Monday, July 8, 2019

Evening Edition: Trump calls his Wharton attendance ‘genius stuff.’ An admissions officer says otherwise.

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Trump calls his Wharton attendance 'genius stuff.' An admissions officer says otherwise.
The retired official, James Nolan, says he got a call on Donald Trump's behalf from his older brother, Fred Trump Jr., who also happened to be Nolan's best friend.
Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving young girls
The indictment says the wealthy financier recruited girls — some as young as 14 — to perform "massages" that became "increasingly sexual in nature."
 
Post Reports | Listen Now
New sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein — and the story behind a decade-old plea deal
Matt Zapotosky reports on the new abuse charges against well-connected multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Michael Kranish talks about how Donald Trump got into Wharton. Plus, Chico Harlan on Italy's cheese-authentication wars.
 
Trump says U.S. 'will no longer deal with' British ambassador as Britain hunts for leaker of cables
Ambassador Kim Darroch "is not liked or well thought of within the U.S.," President Trump tweeted. In leaked cables, Darroch described Trump as "inept."
 
A child touched an electrified railing at MGM National Harbor resort, and lives changed
Zynae Green and her brother were playing when they clasped the faulty handrail and then they both went silent. An investigation later found the handrail was charged with 120 volts — 10 times the 12 volts intended for the lighting.
 
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Campaign 2020 | From the Magazine
Why America is ignoring Kirsten Gillibrand
In 2019, it's unforgivable for a presidential candidate to be boring. Maybe that's our loss.
 
Elizabeth Warren reports $19.1 million in 2nd-quarter donations, far exceeding expectations
Warren's second-quarter haul showed that she held her own among the other top-tier Democratic White House hopefuls, despite pledging not to solicit big checks at in-person fundraisers and not having an established small-dollar machine like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) does.
 
The Fix | Analysis
Lawyer swap-out on census case could signal something ugly ahead
The move suggests that the existing team objected to how the case was being handled or that its credibility had been torched.
 
New York governor approves new law allowing release of Trump's state tax returns
The legislation signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) allows Congress to review the president's state tax returns, giving House Democrats another potential tool for accessing the president's closely guarded financial records.
 
BREAKING NEWS
Swalwell drops out of presidential race, will seek reelection to House
The California congressman became the first major Democrat to exit the crowded race for the White House.
 
Power Up | Analysis
Trump says he has the best environmental record. That's not true.
The president's own Environmental Protection Agency data shows that in 2017, the number of unhealthy days for ozone and fine particle pollution was up 22 percent from 2014.
 
Trump defends environmental record that critics call disastrous
The president's address, covering policies ranging from marine debris to hunting on public lands, comes as environmental issues are gaining traction in the 2020 presidential campaign
 
Analysis
This season's MLB home run projections are bonkers
There have been 3,691 home runs hit in 2019, a historically high rate of 1.37 per game, which means we can expect the current home run record, set in 2017 (6,105), to be obliterated by year's end.
 
Women's World Cup | Fact Checker
Are U.S. women's soccer players really earning less than men?
The U.S. Women's National Team alleges they are paid less than the men and are provided with less support, despite their consistent outstanding performance. The full story isn't as straightforward.
 
She gave birth to twins through IVF. But the babies weren't hers, a lawsuit alleges.
After six years of trying to conceive, a couple transferred two embryos they thought had been created from their genetic material. The results suggested otherwise.
 
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