Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Evening Edition: ‘It’s difficult to relive’: Shanahan speaks on family’s violent incidents

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'It's difficult to relive': Shanahan speaks on family's violent incidents
Defense secretary nominee Patrick Shanahan withdrew from consideration Tuesday after an unusually lengthy FBI background check delayed his nomination. In interviews with The Post, he said he regretted explaining his son's 2011 assault on his ex-wife with a baseball bat as an act of self-defense.
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Former defense pick tells The Post, 'Bad things can happen to good families'
Aaron Davis on conversations with Trump's former acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan about domestic violence incidents in his family. Maria Sacchetti on planned mass deportations of migrant families. And Ashley Parker on Trump's reelection bid.
 
Trump vows mass migrant arrests starting next week
In tweets, President Trump appeared to reference a plan to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major U.S. cities.
 
President says he will meet with China's Xi at G-20 summit
The news is a major development amid the ongoing trade war between two of the world's largest economies.
 
 
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'If not us, who will?': These teens are refusing to accept sexual harassment
Harassment and being rated on looks have long been a part of high school. But some teens are walking out in protest, confronting classmates and posting fliers to try to change the dynamic.
 
Weather woes cause American corn farmers to throw in the towel
Planting this spring has crawled at its slowest pace in 40 years. It now may be at a standstill.
 
Ocasio-Cortez presses case that U.S. is running 'concentration camps' at border amid Republican outcry
The New York Democrat faced criticism from Republicans who said she was demeaning Jews exterminated in the Holocaust.
 
Trump characterizes alleged attacks by Iran on tankers as 'very minor'
In an interview with Time magazine, the president said he would "certainly" go to war over nuclear weapons but left open the question of taking action to protect oil supplies.
 
 
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A local's guide to Rome, a beautiful city of chaos and contradictions
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Consumer Product Safety Commission's acting chairwoman plans to step down
Anne Marie Buerkle's surprise decision follows criticism that the agency was slow to act against companies whose products were linked to deaths and injuries of children.
 

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