Trump imposes new sanctions on North Korea; Kim says he will ...
President Trump announced an executive order on Sept. 21 to enforce economic sanctions on North Korea and countries that do business with the "rogue regime" of North Korea. (The Washington Post) NEW YORK — President Trump on Thursday announced new financial sanctions targeting North Korea as his administration seeks to build international support for more aggressively confronting the rogue nation, whose escalating nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have reached what U.S. officials..>> view originalMexican authorities now doubt any child remains trapped in ...
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials expressed doubt Thursday that any children — dead or alive — remained in the rubble of a collapsed elementary school in Mexico City, an outcome that could turn into an emotional whipsaw for a country that had been fixated for over 24 hours on the search for a missing student following a devastating earthquake. Authorities have confirmed 25 dead — 19 children and six adults — at the school, and they said that 11 other children were treated at hospitals for non-li..>> view originalWhite House plan for tax cuts moves forward
The White House plan for a massive package of tax cuts is gaining new momentum as Republicans attempt to set aside months of intraparty squabbling and unify behind a key part of President Trump’s agenda. Two developments are accelerating the effort: Key Senate Republicans reached a tentative deal this week to allow for as much as $1.5 trillion in tax reductions over 10 years; and there is a growing willingness within the GOP to embrace controversial, optimistic estimates of how much economic gr..>> view originalWhat home buyers can get for $1 million
The million-dollar home isn’t what it used to be. Once considered high-end or luxury, properties that sell for around $1 million these days are nice but not spectacular. A few are mansions, but many are unremarkable family homes. Some are condos. Million-dollar homes have become far more common in the Washington area. According to the real estate blog UrbanTurf, 1 in 5 homes in the District costs more than $1 million. This year, 12 D.C. neighborhoods have at least 10 percent of their homes price..>> view originalFor the first time, the Marine Corps plans to have a female infantry ...
U.S. Marines in the Infantry Officer Course conduct fast-rope training near Yuma, Ariz., on March 26, 2015. (Lance Cpl. Jodson B. Graves/ Marine Corps) In a historic first, the Marine Corps plans to assign a female officer to the infantry following her anticipated graduation from its grueling training program, service officials said Thursday. The woman is a lieutenant. She and her male colleagues in the Infantry Officer Course completed an intensive combat exercise Wednesday at the Marines’ ..>> view originalA 4-year-old was looking for candy in her grandmother's purse ...
When the 4-year-old slipped her hand into her grandmother's purse, she was searching for something sweet, her father told the Tampa Bay Times. Shane Zoller told the newspaper that his daughter, Yanelly, was looking for candy while visiting her grandparents last week in North Tampa, Fla. Instead, she found a handgun, then accidentally shot and killed herself, Zoller said. "I was driving to pick her up with her bathing suit in my car to take her to the splash pads," Zoller told the Times. "When I..>> view originalFlint's lead-poisoned water had a 'horrifyingly large' effect on fetal ...
Flint resident LaFonzo Williams, 19, prays on Jan. 14, 2016, in Lansing, Mich., amid more than 150 Flint and Detroit resident before heading into the state Capitol to protest Gov. Rick Snyder, asking for his resignation and arrest in relation to Flint's water crisis. (Jake May/Flint Journal-MLive.com via Associated Press) The fertility rate in Flint, Mich., dropped precipitously after the city decided to switch to lead-poisoned Flint River water in 2014, according to a new working paper. Tha..>> view originalEvery contact between Trump's team and Russian actors, graphed
President Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg on July 7. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported another contact between someone connected to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a person with links to the Russian government. In this case, it was Paul Manafort, who was a chairman of Trump’s campaign. While in that role, he emailed with a longtime business associate of his, s..>> view originalSanders and Klobuchar book CNN debate with Cassidy and Graham
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks as Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) listen. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The chief sponsors of the GOP’s 11th-hour effort to curtail the Affordable Care Act will debate two of their Senate opponents, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), on Monday night — an arrangement that surprised some of Sanders’s Democratic colleagues, who learned about the debate when host network CNN blasted out a news re..>> view originalScientists just discovered the first brainless animal that sleeps
A Cassiopea jellyfish rests upside-down on black sand and pulses, rhythmically contracting and relaxing its bell. At night, Cassiopea jellies pulse less frequently — a clue that they're sleeping, researchers report. (Photo by JanEaster.com) It was well past midnight when Michael Abrams, Claire Bedbrook and Ravi Nath crept into the Caltech lab where they were keeping their jellyfish. They didn't bother switching on the lights, opting instead to navigate the maze of desks and equipment by the ..>> view original
Monday, November 6, 2017
Trump imposes new sanctions on North Korea; Kim says he will ... and other top stories.
Sunday, November 5, 2017
One dead as car strikes crowds amid protests of white nationalist ... and other top stories.
One dead as car strikes crowds amid protests of white nationalist ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Chaos and violence turned to tragedy Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members — planning to stage what they described as their largest rally in decades to “take America back” — clashed with counterprotesters in the streets and a car plowed into crowds, leaving one person dead and 19 others injured. Hours later, two state police officers died when their helicopter crashed at the outskirts of town. Officials identified them as Berke M.M. Ba..>> view originalNationals' Bryce Harper leaves 3-1 win with knee injury, to undergo ...
Bryce Harper left in pain Saturday. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images) Nationals Park went silent in an instant. The thousands in attendance – so excited moments earlier to watch baseball after enduring a three-hour, one-minute rain delay — were in shock. Bryce Harper, the brightest star on a Washington Nationals roster full of them, was on the dirt behind first base holding his left knee in the first inning of the Nationals’ 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. He was in agon..>> view originalU-Va. product Sean Doolittle on Charlottesville rally: 'It's the worst ...
Sean Doolittle played baseball at U-Va. for three seasons. (Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports) Sean Doolittle wrestled with sharing his thoughts on social media as he watched torch-bearing white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan members march through Charlottesville and the University of Virginia, where he went to school for three years, on Friday night and all day Saturday. The new Nationals closer isn’t afraid to voice his views, and while NBA and NFL players have increasingly ente..>> view originalTrump babbles in the face of tragedy
One of the difficult but primary duties of the modern presidency is to speak for the nation in times of tragedy. A space shuttle explodes. An elementary school is attacked. The twin towers come down in a heap of ash and twisted steel. It falls to the president to express something of the nation’s soul — grief for the lost, sympathy for the suffering, moral clarity in the midst of confusion, confidence in the unknowable purposes of God. Not every president does this equally well. But none ha..>> view originalStephen Strasburg to pitch for Potomac on rehab assignment Monday
Stephen Strasburg will pitch in a game on Monday. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) Stephen Strasburg, inching closer to a return from the disabled list, will take the next step Monday when he goes on a rehab assignment to start for Class A Potomac. Nationals pitching coach Mike Maddux said Strasburg is scheduled to log five innings or 75 pitches. Earlier, Strasburg said the goal is to emerge ready to pitch for the Nationals next. If he is deemed ready, Strasburg could return as early a..>> view originalUsain Bolt's illustrious career ends in tears after cramp downs him in ...
This is only the fourth time in 24 championship races that Usain Bolt has not topped the podium. (Tim Ireland/Associated Press) It was a heartbreaking ending to an outstanding track and field career for Usain Bolt on Saturday at the IAAF World Championships in London. Running the final leg of the men’s 4×100 relay for Jamaica, Bolt failed to finish when a cramp in his left hamstring led him to pull up just after teammate Yohan Blake handed him the baton. Bolt collapsed on the track, as the ..>> view original5 dead after FDA-approved obesity treatment that places silicone ...
An overweight woman sits on a chair. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the sudden deaths of five people who had undergone an obesity treatment that places an inflated silicone balloon in their stomach. All deaths happened within a month of the procedure, the FDA said in a letter earlier this week to health-care providers. Three people died just one to three days later. The agency, however, cautioned that it has yet to determine whether the devices or t..>> view originalAfter Charlottesville, will white pastors finally take racism seriously?
Several hundred white nationalists carrying torches marched in a parade through the University of Virginia campus Friday night. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) Last night, white supremacists assembled in Charlottesville for a public demonstration of hate. They held torches and chanted phrases such as “White lives matter!” and “Jews will not replace us!” Following an event that the city’s mayor called an “unsanctioned and despicable display of visual intimidation,” white pastors ha..>> view originalWho is Kim Jong Un and what will he decide to do?
SEOUL — If North Korea goes ahead with its threat to fire ballistic missiles toward the U.S. territory of Guam, the order will come from Kim Jong Un himself. The officials in charge of North Korea’s missile program could complete their preparations by next week and would then wait for the 33-year-old leader to decide what to do next. Will Kim give the order to fire, potentially inviting retaliation from an American president who has his military “locked and loaded”? This is not a question of..>> view originalFirst woman in Navy SEAL training pipeline drops out
Military history was made as two women passed the U.S. Army's grueling 62-day Ranger Course in Fort Benning, Ga. (Reuters) When 1st Lt. Shaye Haver and 1st Lt. Kristen Griest became the first women to complete grueling Army Ranger training — among the most intense and demanding that the military has to offer — the Army heralded it as proof that every soldier could reach her full potential amid a growing call for equality. But with the strides made by women in uniform, there have also bee..>> view original
Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire 'private briefings' on ... and other top stories.
Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire 'private briefings' on ...
Less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign chairman offered to provide briefings on the race to a Russian billionaire closely aligned with the Kremlin, according to people familiar with the discussions. Paul Manafort made the offer in an email to an overseas intermediary, asking that a message be sent to Oleg Deripaska, an aluminum magnate with whom Manafort had done business in the past, these people said. “If he needs private briefing..>> view originalPuerto Rico entirely without power as Hurricane Maria hammers ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria delivered a destructive full-body blow to this U.S. territory on Wednesday, ripping off metal roofs, generating terrifying and potentially lethal flash floods, knocking out 100 percent of the island's electrical grid and decimating some communities. With sustained winds of 155 mph at landfall — a strong Category 4 storm and nearly a Category 5 — Maria was so powerful that it disabled radar, weather stations and cell towers across Puerto Rico, leaving an i..>> view originalSEC reveals it was hacked, information may have been used for ...
Jay Clayton testifies before the Senate Banking Committee during his confirmation hearing March 23 to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Securities and Exchange Commission, the country’s top Wall Street regulator, announced Wednesday that hackers breached its system for storing documents filed by publicly traded companies last year, potentially accessing data that allowed the intruders to make an illegal profit. The agency detected the..>> view originalMueller casts broad net in requesting extensive records from Trump ...
President Trump has weighed in on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election time and time again. Here's a look at how he can limit the probe, and what Congress is trying to do about it. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) The special counsel investigating Russian election meddling has requested extensive records and email correspondence from the White House, covering areas including the president’s private discussions about firing his FBI di..>> view originalJimmy Kimmel doubles down, slams Sen. Bill Cassidy, Trump and ...
Jimmy Kimmel (still from YouTube) “I had an interesting day today,” Jimmy Kimmel said at the top of his late-night show Wednesday, which was quite the understatement. Kimmel saw his monologue about health care go viral after he tore into Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday night for the “horrible bill” that he proposed with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) as the Senate tries to repeal Obamacare. Kimmel took particular issue with Cassidy because the Louisiana senator appeared on his show in May..>> view originalDeath toll in Mexico earthquake rises as citizens frantically look for ...
MEXICO CITY — The day after a vicious earthquake leveled apartment buildings, damaged hospitals and flattened an elementary school, Mexicans mobilized Wednesday for a massive rescue effort, digging in a frantic search for survivors. As the death toll reached 230 people, with 100 in Mexico City and the rest distributed in surrounding states, Mexicans confronted scenes out of parents’ worst nightmares as rescuers pulled children’s bodies from the ruins of the primary school. But across the capit..>> view originalIranian president says 2015 nuclear deal will 'collapse' if Trump ...
NEW YORK — The international nuclear agreement with Iran is a “closed issue” and cannot be extended or changed in any way, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared Wednesday, flatly rejecting President Trump’s criticism that the deal is weak and “an embarrassment.” “This is a building the frame of which, if you take out a single brick, the entire building will collapse,” Rouhani said. “This issue must be understood by the American officials,” he added. “Either the JCPOA will remain as it is i..>> view originalBlack employees of BLT Prime, in Trump International Hotel, allege ...
Dominique Hill, 38, and Irving Smith Jr. 39, of District Heights, said white employees at the BLT Prime restaurant are given preferential treatment. Smith is still a server there. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) Dominique Hill and Irving Smith Jr. had good jobs. Last year, Hill worked as a bartender at P.F. Chang’s in Tysons Corner and Smith had recently been promoted to bartender at Wildfire grill, also in Tysons. Each had more than a decade of experience working in restaurants and was..>> view originalThe man whose biblical doomsday claim has some nervously ...
Sept. 23 is 33 days since the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, seen here over Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Some people believe that is significant. (George Frey/Getty Images) David Meade, the self-described “specialist in research and investigations,” has earned a fair amount of publicity online for predicting that catastrophic events would soon befall Earth. Among his claims: On Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, a constellation — a sign prophesied in the Book of Revelation — would reveal itsel..>> view originalFight over labeling of 'flushable' wipes headed to federal court
A cart catches the “flushable” wipes — the kind used by potty-training toddlers, hospitals, nursing homes and people looking for something advertised as more “thorough” than toilet paper. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) The question of whether flushable wipes — used by potty-training toddlers and people looking beyond traditional toilet paper — are clogging sewer systems will be hashed out in federal court, where a manufacturer has sued the District over a new city law regulating whe..>> view original
Monday, October 30, 2017
Protests erupt in St. Louis after former cop who shot driver acquitted ... and other top stories.
Protests erupt in St. Louis after former cop who shot driver acquitted ...
Demonstrators clashed with police officers Friday night in St. Louis after the acquittal of a white former police officer who was charged with murder last year for fatally shooting a black driver after a car chase. In a video tweeted after midnight on Saturday, St. Louis police chief Lawrence O'Toole said at least 23 people had been arrested as of 6 p.m., and 10 police officers had suffered injuries including a broken jaw and a dislocated shoulder. "Many of the demonstrators were peaceful. How..>> view originalPolice searching for assailant who detonated bomb in London ...
LONDON — Police in London were searching for the assailant who detonated a homemade bomb Friday that sent a scorching blast of flame and smoke through a London subway car, injuring at least 29 rush-hour commuters and sending panicked crowds scrambling for safety in what police called a terrorist incident. As of Friday evening, authorities had given no details on possible suspects. Security measures were tightened across London’s vast mass-transit network, and the government described the threa..>> view originalTaxpayers billed $1092 for an official's two-night stay at Trump's Mar ...
The Washington Post has obtained a March 2017 receipt for a two-night stay at Mar-a-Lago. Here’s why it matters. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) The bedroom suites at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, available only to members and their guests, feature hand-painted Moorish ceilings, antique Spanish-tiled mosaics and sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. On a weekend in early March, during one of seven trips by Trump and his White House entourage to the posh Palm Beach property..>> view originalJudge rules Justice Department can't keep grant money from ...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hailed a federal judge's decision on Sept. 15 barring the Justice Department from denying public-safety grants to sanctuary cities. (Reuters) A federal judge on Friday blocked the Justice Department from withholding grant funds from places that do not provide immigration authorities access to local jails or give advance notice when suspected illegal immigrants are to be released — dealing a major blow to the Trump administration’s vowed crackdown on sanctuary c..>> view originalThe Cassini spacecraft crashed into Saturn, ending a successful 20 ...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its final approach to Saturn on Sept. 15 before it plunged into the planet's atmosphere. (Reuters) PASADENA, Calif. — NASA scientists just received their last message from the Cassini spacecraft, which plunged into Saturn early Friday morning. Those final bits of data signal the end of one of the most successful planetary science missions in history. “The signal from the spacecraft is gone and within the next 45 seconds so will be the spacecraft,” program ma..>> view originalTwo Equifax executives will retire following massive data breach
A monitor displays Equifax Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) A week after Equifax disclosed it suffered a massive data breach that may have compromised sensitive information belonging to 143 million people, the credit reporting agency's chief information officer, David Webb, and chief security officer, Susan Mauldin, are retiring, effective immediately, the company said in a statement Friday evening. The sudden departures come..>> view originalWashington Nationals' lineup for the series opener with the Los ...
Washington and Los Angeles start a three-game set in the nation's capital after the Nationals took 2 of 3 in Dodger Stadium earlier this season. by Patrick ...>> view originalVatican diplomat to Washington recalled because of child-porn ...
The Vatican Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue NW in the District. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) U.S. officials found evidence implicating a Vatican diplomat in a child-pornography case, the Vatican said Friday, leading officials in Rome to recall the priest to the Holy See. The case drew attention again to Pope Francis’s efforts to strengthen anti-abuse systems in the church and to debate about how well they’re working. The Vatican said in a morning news release that the State Department ..>> view originalFla. nursing home where eight died after Irma defends actions, says ...
The night before Hurricane Irma began roaring over Florida, staffers at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills locked the doors, shuttered the windows and turned the temperature down to about 67 degrees — a buffer, administrators thought, to keep the building cool in case the power went out. It wouldn’t last long. About 3 p.m. on Sunday, the lights flickered, nursing-home executives say. The power stayed on, but a janitor soon noticed a problem: The massive chiller used to serve the 152-b..>> view originalHill Republicans' influence ebbs, and they're not sure what to do ...
President Trump’s latest tendency to turn to Democrats to hash out major legislative deals has left Republican leaders facing a new reality as a daunting fall agenda looms: They are at their lowest moment of influence this year. Despite their control of both chambers and with a GOP partner in the White House, congressional Republicans are laboring, sometimes awkwardly, to project leverage over efforts to rewrite the nation’s tax laws and craft a bill to decide the fate of hundreds of thousands..>> view original
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Trump's promises narrow GOP's options on tax bill and other top stories.
Trump's promises narrow GOP's options on tax bill
Republicans are accelerating efforts to fill in key details of their plan for massive tax cuts, but as lawmakers work to turn their proposal into legislation, President Trump’s numerous tax promises are proving difficult to keep. On Monday, Trump promised the party would not touch tax benefits for 401(k) retirement plans, protecting a popular benefit for more than 50 million Americans but also further limiting the areas where Republicans could seek to raise new revenue. His vow to protect 401(k..>> view originalIowa abandons bold attempt to jettison ACA rules
Iowa is abandoning its quest to shed major elements of the Affordable Care Act, after federal health officials failed to approve the plan in time for the insurance-buying season that begins in just over a week. The state’s withdrawal comes two months after President Trump telephoned a top federal health official with instructions to reject Iowa’s proposal. In announcing the withdrawal of what the state has called a crucial “stopgap” plan to prevent its marketplace from collapsing, Iowa Gov. Ki..>> view originalThe political divide in the United States, animated
By itself, this gyrating beige lump doesn’t seem as though it tells us much about the state of American politics. It’s an animation The Post created from images developed by Pew Research — and its initially unassuming appearance is deceiving. Think of the start of the graph — the 1994 position — as being a bell curve in a high school class. The way a bell curve works, you may recall, is that it represents the distribution of grades. A few people fare very poorly on a test; they’re at one extre..>> view original5 winners and 5 losers in the Eagles' 34-24 win over Washington
It was a rough start for the Philadelphia Eagles against Washington, but once the cobwebs were shaken off, Carson Wentz and co. were impossible to stop.>> view originalSmall Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the ...
For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico’s crippled electrical grid, the territory’s state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall. The company, Whitefish Energy, said last week that it had signed a $300 million contract with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to repair and reconstruct large portions of the island’s electrical infrastructure. The contract is the biggest yet issu..>> view originalAfter delay, Trump fulfills his $25000 promise to the father of a fallen ...
President Trump at the White House before bestowing the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, to retired Army Capt. Gary M. Rose on Oct. 23, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) The father of a fallen U.S. soldier has received the $25,000 that President Trump promised him three months ago, perhaps ending one of the controversies since Trump falsely claimed last week to have spoken with nearly every military family that has lost a loved one since he became commander in chief. T..>> view originalCaught in a deadly ambush, US troops in Niger waited an hour for ...
Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke about the incident where four U.S. service members were killed in Niger on Oct. 4. (The Washington Post) The U.S. Special Forces team caught in a deadly ambush three weeks ago in Niger did not request help from nearby French forces for about an hour after the firefight began near a village the Americans had visited during a reconnaissance mission several hours prior, the Pentagon’s top general said Monday. It then t..>> view originalAmazon receives 238 proposals for second headquarters
A worker cleans the exterior of one of three glass spheres at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle. (David Ryder for The Washington Post) The tally is in: Amazon received 238 proposals from cities, states, districts and territories interested in becoming home to the company’s second headquarters. The online retail giant published a map Monday showing that bids came from D.C. and all but seven states — Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming — as well as from..>> view originalBill O'Reilly is playing with fire by going after Megyn Kelly and ...
Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, who has repeatedly been accused of sexual harassment. (Frank Micelotta/Invsion/AP) Bill O'Reilly is trying to discredit Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson by publicizing friendly, handwritten letters they sent to him at unspecified dates in the past. His contention is that former colleagues' public criticisms should be viewed as posturing and piling on because they do not match the sentiments expressed when no one was watching. O'Reilly is playing with fire..>> view originalNew Orleans celebrity chef John Besh steps down after sexual ...
Michelle Obama participates in a cooking demonstration with cook John Besh in Milan in 2015. (Antonio Calanni/AP) Celebrity chef John Besh became a symbol of the rebirth of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina leveled the city. Now he faces a storm of his own. On Monday, Besh stepped down from the restaurant group he founded and co-owns after more than two dozen women alleged his company fostered a culture of sexual abuse. “John has decided to step down from all aspects of operations and to p..>> view original
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