WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born congresswoman and target of “send her back” chants at President Donald Trump’s campaign rally, says he is “fascist.” The Minnesota Democrat made the remark to reporters Thursday, a day after Trump accused her and other progressive Democratic lawmakers of color of disliking the U.S. During his Wednesday night rally, Trump slowly surveyed the crowd but did nothing to stop the “send her back” chants after his remarks about Omar.

Not much is more refreshing on a hot summer’s day than a cold glass of lemonade — except maybe an ice cold beer. One Utah boy put a “twist” on the classic summer lemonade stand, offering up “ice cold beer” to his neighbors, many of whom actually called the cops on the budding entrepreneur, considering he’s still 10 years away from being legally allowed to drink the beverage. When Brigham City police arrived at the “beer” stand, however, they found out the catch: the 11-year-old was selling root beer — he just wrote the word “root” on his sign really, really small. The marketing ploy paid off, as police said the young man’s business has been booming, and the officers that stopped by even bought a couple “beers,” finding his idea “ingenious.”

Merriam-Webster said “racism” was the top-searched term last night during and after a rally President Donald Trump held in Greenville, North Carolina. The print and online dictionary tweeted, “Tonight’s top searches, in order: racism, socialism, fascism, concentration camp, xenophobia, bigot”. Trump has come under intense fire from Democrats and Republicans over his tweets last weekend that are being called racist toward four freshmen Democratic members of Congress. Many have denounced the comments, while Trump says they were not meant to be racist. Trump’s controversial tweets included a line that suggested the four Democrats should “go back” to their countries of heritage, fix the problems there, and then return to the U.S.

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Wednesday ripped Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., after he blocked a measure providing compensation to 9/11 workers, saying the price tag was too high. A furious Stewart told Bret Baier during an appearance on Fox News. “What Rand Paul did today on the floor of the Senate was outrageous.” Paul said he would offer an amendment on the cost of the bill, titled the Never Forget the Heroes Act, when it reaches the Senate floor. Stewart last month spoke before the House Judiciary Committee on reauthorizing the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund.He said Paul’s reasoning wasn’t good enough.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has denied bail for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. The judge’s decision Thursday comes after prosecutors argued Epstein should remain behind bars in New York City because he has the means to flee and is a danger to the public. Lawyers for the 66-year-old Epstein say he wouldn’t run and would be willing to pledge a fortune of at least $559 million as collateral.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York have decided not to file any additional charges in their investigation of illegal hush money payments orchestrated by President Donald Trump’s lawyer before the 2016 election. That’s according to two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. They were briefed on the decision but were not authorized to speak about it publicly. Michael Cohen pleaded guilty last year to violating campaign finance law by arranging the payments.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Online casino-style gambling is now available around the clock in Pennsylvania. Regulators said Thursday that two casinos passed this week’s tests to begin operating online gambling portals 24 hours a day for patrons statewide who are at least 21 years old. Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are the only other states where it is legal. Parx Casino and Penn National’s Hollywood Casino are now operating online casino games on websites and mobile applications.

Pennsylvanians would be allowed to hunt three Sundays out of the year under legislation passed by the state Senate. Don Rooney has details…

As Congress takes up legislation (HR 3375) to prevent robocalls this week, a new survey says too many Pennsylvanians are vulnerable to phone scams, and 9% of respondents said they’ve fallen for one. AARP Pennsylvania is urging them to report scam calls to local and federal authorities, to help reduce their frequency and hold scammers accountable. More from Jenn Stanley…