5: A Congressional Tour of Border Patrol Stations Just “Went Off the Rails”
A tour of two Border Patrol facilities for more than a dozen members of Congress just “went off the rails,” Rep. Joe Kennedy told VICE News.
The tour, organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, took place Monday after weeks of accusations that hundreds of migrants, many of them children, are being held in squalid conditions after attempting to seek asylum. The lawmakers wanted to survey the facilities and ask migrants about their experiences, but Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wouldn’t fully cooperate, according to the group.
Vice News
4: Hong Kong protesters storm legislature, smash doors and walls
Hundreds of Hong Kong police have fired tear gas and moved against protesters who forced their way into the legislature and ransacked the building in unprecedented scenes.
Police restored control early Tuesday after street clashes with protesters at the end of a day of unrest.
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam said police exercised restraint in dealing with the latest wave of protests to rock the city. She condemned the “extremely violent” scenes at the legislature in an early morning press conference.
Demonstrators in their hundreds overran the Chinese territory’s legislature late on Monday, smashing walls, spray-painting graffiti, and taking over the chamber as the weeks-long crisis over a controversial extradition bill came to a head.
Aljazeera
3: WHEN BROKERS ACT BADLY AT WELLS FARGO, WOMEN TAKE THE FALL
WITH 17 BLACK MARKS posted on his record during his 12 years as a Wells Fargo broker, Marcus Debaise cost the company more than $2 million in settlements with aggrieved customers. That earned him the dubious distinction of taking first place among male brokers in an analysis of regulatory disclosures at Wells Fargo. Of his 17 disclosures — which can include customer complaints, regulatory actions, and other reputational dings — only one complaint against him was denied.
Compare that to his female counterpart. The woman with the most disclosures had 15 items on her record, but 13 of those were related to settlements she had to make with credit card companies after her identity was stolen. Only two customer complaints were filed against her while she worked at Wells, one of which was closed without action. The other was settled for $48,000.
We found that of the 25 largest settlements involving brokers who worked at Wells Fargo from 2005 to 2015, only one involved a woman. During that same decade, we found, women had fewer customer disputes, lower settlement costs, and fewer tangles with regulators, on average, making them less of a risk to Wells Fargo than the firm’s men. But that favorable risk profile has not translated into career advantages.
The Intercept
2: Trump Makes History by Walking into North Korea. Could This Help to Finally End the Korean War?
President Trump made history Sunday when he became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot in North Korea. Trump was there to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the military demarcation line at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Kim then invited Trump to cross the line, which has divided North and South Korea since 1953. Trump then took about 20 steps into North Korea. Following the meeting at the DMZ, Trump and Kim held a three-way gathering with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Sunday marked Trump and Kim’s first meeting since nuclear talks broke down in February. More nuclear talks are reportedly scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. We speak with Suzy Kim, associate professor of Korean history at Rutgers University, and Christine Ahn, founder and executive director of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the Korean War.
Democracy Now
1: ‘Precipitous’ fall in Antarctic sea ice since 2014 revealed
