Sunday, March 26, 2017

Evening Edition: Trump sends mixed signals about who was at fault in health-bill failure

President goes after Freedom Caucus, but its leader doesn't hit back; Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property; Two months out of office, Obama is having a post-presidency like no other; Russian police arrest opposition leader, hundreds more in nationwide anti-corruption protests; Joe Biden: 'Do I regret not being president? Yes.’; A pro-Trump rally ended with a man getting beaten with a 'Make America Great Again' sign; Gunmen fire inside Cincinnati nightclub, killing 1 and injuring 15, police say; Congolese rebels behead 42 police officers in dramatic escalation of conflict; After giving up TV, I qualified for Olympic marathon trials and got a PhD; Point-blank killing of senior Hamas operative deepens tensions between Israel, Gaza; South Carolina topples Florida, 77-70, advances to school's first Final Four berth;
 
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Trump sends mixed signals about who was at fault in health-bill failure
Pivoting from Friday — when the president laid the blame on Democrats — Trump fired Sunday at his own party. But he wasn't the only Republican expressing frustration with the conservative caucus. Open warfare within the party shows how much the loss is stinging the GOP internally.
President goes after Freedom Caucus, but its leader doesn't hit back
The president took to Twitter to voice his frustration, holding the hard-right group partially responsible for the health-care bill's failure. But the head of the group did not engage. One member said: "We did the country a favor. Because this bill didn't repeal Obamacare."
 
Analysis
Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property
The president has made 13 visits to his own golf courses since becoming president, likely playing golf on at least 12 of those occasions. He's also dined at the Trump International Hotel in Washington and stayed at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
 
Two months out of office, Obama is having a post-presidency like no other
The 44th president has attempted to stay above the Washington fray and emphasized the need for a new generation of political leaders to step up. But — instead of settling into a quiet life after the White House that most of his predecessors enjoyed — Barack Obama is preparing to throw himself into the highly partisan issue of redistricting, with the goal of reversing the electoral declines that Democrats experienced under his watch.
 
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Russian police arrest opposition leader, hundreds more in nationwide anti-corruption protests
By Sunday evening, riot police had hauled in more than 700 demonstrators in central Moscow. Alexei Navalny, one of the first to be detained, had called for the protests in the wake of allegations that the prime minister has amassed goods worth more than $1 billion.
 
Joe Biden: 'Do I regret not being president? Yes.’
A year and a half after giving up a 45-year-old dream to become president, the former vice president told an audience that he could have beaten Donald Trump, had the death of his son not intervened.
 
A pro-Trump rally ended with a man getting beaten with a 'Make America Great Again' sign
California police had to break up the melee when thousands of flag-waving supporters of the president encountered a smaller group of counter-protesters who intended to block the march.
 
Gunmen fire inside Cincinnati nightclub, killing 1 and injuring 15, police say
An argument among several men escalated into a shooting about 1:30 a.m. inside the club, police said, adding that they don't know who the gunmen are or what the argument was about.
 
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Congolese rebels behead 42 police officers in dramatic escalation of conflict
The regional militia known as Kamuina Nsapu is also suspected of having kidnapped an American, a Swede and four Congolese who were investigating the violence for the United Nations.
 
Perspective
After giving up TV, I qualified for Olympic marathon trials and got a PhD
The writer reports that she ran faster than ever, defended her thesis, started a writing career and read 35 books, a personal record.
 
Point-blank killing of senior Hamas operative deepens tensions between Israel, Gaza
Hamas closed its only civilian border crossing with Israel and Israeli troops were on high alert. Tensions between the two enemies continued to rise two days after Mazen Fuqaha was mysteriously shot dead at point-blank range in the garage of his home.
 
South Carolina topples Florida, 77-70, advances to school's first Final Four berth
Kentucky and North Carolina meet in the weekend's final matchup to determine the last spot in the Final Four. Get updates and analysis from the game.
 
 
     
 
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