Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Evening Edition: Trump shakes up campaign, demotes top adviser

It seemed like Trump and Breitbart couldn't be closer. Then its chairman joined the campaign.; Meet Kellyanne Conway, Trump's new campaign manager ; Spacious skies, amber waves, mountain majesties: America’s national parks; Ryan Lochte says he was robbed. The Rio police aren't so sure.; A sad ending to one of the most uplifting tales of the Games; Powerful NSA hacking tools mysteriously surface online; North Korea’s deputy ambassador to U.K. defects from London; Aetna warned it would drop out of Obamacare exchanges if its merger was blocked; Target to spend $20 million on single-stall bathrooms after backlash to its restroom policy; Deputies race door-to-door to evacuate residents ahead of monster fire near L.A.; Louisiana flooding is the country’s ‘worst natural disaster’ since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross says; Giuliani declares a Trump speech 'the best speech that any Republican, at the least, has ever given'; Fact Checker: Bill Clinton's misleading claim about info 'marked classified' in Hillary Clinton's emails; How a GOP senator is trying, awkwardly, to keep his job; She 'loved life:' A grieving father wrote openly about suicide and mental illness in his daughter's obituary; Are waiters supposed to know the menu in great detail?;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Trump shakes up campaign, demotes top adviser
Donald Trump's stunning decision effectively ended the months-long push by campaign chairman Paul Manafort to moderate the GOP nominee's presentation and pitch for the general election. Stephen Bannon, a former banker who runs the influential conservative outlet Breitbart News, has been named the campaign's chief executive. Kellyanne Conway, a GOP pollster who has been close to Trump, will assume the role of campaign manager.
It seemed like Trump and Breitbart couldn't be closer. Then its chairman joined the campaign.
Trump's selection of Stephen Bannon as his campaign's new chief executive made official a role Bannon has played from afar for the past few years — that of ideological soul mate and cheerleader for the Republican nominee.
 
Meet Kellyanne Conway, Trump's new campaign manager
She built much of her nearly three-decade career around a persistently difficult task: Helping conservative men win over female voters.
 
Spacious skies, amber waves, mountain majesties: America’s national parks
They're living postcards from adventurers who had the foresight to preserve these lands for those who followed. As the National Park Service turns 100, a look at its 59 wonders.
 
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Ryan Lochte says he was robbed. The Rio police aren't so sure.
Brazilian police have attempted to collect the passports of Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte and U.S. teammate Jimmy Feigen as authorities continue to investigate the swimmers' claims they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend.
 
A sad ending to one of the most uplifting tales of the Games
Abbey D'Agostino suffered a knee injury, but leaves a lasting image, with Nikki Hamblin.
 
Powerful NSA hacking tools mysteriously surface online
The release of the cache of files could pose severe consequences for the National Security Agency's operations and the security of government and corporate computers.
 
North Korea’s deputy ambassador to U.K. defects from London
Thae Yong Ho is one of the most senior officials to seek asylum from Pyongyang's diplomatic corps, officials said.
 
Aetna warned it would drop out of Obamacare exchanges if its merger was blocked
In July, the company's CEO wrote a letter to the Justice Department saying that it was "very likely" the company would abandon the exchanges altogether if its merger with Humana was blocked.
 
Target to spend $20 million on single-stall bathrooms after backlash to its restroom policy
The retailer earlier this year weighed in during a national debate over a law in North Carolina requiring people to use public bathrooms that correspond to their gender at birth.
 
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Deputies race door-to-door to evacuate residents ahead of monster fire near L.A.
The blaze in San Bernardino County consumed more than 30,000 acres on Tuesday, forcing more than 82,000 people to flee.
 
Louisiana flooding is the country’s ‘worst natural disaster’ since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross says
The American Red Cross said the flooding in the southern part of the state is the country's "worst natural disaster" since Hurricane Sandy.
 
Giuliani declares a Trump speech 'the best speech that any Republican, at the least, has ever given'
Let's review who the former New York City mayor just placed Trump in front of.
 
Fact Checker: Bill Clinton's misleading claim about info 'marked classified' in Hillary Clinton's emails
Bill Clinton repeats two favorite Democratic claims that divert attention from the most disturbing findings of Hillary Clinton's private email use.
 
How a GOP senator is trying, awkwardly, to keep his job
The fates of the Republican nominee and Pat Toomey are intertwined in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
 
She 'loved life:' A grieving father wrote openly about suicide and mental illness in his daughter's obituary
Watching his daughter's long struggle, Ed Shoener knew that mental illness was misunderstood. The last thing he could do for her, he said, was to try to help others understand.
 
Are waiters supposed to know the menu in great detail?
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
 
 
     
 
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