Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Wednesday's Headlines: Trump’s America will be on vivid display at annual CPAC gathering

Analysis: The 96 hours that brought down disinvited CPAC speaker Milo Yiannopoulos; Sean Spicer demonstrated why there's skepticism about Trump's claims of tolerance; Mexico's booming border factories brace for the unknown under Trump; Trump's new national security adviser is known as a soldier who can say 'No, sir';
 
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Trump's America will be on vivid display at annual CPAC gathering
A new nationalist energy that President Trump has encouraged in the Republican Party has already embroiled the lead-up to this year's gathering in controversy over disinviting an inflammatory speaker. It's unclear how traditional conservatives will embrace the "America first" ethos.
Analysis: The 96 hours that brought down disinvited CPAC speaker Milo Yiannopoulos
A rough timeline of how Yiannopoulos went from a breakthrough moment to just the opposite in a matter of days.
 
Sean Spicer demonstrated why there's skepticism about Trump's claims of tolerance
In an exchange with reporters, the White House spokesman showed that Trump's insistence on unity has almost uniformly been expressed as a desire for opponents to embrace his presidency.
 
Mexico's booming border factories brace for the unknown under Trump
NAFTA, along with the supply of cheap labor, fueled the rise of manufacturing plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. But with the trade agreement in President Trump's crosshairs, fortunes on both sides of the line hang in the balance.
 
Trump's new national security adviser is known as a soldier who can say 'No, sir'
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has a long history with dissent — writing about it and acting on it.
 
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These are the American people Trump calls enemies of the American people
 
If college liberals are so naive, why did the campus right fall for Yiannopoulos?
 
At CPAC, conservatism betrayed
 
The Trump bubble bursts in Moscow's markets
 
The Trump administration's blueprint for mass removals, with a streak of cruelty
 
Bill de Blasio: Why I'm supporting Keith Ellison for DNC chair
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Two more North Koreans wanted in killing of Kim Jong Un's half brother
Malaysian police are now searching for a diplomat and an airline employee. In the latest plot twist, an attempted break-in was reported at the morgue where Kim Jong Nam's body was being held against North Korea's wishes.
A student's painting was taken down from the U.S. Capitol. His congressman sued.
The painting, which portrayed police and protesters as animals, drew the ire of House Speaker Paul Ryan, who called it "disgusting." It was one of more than 400 works by winners of a national student art contest from each congressional district.
Texas can't cut Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood, judge says
Federal courts have now blocked at least six states from ending Medicaid payments to the women's health organization. But a bigger question remains over whether President Trump will remove the group's federal funding.
Amid storms and fears about dam, Oroville residents are unsure who failed them — if anyone
Cautious optimism prevails among Northern California residents who returned to their homes after an evacuation. But record rainfall continues to pound the state and will soon be followed by snow melt from the Sierra Nevada.
Kenneth Arrow | 1921–2017
Nobel laureate, one of the most influential economists of his generation, dies at 95
He made seminal contributions to fields as varied as social science, election theory and health economics, and came from a prodigious family of economists that includes nephew Lawrence H. Summers.
 
     
 
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