Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Evening Edition: Emails reveal new EPA chief’s close ties with oil, gas industry

At a town hall in Trump country, an America that's pleading to be heard; White House Power Rankings: Reince Priebus is having a very good week; Scientists discover seven Earthlike planets orbiting a nearby star; Away from Iraq's front lines, the Islamic State is creeping back in ; How a scandal that started in Brazil is now roiling other Latin American countries; Former Guantanamo Bay detainee said to have turned suicide bomber; Beto O'Rourke is a Mexico-loving liberal in Texas. Can he really beat Ted Cruz?; Physicist, dubbed 'queen of carbon,' was the center of a recent GE ad campaign encouraging women in science; The man angling to become the U.S. envoy to India shares Trump's love of the limelight; Two-thirds of Americans aren't using this easy way to save for retirement; Ex-CIA officer jailed in Portugal for alleged role in kidnapping of a terrorism suspect;
 
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Emails reveal new EPA chief's close ties with oil, gas industry
In his previous role as Oklahoma's attorney general, Scott Pruitt regularly huddled with fossil fuel firms and electric utilities about how to combat federal regulations and spoke to conservative political groups about what they call government "overreach," according to thousands of pages of newly released emails.
At a town hall in Trump country, an America that's pleading to be heard
Lawmakers who have hosted town halls, including Rep. David A. Brat (R-Va.), have endured protests, sharp rebukes and emotional questions about what constituents see as a sharp turn in governance.
 
White House Power Rankings: Reince Priebus is having a very good week
Here are The Fix's rankings of the most — and least — powerful members of the Trump Big Four. These rankings are based on what President Trump has said about each, their influence on his policy (and tweets), their TV appearances and the media coverage of them.
 
Scientists discover seven Earthlike planets orbiting a nearby star
The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, represents the first time astronomers have ever detected so many terrestrial planets orbiting a single star. Researchers say the system, which is 39 light years away, could be the best place in the galaxy to search for life beyond Earth.
 
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Away from Iraq's front lines, the Islamic State is creeping back in 
The militant group is taking advantage of widespread corruption to reestablish roots in areas that were once strongholds but have been retaken by security forces.
 
How a scandal that started in Brazil is now roiling other Latin American countries
The fallout of construction giant Odebrecht is spreading across the region, creating a test for other countries tainted by the company's dirty money.
 
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee said to have turned suicide bomber
The Islamic State identified the man who blew himself up in Mosul, Iraq, this week as a British man who was released from the U.S. base in 2004 after being held without trial for two years.
 
Beto O'Rourke is a Mexico-loving liberal in Texas. Can he really beat Ted Cruz?
Democrats might look at O'Rourke — a small-business owner with hipster credentials, a Gen Xer who speaks fluent Spanish and looks more like a Kennedy than the Kennedys do — and see a candidate of thrilling national potential, marred only by where he happens to live. But then again, maybe it's where he lives that makes him exciting.
 
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Mildred Dresselhaus | 1930–2017
Physicist, dubbed 'queen of carbon,' was the center of a recent GE ad campaign encouraging women in science
Dresselhaus became one of America's foremost physicists and worked to encourage other women to enter such seemingly daunting occupations. President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. She was 86.
 
The man angling to become the U.S. envoy to India shares Trump's love of the limelight
A Chicago businessman who "clicks" with Trump is newly popular in India. But Indian officials and diplomats — who prefer their U.S. ambassadors to be statesmen — are dismayed that Shalabh "Shalli" Kumar is on Trump's short list.
 
Two-thirds of Americans aren't using this easy way to save for retirement
Fewer than one-third of workers are saving money in their 401(k) accounts, even though nearly 80 percent of employers offer retirement plans. "Not saving enough is a long-held American tradition, right up there with baseball and apple pie," one financial adviser said.
 
Ex-CIA officer jailed in Portugal for alleged role in kidnapping of a terrorism suspect
Sabrina De Sousa expects to be extradited within days to Italy, where she faces four years in prison for the 2003 extraordinary rendition of an Egyptian cleric in Milan.
 
 
     
 
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