Monday, November 27, 2017

Evening Edition: A woman approached The Post with a dramatic, false tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of a sting.

 
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BREAKING NEWS
A woman approached The Post with a dramatic, false tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of a sting.
Jaime Phillips, who claimed to The Post that the Republican Senate nominee impregnated her as a teenager, was seen on Monday walking into the headquarters of Project Veritas, a group that uses false cover stories and covert video recordings to expose what it says is media bias. The Post did not publish a story based on her account.
Retired Marine colonel to launch Senate write-in campaign in Alabama
Lee Busby of Tuscaloosa once served as a top aide to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly. Now, he plans to launch a long-shot write-in campaign, with just 15 days left until the special election. 
 
Fight over consumer watchdog agency goes on as two acting directors try to take command
Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director tapped by President Trump to temporarily lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered staff to ignore Leandra English, whom the outgoing CFPB director named as his replacement.
 
 
CFPB official sues to block Mulvaney's appointment
Leandra English, who called herself the "rightful acting director" of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the president from appointing White House budget director Mick Mulvaney to the job.
 
Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO analysis finds
The findings could complicate lawmakers' hopes of having the full Senate vote on the tax plan as early as this week.
 
Flynn's role in Middle Eastern nuclear project could compound legal issues
Congressional Democrats say that Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, may have violated federal law by failing to disclose a 2015 overseas trip. A top House Republican referred the matter to the special counsel.
 
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A world drowning in garbage
The world produces more than 3.5 million tons of garbage a day. As that figure grows, the issue is becoming impossible to ignore. A journalist traveled to six major cities to investigate how they manage — or mismanage — waste.
 
Africa's largest city struggles to keep up with its waste problem
At the main dump in Lagos, Nigeria, the trash is 10 stories high. It's an eyesore — and yet some see opportunity.
 
Britain's Prince Harry and 'Suits' actress Meghan Markle are engaged, ending days of feverish speculation
The couple, who made their first public appearance together in September, will get married in the spring, the royal palace announced. The last time an American married into the royal family was in the 1930s, when King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry socialite and divorcee Wallis Simpson.
 
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Analysis
While honoring Native American veterans, Trump lobs his favorite Native American insult
Without prompting, the president revived his "Pocahontas" nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren at an event honoring the service of Navajo "code talkers," who aided in the defeat of the Japanese army in World War II.
 
In his first tweet after Thanksgiving weekend, Trump attacks one of his favorite targets: The media
The president took special aim at CNN and carved out an exception for Fox News, as he suggested a "contest" to determine which television network deserves a "fake news trophy."
 
Yellowstone's grizzly bear population rebounds, creating challenges, fears
Americans have spent four decades and millions of dollars to rescue grizzlies from the brink of extinction. Now the bears are spreading far beyond Yellowstone National Park, and experts say one big question is whether people can live alongside them.
 
 
The gang rape was horrific. The NAACP sent Rosa Parks to investigate.
A decade before becoming a civil rights hero for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, Parks went to an Alabama town to seek justice in the brutal 1944 rape of Recy Taylor.
 
5 things to look for as you shop this Cyber Monday
The majority of Americans — 56 percent — say they'll shop today, up from 39 percent from last year, according to deals website RetailMeNot. Here's how to navigate the Cyber Monday sales.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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