'Everyone tunes in': Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV
During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump’s tumultuous White House came up, and one of the attendees wondered whether press secretary Sean Spicer might be the first to go. The president’s response was swift and unequivocal. “I’m not firing Sean Spicer,” he said, according to someone familiar with the encounter. “That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in.” Trump even likened Spicer’s daily news briefings to a daytime soap op..>> view originalNearing 100-day mark, Trump says milestone not 'meaningful'
WASHINGTON — For nearly 100 days, President Donald Trump has rattled Washington and been chastened by its institutions. He’s startled world leaders with his unpredictability and tough talk, but won their praise for a surprise strike on Syria. He’s endured the steady drip of investigations and a seemingly endless churn of public personnel drama. “It’s a different kind of a presidency,” Trump said in an Oval Office interview with The Associated Press, an hour-long conversation as he approached S..>> view originalShowdown looms as Trump demands funding for wall on US-Mexico ...
President Trump and White House officials pressed congressional Republicans on Sunday to use the looming threat of a government shutdown to win funding for a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico, a top priority for the administration as it nears the symbolic 100-day mark. Trump wants funding to be included in a spending measure that would keep the government open past April 28, a determined effort that has prompted a possible standoff with lawmakers in both parties, who ho..>> view originalPotato Farming in Washington Involves High-Stakes Investment
Most folks think of Idaho when they think of potatoes, but farmers in Washington state's Columbia Basin are making their own mark on the nation's potato industry ...>> view originalCapitals-Penguins second-round series guide: What you need to know
We’re doing it all over again. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) The Washington Capitals, the best team in the NHL this season, are seeking to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Having won a conference championship once (1998) and three Presidents’ Trophies (2010, 2106, 2017), the Cup is the next prize. In Round 1, Washington got a tougher-than-expected challenge from the upstart Toronto Maple Leafs and fell behind two-games-to-one before rallying for three straight wins to claim t..>> view originalFire Tears Through Fort Washington Apartment Building
Officials say residents of 11 apartments were displaced after a fire at a complex in Fort Washington. | April 24, 2017, at 7:10 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon ...>> view originalMarcus Johansson's overtime goal for Capitals clinches series ...
TORONTO — Marcus Johansson was about to answer a reporter’s question when he was interrupted to be showered with some well-earned affection. Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis smacked a kiss on Johansson’s cheek and held up his iPhone for a selfie. This is the kind of attention you get for scoring the only two goals in a 2-1 overtime win. The victory lifted the Capitals past the Toronto Maple Leafs in this couldn’t-be-tighter first-round playoff series, and they now will get a second chanc..>> view originalNationals' Stephen Strasburg to go on paternity leave Monday
Stephen Strasburg won’t pitch against the Rockies this week. (John Bazemore/Associated Press) NEW YORK — Max Scherzer will take the mound as scheduled Sunday night at Citi Field as the Nationals look to complete a sweep of the Mets and win their seventh straight game, but Washington’s other ace won’t pitch on turn this week. Stephen Strasburg last pitched Thursday in Atlanta, meaning he is scheduled to pitch on normal rest Tuesday against the Rockies. But Strasburg won’t be utilized Tuesday..>> view originalNorth Korea must be dealt with
ANALYSIS/OPINION:North Korea, long a thorn in the side of America — a thorn that sharpened considerably under the “strategic patience”-slash-do-nothing leadership of Barack Obama — has seized a third American citizen.And the regime must be dealt an aggressive blow.Bluntly, you can’t be grabbing American citizens and detaining ‘em for no reason. It’s not only impolite; it’s an act of war.Saturday, Kim Sang-duk, also called Tony Kim, in North Korea to teach at the Pyongyang University of Science a..>> view originalRight-wing Le Pen claims victory alongside centrist Macron for ...
PARIS — French voters on Sunday rejected the two political parties that dominated France’s post-World War II political life, pitting an anti-immigrant firebrand against an unconventional centrist in a presidential election that could determine the future of the European Union and France’s place in the world. By picking the pro-E.U. former economy minister Emmanuel Macron and National Front leader Marine Le Pen to advance to the decisive May 7 runoff, French citizens set up a stark choice. Now ..>> view original
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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