Sunday, October 8, 2017

Evening Edition: Trump attacks Corker, claiming he lacks ‘guts’; senator hits back hard at the president

 
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Trump attacks Corker, claiming he lacks 'guts'; senator hits back hard at the president
The president's Twitter tirade came after Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, suggested last week that the president needs his national security team to provide him with adult supervision. The Tennessee Republican responded: "It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning."
Tweetstorm could cost Trump a crucial ally for his agenda
Sen. Bob Corker, a Republican who announced that he will retire next year, is a staunch supporter of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and could be a key voice in Congress as President Trump is expected to make an announcement about the Iran nuclear deal.
 
Trump says he asked Pence to leave NFL game if players protested
The vice president was supposed to be on hand as the Indianapolis Colts retired Peyton Manning's number. But several San Francisco 49ers players took a knee during the national anthem, prompting Pence to say on Twitter: "I stand with @POTUS Trump, I stand with our soldiers, and I will always stand for our Flag and our National Anthem."
 
 
The Doors defined California cool. How does their legacy stack up 50 years later?
The idea of youth from the chart-topping "Light My Fire" is central to the mythology and perpetual vitality of the band that sold its fans on the supernatural dream that permanent enlightenment was a short trip away, in any direction that deranged the senses.
 
'Nightmare to the citizens of Philadelphia': Officer put back on force after 3 shootings in 3 years
After nine-year veteran Cyrus Mann fatally shot an unarmed man in the back, the Philadelphia police commissioner tried to fire him for misconduct. Like many police chiefs across the nation, he would fail.
 
Nate slams Mississippi as the 4th hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in an extraordinary year
Biloxi, Miss., and nearby communities took a thrashing from the storm, which weakened into a tropical depression. But it may still bring torrential rainfall to the southern Appalachian region.
 
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Trump's Scottish golf clubs lost more than $24 million in 2016
Donald Trump is not a beloved figure in that part of the world, but the Trump Organization cited reasons other than politics for the declining revenue at his two name-branded courses in Scotland.
 
No law could have thwarted Las Vegas massacre, Feinstein says
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said she is pushing for a ban on "bump stocks," which allow semiautomatic rifles to be modified to fire more rapidly.
 
Shining a light on the intersex community
After generations in the shadows, the intersex rights movement has a message: We aren't disordered, and we aren't ashamed. Advocates want a less rigid approach to sexual identity — and especially for society to reconsider the assumption that, to identify as a man or a woman, a person needs the chromosomes to match.
 
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Democrats are winning impressive statehouse races. What does that mean for 2018?
Republicans effectively control 68 of 99 state legislative chambers, but Democrats have flipped eight statehouse seats across the nation since Donald Trump got elected, all in districts he won last fall.
 
U.S. government halts most visas from Turkey as ties with President Erdogan deteriorate
The move, which suspends all non-immigrant visas, came just days after Turkish authorities arrested a U.S. consulate employee in Istanbul.
 
 
SNL mocks everyone — but remains silent on Harvey Weinstein
The silence over the sexual harassment claims against the high-powered Hollywood film producer did not go unnoticed by people on social media.
 
Ad that shows a black woman turning herself white sparks consumer backlash
Critics said the ad for Dove body wash was reminiscent of Jim Crow-era ads about soap.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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