Monday, January 16, 2017

Monday's Headlines: Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in plan to replace Obamacare

Trump's latest feud echoes his difficult relationship with African Americans; Trump's administration will regulate Trump's businesses, raising prospect of conflicts; This posh D.C. neighborhood will soon be home to the Obamas, Ivanka Trump and Jeff Bezos; South Korean prosecutors seek warrant to arrest Samsung head for bribery;
 
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Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in plan to replace Obamacare
In an interview with The Post, the president-elect declared that his plan for replacing the health-care law is all but finished. While he declined to reveal specifics, Donald Trump said he would force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices for Medicare and Medicaid, and warned Republicans about slowing his agenda.
Trump's latest feud echoes his difficult relationship with African Americans
The president-elect's comments about civil rights icon John Lewis on the weekend before MLK Day have invited scrutiny of the Republican's tense history with a community that vastly favored Hillary Clinton on Election Day.
 
Trump's administration will regulate Trump's businesses, raising prospect of conflicts
The president-elect's refusal to divest from his vast holdings means, according to ethics experts, that government officials could feel pressure to keep the boss and his businesses' bottom line happy.
 
This posh D.C. neighborhood will soon be home to the Obamas, Ivanka Trump and Jeff Bezos
Despite Kalorama's history as a turret-happy enclave for the elite, it's not every day that three of the world's most powerful names decide, at virtually the same moment, it is the place for them.
 
South Korean prosecutors seek warrant to arrest Samsung head for bribery
The request to seek the arrest of the de facto head of the country's largest conglomerate marks another startling development in a scandal that has transfixed the country and brought it to a political halt.
 
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Oman accepts 10 Guantanamo detainees at the request of U.S.
Oman said the men were accepted for humanitarian reasons and offered "temporary residence." There was no immediate word from the U.S. Defense Department about the transfer.
A band prepares to defend its name to the Supreme Court: 'Our case is not a floodgate for hate speech'
For years, the Slants, an all-Asian American dance-rock band, has fought to trademark its name but was denied because of a decades-old law forbidding those that may disparage members of a particular ethnic group. This week, the high court will hear the vexing free-speech case.
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A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump
The past teaches plenty about what to expect from Trump, "the gaslighter in chief," who punishes reporters for doing their jobs and will relentlessly manipulate reality if it means a better public image.
One of Europe's most powerful jobs is up for grabs. It's a bad sign for the E.U. that no one's paying attention.
The race for president of the European Parliament comes as the continent struggles like never before in its modern history to hold itself together.
'We were soldiers': The flesh and blood behind the new civil rights monument
Days after President Obama designated a memorial to the 1961 bus attack on civil rights demonstrators — and on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration and the Women's March on Washington — John Lewis and four other Freedom Riders reflect on their historic campaign for social change and today's activism.
Field goal in final seconds sends Packers past Cowboys and into the NFC title game
Aaron Rodgers threw for 356 yards in a pulsating 34-31 victory that ended the Cowboys' season in stunning fashion. Green Bay will face Atlanta in the NFC championship game.
Security grid for inauguration means thousands of police, many street closures
The nation's capital will quickly transform into a virtual fortress of roadblocks, fences and armed police as authorities prepare for up to 900,000 people expected to watch Donald Trump become president.
 
     
 
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