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View online June 30, 2022 1/ Trump blasts Cassidy Hutchinson as 'social climber' who is 'living in fantasy land' Former president Donald Trump pushed back against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson after her explosive testimony before the select committee investigating the January 6 riot.   The former president spoke to Newsmax and disputed the story Ms Hutchinson said she heard secondhand – that Mr Trump tried to lunge at a US Secret Service agent in his presidential limousine in an attempt to take him to the US Capitol to join his supporters.   "Is there something wrong with her?" Mr Trump said. "She said I jumped from a car and I started strangling, think of this, I started strangling a Secret Service agent who I know very well?"   Mr Trump also pushed back at Ms Hutchinson's allegation that he wanted magnetometers removed from outside the rally, even though many of his supporters were armed. 2/ Liz Cheney denounces Trump as 'domestic threat' trying to 'unravel' US rule of law The GOP lawmaker called on her party to stop supporting Trump as he undermines US democracy 3/ Supreme Court delivers devastating blow to US climate action 'Whatever else this court may know about, it does not have a clue about how to address climate change,' wrote the court's liberal justices in their dissent of the ruling 4/ Inseparable cousins and high school sweethearts: Everything we know about the victims who died in the Texas migrant truck 'My children leave a void in my heart,' said the Honduran mother who lost two of her sons in the San Antonio tractor incident 5/ 'My family is living a nightmare': Ezra Miller has cult-like control over Tokata Iron Eyes, parents say Tokata Iron Eyes' parents tell Bevan Hurley they fear the 18-year-old's life is in danger. 'I've seen this type of trainwreck before, I know where it ends,' Chase Iron Eyes says The Big Question What happened to the Roe v Wade 'night of rage'? The Independent has been present outside the US Supreme Court for three days in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v Wade, where many young children have been seen joining their parents in a peaceful show of support for a woman's right to an abortion.   For some, it is a multi-generational affair, with at least one middle-aged woman spotted pushing her elderly mother in a wheelchair through the crowd and a young brother and sister seen proudly holding up a sign reading "I dissent", its letters painted in bright colours.   The scene is all a far cry from the violence and anarchy that the right-wing media ecosystem was busily forecasting, so why did its denizens get the tone so wrong? Read the full story > Watch/ Eric Adams blames 'oversaturation of guns' after 20-year-old mother shot dead NUMBER OF THE DAY 42,000   – Giant fossil of ancient kangaroo species that lived more than 42,000 years ago found. QUOTE OF THE DAY "I don't know how they wanted to get undressed, above or below the waist. But I think it would be a disgusting sight in any case." – A thin-skinned Vladimir Putin has hit back at the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other Western leaders who mocked his tough-man topless exploits, with the Russian leader claiming they would look "disgusting" if they tried to copy him. Other stories you might like AOC praises Biden saying he'd support a filibuster change to protect abortion: 'Now we're talking' Family of US veteran detained in Ukraine say Russia-backed captors want to negotiate his release Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger dies aged 83 after brief battle with cancer Articles available exclusively to subscribers Rory Sullivan, The Independent - 'A nightmare': The Marcos family makes a political return in Manila Other newsletters you might like Health Check Every Thursday, 7am (UK time) Written by Rebecca Thomas Sign up Morning Headlines Weekdays, 8am (UK time) Written by Joe Sommerlad Sign up If you can spare a minute we'd love your feedback on our newsletters. Join the conversation or follow us Please do not reply directly to this email You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Evening Headlines newsletter. Add us to your safe list of senders.   If you do not want to receive The Independent's Evening Headlines newsletter, please unsubscribe.   If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe here.   This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our privacy notice and cookie policy.