U.S. and world news for June 14

Clarence Thomas: The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Dick Durban says new information reveals that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips on the private plane of Republican donor Harlan Crow than previously revealed. Durban said there’s evidence of trips as far back as 2017 that Thomas failed to disclose and that when Thomas recently updated his financial disclosures he failed to include the trips on Crow’s private jet. A spokesperson for Crow revealed yesterday that Crow reached an agreement with the Senate Judiciary Committee to disclose trips by Thomas going back seven years.  

Trump’s meeting: What went on in the closed door meeting among Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill yesterday has started to leak out. The Republicans had a cake on hand to celebrate Trump’s 78th birthday, which is today. Trump trashed Milwaukee, where the Republican convention will be held as being a horrible city.