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| US Senate passes $4.6bn border funding bill – live updates | US Senate passes $4.6bn border funding bill – live updates |
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| Before the debate tonight, take a look at what some of the Democratic candidates had to say about the heartbreaking image of the drowned migrant father and daughter at the US-Mexico border: | |
| 'Trump is responsible': Democratic candidates blame US policy after tragic photo emerges | |
| On the lighter side of congressional news, transportation committee members raced scooters on capitol hill today. | |
| Bipartisan scooter races! Just your average day at the Transport Committee @RodneyDavis @Malinowski @TransportGOP pic.twitter.com/r45t4cpoXD | |
| Hey all, Vivian Ho here for a SUPER BRIEF live blog before the first of the Democratic primary debates. Hope everyone’s jazzed. | |
| With that I bid you a good afternoon, as Vivian Ho comes on board to take you through the rest of the day until our Adam Gabbatt fires up late live blog coverage of the Democratic primary debate from south Florida tonight. | With that I bid you a good afternoon, as Vivian Ho comes on board to take you through the rest of the day until our Adam Gabbatt fires up late live blog coverage of the Democratic primary debate from south Florida tonight. |
| Here are a few key things you may have missed today: | Here are a few key things you may have missed today: |
| The House and Senate have both passed bills which provide in the neighborhood of $4.5bn in funding to address the crisis on the border, but it’s unclear how lawmakers expect to square the competing proposals. | The House and Senate have both passed bills which provide in the neighborhood of $4.5bn in funding to address the crisis on the border, but it’s unclear how lawmakers expect to square the competing proposals. |
| A Buzzfeed News investigation found that US investigators have found dismal conditions at migrant camps, similar to the ones that have been described in recent news accounts. | A Buzzfeed News investigation found that US investigators have found dismal conditions at migrant camps, similar to the ones that have been described in recent news accounts. |
| More or less the whole Democratic field of contenders took trips to a detention camp in south Florida Wednesday ahead of this evening’s debate. | More or less the whole Democratic field of contenders took trips to a detention camp in south Florida Wednesday ahead of this evening’s debate. |
| Two Republican Senators have come out and said that new rape claims against Donald Trump should be investigated. | Two Republican Senators have come out and said that new rape claims against Donald Trump should be investigated. |
| Also, Donald Trump (surprise, surprise) made a laundry list of off-color and meanspirited remarks today, during a televised interview and a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition. They included: | Also, Donald Trump (surprise, surprise) made a laundry list of off-color and meanspirited remarks today, during a televised interview and a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition. They included: |
| Seeming excitement at the prospect of the late Senator John McCain spending eternity in damnation | Seeming excitement at the prospect of the late Senator John McCain spending eternity in damnation |
| Threatening to fire his Federal Reserve Chairman | Threatening to fire his Federal Reserve Chairman |
| Calling German chancellor Angela Merkel “someone who hates the United States perhaps worse than any person I’ve ever met”... Which is pretty weird because he’s definitely met Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un. | Calling German chancellor Angela Merkel “someone who hates the United States perhaps worse than any person I’ve ever met”... Which is pretty weird because he’s definitely met Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un. |
| Attacking a US women’s soccer player | Attacking a US women’s soccer player |
| Joking about using his office to “go after” political rivals | Joking about using his office to “go after” political rivals |
| All before heading off for Japan this afternoon. | All before heading off for Japan this afternoon. |
| Hundreds of people out to demonstrate in Boston in solidarity with Wayfair workers who walked out over their company’s decision to sell furniture for use in migrant detention centers. | Hundreds of people out to demonstrate in Boston in solidarity with Wayfair workers who walked out over their company’s decision to sell furniture for use in migrant detention centers. |
| Wow! Look at the hundreds of people gathered in Copley Square, Boston in solidarity with @wayfairwalkout workers. Thank you!#WayfairWalkout pic.twitter.com/Gug53kJh6u | Wow! Look at the hundreds of people gathered in Copley Square, Boston in solidarity with @wayfairwalkout workers. Thank you!#WayfairWalkout pic.twitter.com/Gug53kJh6u |
| Senator and presidential hopeful Cory Booker is calling for hearings on reports of ICE using solitary confinement in migrant detention camps, often against mentally ill persons, and detainees who hadn’t violated any rules. | Senator and presidential hopeful Cory Booker is calling for hearings on reports of ICE using solitary confinement in migrant detention camps, often against mentally ill persons, and detainees who hadn’t violated any rules. |
| In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Booker cites May reports by NBC News and The Intercept that ICE placed thousands of immigrants in solitary confinement between 2012 and 2017. | In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Booker cites May reports by NBC News and The Intercept that ICE placed thousands of immigrants in solitary confinement between 2012 and 2017. |
| ICE’s own policy seems to recognize the dangers of solitary confinement. The policy states that the ‘[p]lacement of detainees in segregated housing is a serious step that requires careful consideration of alternatives... In particular, placement in administrative segregation due to a special vulnerability should be used only as a last resort and when no other viable housing options exist.’” | ICE’s own policy seems to recognize the dangers of solitary confinement. The policy states that the ‘[p]lacement of detainees in segregated housing is a serious step that requires careful consideration of alternatives... In particular, placement in administrative segregation due to a special vulnerability should be used only as a last resort and when no other viable housing options exist.’” |
| -Cory Booker | -Cory Booker |
| The Senate passed its own border supplement bill Wednesday with strong bipartisan support after the House passed one last night on a much tighter margin. | The Senate passed its own border supplement bill Wednesday with strong bipartisan support after the House passed one last night on a much tighter margin. |
| Both bills allocate funding to address the humanitarian crisis, but the two pieces of legislation differ substantially in the details. The House bill has more constraints than the Senate version on how the Trump administration would use the money, leaving the next step unclear. | Both bills allocate funding to address the humanitarian crisis, but the two pieces of legislation differ substantially in the details. The House bill has more constraints than the Senate version on how the Trump administration would use the money, leaving the next step unclear. |
| Congressional leaders hope to send President Donald Trump a compromise measure before lawmakers leave town for a July 4 recess. | Congressional leaders hope to send President Donald Trump a compromise measure before lawmakers leave town for a July 4 recess. |
| Senate Majority leader McConnell and House Speaker Pelosi have both said reaching some type of legislative solution is a high priority. | Senate Majority leader McConnell and House Speaker Pelosi have both said reaching some type of legislative solution is a high priority. |
| Speaker Nancy Pelosi on border supplemental bill: "It's for the children, the children, the children. It's about lifting them up in a way that takes them beyond what we do today. This is a very strong first step for us... for the children. It's very exciting." pic.twitter.com/r0gCeCSSkM | Speaker Nancy Pelosi on border supplemental bill: "It's for the children, the children, the children. It's about lifting them up in a way that takes them beyond what we do today. This is a very strong first step for us... for the children. It's very exciting." pic.twitter.com/r0gCeCSSkM |
| US House passes $4.5bn emergency aid package for migrants held at border | US House passes $4.5bn emergency aid package for migrants held at border |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly planning a vote on a bipartisan amendment to the country’s current defense authorization legislation that would “prohibit funds from being used for military operations against Iran without explicit authorization from Congress.” | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly planning a vote on a bipartisan amendment to the country’s current defense authorization legislation that would “prohibit funds from being used for military operations against Iran without explicit authorization from Congress.” |
| “It’s time for Congress to step up to our constitutional responsibilities before we find ourselves in another unnecessary and endless war in the Middle East,” said Democratic Senator Tom Udall, one of the sponsors. “We need to stand up and take the hard votes. Our troops face live fire and sacrifice their lives – and we should have no sympathy for Congress ducking a vote on whether or not we go to war. Congress has not authorized war with Iran, and we need to make sure that saber rattling and miscalculation don’t spark a catastrophic conflict, before it’s too late.” | |
| Democratic Senator Tim Kaine added: | Democratic Senator Tim Kaine added: |
| “It’s time we have a real conversation on the Senate floor about what another war in the Middle East would do to our troops and the safety of the American people at home. This amendment is a guardrail to prevent Trump from unilaterally starting a war with Iran.” | “It’s time we have a real conversation on the Senate floor about what another war in the Middle East would do to our troops and the safety of the American people at home. This amendment is a guardrail to prevent Trump from unilaterally starting a war with Iran.” |
| Rand Paul, a Republican, is also a sponsor. | |
| McConnell says Friday vote on Udall amendment to ban funding for Iran without congressional consent. The vote will be held open during the day, he said. | McConnell says Friday vote on Udall amendment to ban funding for Iran without congressional consent. The vote will be held open during the day, he said. |
| “Education clearly has not been at the top of his list of priorities to address directly, but he has been very supportive of all the work that we’ve done,” DeVos said Wednesday in an interview with Denver radio station KDMT. | “Education clearly has not been at the top of his list of priorities to address directly, but he has been very supportive of all the work that we’ve done,” DeVos said Wednesday in an interview with Denver radio station KDMT. |
| “I have a great relationship with the president,” DeVos continued. “And he has been very supportive of and encouraging of all of the initiatives that we’ve undertaken.” | “I have a great relationship with the president,” DeVos continued. “And he has been very supportive of and encouraging of all of the initiatives that we’ve undertaken.” |
| From Politico: | From Politico: |
| DeVos’ relationship with Trump was thrust into the spotlight earlier this year after the controversy over proposed funding cuts for the Special Olympics. DeVos publicly defended the administration’s proposal for days until Trump suddenly reversed course, declaring that he had “overridden my people.” | DeVos’ relationship with Trump was thrust into the spotlight earlier this year after the controversy over proposed funding cuts for the Special Olympics. DeVos publicly defended the administration’s proposal for days until Trump suddenly reversed course, declaring that he had “overridden my people.” |
| Earlier this month, Trump appeared to side with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in the governor’s rift with DeVos and GOP legislators over charter schools and education savings account programs in the state. | Earlier this month, Trump appeared to side with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in the governor’s rift with DeVos and GOP legislators over charter schools and education savings account programs in the state. |
| Online home goods retailer Wayfair sold roughly 1,600 mattresses and 100 bunk beds to Baptist Child and Family Services, a nonprofit that works as a federal contractor managing some of the camps along the southern border, according to a copy of the sales receipt obtained by CNBC and verified by an employee to the station. | Online home goods retailer Wayfair sold roughly 1,600 mattresses and 100 bunk beds to Baptist Child and Family Services, a nonprofit that works as a federal contractor managing some of the camps along the southern border, according to a copy of the sales receipt obtained by CNBC and verified by an employee to the station. |
| Wayfair employees staged a walkout Wednesday afternoon at its headquarters in Boston while many customers called for a boycott on social media. | Wayfair employees staged a walkout Wednesday afternoon at its headquarters in Boston while many customers called for a boycott on social media. |
| The announcement earlier today that Wayfair would donate profits from related sales to the Red Cross also haven’t gone over particularly well on Twitter. | The announcement earlier today that Wayfair would donate profits from related sales to the Red Cross also haven’t gone over particularly well on Twitter. |
| This ain’t it.A) The Red Cross wasn’t the request, doesn’t do the same work, and is questionably trustworthy: https://t.co/cmNjIa0aAoB) The letter didn’t say that they’d stop doing business with ICE. Did anyone else see that they would? Because if not? #WayfairWalkout https://t.co/xE3CrXxJmr pic.twitter.com/jWdbqwyBYO | This ain’t it.A) The Red Cross wasn’t the request, doesn’t do the same work, and is questionably trustworthy: https://t.co/cmNjIa0aAoB) The letter didn’t say that they’d stop doing business with ICE. Did anyone else see that they would? Because if not? #WayfairWalkout https://t.co/xE3CrXxJmr pic.twitter.com/jWdbqwyBYO |
| According to the Daily Beast, Reddit quarantined the “The_Donald” subreddit on Wednesday, “citing threats made on the popular forum for Trump supporters against law enforcement officers.” | According to the Daily Beast, Reddit quarantined the “The_Donald” subreddit on Wednesday, “citing threats made on the popular forum for Trump supporters against law enforcement officers.” |
| “Recent behaviors including threats against the police and public figures is content that is prohibited by our violence policy,” a Reddit spokesperson said in a statement. “As a result, we have actioned individual users and quarantined the subreddit.” | “Recent behaviors including threats against the police and public figures is content that is prohibited by our violence policy,” a Reddit spokesperson said in a statement. “As a result, we have actioned individual users and quarantined the subreddit.” |
| World Cup winner Ali Krieger has thrown her support behind fellow USA soccer alum Megan Rapinoe in her spat with Donald Trump. | World Cup winner Ali Krieger has thrown her support behind fellow USA soccer alum Megan Rapinoe in her spat with Donald Trump. |
| In regards to the “President’s” tweet today, I know women who you cannot control or grope anger you, but I stand by @mPinoe & will sit this one out as well. I don’t support this administration nor their fight against LGBTQ+ citizens, immigrants & our most vulnerable. | In regards to the “President’s” tweet today, I know women who you cannot control or grope anger you, but I stand by @mPinoe & will sit this one out as well. I don’t support this administration nor their fight against LGBTQ+ citizens, immigrants & our most vulnerable. |
| The Daily Beast has compiled a friendly reminder of what candidates ought NOT to do at tonight’s Democratic debate. Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we? | The Daily Beast has compiled a friendly reminder of what candidates ought NOT to do at tonight’s Democratic debate. Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we? |
| So, this is what not to do at the Democratic debates https://t.co/T5BCOcLJ3K pic.twitter.com/cA6QTHiRej | So, this is what not to do at the Democratic debates https://t.co/T5BCOcLJ3K pic.twitter.com/cA6QTHiRej |
| Rough start for former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. | Rough start for former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. |
| Security person outside debate site just now : “are you here to pick up press credentials?”John Hickenlooper: “...I’m a candidate” | Security person outside debate site just now : “are you here to pick up press credentials?”John Hickenlooper: “...I’m a candidate” |
| Justice Neil Gorsuch continued his trend of joining his generally more liberal US Supreme Court colleagues in certain criminal cases, reports Bloomberg Law. | Justice Neil Gorsuch continued his trend of joining his generally more liberal US Supreme Court colleagues in certain criminal cases, reports Bloomberg Law. |
| Gorsuch wrote the court’s opinion, released Wednesday, siding with a man convicted of child pornography offenses who faced more prison time for violating supervised release. | Gorsuch wrote the court’s opinion, released Wednesday, siding with a man convicted of child pornography offenses who faced more prison time for violating supervised release. |
| From Bloomberg Law: | From Bloomberg Law: |
| Though a more reliably conservative vote in other areas—and in criminal cases involving death row prisoners—it’s the latest instance of Gorsuch applying a limited government mentality to help convicts on appeal. | Though a more reliably conservative vote in other areas—and in criminal cases involving death row prisoners—it’s the latest instance of Gorsuch applying a limited government mentality to help convicts on appeal. |
| Just this week, he cast the tie-breaking vote for the defense in another criminal case, and earlier this term provided the liberals with a fifth vote in decisions favoring American Indian rights. | Just this week, he cast the tie-breaking vote for the defense in another criminal case, and earlier this term provided the liberals with a fifth vote in decisions favoring American Indian rights. |
| Thirty miles south of where Elizabeth Warren will take the stage on Wednesday night for the first of two presidential primary debates, the Massachusetts senator climbed a ladder to peer over a chain-link fence enclosing a detention center for young migrants. | Thirty miles south of where Elizabeth Warren will take the stage on Wednesday night for the first of two presidential primary debates, the Massachusetts senator climbed a ladder to peer over a chain-link fence enclosing a detention center for young migrants. |
| From her vantage point, Warren said a sprawling campus with massive white tents, metal trailers, a soccer field – and organized in single file lines, the children and young adults who are being housed at the facility in Homestead, Florida. | From her vantage point, Warren said a sprawling campus with massive white tents, metal trailers, a soccer field – and organized in single file lines, the children and young adults who are being housed at the facility in Homestead, Florida. |
| “These were children who were being marched like they were soldiers - like they were prisoners - from one place to another,” Warren said. “This is not what we should be doing as a country. These children did not commit a crime. These children pose no threat.” | “These were children who were being marched like they were soldiers - like they were prisoners - from one place to another,” Warren said. “This is not what we should be doing as a country. These children did not commit a crime. These children pose no threat.” |
| The facility, which is run by Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., a private, for-profit company, has become a backdrop for Democratic presidential hopefuls to rail against Donald Trump’s immigration policies while in Miami, a city known as the capital of Latin America” where more than 70% of the population is Hispanic, located in Florida, one of country’s most important battleground states. | The facility, which is run by Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., a private, for-profit company, has become a backdrop for Democratic presidential hopefuls to rail against Donald Trump’s immigration policies while in Miami, a city known as the capital of Latin America” where more than 70% of the population is Hispanic, located in Florida, one of country’s most important battleground states. |
| Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar arrived on the scene shortly after Warren departed and Jane Sanders, the wife of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, also joined protesters on Wednesday. Democratic hopefuls Beto O’Rourke and author Marianne Williamson were due to visit later this week. California congressman Eric Swallwell documented his visit here on Monday: “These children need homes, NOT a privatized prison,” he said on Twitter. | Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar arrived on the scene shortly after Warren departed and Jane Sanders, the wife of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, also joined protesters on Wednesday. Democratic hopefuls Beto O’Rourke and author Marianne Williamson were due to visit later this week. California congressman Eric Swallwell documented his visit here on Monday: “These children need homes, NOT a privatized prison,” he said on Twitter. |
| Their visits come after photos were published of a father and his toddler daughter face down in the Rio Grande river, where they drowned trying to cross the border to seek asylum in the United States and amid a fresh found of reports about the conditions that children are being kept in at Border Patrol stations near the border. Lawyers who had visited the facilities said children were being kept without adequate food, water or basic sanitary needs such as toothpaste and soap. | Their visits come after photos were published of a father and his toddler daughter face down in the Rio Grande river, where they drowned trying to cross the border to seek asylum in the United States and amid a fresh found of reports about the conditions that children are being kept in at Border Patrol stations near the border. Lawyers who had visited the facilities said children were being kept without adequate food, water or basic sanitary needs such as toothpaste and soap. |
| “What is happening at Homestead to children – what is happening is the direct result of activities of the United States government is wrong,” Warren told a sweat-soaked crush of activists and reporters said Warren. “It is a stain on our country and we must speak out.” | “What is happening at Homestead to children – what is happening is the direct result of activities of the United States government is wrong,” Warren told a sweat-soaked crush of activists and reporters said Warren. “It is a stain on our country and we must speak out.” |
| Warren, who wore a hat with the message “Home Instead”, touted her plan to ban private, for-profit prisons and detention centers. = | Warren, who wore a hat with the message “Home Instead”, touted her plan to ban private, for-profit prisons and detention centers. = |
| The senator was not scheduled to visit the facility, but added the stop after hearing from activists ahead of her town hall in Miami on Tuesday night. | The senator was not scheduled to visit the facility, but added the stop after hearing from activists ahead of her town hall in Miami on Tuesday night. |
| Jane Sanders told the Guardian it was “heartbreaking” to see the facility firsthand. She said Sanders first executive order as president would be to close the private detention facilities. | Jane Sanders told the Guardian it was “heartbreaking” to see the facility firsthand. She said Sanders first executive order as president would be to close the private detention facilities. |
| She also that her husband had voted against legislation in that led to the creation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in 2002. | She also that her husband had voted against legislation in that led to the creation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in 2002. |
| “Everything that he feared has come true,” she said, referring to the agency, “and it needs to be abolished. We need a complete overhaul of our immigration system.” | “Everything that he feared has come true,” she said, referring to the agency, “and it needs to be abolished. We need a complete overhaul of our immigration system.” |