Thursday, August 16, 2018

Thursday's Headlines: Trump’s lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court

 
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Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court
Rudolph W. Giuliani said President Trump's lawyers are "pretty much finished" drafting a response to a potential subpoena request from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's office.
The Fix: Not even Republicans buy the Trump team's 'collusion isn't a crime' defense
A new poll shows 69 percent of Republicans think it's never okay to accept opposition research from a hostile foreign power.
 
Colorado baker claims religious persecution again — this time after denying cake for transgender woman
Jack Phillips gained national attention after he refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding in 2012 and took his fight to the Supreme Court.
 
She works for Trump. He can't stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway.
The Conways, like the rest of the country, have been jolted by the President Trump. They love each other, exasperate each other and talk behind each other's backs. Take a look inside the marriage of one of Trump's most loyal advisers and her husband, an increasingly outspoken critic of the president.
 
Blame 'environmental terrorist groups' for severity of California wildfires, Interior secretary says
Fire scientists and forestry experts said climate change is the main factor behind the problem, and many took issue with Ryan Zinke's refusal to acknowledge its role.
 
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What would Jesus do? Clean house in the Catholic Church.
 
Trump is right to push Turkey. He's just doing it wrong.
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Searchers find the sunken stern of a doomed World War II destroyer off the coast of Alaska
Dozens of sailors died when the USS Abner Read hit a Japanese mine in 1943. Now scientists say they found the ship's stern in 290 feet of water amid one of the war's least explored battlefields.
 
 
Soaring prices rock Turkey as a trade war heats up between Erdogan and Trump
The dispute has battered Turkey's vulnerable economy, pushed the lira to record lows and forced Turkish citizens — along with millions of refugees who live in the country — to shoulder the consequences.
 
Paul Manafort's tax- and bank-fraud case is heading to the jury
The jury is scheduled to start deliberating Thursday after hearing testimony about the lavish lifestyle and multimillion-dollar loans of the political consultant and onetime chairman of the Trump campaign.
 
The Fix | Analysis
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo says America 'was never that great,' drawing gasps
At a bill-signing ceremony in New York, Andrew Cuomo took on President Trump's slogan, saying, "We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged." Cuomo's office walked back the comments.
 
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Trump puts Iraq in a bind over Iran
New American sanctions are raising tensions and hardship in the Middle East.
 
Father accused of murdering man his daughter said had followed her into the bathroom
An Arizona dad was arrested earlier this month after police said he beat a man, who had followed his daughter into a bathroom, into a coma.
 
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