Friday, August 17, 2018

Friday's Headlines: Trump gears up to strip more clearances from officials tied to Russia investigation

 
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Trump gears up to strip more clearances from officials tied to Russia investigation
The president has fired or threatened nearly a dozen current and former officials connected to the investigation he labels a "rigged witch hunt." This week he stripped former CIA director John Brennan of his security clearance and announced others were under review.
Pentagon may delay Trump's military parade, originally slated for November, to 2019
The Defense Department and White House will instead "explore opportunities in 2019" for the Washington military parade sought by President Trump, a Pentagon spokesman said in a statement.
 
Manafort jurors send judge four questions, including asking him to redefine reasonable doubt
Jurors began deliberations Thursday in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who faces 18 counts of bank fraud and lying — and the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison. The jury will resume deliberations Friday.
 
European museums may loan back some works stolen from former colonies
Europe's grand museums feature items acquired in dubious circumstances or plundered outright. Now the continent's leading cultural institutions are beginning to reevaluate colonial-era artifacts and, in some cases, discuss returning them to their countries of origin — under certain terms.
 
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From giving birth at age 12 to 'physical fights': The difficult life and times of Aretha Franklin
Her life was marred with crushing trials and tribulations. Perhaps her turbulent personal life fueled her music, which was often victorious but tinged with searing pain.
Relive 7 iconic Aretha Franklin performances, from Obama's inauguration to 'Blues Brothers'
The Queen of Soul died Thursday at the age of 76.
 
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Revoke my clearance, Mr. President, so the country knows where I stand
 
The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.
 
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Trump administration is considering pulling back $3 billion in foreign aid
Lawmakers from both parties view the last-minute move as a back-door attempt by the administration to achieve cuts that it has sought, despite their objections, before Congress can do anything about it.
 
 
Judge's move to grant bail in New Mexico compound case draws a Twitter mob — and death threats
The court had never experienced anything like the intensity of the vitriol and volume of the response, which required it to go on lockdown for an afternoon, officials said.
 
Fact Checker | Analysis
Has Russia hacked into Florida's election system? There is no evidence.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) insists that Russia has breached Florida's election systems and could wipe out voter registration records. But there's no evidence to back him up.
 
Widespread shortage of EpiPens raises alarm for parents as kids go back to school
The scarcity of the emergency medicines, which prevent people with serious allergies from going into anaphylactic shock, means families will have to go from pharmacy to pharmacy hoping to get lucky, or rely on expired doses.
 
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he would never sell public land. But his agency is considering it.
A plan from the Bureau of Land Management includes a proposal to possibly sell 1,600 acres in Utah. The bureau is legally required to identify federal property suitable for disposal, a spokesman said, but critics disputed that assertion.
 
'The kids are my life,' a dad said of his missing family. Then he was charged with killing them.
"It just seems like I'm living in a nightmare, and I can't get out of it," Christopher Watts told a reporter less than two days before police accused him of killing his family.
 
Maryland college will cut several majors, including math and physics
Goucher College will do away with nine majors in a cost-cutting "academic revitalization." At least one new major will be offered, in visual and material culture.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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