White House tries to play down meeting of Trump Jr., Russian ...
The White House on Monday was forced to shift from denying contact between the Trump campaign and Russia to defending a meeting that President Trump’s eldest son had in the midst of the presidential race with a Russian lawyer purportedly offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton. The White House sought to play down the significance of that encounter even as new details emerged indicating that it had been arranged at the behest of a Russian family that has ties to the Kremlin and a his..>> view originalWashington could hit 100 degrees this week in season's hottest heat ...
Washington has entered what’s historically the hottest time of year and, right on time, the season’s most intense heat wave to date is beginning. Computer models are forecasting highs into the mid- to upper 90s Tuesday through Thursday, at least. On Thursday, when the heat wave is predicted to climax, both the GFS and European models simulate high temperatures around 100. Thus, Washington’s record high on Thursday of 100 degrees, set in 1954, could be challenged. On average, Washington hits 100..>> view originalHazmat incident at air traffic control center delays flights around the ...
ALEXANDRIA, VA — APRIL 20: Streaks of light from planes taking off are shown in this long exposure photograph of the control tower at Reagan National Airport on April 20, 2011 in Alexandria, VA. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) An evacuation at a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control center in Leesburg, Va. delayed hundreds of flights around the region Monday night, authorities said. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said there were ground stops at all ..>> view originalFederal government cancels costly, decade-long search for a new ...
The federal government is canceling the search for a new FBI headquarters, according to officials familiar with the decision, putting a more than decade-long effort by the bureau to move out of the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building back at square one. The decision follows years of failed attempts by federal officials to persuade Congress to fully back a plan for a campus in the Washington suburbs paid for by trading away the Hoover Building to a real estate developer and putting up nearly $2 b..>> view originalMarine Corps cargo aircraft crashes in Mississippi, killing at least 16
At least 16 people are reported dead after on July 10 after a U.S. military plane crashed into a field in Mississippi. The Marine Corps say the aircraft 'experienced a mishap' sending it down about 100 miles north of the state's capital Jackson. (Reuters) Military investigators picked through the charred wreckage of a Marine Corps cargo plane Tuesday, seeking clues on why it spiraled out of the sky in western Mississippi, killing 16 military personnel, said a Marine statement. The probe ..>> view originalSenate GOP leaders hope for health care vote next week
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are hoping to stage a climactic vote on their health care bill next week, though internal rifts over divisive issues like coverage requirements and Medicaid cuts leave the timing and even the measure’s fate in question. “We need to start voting” on the GOP bill scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law, No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas told reporters Monday. Some Republicans said a revised version of the bill could be introduced Thur..>> view originalFederal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story quoted James C. Foley Jr., an attorney for an official with a Vermont bonding agency, as saying that his client was initially called to appear before a grand jury but that prosecutors later agreed that documents alone would be sufficient. Foley clarified late Monday, however, that the grand jury subpoena required only that documents be turned over. The story has been updated. Jane Sanders, wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), stands by her husb..>> view originalSeattle approves new income tax for wealthy residents
Members of the Seattle Raging Grannies finish their presentation to a Seattle City Council meeting where a new city income tax on the wealthy was being considered, Monday, July 10, 2017, in Seattle. The women sang a song in support of the measure. Seattle’s highest earners would become the only Washington state residents to pay an income tax under the proposal that is designed to open a broader discussion about whether the wealthy pay their fair share in this booming city. (Elaine Thompson/A..>> view originalNew Jersey is calling Chris Christie names. And now he's calling ...
Mike in Montclair calls @GovChristie a fat-ass and a bully. Christie calls Mike in Montclair a bum and a communist. And... we're off! #WFAN pic.twitter.com/HUcLMRZPVz — Sports Funhouse (@SportsFunhouse) July 10, 2017 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, fresh off his beach blunder last week, isn't at all interested in taking your criticisms. During an appearance on WFAN radio Monday afternoon, callers began mixing it up with the Republican governor, who was severely criticized last week for usin..>> view originalSoldier in Hawaii arrested in terrorism probe, charged with providing ...
Paul Delacourt, the FBI special agent in charge of the Hawaii bureau, right, speaks at a news conference as Acting United States Attorney Elliot Enoki, left, listens outside federal court in Honolulu. (AP) A U.S. soldier in Hawaii has been arrested on charges he sought to provide training and classified military secrets to Islamic State, officials announced Monday. FBI spokesman Arnold Laanui confirmed that FBI agents arrested Ikaika Kang Saturday night, and he appeared in federal court in ..>> view original
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