had spent and underestimated the value of his investments. He declined to provide figures for his expenditure on courses or their current or future market values. | Trump disputes the analysis. He said Reuters’ calculations overestimated what he had spent and underestimated the value of his investments. He declined to provide figures for his expenditure on courses or their current or future market values. |
| Read more here. | Read more here. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| What could actually work to fix gun violence? | What could actually work to fix gun violence? |
| We’ve just published Part 4 of Lois Beckett’s investigation into gun control in the United States – where it went wrong and how to fix it. The latest installment of the series focuses on what policies might work to address gun violence and which might not. | We’ve just published Part 4 of Lois Beckett’s investigation into gun control in the United States – where it went wrong and how to fix it. The latest installment of the series focuses on what policies might work to address gun violence and which might not. |
| “Many of most promising strategies are not the ones you’re most likely to hear about on the news – or the ones your member of Congress may be talking about right now,” Lois writes: | “Many of most promising strategies are not the ones you’re most likely to hear about on the news – or the ones your member of Congress may be talking about right now,” Lois writes: |
| The first step is to move beyond some of the immediate, outraged proposals brought forward after each high-profile shooting. A ban on military-style assault weapons might save a small number of lives, but is unlikely to make a larger difference. America’s gun violence problem is so much bigger than mass shootings, whose victims represent only a tiny percentage of the overall toll of gun murders each year. | The first step is to move beyond some of the immediate, outraged proposals brought forward after each high-profile shooting. A ban on military-style assault weapons might save a small number of lives, but is unlikely to make a larger difference. America’s gun violence problem is so much bigger than mass shootings, whose victims represent only a tiny percentage of the overall toll of gun murders each year. |
| What can be done to address this much larger toll of gun violence, which leaves nearly 100,000 Americans killed or wounded each year? | What can be done to address this much larger toll of gun violence, which leaves nearly 100,000 Americans killed or wounded each year? |
| The problem here, for the most part, isn’t faulty guns or insufficient training. It’s dangerous people using guns effectively. The best approach to violence prevention is to zero in on that small number of high-risk people who are using guns to harm themselves or other people, and look at what might be done to prevent them. | The problem here, for the most part, isn’t faulty guns or insufficient training. It’s dangerous people using guns effectively. The best approach to violence prevention is to zero in on that small number of high-risk people who are using guns to harm themselves or other people, and look at what might be done to prevent them. |
| Many of most promising strategies are not the ones you’re most likely to hear about on the news – or the ones your member of Congress may be talking about right now. | Many of most promising strategies are not the ones you’re most likely to hear about on the news – or the ones your member of Congress may be talking about right now. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: What could actually work to fix gun violence in America – and what doesn't | Related: What could actually work to fix gun violence in America – and what doesn't |
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| How’s your electoral map shaping up? Larry Sabato over at the University of Virginia Center for Politics has Ohio for Clinton... and Florida... and Virginia, and North Carolina and Colorado and Nevada and New Mexico and Iowa and New Hampshire too: | How’s your electoral map shaping up? Larry Sabato over at the University of Virginia Center for Politics has Ohio for Clinton... and Florida... and Virginia, and North Carolina and Colorado and Nevada and New Mexico and Iowa and New Hampshire too: |
| New ratings from @kkondik and @LarrySabato project Dem electoral college wipeout of 347-191: https://t.co/HTPx1XeooP | New ratings from @kkondik and @LarrySabato project Dem electoral college wipeout of 347-191: https://t.co/HTPx1XeooP |
| Now take that list of states and give them all to Trump, with the exception of Florida. Clinton still wins, if she can hold on to the 18 states that have gone Democratic since 1992 plus Washington, DC (which awards three electoral votes): | Now take that list of states and give them all to Trump, with the exception of Florida. Clinton still wins, if she can hold on to the 18 states that have gone Democratic since 1992 plus Washington, DC (which awards three electoral votes): |
| It’s of interest that Sabato’s most recent map bears certain changes from his last version. Pennsylvania has actually crept toward the Republicans with Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee, based on the state’s preponderance of white, blue-collar voters and general drift rightward in recent election cycles. | It’s of interest that Sabato’s most recent map bears certain changes from his last version. Pennsylvania has actually crept toward the Republicans with Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee, based on the state’s preponderance of white, blue-collar voters and general drift rightward in recent election cycles. |
| On the other hand three states – Arizona, Georgia and Utah – move toward the Democrats in Sabato’s latest analysis of the current election. Read all about it here. | On the other hand three states – Arizona, Georgia and Utah – move toward the Democrats in Sabato’s latest analysis of the current election. Read all about it here. |
| GOP, 2015: “We have a great opportunity next year. We need to expand the party.”GOP, 2016: “Gee, I hope we can be competitive in Utah.” | GOP, 2015: “We have a great opportunity next year. We need to expand the party.”GOP, 2016: “Gee, I hope we can be competitive in Utah.” |
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| Pelosi and Ryan to hold news conferences | Pelosi and Ryan to hold news conferences |
| House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to hold a news conference in | House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to hold a news conference in |
| about an hour | about an hour |
| (update: that’s been bounced to this afternoon). Speaker Paul Ryan has a regular weekly news conference scheduled afterwards. | (update: that’s been bounced to this afternoon). Speaker Paul Ryan has a regular weekly news conference scheduled afterwards. |
| Hello again.The sit-in continues. The chamber is cold. Sheila Jackson Lee is wrapped in a white blanket. Trump slouches toward Washington. | Hello again.The sit-in continues. The chamber is cold. Sheila Jackson Lee is wrapped in a white blanket. Trump slouches toward Washington. |
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| Rumsfeld endorses Trump: 'not a close call' | Rumsfeld endorses Trump: 'not a close call' |
| Unapologetic Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld has endorsed his namesake presidential candidate, saying it was “not a close call”. | Unapologetic Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld has endorsed his namesake presidential candidate, saying it was “not a close call”. |
| “I’m a Republican, and there’s not any doubt in my mind how I’ll vote,” Rumsfeld told the Daily Mail. “I don’t believe Hillary Clinton is qualified to be President of the United States.” | “I’m a Republican, and there’s not any doubt in my mind how I’ll vote,” Rumsfeld told the Daily Mail. “I don’t believe Hillary Clinton is qualified to be President of the United States.” |
| Rumsfeld was secretary of defense under president Ford and president George W Bush, who has said he will sit out the presidential race this year, although he has gotten involved in down-ballot races, campaigning on behalf of senator John McCain. | Rumsfeld was secretary of defense under president Ford and president George W Bush, who has said he will sit out the presidential race this year, although he has gotten involved in down-ballot races, campaigning on behalf of senator John McCain. |
| Thank you to Donald Rumsfeld for the endorsement. Very much appreciated. Clinton's conduct has been "disqualifying." | Thank you to Donald Rumsfeld for the endorsement. Very much appreciated. Clinton's conduct has been "disqualifying." |
| Didn't you give a speech yesterday on how the Iraq War was the biggest disaster ever? https://t.co/cupNu8a4Ba | Didn't you give a speech yesterday on how the Iraq War was the biggest disaster ever? https://t.co/cupNu8a4Ba |
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| Ryan calls sit-in 'a publicity stunt' | Ryan calls sit-in 'a publicity stunt' |
| House speaker Paul Ryan late Wednesday called the Democratic sit-in a “publicity stunt”. | House speaker Paul Ryan late Wednesday called the Democratic sit-in a “publicity stunt”. |
| “This is nothing more than a publicity stunt,” Ryan told CNN (click through for video), observing that parallel legislation had already been defeated in the senate. | “This is nothing more than a publicity stunt,” Ryan told CNN (click through for video), observing that parallel legislation had already been defeated in the senate. |
| “We are not going to take a citizen’s constitutional rights without due process, that was already defeated in the senate, and this is not the way to try to bring up legislation. | “We are not going to take a citizen’s constitutional rights without due process, that was already defeated in the senate, and this is not the way to try to bring up legislation. |
| “This isn’t trying to come up with a solution to a problem. This is about trying to get attention.” | “This isn’t trying to come up with a solution to a problem. This is about trying to get attention.” |
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| Spencer Ackerman | Spencer Ackerman |
| “Attorneys for people caught on the US’s sprawling terrorism watchlists are expressing concern that the latest tactic by gun control advocates is blessing the legitimacy of a process they say threatens civil rights,” writes Guardian US national security editor Spencer Ackerman: | “Attorneys for people caught on the US’s sprawling terrorism watchlists are expressing concern that the latest tactic by gun control advocates is blessing the legitimacy of a process they say threatens civil rights,” writes Guardian US national security editor Spencer Ackerman: |
| As Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor on Wednesday demanding a vote to prevent people placed on FBI watchlists from purchasing firearms, lawyers and American Muslim rights groups feared the effort tacitly endorsed a system that they have for years argued lacks transparency and basic due process and disproportionately affects US Muslims. | As Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor on Wednesday demanding a vote to prevent people placed on FBI watchlists from purchasing firearms, lawyers and American Muslim rights groups feared the effort tacitly endorsed a system that they have for years argued lacks transparency and basic due process and disproportionately affects US Muslims. |
| They fear that civil rights concerns over watchlisting are becoming a casualty of political expediency by gun control advocates in a debate supercharged by the massacre of 49 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando on 12 June. | They fear that civil rights concerns over watchlisting are becoming a casualty of political expediency by gun control advocates in a debate supercharged by the massacre of 49 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando on 12 June. |
| “It’s ridiculous, the notion that somehow the watchlists are a reliable measuring stick for who should be deprived of an ability to purchase weapons,” said Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York and director of its Clear clinic, some of whose clients were wrongly watchlisted. | “It’s ridiculous, the notion that somehow the watchlists are a reliable measuring stick for who should be deprived of an ability to purchase weapons,” said Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York and director of its Clear clinic, some of whose clients were wrongly watchlisted. |
| “The discussion on gun control vastly overstates the reliability of the watchlists. They lack transparency and any available process to get off the lists if people believe they’ve been wrongly listed,” Kassem said. | “The discussion on gun control vastly overstates the reliability of the watchlists. They lack transparency and any available process to get off the lists if people believe they’ve been wrongly listed,” Kassem said. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Gun control based on terror watchlists is a threat to civil rights, advocates say | Related: Gun control based on terror watchlists is a threat to civil rights, advocates say |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. We are taking an immediate detour from the campaign trail this Thursday morning to check in on an extraordinary and ongoing protest on Capitol Hill on behalf of gun control. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. We are taking an immediate detour from the campaign trail this Thursday morning to check in on an extraordinary and ongoing protest on Capitol Hill on behalf of gun control. |
| Democrats in the House of Representatives, joined periodically by sympathetic Senate colleagues, have staged an overnight sit-in in the House chamber, occupying it continuously now for about 20 hours. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi returned to the floor at about 7am this morning to declare that the Democrats would keep up the effort until the House speaker, Paul Ryan, agreed to schedule a vote on legislation that would make people on no-fly and terror watch lists ineligible to buy guns, and other gun control legislation. | Democrats in the House of Representatives, joined periodically by sympathetic Senate colleagues, have staged an overnight sit-in in the House chamber, occupying it continuously now for about 20 hours. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi returned to the floor at about 7am this morning to declare that the Democrats would keep up the effort until the House speaker, Paul Ryan, agreed to schedule a vote on legislation that would make people on no-fly and terror watch lists ineligible to buy guns, and other gun control legislation. |
| The Republicans have indicated no intention of holding such a vote, accusing the Democrats of mounting a PR stunt. | The Republicans have indicated no intention of holding such a vote, accusing the Democrats of mounting a PR stunt. |
| The lawmakers inside the chamber were supported by protesters outside the chamber overnight: | The lawmakers inside the chamber were supported by protesters outside the chamber overnight: |
| 1:58 am | Protestors are still going strong. pic.twitter.com/2IQJ1Hx4ts | 1:58 am | Protestors are still going strong. pic.twitter.com/2IQJ1Hx4ts |
| Late last night, as Ryan attempted to restore “order” to the chamber, Democrats drowned him out with chants, sang the civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome and held up pictures of gun violence victims. Read our latest news story here: | Late last night, as Ryan attempted to restore “order” to the chamber, Democrats drowned him out with chants, sang the civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome and held up pictures of gun violence victims. Read our latest news story here: |
| Related: Democrats continue House sit-in demanding vote on gun control | Related: Democrats continue House sit-in demanding vote on gun control |
| The House is officially adjourned, as of 3.14am ET, until 5 July. The Democrats have a meeting planned for 10am. Other developments overnight included: | The House is officially adjourned, as of 3.14am ET, until 5 July. The Democrats have a meeting planned for 10am. Other developments overnight included: |
| Pelosi says Democrats "will not stop" until the "no fly, no buy" legislation is passed."We're not taking a break from this effort."Well. | Pelosi says Democrats "will not stop" until the "no fly, no buy" legislation is passed."We're not taking a break from this effort."Well. |
| For more detail about what happened overnight, read our continuous live coverage here: | For more detail about what happened overnight, read our continuous live coverage here: |
| Related: Democrats hold all-night sit-in to fight for gun control vote in House – campaign live | Related: Democrats hold all-night sit-in to fight for gun control vote in House – campaign live |
| Sanders to speak on future of campaign | Sanders to speak on future of campaign |
| In politics today, Bernie Sanders has a speech planned in New York City to address the future of his campaign, and Donald Trump departs later today for a two-day trip to Scotland. He arrives as the Brexit vote is completed and counted. He favors Brexit but has also advised, “I don’t think anybody should listen to me.” | In politics today, Bernie Sanders has a speech planned in New York City to address the future of his campaign, and Donald Trump departs later today for a two-day trip to Scotland. He arrives as the Brexit vote is completed and counted. He favors Brexit but has also advised, “I don’t think anybody should listen to me.” |
| Our live-blog coverage of the Brexit vote is here: | Our live-blog coverage of the Brexit vote is here: |
| Related: EU referendum polling day: last opinion poll shows four-point remain lead - live | Related: EU referendum polling day: last opinion poll shows four-point remain lead - live |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |
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