Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Evening Edition: Trump’s top example of foreign experience: A Scottish golf course losing millions

Rubio to seek Senate reelection, reversing pledge not to run; Reagan White House viewed Trump and his 'large ego' warily ; House Democrats stage sit-in to force gun votes; I have found a new way to watch TV. It changes everything.; Orlando attack video shows Mateen firing at those already wounded; Republicans have a plan to replace Obamacare. Its costs are uncertain.; Robert Plant testifies he can't read music or remember the ’60s. Verdict: Still a rock star.; Feds announce largest Medicare, Medicaid fraud takedown in history; After poisonous campaign, British vote on E.U. ties is a cliffhanger; Rescuers succeed in evacuating sick workers at the South Pole; Sanders: ‘It doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee’; Hillary Clinton: ‘Anger’ and ‘anxiety’ are driving people to Trump; Obama has been talking about owning a piece of an NBA franchise; Good luck, GOP. The restaurant service in Cleveland is the worst I've seen in years.;
 
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Trump's top example of foreign experience: A Scottish golf course losing millions
The GOP candidate has feuded with locals for years, elbowed his way through the planning process, shattered relationships with elected leaders and sued the Scottish government over his struggling Aberdeen resort.
Rubio to seek Senate reelection, reversing pledge not to run
The decision, expected to be announced later today, improved the chances that the GOP can maintain a Senate majority.
 
Reagan White House viewed Trump and his 'large ego' warily
A review of every Trump mention in the Reagan archives shows that White House aides spent much of the 1980s trying to gently reject the mogul's self-aggrandizing overtures without bruising his ego.
 
House Democrats stage sit-in to force gun votes
The lawmakers took over the House floor and said no business will be conducted in the chamber today unless Republicans agreed to a vote on measures such as preventing suspected terrorists from buying firearms, expanding background checks and banning assault weapons.
 
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I have found a new way to watch TV. It changes everything.
The writer started watching movies and television in fast forward to make his life more efficient. But acceleration — the latest twist in the millennia-old tradition of technology changing storytelling — also made viewing more pleasurable. Now there is no turning back.
 
Orlando attack video shows Mateen firing at those already wounded
Footage from inside the Pulse nightclub shows Omar Mateen firing at people, stopping to reload and then shooting again those who were already wounded, officials said. "He was making sure anybody who was shot was dead," one official said.
 
Republicans have a plan to replace Obamacare. Its costs are uncertain.
The plan, the first such proposal to carry the endorsement of House GOP leadership, discards the mandates and penalties that have made the Affordable Care Act a GOP target.
 
Robert Plant testifies he can't read music or remember the ’60s. Verdict: Still a rock star.
For music geeks, the “Stairway to Heaven” trial has felt like some epic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony — with too many lawyers in the room.
 
Feds announce largest Medicare, Medicaid fraud takedown in history
The Justice Department said 301 people have been charged in schemes that defrauded government health programs by submitting $900 million in dishonest health claims.
 
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After poisonous campaign, British vote on E.U. ties is a cliffhanger
Final polls show a dead heat as up to 46 million Britons prepare to cast ballots Thursday on whether to leave or remain in the European Union.
 
Rescuers succeed in evacuating sick workers at the South Pole
This is only the third time anyone has been removed from the Amundsen-Scott research station during the six-month polar night during the brutal Antarctic winter.
 
Sanders: ‘It doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee’
In an interview, he was less focused on the convention itself than on what he and his delegates could get the Democratic Party to add to its platform, and what progressive policies Hillary Clinton could be encouraged to run on.
 
Hillary Clinton: ‘Anger’ and ‘anxiety’ are driving people to Trump
In exclusive interview, Hillary Clinton tells us why she thinks so many people are supporting Trump.
 
Obama has been talking about owning a piece of an NBA franchise
The president has "discussed" being part of an ownership group, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
 
Good luck, GOP. The restaurant service in Cleveland is the worst I've seen in years.
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
 
 
     
 
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