Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren and other top stories.

  • Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren

    Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren
    COMMERCE, Calif. — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has a new partner in her battle against Donald Trump: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who gave a speech Tuesday mirroring Clinton’s own talking points accusing Trump of profiting from the housing crash of 2008. Warren (D-Mass.) has stayed out of the ongoing Democratic primary race between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — she is the only Democratic woman in the Senate who has not endorsed Clinton — but she recently has..
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  • Four months after fundraiser, Trump says he gave $1 million to ...

    Four months after fundraiser, Trump says he gave $1 million to ...
    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he raised $6 million for veterans groups at a January fundraiser. The Washington Post's accounting, based on interviews with charities, only found $3.1 million in donations to veterans groups. In addition, almost four months after promising $1 million of his own money to veterans' causes, Trump moved to fulfill that pledge. (McKenna Ewen/The Washington Post) Almost four months after promising $1 million of his own money to veterans’ cause..
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  • Cosby ordered to stand trial in felony sex-assault case

    Cosby ordered to stand trial in felony sex-assault case
    - A Pennsylvania judge has ordered Bill Cosby to stand trial for sexual assault, ruling there is enough evidence for him to be criminally tried. ()
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  • Stephen Strasburg stays unbeaten; Nats pound Matt Harvey again

    Stephen Strasburg stays unbeaten; Nats pound Matt Harvey again
    The Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets, 7-4, Tuesday evening, as Stephen Strasburg beat still-struggling Matt Harvey, striking out 11 in 6⅔ innings, a typical Strasburg outing these days. The Nationals have now won 14 straight Strasburg starts, dating back to last season. Strasburg improved to 8-0 in 2016, which is the best start in franchise history since Pedro Martinez did the same as a Montreal Expo in 1997. Strasburg and the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta are the only two qualified starters w..
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  • Lawmaker raises alarm over bank hacks

    Lawmaker raises alarm over bank hacks
    Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka in March. Criminals stole $81 million from the bank earlier this year using information sent through the SWIFT messaging system. (Ashikur Rahman/Reuters) By Lisa Lambert May 24 at 7:19 PM Recent hacks of international banks through the SWIFT messaging system raise serious questions about cyber-related risks to U.S. firms, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) wrote Monday in a letter to the country’s top banking regu..
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  • NRA threatens Iran with video about men who wrestle alligators

    NRA threatens Iran with video about men who wrestle alligators
    VIDEO As part of a new campaign promoting its agenda, the National Rifle Association published a bunch of videos featuring people who like guns making statements against the liberal elites, Hollywood celebrities and feckless political class that would supposedly pry their weapons away from them. The video above, though, is directed at a different target: Iran. It's a particularly spectacular entry featuring a gray-bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat telling the "ayatollahs of Iran" to "listen up...
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  • Redskins greats are bullish on Kirk Cousins

    Redskins greats are bullish on Kirk Cousins
    Former Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien sees potential in the current squad. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) When it comes to being a Washington Redskins quarterback, sometimes waiting is for the best. Just ask Kirk Cousins. Or Gus Frerotte. Or Mark Rypien. No one quite knew what to expect last summer when the franchise handed over its reins to Cousins, who had started just nine games in his three-year career. After starting the 2015 season 2-4, Cousins surprised many by lea..
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  • Lawmakers slam Saudi record on fight against terrorism

    Lawmakers slam Saudi record on fight against terrorism
    Members of the Saudi royal family are “up to their eyeballs” in supporting terrorism, a veteran Republican lawmaker charged Tuesday, as members of Congress raised sharp questions of the state of U.S.-Saudi relations and Riyadh’s contribution to the fight against al Qaeda and the Islamic State.California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, known for his sometimes sweeping statements on foreign policy, said during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that U.S. officials must stop “intentionally ignoring” ..
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  • 'Get off the stage!' Crowd yells at commencement speaker after she ...

    'Get off the stage!' Crowd yells at commencement speaker after she ...
    When Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas mentioned Donald Trump during her commencement speech at the School of Communications at California State University, Fullerton on May 22, she was met with boos from students. Later, a woman can be heard yelling, "Get off the stage." (California State University, Fullerton) Some people in the crowd at a graduation ceremony at California State University, Fullerton, shouted at the commencement speaker after she talked about presidential candidate Do..
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  • Twitter says goodbye to all '.@'

    Twitter says goodbye to all '.@'
    (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Twitter announced a plan to make itself simpler Tuesday by, among other things, removing the need for a popular, improvised equivalent of a stage whisper.  The changes are the latest iteration of the microblogging site’s attempts to make itself more appealing to new users. For instance, a few months ago, it changed its “favorite” button — a way to interact with a tweet without actually writing a reply — to the more universally understood “like” button. The compan..
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Baltimore officer acquitted on all counts in Freddie Gray case .MLS: Red Bulls tie record in rout of NYCFC .
Peralta better, but Brewers get little offense in 3-2 loss .Embattled San Francisco police chief resigns after shooting .

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