Friday, April 21, 2017

Evening Edition: French presidential election could bring a jolt to Western security

Sessions takes step toward enforcing threat to strip funding from 'sanctuary cities'; Gorsuch casts death-penalty vote in one of his first Supreme Court cases; He robbed banks and went to prison. That put him on track for a new job: Georgetown law professor.; Trump says 100-day marker is 'ridiculous.' But he's rushing to show progress by then on taxes, health care.; Ann Coulter rejects Berkeley’s new invite — and a lawsuit may be pending; What Trump's giving to charity — or lack thereof — foreshadowed about his presidency; Obama to make first post-presidency public appearance in Chicago next week; As scientists erupt in protest, a volcanologist runs for Congress; The curious political effect of men losing their breadwinner role; Did Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent and Kid Rock go too far in mocking Hillary Clinton’s portrait?; Verizon is losing more cellphone customers than ever; Thousands of tiny satellites are about to go into space and possibly ruin it ;
 
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French presidential election could bring a jolt to Western security
Victory for either the far-right or the far-left would have a profound impact on NATO and other elements of Western defense. "No matter who wins," one analyst concluded, "France's security and defense policy will not be the same, and some candidates would bring revolutionary changes."
Sessions takes step toward enforcing threat to strip funding from 'sanctuary cities'
The attorney general demanded proof from nine jurisdictions that they are complying with a law on sharing information with federal authorities about undocumented immigrants.
 
Gorsuch casts death-penalty vote in one of his first Supreme Court cases
The newest justice cast his first consequential vote Thursday night, siding with the court's other four conservatives in denying a stay request from Arkansas death row inmates facing execution.
 
He robbed banks and went to prison. That put him on track for a new job: Georgetown law professor.
Shon Hopwood's new job as a tenure-track faculty member is only the latest improbable twist in a remarkable life. He probably never would have found the law, he said, if he had not gone to prison.
 
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Trump says 100-day marker is 'ridiculous.' But he's rushing to show progress by then on taxes, health care.
While the president has issued a flurry of executive orders seeking to change direction on multiple Obama administration policies, he has no major accomplishments on Capitol Hill beyond the confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.
 
Ann Coulter rejects Berkeley’s new invite — and a lawsuit may be pending
The conservative political pundit said the university was adding "burdensome" conditions to her speech and that she already had another event scheduled for the new date. Instead, she vows to speak next week, as originally planned, with or without the school's cooperation.
 
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What Trump's giving to charity — or lack thereof — foreshadowed about his presidency
Trump's list of presidential achievements so far looks like the policy equivalent of two theater seats and a park bench.
 
Obama to make first post-presidency public appearance in Chicago next week
The town-hall-style event will be the first in a series of public appearances by the former president, just as President Trump approaches his 100th day in office.
 
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As scientists erupt in protest, a volcanologist runs for Congress
Is Jess Phoenix intimidated by the prospect of a bitter campaign? "I walk into active volcanic eruptions," she says. "Congress? Come on."
 
The curious political effect of men losing their breadwinner role
One researcher thinks his findings could help explain the growing political polarization over the past decade and could have been a factor in the last election.
 
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Did Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent and Kid Rock go too far in mocking Hillary Clinton’s portrait?
The photo, posted on Sarah Palin's Facebook page without a caption, has ricocheted around social media, thrilling Clinton haters and upsetting others who have called it "disrespectful" and "straight up classless."
 
Verizon is losing more cellphone customers than ever
The company lost nearly 400,000 wireless subscribers in the first six weeks of the year, and things could have been worse without the reintroduction of unlimited data plans, according to Verizon's earnings numbers.
 
Thousands of tiny satellites are about to go into space and possibly ruin it
Space is a mess. And the problem is about to get worse, experts say, as cheap, tiny satellites are shot through the stratosphere in unprecedented numbers.
 
 
     
 
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