Friday, August 2, 2019

Evening Edition: Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief

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Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) faced questions about a padded résumé and lack of experience, which led to a lukewarm reception on Capitol Hill.
Ratcliffe says he arrested 300 illegal immigrants in one day. He didn't.
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) claims he arrested 300 illegal immigrants in one day. But his statements conflict with the court record and the recollections of others who were involved.
 
The Fix | Analysis
More than half of House Democrats support an impeachment inquiry. So why isn't there one yet?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the boss here. And she's well aware that a lot of her caucus still doesn't support impeachment.
 
The Opioid Files
How an epic legal battle brought a secret drug database to light
The powerful interests who knew all about the database — the drug industry and the federal government, specifically — wanted to maintain its secrecy.
 
Her Cambridge Analytica work helped elect Trump. She's hoping the world will forgive her.
Brittany Kaiser wants to be remembered as a whistleblower and a human rights advocate. But a new documentary about her experience leaves out two important elements.
 
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Finding America's last-known slave ship — and confronting a monstrous past
Nicole Ellis tells the story of the Clotilda, the last-known ship of the illegal slave trade in the U.S. And Oyinkan Braithwaite ruminates on the unexpected relatability of her novel, "My Sister, the Serial Killer."
 
How Lyft lost trust of #DeleteUber women who thought it was 'woke'
Lyft markets itself as a safe, progressive alternative. These women say it's the same as everything else.
 
A$AP Rocky released from Swedish custody while awaiting verdict
A verdict is expected Aug. 14 in the American's rapper trial over assault charges in Stockholm. As the proceedings came to a close this week, Rocky's mother cried while he comforted her.
 
In a flash, Boris Johnson's working majority in Britain's Parliament is now just one seat
After his party's loss of a seat in Wales, the British prime minister's wafer-thin hold in the House of Commons will make passing his "do-or-die" Brexit that much harder. 
 
Perspective
Talking like Trump in the workplace can cost your employer money and get you fired
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has won at least a dozen settlements in the past decade against employees who told co-workers to go back to where they came from.
 
Cousins wants to 'make amends' for last year. His team wants him to do less.
The Minnesota Vikings have installed a new scheme and added two highly touted rookies on offense in an attempt to to lessen the burden on quarterback Kirk Cousins in his second year with the franchise.
 
NYPD official recommends firing of officer in Eric Garner case
Officer Daniel Pantaleo was suspended Friday. The disciplinary procedure could take several more weeks to play out unless he resigns.
 
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Is it odd to send condolences to a friend who I haven't talked to in years after her husband's suicide?
The advice columnist took readers' questions about the strange train we call life.
 
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