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Republicans have launched a bid to remove the Department of Justice official overseeing the Russia inquiry dogging Donald Trump's presidency.

 

Four people are missing after an amphibious vehicle capsized with more than 30 on board, including children

The popularity of Confederate flag license plates in Tennessee has hit a 10-year high, according to data from the state’s department of revenue.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and dozens of other celebrities teamed up with the ACLU to give voice to Mirian, an immigrant separated from her 18-month-old son at the U.S. border. 

The Trump administration has said 27 young migrant children are "not eligible for reunification" with their parents, according to a court filing.

“So you’re saying it’s a swamp pick?!” asked co-host Pete Hegseth.

Trump: Kavanaugh is "one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time"

• US unemployment rate rises to 4% as more enter job market
• Wage growth of 2.7% again lags behind jobs growth

Scandal-hit Scott Pruitt has resigned as head of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

A Maryland man was charged with multiple counts of murder on Friday, a day after police say he rampaged through a newsroom in Annapolis with a shotgun and killed five people in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in US history.

 Several others injured in Annapolis, Maryland with suspect charged and due in court on Friday morning 

• Several others injured in Annapolis, Maryland
• Suspect charged and due in court on Friday morning

• Five people were killed and several were "gravely injured" in a shooting Thursday afternoon at the Capital Gazette's newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, police said.
• One suspect, described by officials as a white man, possibly in his late 30s, is in custody. Police haven't released information about a possible motive.
• Newsroom employees have been tweeting details of the shooting, with one reporter saying the gunman shot through a glass door and opened fire on employees.

AN INTERN at a local newspaper tweeted desperately for help as a shooter attacked his office. Five people were shot dead.

Anthony Kennedy was a swing vote on the US Supreme Court, albeit one that frequently tilted to the right. Replacing him with a solidly conservative justice, however, could have a significant impact on US jurisprudence - and politics - for decades to come.

Fresh off her surprise victory over Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's 14th Congressional District, 28-year-old Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued that "we need to see a generational change in leadership" in an interview on ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast.

President Donald Trump says he'll "immediately" begin a search for new Supreme Court justice after Anthony Kennedy announces his retirement Wednesday. Trump describes Kennedy as a man of "tremendous vision." (June 27) AP
 

Kennedy, 81, has provided crucial swing votes on progressive issues and retirement gives Trump another judicial pick
 

A millennial candidate has shaken up the US Democratic Party by defeating the incumbent congressman for his seat.

Federal ruling also prevents officials splitting up families who crossed the US-Mexico border illegally