Friday, January 11, 2019

Friday's Headlines: Trump eyes Army for building wall as he mulls emergency declaration

 
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Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Trump eyes Army for building wall as he mulls emergency declaration
To build a southern border wall, the administration is looking at disaster funds for civil works by the Army Corps of Engineers in areas such as the Texas coastline inundated by Hurricane Harvey and parts of Puerto Rico battered by Maria.
Texans brace for eminent-domain battle
Dozens of Texans have received official letters that lawyers say is the first step to the government seizing their land — a practice that President Trump last week called "a fair process" and "very necessary."
 
To keep shut-down government running, White House ventures into uncharted territory
The White House asked agencies for a list of services to resume to minimize the public impact of the federal shutdown. It's part of an effort to keep much of the government running while the president digs in for a long battle over a border wall.
 
'The story keeps changing': Trump falsely asserts he never promised Mexico would directly pay for wall
President Trump's mendacity over how he planned to pay for his top campaign promise has boxed him in.
 
Analysis: Trump claims he never said Mexico would cut a check for the wall. Let's go to the tape.
He put it in writing.
 
Now on Craigslist, Facebook: Household items from furloughed federal workers trying to make ends meet
As hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for their first missed paychecks of the government shutdown this week, some of them have become immersed in the frantic financial calculus of choosing what they can live without.
 
Critic's Notebook
Trump treats the border like a natural disaster. He even dresses the part.
When the president looked into his closet for Thursday's visit to the border, he selected the uniform that announces: Unplanned mayhem, danger and destruction ahead!
 
Trump goes to Texas to drum up support for border wall as shutdown talks stall
At a U.S. Border Patrol station in the Rio Grande Valley, Trump pressed the case for his border wall, which he maintained would be paid for by Mexico "many, many times over" through a new trade deal that has yet to be ratified by Congress.
 
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The Saudi engine of repression continues to run at full speed
 
We need to end this ugly shutdown. But that's not enough.
 
Don't let Islamic State monsters get away with murder
 
The wall is Trump's 'read my lips' pledge
 
I was a Justice Department lawyer. I left because my oath was incompatible with the job.
 
Mike Pompeo lambastes Obama — and then embraces Obama's Syria strategy
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Jayme Closs is found alive three months after her parents were murdered, police say
"We promised to bring Jayme home and tonight we get to fulfill that promise," the sheriff said.
 
U.S. military announces start of Syria troop withdrawal
Trump's announcement of a U.S. pullout from Syria has sent allies scrambling.
 
 
Democratic lawmakers call for delay in lifting sanctions on close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin
The Treasury Department plans to remove sanctions against an aluminum company company controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains unconvinced that the measures should be lifted.
 
Trump's immigration policy has foreign tech talent looking north of the border
Highly skilled foreign workers and the American firms that employ them are in a bit of a panic over the president's plans to crack down on the H-1B visa program. Canadian businesses sense an opportunity.
 
Michael Cohen to testify before House panel in early February
The House Oversight Committee said the president's former lawyer had agreed to speak publicly about work he did on behalf of President Trump before he took office.
 
Hopes fade for 15 workers trapped in illegal mining 'rat hole' in India
The miners have been trapped since Dec. 13, casualties of Meghalaya state's rampant illegal mining.
 
Myanmar court shoots down appeal of Reuters journalists jailed under state secrets act
The defense lawyer for the pair called the High Court ruling disappointing for "the rule of law."
 
Critic's Notebook
Keep your tidy, spark-joy hands off my book piles, Marie Kondo
A book critic used to have a neat system for books. That changed, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
 
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Border 101
As President Trump continues to press his case for a wall, Maria Sacchetti dispels misinformation about the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, Nicolás Maduro begins his second term as president of Venezuela.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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