Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Wednesday's Headlines: Months after fundraiser, Trump pledges $1 million to veterans’ causes

Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren; Anti-Trump protesters throw rocks at police outside Albuquerque rally; In meatpacking industry, Somali refugees find hope — and lose it; A Senate candidate. A murder plot. An undercover cop. A giant fiasco.;
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
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Months after fundraiser, Trump pledges $1 million to veterans' causes
Amid questions over whether he had made good on his vow, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday evening promised the entire sum to a single charity.
Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren
The Democratic senator gave a speech in Washington mirroring the talking points Hillary Clinton is using as she campaigns in California — a convergence of timing that was not entirely a coincidence.
 
Anti-Trump protesters throw rocks at police outside Albuquerque rally
What began as an assembly of about 1,000 peaceful protesters outside a Donald Trump rally morphed into madness when raucous rioters joined the ranks, hurling burning T-shirts and bottles at police.
 
In meatpacking industry, Somali refugees find hope — and lose it
Slaughterhouse jobs across the Great Plains have emerged as the primary alternative to economic hardship or a warring homeland. But workers who arrive with dreams of improving their lives struggle to escape the cutting floor.
 
A Senate candidate. A murder plot. An undercover cop. A giant fiasco.
Nineteen years ago, an aspiring politician went to prison, accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband. Now Ruth Ann Aron Green wants a second chance.
 
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Republicans' hopes for an Obama scandal crash and burn
 
Why isn’t Hillary Clinton fun and trustworthy?
 
Trump is taxing voters’ patience
 
Another day, another conspiracy theory propagated by Trump
 
Prosecuting officers won't lead to the changes we need on race and policing
 
The agony of Venezuela continues
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Metro criticized for not publicizing Red Line train rape investigation
Court records show that police had identified John Prentice Hicks as a suspect in an indecent-exposure incident on April 2, days before the report of a rape.
'Get off the stage!' Commencement speaker heckled after she talks in Spanish, mentions Trump
Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas said the response to her speech at California State University at Fullerton, which is known for producing Hispanic graduates, is a "testament" to the country's divisions.
Fearing FBI demands, Silicon Valley races to put data out of reach
In the aftermath of the FBI's case against Apple, tech firms are employing a variety of tools that would keep customer information out of a government search.
Their 6-year-old was killed with a neighbor's gun. A court just decided how much his life was worth.
Brandon Holt was accidentally shot by a 4-year-old neighbor after the two boys were playing a "pretend shooting" game with a loaded rifle left under a bed.
Portland police chief placed on leave after allegation that he accidentally shot a friend, then lied about it
Police say that when they responded to a 911 call during Larry O'Dea's vacation, O'Dea failed to identify himself as an officer and suggested his friend's wound was self-inflicted.
Justice Dept. will seek death penalty for accused Charleston church gunman
Dylann Roof is accused of killing nine parishioners in a Charleston, S.C., church last year.
Tesla leases and cash for weddings: Perks to lure top talent get even perkier
Companies have been increasingly thinking beyond the usual buffet of benefits as they try to hire and retain workers with in-demand skills in a tighter labor market.
The Ken Starr-Baylor story shows how religious schools struggle to deal with sex assault
The reports about Starr were explosive among many evangelicals — Baptists in particular — because they tap into a couple of the most basic contemporary debates at religious schools.
Clinton hopes to avoid ending primary season with an epic loss in California
There is a real chance that Hillary Clinton will have clinched her nomination before the California primary, but losing one of the country's most Democratic states to Bernie Sanders would be damaging.
 
     
 
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