Doctors: Climate Change is Emergency   06/24 06:37

   As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their first 2020 primary 
debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups aligned on Monday to push 
for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, bluntly defined 
by the organizations as "a health emergency."

   WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their 
first 2020 primary debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups 
aligned on Monday to push for a series of consensus commitments to combat 
climate change, bluntly defined by the organizations as "a health emergency."

   The new climate change agenda released by the groups, including the American 
Medical Association and the American Heart Association, comes amid early 
jostling among Democratic candidates over whose environmental platform is more 
progressive. The health organizations' policy recommendations, while a stark 
departure from President Donald Trump's approach, represent a back-to-basics 
approach for an internal Democratic climate debate that has so far revolved 
around the liberal precepts of the Green New Deal .

   "The health, safety and well-being of millions of people in the U.S. have 
already been harmed by human-caused climate change, and health risks in the 
future are dire without urgent action to fight climate change," the medical and 
public health groups wrote in their climate agenda, shared with The Associated 
Press in advance of its release.

   Among other things, the groups are pressing elected officials and 
presidential candidates to "meet and strengthen U.S. commitments" under the 
2015 United Nations climate agreement from which Trump has vowed to withdraw. 
They're also pushing for some form of carbon pricing, although without any 
reference to potential taxation of emissions, and "a plan and timeline for 
reduction of fossil fuel extraction in the U.S."

   Former Vice President Joe Biden's climate change plan, released earlier this 
month, tracks broadly with several of the medical and public health groups' 
priorities. While the groups call for a reduction in petroleum and natural gas 
use in transportation, they do not go as far as several of Biden's rivals in 
supporting an outright ban on the oil and gas extraction technique known as 
hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which involves injecting high-pressure 
mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals into rock.

   Other groups signing onto the list of climate policy priorities include the 
American Lung Association, the American College of Physicians and multiple 
state-level and academic public health organizations. That the agenda's 
endorsing groups do not operate with "a political axe to grind" could help them 
draw more attention to climate change, said Ed Maibach, director of the Center 
for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University.

   For voters who view climate change "primarily as a threat to things in the 
environment, like polar bears," talking about the issue as a health problem 
could reframe their thinking, Maibach said.

   "It's incredibly helpful when health professionals point out the actual 
reality of the situation, point out that this is also a threat to our health 
and well-being now ... and it's likely to get worse, much worse, if we don't 
take action to address it," he said.


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Biden: 'Dreamers' Should be Citizens   06/24 06:40

   (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, unveiling his 
immigration policy outline ahead of the first 2020 debates , is calling for 
Congress to grant citizenship immediately to more than 800,000 U.S. residents 
who were brought to the country illegally as children.

   The former vice president and Democratic polling leader unveiled some of his 
immigration priorities on Monday in a newspaper op-ed that blisters President 
Donald Trump for an "assault on the dignity" of the Latino community through 
policies and rhetoric designed to "scare voters" in 2020.

   "Trump repeatedly invokes racist invective to describe anyone south of the 
Rio Grande," Biden writes, noting "horrifying scenes ... of kids being kept in 
cages" and other "actions that subvert our American values and our ability to 
lead on the global stage."

   Biden, who launched his 2020 campaign in April, calls for streamlining the 
asylum system for migrants and spending more on electronic security at U.S. 
borders rather than Trump's proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall.

   Biden pledges an overhaul of U.S. foreign policy in the Americas, echoing 
fellow Democrats who've blasted Trump's approach to Mexico, Central America and 
South America.

   "The Administration's Latin America policy is at best a Cold War-era 
retread, and at worst an ineffective mess," Biden writes.

   The op-ed is published in the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, with Biden 
using the English and Spanish versions to praise the diversity of the 
surrounding city where 20 Democratic candidates will take the debate stage in 
two heats Wednesday and Thursday.

   Other than the so-called "Dreamers" brought to the U.S. as children, Biden's 
outline does not directly address the more than 11 million immigrants in the 
country illegally. But as vice president in President Barack Obama's 
administration, he backed a comprehensive immigration overhaul that would have 
established a path to citizenship for most of those residents. That effort 
cleared the Senate but died in what was then a Republican-led House.

   Trump has said his hard-line immigration policies are necessary to keep the 
country safe.

   The immigrants brought to the U.S. as children are commonly referred to as 
"Dreamers" because of never-passed proposals in Congress called the DREAM Act, 
which would have allowed them to remain in the country if they met certain 
criteria. Opponents say the act would reward people for breaking the law, 
encourage illegal immigration and hurt American workers.


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Pompeo in Saudi Arabia Amid Tensions   06/24 06:41

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Saudi Arabia on Monday in a 
hastily arranged visit amid mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran as 
Iran's navy chief warned Iranian forces wouldn't hesitate to shoot down more 
U.S. surveillance drones from their skies.

   DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was 
in Saudi Arabia on Monday in a hastily arranged visit amid mounting tensions 
between Washington and Tehran as Iran's navy chief warned Iranian forces 
wouldn't hesitate to shoot down more U.S. surveillance drones from their skies.

   The downing of the drone, valued at more than $100 million, saw the United 
States pull back from the brink of a military strike on Iran after President 
Donald Trump last week called off strikes in retaliation.

   Iran's naval commander, Rear Adm. Hossein Khanzadi, threatened Washington, 
saying that Tehran is capable of shooting down other American spy drones that 
violate Iranian airspace.

   "We confidently say that the crushing response can always be repeated, and 
the enemy knows it," Khanzadi was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim 
news agency during a meeting with a group of defense officials.

   Tensions have been mounting since Trump last year withdrew the U.S. from a 
global nuclear deal with Iran and began pressuring Tehran with economic 
sanctions. A fresh round of Iran sanctions is to be announced Monday in a bid 
to force the Iranian leadership into talks. Iran has decried the U.S. 
sanctions, which essentially bar Iran from selling its oil internationally, as 
"economic terrorism."

   Pompeo, considered a hard-liner in the Trump administration, met with Saudi 
King Salman in the Saudi city of Jiddah. From Saudi Arabia, Pompeo will be 
heading to Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, another close U.S. ally and 
partner.

   Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are alarmed by Iran's military 
reach and are working to limit its influence in the region.

   On the eve of Pompeo's visit to the kingdom, Yemen's Iranian-allied rebels 
attacked a Saudi airport near the Saudi-Yemen border, killing a Syrian resident 
and wounding 21 other civilians, the Saudi military said.

   The Houthi rebels claimed they used bomb-laden drones in the attack on the 
Abha airport, the second in less than two weeks.

   Saudi Arabia has been at war with the rebel Houthis in Yemen for more than 
four years. The Houthis say the attacks targeting the kingdom are a response to 
relentless Saudi airstrikes on Yemen that have killed thousands.

   Before his departure to the kingdom, Pompeo said he wants to build a global 
coalition against Iran.

   "We'll be talking with them about how to make sure that we are all 
strategically aligned, and how we can build out a global coalition, a coalition 
not only throughout the Gulf states, but in Asia and in Europe, that 
understands this challenge as it is prepared to push back against the world's 
largest state sponsor of terror," Pompeo said about Iran.

   But even as Pompeo delivered his tough talk, he echoed Trump and Vice 
President Mike Pence in saying the U.S. is prepared to negotiate with Iran, 
without preconditions, in a bid to ease tensions.

   "They know precisely how to find us," Pompeo said.

   Trump initially said Iran had made a "very big mistake" and that it was 
"hard to believe" that shooting down the drone last Thursday was not 
intentional. But he also said over the weekend that he appreciated Iran's 
decision to not shoot down a manned U.S. spy plane, and he opined about 
eventually becoming Iran's "best friend" if Tehran ultimately agrees to abandon 
its drive to build nuclear weapons and he helps the country turn around its 
crippled economy.

   Iran has long said its nuclear program is for purely for peaceful energy 
purposes.

   Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, stepped in during a visit to 
Jerusalem Sunday with a blunt warning, saying Iran should not "mistake U.S. 
prudence and discretion for weakness" after Trump called off the military 
strike.

   Trump said he backed away from the planned strikes after learning that about 
150 people would be killed, but he said the military option remained on the 
table.

   A longtime Iran hawk, Bolton emphasized that the U.S. reserved the right to 
attack at a later point.

   "No one has granted them a hunting license in the Middle East. As President 
Trump said on Friday our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go," Bolton said 
during an appearance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, himself a 
longtime and outspoken Iran critic.

   On Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the United States' 
"interventionist military presence" for fanning the flames.

   Pompeo, who addressed reporters from the tarmac before he boarded his 
airplane in Washington, declared the goal of his talks with the Saudi kingdom 
and the UAE is to deny Iran "the resources to foment terror, to build out their 
nuclear weapon system, to build out their missile program."

   U.S. military cyber forces on Thursday launched a strike against Iranian 
military computer systems, according to U.S. officials. The cyberattacks 
disabled Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps computer systems that controlled its 
rocket and missile launchers, the officials said.

   Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Sunday the U.S. 
"conducted a cyber operation contrary to international law."

   Throughout the recent crisis, Trump has wavered between bellicose language 
and actions toward Iran and a more accommodating tone, including a plea for 
negotiations. Iran has said it is not interested in a dialogue with Trump. His 
administration is aiming to cripple Iran's economy and force policy changes by 
re-imposing sanctions, including on Iranian oil exports.


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Taliban Threaten Afghan Media          06/24 06:43

   KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban have issued a threat to Afghan media, 
saying journalists will be targeted unless news outlets stop broadcasting what 
they describe as government propaganda against the insurgents.

   Monday's statement gives Afghan radio stations, TV channels and others a 
week to cease transmitting anti-Taliban announcements paid for by the 
government.

   The Taliban say that Afghan media that refuse to do this will be considered 
enemy intelligence nests and their journalists and other staffers will not be 
safe.

   The government in Kabul pays media outlets to regularly air please to the 
public to inform authorities if they see any suspicious Taliban activities.

   The Taliban have targeted Afghan media, radio and TV stations in the past 
but this is the insurgents' first threat over a specific issue such as the 
government-paid announcements.


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Mexico Detains Migrants in Crackdown   06/24 06:44

   ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) -- Authorities reinforced efforts over the weekend to 
deter Central Americans and others from crossing Mexico to reach the United 
States, detaining migrants in the south and stationing National Guardsmen along 
the Rio Grande in the north.

   In Arriaga, a town in the southern state of Chiapas, The Associated Press 
saw about 100 migrants bused to detention Sunday, while Milenio TV reported 
that 146 more were pulled from a private home in the central state of Queretaro 
and more than 100 were taken away from a hotel in the Gulf state of Veracruz.

   Pressured by the U.S., Mexico's government has deployed some 6,000 agents of 
the National Guard, its new militarized policing force, along its southern and 
northern borders this month.

   In Ciudad Juarez, just south of El Paso, Texas, National Guardsmen turned 
back migrants trying to cross the border over the weekend. The guardsmen 
patrolled along the Rio Grande with assault rifles.

   "The function of these brigades is to try to educate and inhibit people who 
are at risk," said Luis Mario Dena Torres, representative of the Chihuahua 
state governor in Ciudad Juarez.

   Many of the National Guardsmen are soldiers and police officers who now wear 
black armbands indicating they are part of the National Guard.

   Some Mexicans worry that the increased enforcement is an overreach.

   "The National Guard, in theory, shouldn't be repressing those who want to 
cross to the United States," said Isabel Sanchez, coordinator for a Ciudad 
Juarez civic group concerned with security and justice.

   More broadly, however, stiffer immigration enforcement has popular support 
in Mexico. More than half the Mexicans surveyed by the newspaper El Universal 
earlier in June said that authorities should not allow migrants to enter the 
country and that those found traveling through Mexico without visas should be 
deported.

   Residents of Arriaga expressed a mixture of concern for the migrants they 
have grown accustomed to hosting and relief that officials are looking to get a 
better handle on migrant flows.

   "As a resident, sometimes you have distrust because with the necessity that 
they have, they could try to rob or do something to you," said Rogelio Perez, 
an accountant. "They're human beings and they need help, but Mexico can barely 
employ Mexicans."

   Migrants have long congregated in Arriaga to hop on a freight train known as 
"The Beast." Migrants would pile onto train cars, sometimes being maimed or 
killed when they fell off. Authorities started pulling migrants off the train 
in mid-2014, under pressure to reduce flows to the U.S.

   Still, Arriaga remains a strategic point on the migrant trail.  Over the 
weekend, there were no migrants riding atop the trains that pulled in and out 
of town.

   Since January, Mexico has detained more than 74,000 migrants and deported 
over 53,000, according to the latest figures available. Those numbers are 
expected to rise when June figures are released.

   Luis Arbey Perez, a civil rights advocate, corroborated that five 
immigration vans carried about 100 migrants from Arriaga to the southern border 
with Guatemala early Sunday. He worries that the National Guard deployment, 
together with heightened inspections of passenger vehicles, will push migrants 
into more dangerous modes of travel.

   "There is more persecution, more detentions, but the people keep coming," he 
said. "What rises is the risk."

   Dozens of families have been found packed tight into semi-trailers in recent 
weeks, while travel in secret compartments of vehicles is also common. Mexican 
authorities have also broken up recent caravans of more than 100 migrants 
traveling in packs for greater safety.

   Last week, President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador instructed private bus 
companies to begin checking identifications of those buying bus tickets, in an 
effort to crackdown on human smuggling.

   Significant numbers of migrants appear to still be crossing into Mexico, but 
they are traveling in smaller groups and under the radar.

   Elias Camacho, coordinator of the 84-bed Hogar de la Misericordia migrant 
shelter in Arriaga, said that on average at least 15 migrants show up each day 
at his shelter. He said private homes in the town also take in migrants.

   Honduran migrant Edwin Cruz, 22, said conditions in his country will 
continue to propel Hondurans north.

   At least three people were killed in protests across Honduras last week that 
demanded the resignation of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez. 
Violence, gang threats and poverty plague the country.

   Cruz said he spotted at least nine checkpoints on his way north from 
Mexico's border with Guatemala. To avoid detection, he crossed through 
mountains and swamp rather than more visible highways. He also said he traveled 
by taxi and train.

   "It has become more complicated, but the necessities of the countries are 
increasing as well. So we prefer to take the risk than to stay there," said 
Cruz, who hoped to make it to Tennessee.


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Dems Face Fundrasing Deadline, Debates 06/24 06:47

   NEW YORK (AP) -- The unwritten rules that have so far prevented the 
Democratic presidential contest from devolving into all-out conflict are about 
to be tested.

   The early front-runner , former Vice President Joe Biden, has so far fended 
off the relatively gentle wrath of his rivals. The shortcomings of his most 
ambitious opponents like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. 
Elizabeth Warren have been largely overshadowed. And the fiery concerns of 
lesser-known candidates, such as former Maryland Rep. John Delaney and 
entrepreneur Andrew Yang, have been all but ignored.

   That dynamic now changes as Democrats enter the most consequential week of 
the young 2020 campaign season.

   Ahead of a major fundraising deadline, the candidates will face each other 
on the debate stage for the first time on Wednesday and Thursday. The clash 
serves as a microcosm for broader questions looming over the field, one chief 
among them: Should candidates attack each other more aggressively or focus 
their fire on President Donald Trump?

   There are no easy answers for candidates desperate for a break-out moment.

   In an interview, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez downplayed 
simmering tensions between two sharply divided wings of the party. One demands 
bold action on health care and climate change, while calling for Trump's 
impeachment; the other favors a more pragmatic progressivism that confronts the 
same policy challenges with a bipartisan approach.

   "What we do have is unity of values," Perez said, noting that virtually 
every Democrat seeking the presidency supports universal health care coverage, 
combating climate change and civil rights.

   Indeed, no one expects the escalation that lies ahead for Democrats to sink 
to the level of the Republican presidential debates in 2016, which were plagued 
by deeply personal attacks that have come to define the GOP's take-no-prisoners 
approach in the age of Trump.

   Privately, the better-known Democratic candidates concede that an overly 
aggressive posture could backfire at this early stage. It's also unclear, in 
such a crowded contest, who would benefit should Biden or another top-tier 
candidate fall several months before the first primary votes are cast.

   "We're all going to focus on the issues," Perez said when asked about the 
debates. "We're not going to be talking about hand size," a reference to GOP 
personal attacks from 2016.

   Underlying the calculus is a real concern among party leaders, donors and 
strategists that Democratic infighting could threaten their chief goal: beating 
Trump.

   But the lesser-known candidates cannot afford to be cautious. And for the 
first time, they will have the opportunity to voice their concerns on 
prime-time television facing their opponents.

   "I'm offering real solutions and a lot of people in the race are offering 
impossible promises," said Delaney, a pragmatic former Maryland congressman who 
has been actively running for president for nearly a year with little national 
fanfare.

   Allies of more liberal and better-known candidates, including Warren, are 
concerned that Delaney in particular will play into Republican hands by 
savaging their prescription for health care --- a universal health care plan 
referred to as Medicare for All --- on national television. Delaney said he 
would not shy away from his criticism of the plan, particularly his contention 
that it would outlaw private insurance.

   Another moderate Democrat, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, is 
expected to echo a popular Republican talking point by highlighting his 
Democratic competitors' embrace of socialism. The business-minded Democrat has 
levied the same charge in recent weeks, but this time, he would be doing it on 
national television alongside Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist.

   Unlike some of his competitors, Sanders has not held mock debates to prepare 
for the upcoming faceoff, according to senior adviser Jeff Weaver, who 
described such preparations as an "inefficient use of time" in such a crowded 
field, especially given Sanders' experience on the debate stage in 2016. The 
Vermont senator has focused instead on studying written materials and preparing 
more succinct answers to accommodate the limited speaking time available to 
each candidate.

   "We obviously expect there will be attacks coming our way. We will be 
prepared to appropriately parry," Weaver said.

   Biden, already under fire for several weeks as the undisputed front-runner, 
expects to face continued questions about his positions on abortion, trade and 
fundraising and his willingness to reach across the aisle to work with 
Republicans --- and even segregationists --- in the past. New Jersey Sen. Cory 
Booker, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Sanders and Warren have seized on 
Biden's comments in recent days, which could be particularly relevant in the 
critical fight for African American voters.

   "The dynamic is very simple: 19 against 1," Biden adviser Anita Dunn said. 
Still, with 10 candidates on stage each night, the veteran strategist suggested 
the initial debates would resemble "a joint press conference with 10 people" 
more than a prime-time food fight.

   Harris, in the middle of the pack for now, is among those expected to take a 
cautious approach. Her rivals see her as a threat on the debate stage given her 
experience as a prosecutor and more recent performance in Senate hearings, but 
those who know her best suggest it's too early in the process to take 
unnecessary risks. She took a tougher line in South Carolina this weekend 
arguing that she's best positioned to take on Trump.

   "The candidates with the most to gain will throw the sharpest blows. If 
you're at 1 or 2 points in the polls you're not going to move by playing it 
safe," said Brian Brokaw, a longtime Harris adviser who is not associated with 
the presidential campaign. "Middle-of-the-pack candidates have to figure out 
the best way to be noticed without being too thirsty."

   It's a delicate balance many candidates are struggling with, especially 
knowing that Democratic primary voters want a nominee strong enough to take 
down Trump.

   Virtually all the campaigns hope to have at least one key moment in the 
debate to break through the noise --- and raise money. Most have teams prepared 
to blast out video highlights to supporters on social media through the weekend 
ahead of a key June 30 fundraising deadline. Biden is expected to announce that 
he raised more than $20 million for the quarter, a number that could help 
strengthen the air of inevitability that currently surrounds his bid.

   Veteran Democratic strategist Jesse Ferguson says that breakout moments 
almost never come across as scripted. And very rarely do they come from 
attacking an opponent from the same party.

   "People may obsess over which candidate attacks which candidate, but primary 
voters will be most compelled by the candidate who lays out a clear indictment 
against Trump," Ferguson said. "It may be much less about throwing elbows on 
stage and much more about throwing punches toward the general election."

   Democratic donor Robert Zimmerman, a member of the Democratic National 
Committee, is warning candidates of a backlash if they play too rough.

   "While candidates will want to look for ways to define themselves, if they 
do it at the expense of each other it's at their own peril," he said. 
"Democrats have to stay united to defeat Donald Trump."


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Germany Seeks Iran De-escalation       06/24 06:48

   Germany appears cool toward U.S. talk of building a global coalition against 
Iran, saying that its top priority is de-escalating tensions in the region as 
it tries to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

   Germany cool on Iran coalition talk, seeks de-escalation

   BERLIN (AP) -- Germany appears cool toward U.S. talk of building a global 
coalition against Iran, saying that its top priority is de-escalating tensions 
in the region as it tries to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday as he headed for the Middle 
East that he would discuss "how we can build out a global coalition" against 
Tehran that also includes Asia and Europe.

   German Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger said Monday that Berlin 
had "taken note via the media" of Pompeo's comments. He added that "our top aim 
is and remains a de-escalation of the serious situation."

   Germany, France and Britain, as well as Russia and China, remain part of the 
nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration abandoned last 
year.


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Stocks Start Week Sideways             06/24 10:46

   U.S. stocks moved sideways in early trading Monday on Wall Street after 
notching their third straight weekly win.




   NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks moved sideways in early trading Monday on Wall 
Street after notching their third straight weekly win.

   Investors eased into trading ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between 
the U.S. and China's leaders later this week. The world's two largest economies 
have been embroiled in a trade war that has taken the market on a volatile 
roller-coaster ride this year and Wall Street is hoping for a deal.

   Technology and financial stocks did most of the heavy lifting and acted as a 
counterweight for losses in the health care and energy sectors.

   Microsoft and Apple both made solid gains. Oracle and Broadcom rose 1.3%. 
Goldman Sachs rose 1.2% and State Street rose 1.7%. Banks including Bank of 
America and Citigroup also moved higher.

   Health care stocks led the losers as pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers 
Squibb and its buyout target Celgene stumbled.

   Energy companies were also among the early losers. Occidental Petroleum fell 
1.2% and Marathon Petroleum fell 1.3%.

   KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index rose slightly as 10:10 a.m. Eastern time. 
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56 points, or 0.2%, to 26,777. The Nasdaq 
composite fell 0.1%.

   FOCUSING ON TRADE: Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping plan to meet at 
the Group of 20 summit in Japan, which starts Friday. Wall Street is once again 
hoping that the two sides can find a path to making a deal that will end their 
trade war.

   Uncertainty over the dispute and its potential impact on global economic 
growth sent the broader market on a bumpy ride during the second quarter as the 
tensions escalated. The S&P 500 reached a record high last week that gave it 
the final push to recovering all of its losses from May.

   The two sides are in a stalemate after 11 rounds of talks that have failed 
to overcome U.S. concerns over China's acquisition of American technology and 
its massive trade surplus. China denies forcing U.S. companies to hand over 
trade secrets and says the surplus is much smaller than it appears.

   HIGH ROLLER: Caesars surged 14.3% after Eldorado Resorts said it will buy 
the casino operator for $17.3 billion in a cash-and-stock deal.

   The deal creates a casino giant with about 60 casinos and resorts in 16 
states under a single name. Caesars has been struggling since emerging from 
bankruptcy in 2017. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn took an enormous stake in 
the company and pushed for big changes. Eldorado fell 8.2%.

   COSTLY TREATMENT: Pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb fell 6% after 
it said it would divest a blockbuster drug in order to complete its buyout of 
Celgene. Celgene fell 4.2 %

   The company is trying to gain Federal Trade Commission approval for its $74 
billion buyout of Celgene as it tries to beef up its portfolio of drugs. 
Bristol-Myers said it is willing to divest the psoriasis treatment Otezla as 
part of a push toward regulatory approval. 


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