National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump's competing ...
In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Trump angrily hammered home two questions: He wanted to know why the U.S. military wasn’t winning in Afghanistan, and he asked, repeatedly, why, after more than 16 years of war, the United States was still stuck there. The president’s two questions have defined a contentious debate over whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to halt two years of Taliban gains. And they have exp..>> view originalTrump still has the bully pulpit, but is facing more challenges to his ...
Six months into his chaotic tenure, President Trump faces mounting challenges to his authority and influence, a downward slide that his allies hope newly installed Chief of Staff John F. Kelly can help to halt. In recent weeks, Congress has moved on a number of fronts to curtail the president’s authority. Lawmakers passed legislation limiting his ability to lift sanctions on Russia and the Republican-controlled Senate will not formally adjourn this month to prevent Trump from making any recess ..>> view originalCalifornia officials detain professor and clerk suspected in Chicago ...
Wyndham Lathem, left, and Andrew Warren, are accused of killing a Chicago hairstylist. (Chicago Police Department via European Pressphoto Agency) Authorities in Chicago say a prominent medical scholar from Northwestern University and a British payroll clerk employed by Oxford who are accused of savagely killing a hairstylist last week before fleeing the city have been taken into custody in California. Wyndham Lathem, 42, and Andrew Warren, 56, are suspects in the stabbing death of Trenton Co..>> view originalMartin Shkreli is found guilty of three of eight securities fraud charges
Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical CEO, was convicted of three counts of securities fraud on Aug. 4. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) NEW YORK — A Brooklyn jury on Friday found Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager notorious for brazenly raising the price of a critical drug, guilty of defrauding his investors. Shkreli shook his head in apparent disbelief as the first of three guilty verdicts was read. His father, who attended every day of the more than four-week trial, put..>> view originalMurder conviction in Blackwater case thrown out, other sentences ...
A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard sentenced to life in prison in the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007. The court also ordered resentencings for three others convicted in the incident. The September 2007 shootings, which also wounded 17 people, fomented deep resentments about the accountability of American security forces during one of the bloodiest periods of the I..>> view originalReligion events around the Washington area
Vacation Bible school Southeast D.C.: “Hero Central — Discover Your Strength in God.” Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday, 11:15 a.m. For ages 5 to 12. Learn about some of the Bible’s heroes. Free breakfast and lunch. Arts and crafts, theater and liturgical music and dance are incorporated in the program. Transportation will be provided if needed. Register: 202-544-1415 or 301-787-2123. Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 400 D St. SE. Burke: “Hero Central — Discover Your St..>> view originalAttorney general says Justice Dept. has tripled the number of leak ...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that the Justice Department has more than tripled the number of leak investigations compared with the number that were ongoing at the end of the last administration, offering the first public confirmation of the breadth of the department’s efforts to crack down on unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information. The announcement seemed designed both to reassure the president, who has criticized the attorney general as being “weak” on leak investigati..>> view originalFormer Officials Warn of Damage From Leaked Conversations
Leaked transcripts of presidential calls aren't just embarrassing to Donald Trump. They could undermine faith in Washington's ability to protect confidential conversations and intelligence, and have a chilling effect on American diplomacy.In the latest and perhaps most egregious sign of a U.S. administration that can't keep a lid on its private deliberations, The Washington Post this week published a written record of phone conversations between Trump and the leaders of Mexico and Australia. The..>> view originalUnder Trump, gains against ISIS have 'dramatically accelerated'
Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Trump administration, a senior State Department official said Friday. Brett McGurk, the State Department’s senior envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition, said that steps President Trump has taken, including delegating decision-making authority down from the White House to commanders in the field, have “dramatically accelerated” gain..>> view originalCiti Open 2017: Top-seed Simona Halep succumbs to heat ...
Simona Halep retired from her quarterfinal matchup against Ekaterina Makarova because of the heat Friday. (Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports) Top-seeded Simona Halep, the second-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, retired from her Citi Open quarterfinal match Friday afternoon because of illness brought on by the heat. Halep was trailing No. 7 seed Ekaterina Makarova, 1-0, in the third set when she called the trainer over early and appeared to have her blood pressure taken, after which she ..>> view original
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