Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Evening Edition: Gorsuch nomination on track to irreparably change Senate — and further divide nation

E.U. plunges into messy divorce as Britain gives formal notice to leave; Senate Intelligence Committee to start Russia probe interviews next week; On the eve of an Oprah movie about Henrietta Lacks, an ugly feud consumes the family; Samsung tries to regain luster with Galaxy S8; Is Ryan a policy guy, or does he just play one on TV?; Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise 'will not be kept,' experts say.; Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood are charged with 15 felonies; Supreme Court revisits a horrific murder that shocked Washington decades ago; Trump is throwing himself into the Democrats’ trap; Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime; ‘There's not a hope alive for us’: A factory Trump targeted begins its move to Mexico; People are starting to default on their risky auto loans, but this isn't the next housing bubble; Hispanic contractors bid to build Trump's border wall. Then the death threats began.; Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel;
 
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@PKCapitol | Analysis
Gorsuch nomination on track to irreparably change Senate — and further divide nation
Some Senate Democrats believe they can filibuster the nomination of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, which could prompt Republicans to change the rules to allow the approval of high-court picks via simple majority. If the filibuster goes away, so does yet another layer of collegiality in Congress — and another way to shore up Washington's credibility.
E.U. plunges into messy divorce as Britain gives formal notice to leave
Britain is the first full member of the E.U. to announce it is exiting the bloc, a reversal after decades of growing European integration. The move instantly plunged both Britain and the 27 other E.U. nations into two years of what will almost certainly be messy and acrimonious negotiations over the terms of divorce.
 
Senate Intelligence Committee to start Russia probe interviews next week
The panel plans to privately interview at least 20 people as part of an ongoing investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 election as well as potential ties to the Trump campaign.
 
On the eve of an Oprah movie about Henrietta Lacks, an ugly feud consumes the family
Maybe it was the soon-to-be released Oprah Winfrey/HBO movie about the family matriarch, a Baltimore cancer patient whose cells were collected by Johns Hopkins researchers without her knowledge, that put the close-knit and increasingly famous family at war with itself.
 
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Samsung tries to regain luster with Galaxy S8
Hoping to rebound from last year's disastrous Galaxy Note 7, Samsung pulled off a strong performance with the S8 debut and possibly set the tone for a more innovative smartphone cycle in 2017, analysts said.
 
Wonkblog | Analysis
Is Ryan a policy guy, or does he just play one on TV?
Following the failure of a Paul Ryan-championed health-care bill that was panned by experts on the left and right, the House speaker's reputation as a policy expert is under renewed assault.
 
Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise 'will not be kept,' experts say.
Industry experts say coal mining jobs will continue to be lost, not because of blocked access to coal, but because power plant owners are turning to natural gas. At least 40 plants that rely on coal are projected to close during the president's four-year term.
 
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood are charged with 15 felonies
California prosecutors said the two violated the privacy of health-care providers by recording confidential information without consent.
 
Supreme Court revisits a horrific murder that shocked Washington decades ago
Justices are considering whether prosecutors withheld important evidence in the Catherine Fuller case.
 
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Wonkblog | Analysis
Trump is throwing himself into the Democrats’ trap
The latest reports are that Trump is hoping to use the prospect of a big infrastructure package to woo Democrats to his side on tax reform, and, in the process, cut the recalcitrantly right-wing House Freedom Caucus out of any negotiations. There's only one flaw in this plan. It's called reality.
 
Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime
The practice known as civil asset forfeiture is completely legal, but it does not require authorities to obtain a criminal conviction, and it allows departments to keep seized cash and property for themselves unless individuals successfully challenge the forfeiture in court.
 
‘There's not a hope alive for us’: A factory Trump targeted begins its move to Mexico
Rexnord Bearings, an Indiana company, was singled out by the then-president-elect after it announced it was moving south of the border. Despite the spotlight, and the pressure, the company this week began notifying employees they were targets for layoffs.
 
People are starting to default on their risky auto loans, but this isn't the next housing bubble
As credit requirements tighten, subprime auto lending may hurt car sales, but probably won't send the U.S. economy into the doldrums the way the mortgage -loan crisis did in 2008 and 2009.
 
Hispanic contractors bid to build Trump's border wall. Then the death threats began.
Construction executives said they weighed their misgivings about building the barrier against the benefits of providing jobs, growing their businesses, improving the local economy and having the ability to influence the construction of a safer, more humane wall.
 
Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel
President Trump's company is actively seeking to open a second Washington hotel as part of a planned nationwide expansion, potentially creating another venue where he stands to benefit financially from customers doing business in the nation's capital.
 
 
     
 
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