Saturday, June 10, 2017

Saturday's Headlines: Comey’s sharing of notes about Trump doesn’t make him a criminal, analysts say

Trump accuses Comey of giving false testimony; Trump's lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties; Shocking British vote may strain relations between May, Trump; May vows to stay course on Brexit, but resignation pressure builds after stunning loss; In the heart of tea party country, Kansas faces a new revolution: The rise of moderate Republicans; She has written about terrorism since 9/11. Then the terror struck her family.;
 
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Comey's sharing of notes about Trump doesn't make him a criminal, analysts say
As President Trump lambasted former FBI director James B. Comey for engineering the release of details of their conversations to a news reporter, some legal experts say Comey was within his rights to reveal the information.
Trump accuses Comey of giving false testimony
President Trump accused former FBI director James B. Comey of committing perjury in his blockbuster Senate testimony and said he was willing to share his version of events under oath with the special counsel overseeing the expanding Russia investigation. Trump also said he would wait "a fairly short period of time" to tell the public whether he has tapes of his one-on-one conversations with Comey, as he first suggested in May.
 
Trump's lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties
Marc E. Kasowitz's clients include a Russian oligarch who is close to President Vladimir Putin, as well as Russia's largest state-owned bank.
 
Shocking British vote may strain relations between May, Trump
President Trump may have just lost the best friend he had in Europe after Prime Minister Theresa May's bruising in Britain.
 
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May vows to stay course on Brexit, but resignation pressure builds after stunning loss
Despite a shocking election result that robbed May's party of its parliamentary majority, the prime minister said she will remain in power and push ahead with critical talks on Britain's exit from the European Union.
 
In the heart of tea party country, Kansas faces a new revolution: The rise of moderate Republicans
A vote this week to raise taxes — a repudiation of GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's platform of ongoing cuts — demonstrates the ascendance of moderates in Topeka. It also may portend trouble for Republicans in Washington.
 
She has written about terrorism since 9/11. Then the terror struck her family.
Post journalist Souad Mekhennet has reported on terrorism on three continents, covering stories of strife and sorrow. When gunfire rang out in Munich last year, she rushed to cover the attack. Then she learned a young relative was among those shot.
 
 
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Theresa May hoped to strengthen Britain's government. She did the opposite.
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New York attorney general ‘looking into’ Eric Trump’s foundation
The inquiry comes after Forbes magazine raised questions about whether President Trump's son had made misleading statements about how the foundation spent its money.
Tillerson called for the Saudi-led bloc of nations to ease the blockade on Qatar. An hour later, Trump contradicted him.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wanted to resolve the week-long Persian Gulf dispute, warning that the blockade causes humanitarian hardship and has hindered U.S. military actions against ISIS. Then the president called the Saudi-led action "hard but necessary."
The Calais 'Jungle' is gone, but France's migrant crisis is far from over
Nearly 10,000 migrants and refugees from the Middle East and East Africa had found shelter in the encampment, where some would languish for months, even years, in hopes of eventually reaching Britain. Now the camp has been demolished, and British and French elections have not curbed the steady stream of people arriving in northern France.
NBA Finals | Game 4
Cavaliers snap Warriors' unprecedented playoff win streak to stave off elimination
Cleveland set multiple NBA Finals scoring records in a dominating 137-116 win on its home floor. Golden State, which leads the series 3-1, will return to Oakland on Monday to try to secure its second championship in three years.
U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte to plead guilty to assaulting reporter
Gianforte faced a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly "body slammed" Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs the day before being elected Montana's only congressman last month.
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Versatile actress who starred in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' dies at 62
An acclaimed Chicago theater actress, she appeared in "Lonesome Dove" and other TV programs.
'Shut up, slave!': A spilled Starbucks drink led to a racist tirade and sidewalk fight, police say
Chicago police arrested 23-year-old William Boucher and charged him with battery.
'Why do I need a note for my religion?' Students are told to get permission slips to wear hijabs.
School officials in Virginia apologized for the treatment of two Muslim teenagers after the students said they were threatened with discipline for wearing headscarves.
13 days in the history of the accused leader of the Benghazi attacks
Ahmed Abu Khattala was masked, handcuffed and gagged, then taken aboard a U.S. vessel for a journey across the Atlantic Ocean that would end in a U.S. courtroom. His lawyers want his statements to FBI investigators thrown out, arguing that his capture and detention in a windowless room below deck were coercive and render meaningless the many waivers he signed giving up his right to an attorney and not to incriminate himself.
 
     
 
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