There is widespread criticism of the Trump administration’s decision to separate migrant families trying to cross the U-S-Mexico border and charging the parents in criminal court. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise doesn’t want to spearate parents from children, but the problem can be solved if the U-S builds a wall to secure the border….
cut 6 (13) “…let’s go get that done”
The Archdiocese of New Orleans urges the federal government to stop putting children in detention facilities without their parents and make a sincere effort towards comprehensive reform.

Twenty-seven-year-old Paul Miller of Lafayette has been indicted for allegedly phoning in a bomb threat to a restuarant at the Trump Tower in New York City last September. Court records do not say where Miller made the call.

Another special session is underway. In an address to lawmakers, Governor John Bel Edwards said it’s time to break free of the partisan gridlock as the state approaches the fiscal cliff on July 1st.
Cut 10 (11) “…simply inexcusable.”
Without additional revenue, TOPS, higher education, food stamps and public safety programs will all receive cuts.

Video games can be a fun pass time, but now the World Health Organization says that compulsively playing video games qualifies as a new mental health condition. It’s a move that some critics warn may risk stigmatizing young players. LSU Health New Orleans Clinical Psychologist Michelle Moore says there needs to be clear cut criteria defined prior to labeling someone with this new mental illness.
Cut 7 (11) “…label to someone.”