Thursday, January 25, 2018

Evening Edition: Trump surprises his lawyers, alarms friends by offering to talk with Mueller

 
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Trump surprises his lawyers, alarms friends by offering to talk with Mueller
President Trump said he was "looking forward" to testifying under oath to the special counsel in the Russia probe, leading his lawyers to quickly try to clarify the statements. But the remarks reflect Trump's preternatural self-confidence that he can talk his way out of any pickle.
Senate panel to release transcripts of interviews with Trump Jr., others who attended meeting with Russian lawyer
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said the committee has completed its interviews related to the June 2016 meeting with a lawyer who promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
 
Missing texts from FBI officials who investigated Clinton and Trump have been recovered, inspector general says
The missing messages have sparked a political firestorm in recent days, as GOP leaders and the president himself have raised questions about how the FBI could have failed to retain them.
 
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The Trumps asked to borrow a Van Gogh for the White House. The museum offered something else.
New York's Guggenheim Museum suggested an alternative to a 19th-century painting for the president's private living quarters: an interactive work titled "America," an 18-karat, fully functioning, solid gold toilet that critics have described as pointed satire aimed at the excess of wealth in this country.
 
The oldest human fossils outside of Africa have been discovered in Israel
An ancient jawbone, with eight teeth still attached, was uncovered from a collapsed cave on the coast of Israel. The bone is at least 175,000 years old and it belonged to a member of our own species, scientists reported. Sophisticated stone tools were discovered nearby.
 
The symbolic Doomsday Clock just moved a notch closer to the end of humanity
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has reset the clock at two minutes to the "apocalyptic" midnight — the closest it has been since 1953, after the United States tested its first thermonuclear device, followed months later by the Soviet Union's hydrogen bomb test.
 
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Trump threatens to withdraw more U.S. aid from Palestinians if they don't negotiate with Israel
The president's comments at the Davos economic forum deepened the diplomatic rift that followed his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
 
Arguments begin in lawsuit accusing Trump of violating Constitution's 'emoluments' clause
Attorneys for Maryland and the District said that Trump properties' business with states and foreign governments creates a "market for presidential influence." The Justice Department, representing the president, has filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
 
'We're losing some of the classic culture': High schools and lockers no longer the right combination
Once the gravitational center of the high school day, lockers long ago lost their allure. As today's students make clear that they have no interest in claiming the space, schools are now removing lockers from their hallways and builders don't even include them in their designs.
 
 
Justice Dept. sides with conservative groups in free speech lawsuit against Berkeley
The controversy at Berkeley erupted in early 2017, when violent protests and security fears forced the cancellation of events featuring controversial right-wing speakers, including Milo Yiannopoulos, David Horowitz and Ann Coulter.
 
Is there something particularly bad about this year's flu strains?
Here's what you should know about the flu season this year, which has already claimed the lives of 30 children across the nation.
 
PostEverything | Perspective
Why it costs so much to be poor in America
Bank of America's new fees for customers with low balances are just one example of the unexpected hurdles that low-income earners face when it comes to banking, housing or purchasing a car.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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