Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Evening Edition: Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain in their primaries

Obama calls Trump 'unfit,' urges Republicans to withdraw support ; Donald and Eric Trump draw fire over comments on sexual harassment; Where are all the high-ranking GOP women?; DNC chief executive resigns in wake of email breach; Baltimore County police fatally shoot woman in barricade; 5-year-old expected to survive gunshot wound; New Obama rule means every government agency will have to consider climate change; Megyn Kelly thinks she knows why Donald Trump wants to change the debate dates; Wonkblog: The surprising upside of Clinton's biggest failure; Trump thanks Paul Ryan’s primary challenger for ‘kind words’; NYC police commissioner to step down; Why millennials are having less sex than previous generations; A year ago, he became 'Clock Boy.' Now, he can't escape that moment.; How Katie Ledecky became the most dominant swimmer in the world; 'Then the crying stopped': Man walks into pond with 3-month-old, drowning him as others watch; How to visit nearly every national park in one epic road trip;
 
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Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain in their primaries
Donald Trump's refusal to back the House speaker — his party's top-ranking congressional leader — two weeks after a convention designed to showcase party unity represents an extraordinary breach of political decorum. Ryan and Sen. John McCain have endorsed Trump, but each has denounced some of his controversial comments.
Obama calls Trump 'unfit,' urges Republicans to withdraw support
As the GOP presidential nominee faced censure from members of both parties for disparaging the parents of a fallen army captain, a GOP lawmaker became the first Republican congressman to say publicly that he plans to vote for Hillary Clinton.
 
Donald and Eric Trump draw fire over comments on sexual harassment
The Republican presidential nominee and his son stirred new controversy over the candidate's views on women, with both men asserting that Ivanka Trump is too strong to allow herself to be a victim of workplace sexual harassment.
 
Where are all the high-ranking GOP women?
Unlike their Democratic counterparts, Republican women have struggled to make lasting gains in leadership positions over the past decade. And while several Republican women in recent interviews shrugged their shoulders at Donald Trump's past comments about women, his candidacy only deepens the difficulties for them in Washington, whether in Congress, the lobbying world or political campaigns.
 
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DNC chief executive resigns in wake of email breach
Amy Dacey is the second senior official to step down, following the resignation of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as chair.
 
Baltimore County police fatally shoot woman in barricade; 5-year-old expected to survive gunshot wound
Police said Korryn Gaines, 23, had pointed a gun at officers and threatened to kill them.
 
New Obama rule means every government agency will have to consider climate change
The White House has directed all federal agencies to quantify how their actions affect the climate.
 
Megyn Kelly thinks she knows why Donald Trump wants to change the debate dates
Two of the three debates conflict with prime-time NFL games, and the Fox News host believes he wants them moved to other nights so bigger audiences might tune in.
 
Wonkblog: The surprising upside of Clinton's biggest failure
Hillary Clinton loves to talk about a law she worked on to help kids. It had a weird side effect that few know about.
 
Trump thanks Paul Ryan’s primary challenger for ‘kind words’
The shout-out to Trump's 10.5 million Twitter followers came eight days before the primary.
 
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NYC police commissioner to step down
Bill Bratton, who previously led departments in Boston and Los Angeles, has headed the nation's largest police force since 2014. He said he was "leaving because it's the right time."
 
Why millennials are having less sex than previous generations
Delaying sex is not necessarily bad, but some experts cite negative reasons for the current trend, including pressure to succeed, social lives increasingly conducted on-screen and unrealistic expectations of physical perfection encouraged by dating apps.
 
A year ago, he became 'Clock Boy.' Now, he can't escape that moment.
Thrust into the spotlight after he was arrested for possessing a homemade clock that his school deemed suspicious-looking, Ahmed Mohamed is now at the center of America's debates about race and religion. He's also trying to be a 14-year-old.
 
How Katie Ledecky became the most dominant swimmer in the world
At just 19 years old, Ledecky has already set 11 world records and is a favorite to win at the Rio Olympics in the women's 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyles.
 
'Then the crying stopped': Man walks into pond with 3-month-old, drowning him as others watch
Police say homicide charges are expected to be filed against the Milwaukee father who killed his infant son after getting in an argument with the boy's mother.
 
How to visit nearly every national park in one epic road trip
It's the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. So what better time to go see all of them?
 
 
     
 
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