Friday, March 23, 2018

Evening Edition: After earlier veto threat, Trump signs $1.3 trillion spending bill

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After earlier veto threat, Trump signs $1.3 trillion spending bill
President Trump said he signed the omnibus bill "as a matter of national security," but he criticized the bill, saying, "I will never sign another bill like this again." The signing came just hours before a deadline that would have forced a government shutdown.
The Fix: Why did Trump threaten to veto a spending bill hours before he signed it?
Here are some likely scenarios, based on how this president has handled these negotiations in the past.
 
Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos's foreign outreach, documents show
President Trump dismissed the young foreign policy adviser as a "low level volunteer," but emails show he had more extensive contact with key campaign figures than previously known.
 
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Attorney says Roy Moore supporters offered him $10,000 to drop client who accused the Senate candidate of sexual impropriety
Recorded phone conversations and text messages show how far some of Moore's most fervent supporters were willing to go to salvage the campaign in Alabama.
 
U.S. stocks slip as trade war rhetoric escalates
Markets reacted to China's threats to respond in kind to President Trump's imposition of $60 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports.
 
Thousands of American children who endure school shootings are never the same
Although school gunfire remains extremely rare, it has spread fear across the country and led to lockdowns and active-shooter drills that have changed the way kids grow up. In a year-long analysis, The Post examines the widespread damage done by this uniquely American crisis.
 
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The return of John Bolton, a hawk on North Korea and Iran, sparks concerns overseas
The former U.N. ambassador, Trump's pick to be his new national security adviser, has long espoused bringing about regime change in Pyongyang and Tehran, through force if necessary.
 
McCain asks CIA director nominee to explain her record related to torture
Republican Sen. John McCain, a POW in the Vietnam War, asked Gina Haspel to detail her role in the agency's enhanced interrogation program.
 
An affair, a photo and a felony charge: Missouri's governor is waging a campaign for political survival
Eric Greitens is aggressively trying to clear his name following lurid allegations and a backlash in his own party.
 
 
'Looks lame anyway': Elon Musk just deleted the Facebook pages of Tesla and SpaceX — on a dare
He apparently decided to take down the pages while responding to posts on Twitter, joining the #DeleteFacebook movement.
 
Watch terrified Greyhound passengers plead with their bus driver to pull over
"We saw her ... just dozing off," one passenger on the 20-plus-hour trip between Phoenix and Dallas said. The driver was reportedly jabbing her face with tweezers to stay awake.
 
About US | Perspective
Junot Diaz pushes beyond black and white to diversify children's books
The Dominican American author's exploration of the immigrant experience reaches a new, young audience in "Islandborn."
 
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