Headlines for July 19, 2019
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#4KGCX)
- 70 Catholics Arrested in Capitol Hill Protest of Trump's Immigration Policies
- Asylum Seekers in Texas ICE Jail Launch Hunger Strike
- House Democrats Grill Acting DHS Chief over Migrant Deaths and Squalid Jails
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Confronts DHS Chief over Racist & Sexist Border Patrol Posts
- Trump Disavows "Send Her Home" Chant After Racist Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar
- Rep. Ilhan Omar Greeted in Minnesota with Chants of "Welcome Home"
- House Approves Minimum Wage Hike to $15 an Hour
- Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Bring Overtime Pay, Union Rights
- Trump to Nominate Anti-Union Lawyer Eugene Scalia as Labor Secretary
- Jeffrey Epstein Denied Bail Ahead of Sex Trafficking Trial
- Iran Denies Trump's Claim the U.S. Shot Down Iranian Drone
- Afghan Bombers Kill 20 in Attacks in Kandahar and Kabul
- Arson Attack in Kyoto, Japan, Kills 33
- Excessive Heat Warning Declared Across Much of U.S.
- EPA Won't Ban Toxic Pesticide Despite Link to Brain Damage in Children
- Trump Administration Proposes Slashing Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants