Friday, August 10, 2018

Evening Edition: Trump takes aim at Turkey, says he will double metal tariffs

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Trump takes aim at Turkey, says he will double metal tariffs
The president's announcement, made in a tweet, reflects the deteriorating state of relations between the countries. He noted that Turkey's currency was weakening against the U.S. dollar, a phenomenon that had made existing tariffs less effective.
WorldViews: How a Trump tweet and an Erdogan speech shook Turkey's economy
The Turkish lira dropped dramatically against the dollar Friday, losing more than 18 percent of its value in one day.
 
Manafort got $16 million in loans from bank whose CEO wanted Trump administration post
Federal Savings Bank Senior Vice President Dennis Raico testified how Paul Manafort won quick approval for loans as part of a process that featured unusual involvement from the bank's CEO and chairman Steve Calk, who was seeking a role in the Trump administration.
 
 
Judge holds witness in Mueller probe in contempt for refusing to appear before grand jury
Andrew Miller, a former aide to longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone, had lost a court battle to quash a subpoena.
 
Wonkblog | Analysis
U.S. wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation
The good news: Pay is up 2.7 percent in the past year. The bad news: The cost of living is up 2.9 percent. This means, according to Labor Department figures, that U.S. workers' paychecks are worth less than they were a year ago.
 
The story behind the searing image of Charlottesville's worst day
Photographer Ryan Kelly had been working all day when he heard a car rev its engine and saw a flash of metal. He pointed his camera, capturing a microsecond of mayhem after last year's gathering of white nationalists and the killing of a young woman who came to protest them.
 
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Omarosa Manigault Newman says she refused $15,000-a-month hush money, pens White House memoir calling Trump racist
In her incendiary new book, "Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House," she also depicts President Trump as unqualified and narcissistic. Excerpts of the book were obtained by The Washington Post.
 
Russia chastises U.S. after sanctions over chemical attack in Britain
Russian officials lambasted new U.S. sanctions and vowed to push back in response as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.
 
Torture of al-Qaeda suspect detailed in newly declassified cables sent by CIA Director Gina Haspel
The prisoner, believed to have been involved in the USS Cole bombing, was waterboarded at a secret U.S. detention facility in Thailand headed by Haspel.
 
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The Fix | Analysis
Trump's approval hits 50 percent — in a doctored poll graphic shared by his son
Quite a few people noticed that this wasn't even a quality hoax.
 
Redskins running back Derrius Guice suffers torn ACL, will miss season
Guice was injured in Thursday night's preseason opener against the New England Patriots.
 
'I know about the secret': Men in affluent neighborhoods are getting shakedown letters
The unsettling scam seeks a $15,750 payoff in bitcoin and arrives in mailboxes as a letter with a postmark from Nashville.
 
 
Awkwafina is here to steal scenes and change the way you see Asian American women
This year, Awkwafina released a critically acclaimed hip-hop EP, "In Fina We Trust," and is charming the masses in two of the summer's biggest movies: as a scammer and pickpocket in "Ocean's 8," and in "Crazy Rich Asians," in which she's the primary scene stealer.
 
Most people who think they have a penicillin allergy are wrong. Why that's dangerous.
If it's been more than a decade since you were diagnosed with a penicillin allergy, you might want to get retested.
 
Chat Transcript
How to navigate unrequited office love
A 40-something woman writes that she has a crush on her boss and wonders how she can move past it.
 
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