Saturday, October 21, 2017

Saturday's Headlines: Kelly made false claims in feud over Trump’s condolence call, 2015 video shows

 
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The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Kelly made false claims in feud over Trump's condolence call, 2015 video shows
In the fifth day of a controversy that has raged since President Trump attempted to deflect criticism of his handling of the deaths of four service members in Niger, the White House stood by the statements by the chief of staff in an effort to discredit Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, who has accused Trump of insensitivity in a condolence call to a service member's widow.
Trump administration's ACA enrollment schedule may lock millions into unwanted plans
In the past, a few million consumers were auto-enrolled and then sent notices encouraging them to check for better or more affordable coverage. This time, the automatic enrollment will take place after it is too late to make changes.
 
White House pushes for new concessions in bipartisan health bill, including retroactive mandate relief
The move to suspend federal enforcement of the insurance mandates, a request that is sure to anger Democrats, was part of what could become a more extended negotiation and could derail the bipartisan package unveiled this week.
 
Many Trump voters who got hurricane relief in Texas aren't sure Puerto Ricans should
Residents of a flood-ravaged Houston neighborhood illustrate a divide over how much support the government should give to the U.S. territory, sometimes mistakenly viewed as a separate nation. "They should stay where they are and fix their own country up," one resident said, adding that Puerto Ricans' "lack of responsibility is not an emergency on my part."
 
Fires leave marijuana crops scorched, threatening a nascent industry as California prepares for legal sales
In the face of a disaster that could have far-reaching implications, it remains extremely difficult, if not impossible, for most of the marijuana businesses affected by the fire to access insurance, mortgages and loans to rebuild.
 
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I'm a sexual assault survivor. #MeToo is incredibly isolating.
 
I bought a gun. Then the fake news started.
 
Why does Putin want to control Ukraine? Ask Stalin.
 
John Kelly owes the congresswoman an apology
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Spain ready to take control of Catalonia to stop secession 
Spain's top ministers met Saturday to decide how to take control of the restive region led by secessionists pushing to carve out an independent nation.
 
 
'Bing, bing, bing': Trump reveals his thinking behind firing off all those tweets
"When somebody says something about me . . . I take care of it," Trump said about his Twitter use, which has become a staple of his presidency.
 
The case that voter ID laws won Wisconsin for Trump is weaker than it looks
There's a valid debate over whether voter ID laws are a vehicle to suppress Democratic votes. But it's very hard to say, given the data at hand, that Clinton would have won Wisconsin without such a law, much less the presidency.
 
Md. case of rape allegation that caught White House attention quietly ends
Prosecutors dropped the final charges against an immigrant teen in a case that stirred fears over illegal immigration and drew international notice.
 
Georgia lawmaker, wife of ex-HHS secretary Tom Price, under fire after suggesting quarantining HIV patients
"What are we legally able to do? I don't want to say the quarantine word, but I guess I just said it," Rep. Betty Price asked a state health official. News of her comments were met with outrage.
 
A black protester hugged a white nationalist outside Richard Spencer's talk. 'Why do you hate me?' he asked.
Another individual had just punched Randy Furniss, who was wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with swastikas, when the protester went up to Furniss, wrapped his arms around him and asked, "Why don't you like me, dog?"
 
PolitiFact ventures into Red America on an unusual outreach mission
In West Virginia, the Pulitzer Prize-winning organization's arbiters of what's accurate meet with those who question their methods of vetting statements uttered by politicians, political organizations and pundits.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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