Wednesday, July 12, 2017

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  • 'Category 5 hurricane': White House under siege by Trump Jr.'s ...

    'Category 5 hurricane': White House under siege by Trump Jr.'s ...
    The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a lawyer characterized as representing the Russian government, as the president fumes against his enemies and senior aides circle one another with suspicion, according to top White House officials and outside advisers. President Trump — who has been hidden from public view since returning last weekend from a divisive international summit — is enraged that the Russia c..
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  • 'Morning Joe' co-host Joe Scarborough is leaving the Republican ...

    'Morning Joe' co-host Joe Scarborough is leaving the Republican ...
    MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on July 11. (Screenshot from CBS) Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC’s political commentary show “Morning Joe,” is leaving the Republican Party. He made the announcement Tuesday night during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” alongside his co-host Mika Brzezinski. A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program’s Twitter account earlier Tuesday. Scarborough..
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  • Hackers have been stealing credit card numbers from Trump's ...

    Hackers have been stealing credit card numbers from Trump's ...
    The Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. was one of 14 properties worldwide to be hit by the latest security breach. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Guests at 14 Trump properties, including hotels in Washington, New York and Vancouver, have had their credit card information exposed, marking the third time in as many years that a months-long security breach has affected customers of the chain of luxury hotels. The latest instance occurred between August 2016 and March 2017, according ..
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  • Clay Aiken says Trump didn't make the decisions to fire people on ...

    Clay Aiken says Trump didn't make the decisions to fire people on ...
    Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump on “Celebrity Apprentice.” (Ali Goldstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s starring role on the reality television show “The Apprentice” transformed the mogul’s image in the public eye, establishing him as a frank, tell-it-like-it-is businessman capable of making tough decisions. Each episode’s most dramatic moment ended in the corporate boardroom, with Trump decisively eliminating a contestant by delivering his famous catch..
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  • Donald Trump Jr. and the kamikaze tweetstorm that set Washington ...

    Donald Trump Jr. and the kamikaze tweetstorm that set Washington ...
    Questions anyone? Maryland’s Democratic senators, Chris Van Hollen, left, and Benjamin L. Cardin, hold forth for reporters on a day when the Capitol was buzzing about Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia tweets. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin smiled merrily when he saw the reporters approaching him. It was Tuesday, the day of Donald Trump Jr.’s kamikaze tweetstorm, and a deeply enjoyable day to be a Democrat in the hallways of the U.S. Capitol. “If I were in a similar sit..
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  • A 'bogus photo,' decades of obsession and the endless debate over ...

    A 'bogus photo,' decades of obsession and the endless debate over ...
    Legendary pilot Amelia Earhart's disappearance is a decades-old mystery. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) On Sunday, Ric Gillespie settled into his living room in central Pennsylvania and flipped on a new History Channel documentary about Amelia Earhart, one that promised “shocking” new evidence that proved what had happened to the famed aviator. Hundreds of miles away, in Florida, Mike Campbell did the same. Both were armed with a notepad and a healthy amount of skepticism, albeit for ..
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  • Democrats intentionally used disinformation from Russia to attack ...

    Democrats intentionally used disinformation from Russia to attack ...
    While the liberal news media hunts for evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, the public record shows that Democrats have willfully used Moscow disinformation to influence the presidential election against Donald Trump and attack his administration.The disinformation came in the form of a Russian-fed dossier written by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. It contains a series of unverified criminal charges against Mr. Trump’s campaign aides, such as coordinating Moscow’s hacking of..
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  • Washington City Takes Clean Energy Pledge

    Washington City Takes Clean Energy Pledge
    EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — A Washington city has pledged to have clean, renewable energy powering its homes, offices and other buildings by 2025. The Herald (http://bit.ly/2tDyePT ) reported Tuesday Edmonds is the first Washington community to join the Sierra Club's national campaign to get city halls and statehouses to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Edmonds City Council set the goal for its community after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement. The multinati..
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  • Two Americans killed battling ISIS in Syria

    Two Americans killed battling ISIS in Syria
    A soldier aims an automatic rifle through a peephole in a wall at Raqqa, Syria, on June 11. (Youssef Rabie Youssef/European Pressphoto Agency) Two Americans fighting alongside Kurdish forces in northern Syria were killed last week as the battle to retake the Islamic State’s de-facto capital there continues well into its second month. Nicholas Warden, 29, and Robert Grodt, 28, died last week on the outskirts of Raqqa, according to U.S. officials and a statement released by the Kurdish People..
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  • The Latest: Official: Person of interest makes bail, freed

    The Latest: Official: Person of interest makes bail, freed
    Matthew Weintraub, District Attorney for Bucks County, Pa., speaks to the media during a news conference, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Solebury, Pa. The search for four missing young Pennsylvania men feared to be the victims of foul play resumed Tuesday, a day after authorities arrested a man linked to a property that has become the focus of the investigation. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press) By Associated Press By Associated Press July 11 at 7:47 PM PHILADELPHIA — The Latest on the searc..
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Olympic leaders give LA and Paris the nod for Summer Games, but that doesn't mean the race is over .Photos of the Year, So Far: 186 Days Into a New Washington .
President Trump fires FBI Director Comey .Kerry, Panetta, ex-CIA officials tell court Trump order will 'endanger ... .

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