The standoff between Trump and Sessions escalates
The public standoff between the White House and the nation’s senior law enforcement official took another strange turn Tuesday as President Trump escalated his verbal attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was urged by fellow conservatives to stand his ground. Trump was asked at a Rose Garden news conference if he would fire the attorney general, who angered the president by recusing himself from the criminal probe into possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia. “We’ll ..>> view originalSenators on hot mic: Trump is 'crazy,' 'I'm worried'
Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) was unintentionally recorded talking about President Trump at the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on July 25. Collins appears to have been speaking to Democratic senator Jack Reed. (Senate Appropriations Committee) This article has been updated. At the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday morning, someone sitting near Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) didn’t switch off a microphone. Collins was recorded discussing the federal budget and Pres..>> view originalRick Perry thought he was talking to a world leader about pig ...
Rick Perry, U.S. secretary of energy, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in June. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg) It was a winding, wonkish and occasionally obscure conversation about foreign coal exploration, natural-gas pipelines and pig manure as a power source. But only one of the men on the line — Energy Secretary Rick Perry — held sway over his nation’s energy policy. On the other end of the conversation were Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Alexei “Lexus” Stolyarov, w..>> view originalHealth Department Reviews Anti-Pot Message Aimed at Latinos
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Department of Health is apologizing after some people were offended by anti-marijuana messaging aimed at Latino youth in the Yakima area. The public health campaign includes advertisements and at least one billboard that says, "We don't need pot to have fun," and "We're Hispanics ... We're cool by default." Health Department spokeswoman Julie Graham says it's clear from the reaction on social media that some people were offended. She says the departme..>> view originalTrump's Boy Scouts speech broke with 80 years of presidential ...
President Trump spoke to thousands of Boy Scouts at the National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va., July 24. Here are five highlights from his remarks. (Taylor Turner/The Washington Post) For 80 years, American presidents have been speaking to the National Scout Jamboree, a gathering of tens of thousands of youngsters from around the world eager to absorb the ideas of service, citizenship and global diplomacy. In keeping with the Scouts’ traditions, all eight presidents and surrogates wh..>> view originalSteel Valley's Youngstown is much more complicated than Trump ...
A message on the corner of Avondale Avenue and Market Street in South Youngstown, Ohio. (Dustin Franz/For The Washington Post) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — President Trump escaped the roiling turmoil of Washington on Tuesday evening — leaving behind the chaotic effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the intensifying Russia investigation and his latest staff shake-up — to rally with his supporters in this former steel town. “I was looking at some of those big, once incredible job-produ..>> view original'This is just really sick': Video of boat dragging a shark triggers ...
In a video circulating over social media, a shark is pursuing a group of humans. But not intentionally. The 11-second video from Florida shows a shark violently tumbling over a speedboat’s wake and skipping hard on the water’s surface as a group of unidentified men laugh and gesture at the predator. One of the men appear to say the shark is going to die. “Look, it’s already almost there,” another responds. South Florida charter fishing captain Mark “Mark The Shark” Quartiano received the video ..>> view originalThis column brought to you by the 'Amazon Washington Post'
The publication you are now reading has a new name: The Amazon Washington Post. The moniker was bestowed in recent days by President Trump, putting the newspaper in the company of the Failing New York Times, Li’l Marco Rubio, Lyin’ Ted Cruz, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, Crooked Hillary and Low- Energy Jeb. “A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post. . . . These illegal leaks, like Comey’s must stop!” he roared, via Twitter, early Saturday. “The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the fa..>> view originalHouse passes Russia sanctions bill, setting up veto dilemma for Trump
(U.S. House of Representatives) The House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to advance new financial sanctions against key U.S. adversaries and deliver a foreign-policy brushback to President Trump by limiting his ability to waive many of them. Included in the package, which passed 419 to 3, are new measures targeting key Russian officials in retaliation for that country’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, as well as sanctions against Iran and North Korea in response ..>> view originalGOP bill is voted down as divided Senate dives into health-care ...
The Senate embarked on a freewheeling process to rewrite the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, as Republicans overcame deep divisions to bring their proposals up for debate by the narrowest possible margin. But those same schisms threatened to leave the party far short in the coming days of its ambitious goal to undo major parts of the ACA, which the GOP has been vowing for seven years to dismantle. On Tuesday night, just hours after opening debate, Senate Republican leaders were unable to pass ..>> view original
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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