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Ex-EPA head Scott Pruitt was facing 10+ inquiries over his spending habits, including: $43k on a private phone booth $100k on a trip to Morocco 24/7 security a private condo making staff pick up dry cleaning and lotionspic.twitter.com/fhZAS12OjA

BREAKING: EPA chief Scott Pruitt has resigned amid ethics scandals.pic.twitter.com/yHDSQCMpZ1

SPAM turns 81 today! The canned meat was shipped across the Pacific by the U.S. military after WWII, and it's still widely eaten on the U.S. territory of Guam.pic.twitter.com/SZ1S3LjI1y

Statue of Liberty climber Therese Okoumou has pleaded not guilty to charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct and interfering with government agency functions.pic.twitter.com/ijfnKiRpVk

The U.S. Postal Service has to pay $3.5 million to a sculptor for using a photo of his Statue of Liberty replica on a stamp without permission.pic.twitter.com/CpOXXB2eFR

Up to 20 protesters were arrested in Philadelphia after they camped out and blocked the entrances to an ICE facility. Police were seen violently pushing several to the ground. (Photos: @babyvietcong)pic.twitter.com/JnNKblTjMZ

The Trump administration asked to block two California laws that limit cooperation with ICE and allow the state to inspect immigration detention facilities. A judge just rejected its request.pic.twitter.com/Fecb7htGvk

The Mayor of Rochester, NY let a high school’s first black valedictorian deliver his speech in City Hall, after the principal refused to let him speak at graduation: "If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand up for much." Watch: https://bit.ly/2KPfVxc pic.twitter.com/QODWyGAxGF

A group of suspected rhino poachers were killed by lions while sneaking into a game reserve in South Africa. Poachers killed 1,000+ rhinos in South Africa last year.pic.twitter.com/oxQ97Z8TwP

The U.S. extended Temporary Protection Status to 1,250 people from Yemen for another 18 months. The war in Yemen has killed over 6,000 people and 8.4 million are at risk of starvation.pic.twitter.com/wJPPUZAe5n

This woman climbed up the base of the Statue of Liberty to protest against the separation of migrant and refugee families at the U.S. border.pic.twitter.com/hBmMoc8vI0

Rise and Resist, the activist group who unfurled an "ABOLISH ICE" banner at the Statue of Liberty, says it’s working to get legal representation for Therese Patricia Okoumou: "We support Patricia."pic.twitter.com/eiJblkl7ZS

Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest separating families at the border, faces 3 misdemeanor charges. Each carries a maximum sentence of 6 months in prison.pic.twitter.com/fsni0QrsPT

The Trump administration says it’s moving some detained parents to facilities closer to their children. It has until July 10 to reunite children under 5 years old.pic.twitter.com/MgrlQDjteH

The Mayor of London will let a blimp of President Trump dressed as a baby fly over Parliament during his UK visit.pic.twitter.com/b52WgCLfu7

Magid Magid arrived in the UK age 5 from a refugee camp. Now, he’s the first British-Somali Lord Mayor of a major UK city.pic.twitter.com/7XtNAMXMsf

Almost 3,000 children separated from their parents at the border are still in federal custody. Last month, a judge ordered all families to be reunited by July 26.pic.twitter.com/cEuEhbvO1Q

The Mayor of Sheffield, the UK's third biggest city, banned President Trump from entering.pic.twitter.com/HR2ZQyVYec

This is an orphanage for children whose parents died fighting for ISIS.pic.twitter.com/BOV6YQVMkO

ICE is opening a new detention facility with 1,000 person capacity on the site of a former Texas prison tent city, destroyed during a riot in 2015. The government plans to place up to 20,000 people in detention facilities this year.pic.twitter.com/bb1mitiTxH