| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
What you call terrorists isn't as important as how you fight them. That was President Obama's response to Donald Trump's "radical Islam" criticism. Obama added it's a dangerous idea to base a nation's immigration laws on religion, a cornerstone of Donald Trump's foreign policy. Trump tweaked his policy in the wake of the Orlando shooting to say he wanted to ban immigration from any country with a "proven history of terrorism" against America or its allies. Is there a legal precedent for such a policy? Sort of. President Jimmy Carter, for instance, barred Iranian nationals from entering the United States in 1979 during the Iran hostage crisis. Quote of the day: “If a Trump administration cut off immigration from certain countries, rather than certain religions, it would not violate the Constitution.” – John Yoo, law professor, University of California, Berkeley John Yoo, now a legal scholar, was a key Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration and helped develop the legal framework for waterboarding terror suspects.
The survivors 
Gunshot survivor Angel Santiago looks over at fellow victim Patience Carter as she recounts her story at a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando on the shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young
The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando knew of her husband’s plans for the attack and could be charged as early as today in connection with the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to a law enforcement source.
Digits of the day: 90 minutes That's how long Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton met for in a tête-à-tête that both called "positive." The primary season formally ended yesterday with a victory for Clinton in the District of Columbia. She's won enough delegates to clinch the nomination, but Sanders has pledged to keep up his campaign until the convention in Philadelphia next month. How one defines a campaign is open to interpretation, considering that Sanders reportedly fired at least half his campaign staff. But at the very least, discussions between the two Democrats over the party’s policy agenda and reforms are likely to continue.
Around the country - The California judge facing criticism over his sentencing of a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault was removed from a new sexual assault case after complaints by prosecutors. The Santa Clara County district attorney cited the lenient six-month jail sentence the judge handed down in the Stanford case.
- An alligator dragged a two-year-old boy into a lagoon at Walt Disney World, defeating the father's efforts to wrestle his child away from the reptile. The boy was playing in the water while his family of five, who were vacationing from Nebraska. As they relaxed on the edge of the lagoon, the boy was seized by the animal, believed to be as long as 7 feet. The boy hasn't been found yet.
- The Southern Baptist Convention officially repudiated the Confederate flag as an emblem of slavery. The action came four years after the denomination elected its first black president, Fred Luter, a pastor and civic leader from New Orleans. It's been a long road for America's largest Protestant denomination, which condoned slavery and racism before the Civil War.
Around Wall Street - The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged when it concludes its two-day policy meeting this afternoon. Prospects for an increase dried up after a disappointing jobs number last week. The possibility of Britain leaving the European Union also clouds the picture. Fed Chair Janet Yellen is slated to hold a press conference after the decision.
- The oil market is now in balance thanks to unplanned outages and robust demand, particularly from emerging economies, but this equilibrium will tilt into surplus again early next year, the International Energy Agency said. Crude prices are down more than 1 percent to $49 a barrel this morning, largely due to an increase in U.S. inventories.
- SoftBank expects to book a profit of as much as $2.4 billion this year from its sales of Alibaba shares.
Around the world - A Chinese observation ship shadowed the U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis in the Western Pacific, as it joined warships from Japan and India for drills close to waters Beijing considers its backyard. It's all part of the chess game that is the South China Sea.
- A man was shot dead during looting and food riots in Venezuela, bringing this month's death toll to at least four. With crowds baying "We want food!" and security forces struggling to keep order, protests and melees at shops have been spreading around the recession-hit South American oil-producing nation in recent weeks, fueled by shortages of basic food items. Elsewhere in Venezuela news, Secretary of State John Kerry is planning talks to ease tensions with its socialist government, despite backing calls for a referendum that could force President Nicolas Maduro from office.
- Coffee won't give you cancer. Probably. Unless it's very hot. Coffee achievers, take note.
Today's reason to live Grateful Dead – Liberty |
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