Paul Manafort's Worst Week in Washington
Paul Manafort (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) Paul Manafort has now been on both ends of Donald Trump experience. In April, he was brought in as the adult in the room, the (sort of) establishment guy who was going to instill order in the controlled chaos of Trumpworld. This week he found himself cast out, playing the sacrificial lamb for Trump's flagging campaign. The trouble started early in the week for Manafort as Trump announced he was bringing on Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon and ele..>> view originalOfficials: Bomb at Turkish wedding party in Turkey kills 50
At least 22 people were killed and 94 wounded when a suspected suicide bomber targeted a wedding celebration in Gaziantep, Turkey on Saturday, Aug. 20. (Reuters; Photo: Getty Images) ISTANBUL — A bomb blast at a wedding party in southeast Turkey killed at least 50 people overnight, Turkish officials said Sunday, in what is now the deadliest in a string of militant attacks in the country so far this year. The explosion late Saturday tore through a crowd of revelers at an outdoor marriage ..>> view originalOlympians struggle to adjust to life beyond the rings
RIO DE JANEIRO — The morning after her 2008 Olympics ended, gymnast Shawn Johnson awoke with one gold medal, three silvers and no idea what to eat for breakfast. She had no idea when to go to bed, either. In the weeks that followed, Johnson felt lost each day at 4 p.m., when practice had always begun. Something as basic as working out in local fitness centers proved bewildering; she’d only trained in gymnastics facilities. “You feel really lost for a while, just trying to figure out your new ..>> view originalThe Latest: Lochte says he exagerated
RIO DE JANEIRO — The latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 11:55 MEDAL ALERT The United States rallied from a two-set deficit against Russia in volleyball on Sunday to win the Olympic bronze medal with a 3-2 victory. Ranked fifth in the world, the Americans won 23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19, 15-13. Matt Anderson spiked for match point against the stunned Russians. The Americans linked arms in a tight circle and hopped in celebration as the crowd chanted “U-S-A!” The victory c..>> view originalThis couple didn't tip their Latina server. They left a hateful message ...
A customer left a nasty note for Sadie Karina Elledge at a Harrisonburg, Va., restaurant on Monday, saying “we only tip citizens.” (Photo courtesy of John Elledge) The message on the receipt rattled Sadie Karina Elledge, but it made her grandfather see red. Instead of leaving a gratuity on Monday, a couple eating at the Harrisonburg, Va., restaurant where Sadie works scrawled: “We only tip citizens.” The dig was aimed at Sadie, 18, who was born in America, but is of Honduran and Mexican desc..>> view originalCanadians bid adieu to beloved band whose singer is dying
KINGSTON, Ontario — The rock concert did not begin with a rock song. Instead, it started with flag-waving fans breaking into a national anthem, “O Canada.” The impromptu tribute by an emotional sold-out crowd that included Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began what was expected to be the final performance Saturday by Tragically Hip, a group known as Canada’s Band, and lead singer and songwriter Gord Downie, dubbed Canada’s unofficial poet laureate. Downie has been diagnosed with terminal brain ca..>> view originalWith a comfortable lead, Clinton begins laying plans for her White ...
Hillary Clinton’s increasingly confident campaign has begun crafting a detailed agenda for her possible presidency, with plans to focus on measures aimed at creating jobs, boosting infrastructure spending and enacting immigration reform if current polling holds and she is easily elected to the White House in November. In recent weeks, as her leads over GOP nominee Donald Trump have expanded, Clinton has started ramping up for a presidency defined by marquee legislation she has promised to seek ..>> view originalLife lessons from a small-town undertaker as white women die ...
Pallbearers unload a coffin at Smith Cemetery in Strunk, Ky. Over the last 15 years, the state’s McCreary County has seen a 75 percent increase in the mortality rate for white women between the ages of 35 and 59, one of the highest increases in the nation, according to a Washington Post analysis of national mortality rates. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) UNNATURAL CAUSES SICK AND DYING IN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA | Since the turn of this century, death rates have risen for whites in midli..>> view originalPresident Eisenhower and the rise of covert action
(Backgrounds by Craig & Karl for The Washington Post; Photo by Amy King/The Washington Post) In January of 1961, as President Eisenhower was about to leave office, he gave a farewell address from the White House in which he issued a famous warning: Beware the rise of the military-industrial complex. This speech was so memorable because Dwight Eisenhower had assumed the presidency, in 1953, having risen to fame as a five-star general and a World War II hero. Yet here he was, eight years and ..>> view originalUS women, men make it a 4x400 relay sweep
RIO DE JANEIRO — Late Saturday at sparsely populated Olympic Stadium, the proceedings on the final night of track and field vacillated between bet-the-ranch certainty and murky ambiguity. Four American women ran four laps as a team, which meant one portion of the night would provide predictability. The rest of it? Well, hardly anybody knew how to interpret the events — or in some cases even what had happened in the first place. Start with the cleanest part: The U.S. women’s 4x400-meter relay t..>> view original
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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