Thursday, January 26, 2017

Evening Edition: Border wall to be funded by tax on Mexican imports, White House says

Border Patrol chief removed from post after clashing with powerful union; Unease from GOP as it confirms aggressive agenda to carry out Trump's priorities; Trump administration chooses to replace senior State Department diplomats; 'They never saw this coming': A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway; In first major TV interview as president, Trump is laser-focused on his popularity; People were taking Trump seriously. Now they're starting to take him literally.; Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants; Trump calls Chicago violence 'very easily fixable,' blames it on political correctness; Trump is the U.S.’s first Latin American president; The Doomsday Clock just advanced, 'thanks to Trump.' It's now just 2 ½ minutes to 'midnight.'; Accused Fort Lauderdale airport gunman indicted by federal grand jury; The CDC's canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore; Washington's new normal: A Trump protest spectacle a day; Ben's Chili Bowl paints over its mural of Bill Cosby, Chuck Brown and Obama;
 
Evening Edition
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Border wall to be funded by tax on Mexican imports, White House says
Spokesman Sean Spicer said President Trump intends to pay for the wall by imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports from Mexico as part of an overall tax reform plan. The comment came hours after the Mexican president canceled his visit to Washington because of growing tensions with Trump over the border wall.
Border Patrol chief removed from post after clashing with powerful union
Mark Morgan has resigned after only six months on the job — and one day after President Trump announced plans to ratchet up immigration enforcement and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
Unease from GOP as it confirms aggressive agenda to carry out Trump's priorities
President Trump and Vice President Pence were expected to speak today to Republican lawmakers who have been uneasy at times — both with the new president's unpredictable outbursts and some of the potential details of his agenda.
 
Trump administration chooses to replace senior State Department diplomats
When Rex Tillerson is confirmed as secretary of state next week, he will face an unusual leadership vacuum after several career Foreign Service officers were informed that they will not be asked to stay on in senior or sensitive posts that are under direct White House control.
 
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'They never saw this coming': A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway was seen as someone who could bring discipline to a first-time candidate when she came on as campaign manager. The now counselor to the president sat down with The Post to talk about the journey to the White House and the new political realities.
 
In first major TV interview as president, Trump is laser-focused on his popularity
The lengthy interview revealed a man fixated on his following and eager to provide evidence of his likability, even if that information didn't match reality.
 
People were taking Trump seriously. Now they're starting to take him literally.
The Trump administration is showing every sign of taking the nation far to the right to fulfill his campaign pledges — putting him at odds with some members of his own party.
 
Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants
The experiment, described in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow.
 
Trump calls Chicago violence 'very easily fixable,' blames it on political correctness
The president has threatened to send "the feds" to Chicago but again declined to say what that means.
 
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Trump is the U.S.’s first Latin American president
He may want to stop the flow of migrants and goods from south of the border, but he has imported a political style ingrained in Latin American politics: that of the nationalist demagogue.
 
The Doomsday Clock just advanced, 'thanks to Trump.' It's now just 2 ½ minutes to 'midnight.'
The president's election was among the factors cited by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in adjusting the symbolic clock 30 seconds closer to the end of humanity.
 
Accused Fort Lauderdale airport gunman indicted by federal grand jury
Esteban Santiago, 26, could face a federal death sentence if he is convicted.
 
The CDC's canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore
It turns out there will be a conference in Atlanta next month about climate change and its effects on public health. It just won't have the federal government behind it.
 
Petula Dvorak | Columnist
Washington's new normal: A Trump protest spectacle a day
As the annual March for Life prepares to bring tens of thousands to D.C. a week after the Women's March, daily protests have become the new normal in the nation's capital.
 
Ben's Chili Bowl paints over its mural of Bill Cosby, Chuck Brown and Obama
The landmark eatery in the nation's capital had been among the last public supporters of the scandal-plagued comedian. The restaurant didn't explain why it erased the mural, but said it was time for a refresh.
 
 
     
 
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