Sunday, September 2, 2018

Sunday's Headlines: Issues for Kavanaugh: The president who chose him and the court he would change

 
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Issues for Kavanaugh: The president who chose him and the court he would change
As Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brett M. Kavanaugh begin Tuesday, abortion, affirmative action, religion and gay rights are among the issues at stake. But the hearings also come as the powers of a special prosecutor to investigate the president are part of a national debate, with decisions on executive power possibly awaiting the high court.
What Brooklyn, Iowa, wanted was to mourn. Instead, a tragedy brought partisan political division.
After the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the slaying of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, the Iowa town is trying to escape the inescapable: politics. The farming community of 1,500 said it had been living in relative harmony until the slaying, and immigration politics, upended it.
 
Trump threatens to leave Canada behind on NAFTA, warns Congress not to 'interfere'
Lawmakers have told President Trump that they will only sign onto a new trade deal that includes all three North American nations. But Trump asserted his right to go on without Canada and scrap NAFTA if lawmakers attempt to stop him.
 
John McCain | 1936-2018
McCain's funeral was a melancholy last hurrah for what's been lost
Saturday's speakers used John McCain's life story and his values to point up the shortcomings of the president and the divisive, angry politics of the moment.
 
'America was always great': Meghan McCain rebukes President Trump
With a mix of sorrow and defiance, the late senator's daughter transformed a tribute to her father into a thunderclap denunciation of his political rival.
 
'There has to be a better way': The hidden suffering behind the Brazilian coffee that jump-starts American mornings
Victims of degrading labor conditions in Brazil have accused McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Nestlé of failing to ensure that their coffee comes from farms that are free of slave labor.
 
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Meghan McCain and I shared our fathers with America, and America felt our grief
 
Postmodernism didn't cause Trump. It explains him.
 
Discarding norms is not always bad. But how you do it matters.
 
People don't vote for what they want. They vote for who they are.
 
Trump wants to make the media 'fair.' He's not the first GOP president to try it.
 
No self-respecting member of Congress should fear Democrats' investigative requests
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How an ICBM commander learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Lt. Col. Stephen L. Meister once protested nuclear weapons. Now he is in charge of them.  
 
 
They fled violence in Nicaragua by the thousands. What awaits them in Costa Rica?
The arrival of thousands of Nicaraguans in recent months — fleeing President Daniel Ortega's violent crackdown on protesters — has shaken Costa Rica, a country known as a relative oasis of peace in a tumultuous region.
 
Secret operation to deport last living Nazi defendant in the U.S. was a rare success
Eli Rosenbaum had watched eight Nazi war criminals die on American soil after they were ordered deported. Jakiw Palij's expulsion would finally mark a victory.
 
'Appalling' robo-call fans racist flames in Fla. gubernatorial campaign
The minute-long audio clip is a clear sign of how quickly racism — subtle in some cases, overt in others — has entered the contest to determine who will lead Florida.
 
Trump will visit Ireland in November. Some are already planning a 'uniquely Irish' protest.
The United States and Ireland have historically had a very close relationship. But President Trump, as he has elsewhere in Europe, has proven to be an unusually divisive force.
 
She searched how to get away with murder, police say. Now she's charged with killing her two infants.
Stephany LaFountain was indicted for murder in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Wednesday in the deaths of her two infant daughters, two years apart.
 
Analysis
College football winners and losers Week 1: Oklahoma isn't missing Baker Mayfield yet
Kyler Murray was just fine in his first start replacing the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, leading the Sooners to a 63-14 win over Florida Atlantic.
 
Retropod | Podcast
Meet Colonel Blood, the scoundrel who tried to steal Great Britain's crown jewels
According to Ireland's History magazine, Thomas Blood had a reputation for espionage and terrorist campaigns — though many of his plans were foiled just in time.
 
Museums
Introducing the greatest aboriginal artist unknown in America
John Mawurndju's bark painting is what contemporary pieces look like.
 
Food
How sweet it isn't: Cidermakers are working on ways to fight the misconception
New scales and labels attempt to help customers differentiate sweet, dry and in between.
 
Health & Science
Now we're finding out you should do two kinds of stretching, slow and vigorous
The combination helps warm up for workouts, and slow stretching is also good for aging bodies.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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