Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Tuesday's Headlines: In clash with Khans, Trump went too far, some strategists say

Veterans, families of slain soldiers latest to condemn Trump remarks; Buffett challenges Trump to release tax returns; She's fighting for another gold medal, and respect; 'They took too damn long': Inside the police response to the Orlando shooting;
 
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In clash with Khans, Trump went too far, some strategists say
Throughout his 14-month presidential campaign, Donald Trump has repeatedly said things that could have caused lasting damage to any ordinary candidate. But strategists say his feud with the Muslim parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan could challenge the notion of Trump as a Teflon candidate.
Veterans, families of slain soldiers latest to condemn Trump remarks
The admonishment by a bipartisan array of military luminaries is the most forceful rebuke yet of Trump and threatened to undermine his support among core GOP voters.
 
Buffett challenges Trump to release tax returns
At a rally for Hillary Clinton, Warren Buffett, who said he is being audited by the IRS, pledged to release his own returns if Trump released his.
 
She's fighting for another gold medal, and respect
At 17, Claressa Shields became the first female U.S. boxer to win Olympic gold at the 2012 London Games. But the fame and fortune she hoped for never materialized. This time, she's determined to make the world take notice.
 
'They took too damn long': Inside the police response to the Orlando shooting
Within minutes of the attack, police entered Pulse nightclub and outnumbered Omar Mateen. It would be nearly three more hours before he was killed. The police chief defended the actions of officers.
 
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Zika fear prompts travel warning for Miami, the CDC's first in the U.S.
Federal health authorities urged pregnant women not to visit a South Florida neighborhood after 10 new cases of the mosquito-borne virus have emerged. Officials said "aggressive" efforts to combat the disease's spread have proved insufficient.
U.S. launches airstrikes on ISIS stronghold in Libya
The Pentagon-conducted airstrikes in Sirte are the first direct U.S. involvement in the fierce battle unfolding in the city and a significant expansion of the American campaign against the group.
Polls suggest Trump's convention was a failure
The goal of a convention is to expand a candidate's appeal, but a trio of polls suggests this one flopped. Gallup published data showing that the GOP convention was the first since the polling firm began such tracking to find that a majority of people were actually less likely to vote for the candidate after watching it.
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.
Fact Checker: Trump's revisionist history of mocking a disabled reporter
Trump claims he never mocked a disabled reporter, but his explanation does not add up.
FBI employee pleads guilty to acting as agent of China
Officials said the longtime employee, who had top-secret clearances and was secretly arrested in March, had disclosed sensitive information in exchange for prostitutes, cash and hotel rooms.
Federal judge blocks North Dakota's voter-ID law, calling it unfair to Native Americans
"Voter fraud in North Dakota has been virtually non-existent," the judge wrote in his decision, which follows rulings that blocked or loosened voting restrictions in four other states in recent days.
What some school officials think of having an After School Satan Club on campus
Several U.S. school districts indicated Monday that they think the Satanic Temple's plan to open the clubs in elementary schools probably conforms with their policies and local laws.
This guy has swiped right on 200,000 women, without much success
The odds straight men face in finding a date on Tinder or other online relationship sites are even longer than we thought.
 
     
 
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