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US judge orders immigrant children to be freed from detention
Some 124 immigrant children in family detention with their parents are set to be released next month - but not the 1000 unaccompanied minors in other centres.
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Floyd protests
Minneapolis council votes to dismantle police department
Council members wanted to seize on a groundswell of support for significant policing changes following George Floyd's death under the knee of a police officer.
- by Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti
Trump's America
'No exceptions': Facebook finally caves to pressure over Trump posts
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will now flag or ban content containing hate-speech or misinformation, including from President Donald Trump.
Trump's White House
Trump's use of military funds for Mexican wall illegal, court rules
Administration was not authorised to use $3.64 billion in Pentagon money for part of the border wall, court rules, but long-term implications are unclear as Supreme Court earlier ruled in Trump's favour.
- by Nick Miroff
Coronavirus pandemic
New coronavirus cases hit an all-time high in the US
Texas and Florida have staged their biggest retreat in reopening yet amid a surge that sent the number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the US to an all-time high of 40,000.
Crime
Mexico City police chief shot in assassination attempt
Omar Garcia Harfuch was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards were killed in the dramatic assassination attempt just before dawn.
Good Weekend
Collective delusion: Why the US remains a colossal mess
Politics is – ideally – what allows us to live our lives. Or doesn’t, if you happen to reside in the United States in 2020.
- by Amelia Lester
Black Lives Matter
Facebook boycott grows as as advertisers demand end of hate speech
The #StopHateForProfit movement has also attracted companies like Ben & Jerry's ice-cream and Patagonia in the fight against sharing racist and violent posts.
Epstein fallout
Victims to receive cut of Jeffrey Epstein's $900 million estate
The Epstein Victims' Compensation Program officially began accepting claims on Thursday from young women who allege the disgraced financier sexually abused them.
Trump's White House
Judge rejects bid to block tell-all memoir by Trump's niece
A lawyer for Donald Trump's brother says he will go to a second court to try to get an injunction on the book, which describes the President as "the world's most dangerous man".
Coronavirus pandemic
Twenty million Americans may have had COVID-19 as new cases surge
The number of new daily cases around the US climbed to a near-record high, as health officials now say they believe as many as 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus.