Friday's Headlines: ‘Like throwing gasoline to the fire’: Trump’s explosive remark roils immigration debate
Most newspapers and TV stations decline to censor Trump's vulgar language; African countries and Haiti react to Trump's remark; Trump attacks protections for immigrants from...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Immigration talks on Capitol Hill foundered Thursday after the White House and some GOP lawmakers rejected a tentative deal from a bipartisan Senate group. President Trump had already lashed out at the bipartisan group, using incendiary language to ask its members why they proposed restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries.
By Ed O'Keefe, Erica Werner and Josh Dawsey • Read more »
The president lashed out in a meeting after lawmakers proposed restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" Trump said, according to people briefed on the meeting. His remarks were quickly met with scorn from Democrats and some Republicans.
The confusion over the president's early-morning tweet criticizing a critical spy program sent his staff scrambling and members of Congress reeling, a reminder of how Trump's haphazard impulses can upend the daily workings of the federal government.
By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey • Read more »
China has a surplus of men, thanks to the one-child policy and a preference for sons, and the country's dating scene has become a free-for-all as the economy transformed. Concerned the gender imbalance could create instability, the ruling party turned to a robust market intervention: mass matchmaking.
The University of Maryland Medical Center apologized for what it described as "a failure of basic compassion and empathy" after the woman, wearing only a thin hospital gown, was left alone at a bus stop outside the facility. It was the latest incident of "patient dumping" that has sparked outrage around the country.
By John Woodrow Cox, Theresa Vargas and Justin Wm. Moyer • Read more »
The president criticized the Obama administration, but the old embassy was sold after the George W. Bush administration had decided to relocate it from central London to the banks of the Thames in the south of the city that met enhanced security guidelines. The new embassy will open this month.
The president, reading from a statement, apparently combined the figure of 52 planes delivered with the "F" designation assigned to fighter jets in the U.S. inventory.
An undersecretary said Pete Hoekstra, the new U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, had "made comments that should not have been made" but he refused to label Hoekstra's comments inaccurate despite being pressed by reporters.
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee detailed a list of witnesses and documents Democrats say Republicans have kept them from accessing during the panel's investigation, and he blamed Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) for trying to end the probe before it is complete.
The State Department announced a new numbered classification system for world travel, and Mexico, which saw a historic year for violence in 2017, is the focus of dire travel warnings.
The largest U.S. private employer said it plans to raise starting wages from $9 to $11 an hour, hand out bonuses and expand its parental-leave policies. The retailer also said it had suddenly closed 63 Sam's Club stores, affecting thousands of workers.
By Abha Bhattarai and Todd C. Frankel • Read more »
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