Thursday, May 3, 2018

Thursday's Headlines: Trump repaid lawyer Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement, Giuliani says

 
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Trump repaid lawyer Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement, Giuliani says
The statement by Rudolph W. Giuliani, who recently joined President Trump's legal team, appears to contradict the president's previous assertion that he was unaware of Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to the porn actress.
Giuliani discusses fallout from interview, says Trump is 'very pleased'
The newest member of President Trump's legal team says Trump was pleased with Giuliani's appearance on Sean Hannity's show.
 
Analysis
Trump repaying Michael Cohen doesn't mean there were no campaign finance violations
A loan to the campaign of $130,000 would need to be reported.
 
'The gloves may be coming off': Trump embraces combative approach to Mueller
The departure of lawyer Ty Cobb reflects President Trump's growing desire to more forcefully counter the ongoing special counsel investigation, putting the White House on a war footing with federal prosecutors examining Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
 
New White House lawyer brings deep experience and 'steady hand' to Trump's legal team
Emmet T. Flood, who helped defend Bill Clinton when he was impeached, has a unique inside knowledge of presidential probes and deep skepticism of overreach by prosecutors.
 
Many Democrats call for a new generation of House leaders
Democrats across the country are locked in an awkward dance in which candidates sensing a chance to win GOP-held seats are distancing themselves from their longtime liberal leader Nancy Pelosi, while she insists on retaining power.
 
Jordan Peterson's crusade to toughen up young men lands him on a cultural divide
In a popular book, in sold-out lectures and, most potently, on YouTube, the clinical psychologist has railed against what he sees as slouchers, slackers, chumps and low-status dudes who have amassed a crumpled pile of inferior habits and made the world a messier place.
 
Political stress test: Trump's medical history becomes another divisive issue
The irony is not lost on the president's detractors that the oldest person elected to the Oval Office — and a candidate who attacked his opponent's health and "stamina" — may have misled the public about his own physical well-being.
 
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Targeting China's tools of aggression
 
Step back from the Trump outrage. Let's talk about wine.
 
Trump says his policies aren't based in bigotry. But then there are the facts.
 
Immigrants saved Ronald Reagan's life
 
Does Trump even understand the electoral college?
 
Enough. Send this swamp monster packing.
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Body-camera footage captures tense moments as police officers charge Las Vegas gunman's suite
The footage, seen publicly for the first time on Wednesday, was recorded on two body cameras worn by officers who stormed the room of Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people and injured hundreds in October.
 
 
As China cleans up its act, India's cities named the world's most polluted
The World Health Organization named New Delhi — choked by rising automobile emissions and construction dust — as the world's most polluted megacity.
 
Redskins' managing of cheerleaders under fire after explosive report
Members of the squad faced 14-hour workdays, were required to pose topless and several had to serve as personal escorts during a 2013 trip to Costa Rica, according to allegations from former cheerleaders.
 
Iowa legislators just passed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the U.S.
The state's "heartbeat" bill, passed by the predominantly Republican legislature, would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected — usually around six weeks, before most women know they're pregnant.
 
He wanted to date a co-worker. So he killed her boyfriend, authorities say
Kevin Prasad had spent months trying to woo the woman, authorities say, and he and an accomplice acted when he learned she planned to move out of town with her boyfriend.
 
He bottle-fed a lion cub. Ten years later, it attacked him on video and was shot dead.
Michael Hodge had moved to South Africa because he loved lions. He had raised Shamba and cared for it all its life. He now lies in a hospital bed, traumatized.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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