Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Evening Edition: Is Trump Jr.’s ‘I love it’ email a smoking gun or a distraction?

The Daily 202: Trump family dysfunction follows to White House; Assessing how 'transparent' Trump Jr. was in his Hannity appearance; Trump: 'I will be very angry' if GOP senators don't pass a health-care bill; How many Major League Baseball parks have you visited?; FBI nominee Wray: I'd resign before improperly dropping an investigation; State Department spent more than $15,000 on 19 rooms at Vancouver Trump hotel opening; Health insurers have been quiet about undoing Obamacare — until now; One of the biggest icebergs in recorded history just broke loose from Antarctica; Former Brazilian president Lula convicted of corruption and money laundering; A British railway made a 15-year-old boy its Twitter spokesman. It was total chaos, and people loved it.; The 70 mph test run that Hyperloop One is hailing as a 'Kitty Hawk moment'; Even 4chan is opposing the Republican plan for net neutrality;
 
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Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Is Trump Jr.'s 'I love it' email a smoking gun or a distraction?
In one America, Donald Trump's emails were the smoking gun in the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to take down the Clinton candidacy. But in Trump Country, it was just one more toy gun masquerading as the real thing.
The Daily 202: Trump family dysfunction follows to White House
The more details that emerge about how Trump's campaign really operated behind the scenes — and how paralyzed his White House is now — the clearer it becomes that the president is in way over his head.
 
Analysis
Assessing how 'transparent' Trump Jr. was in his Hannity appearance
We transcribed the Fox host's questions and Donald Trump Jr.'s answers so that we might evaluate the president's assertion of his son.
 
Trump: 'I will be very angry' if GOP senators don't pass a health-care bill
During an interview with televangelist Pat Robertson, President Trump put the onus of passing a health bill squarely on Senate Republicans and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The urgency that the president placed on the task stood in sharp contrast to comments he made last month.
 
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How many Major League Baseball parks have you visited?
More than in any other American pro sport, baseball's where matters nearly as much as the who and how. Ballparks aren't just settings for the game; they are unique temples that evoke a feeling from fans, local or otherwise. Here's our comprehensive guide to all 30 Major League Baseball parks.
 
FBI nominee Wray: I'd resign before improperly dropping an investigation
President Trump's pick to lead the FBI also testified at a Senate hearing that no one has asked him for any loyalty oath as part of his nomination. "And I sure as heck didn't offer one," he said.
 
State Department spent more than $15,000 on 19 rooms at Vancouver Trump hotel opening
The department assisted with security and logistics for Trump's sons and their spouses, and the president's daughter, Tiffany, during the February event.
 
Health insurers have been quiet about undoing Obamacare — until now
Trade groups slammed policy ideas by Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, saying they would destabilize the insurance marketplaces, raise premiums for patients with chronic conditions, and leave fewer insurers selling plans.
 
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One of the biggest icebergs in recorded history just broke loose from Antarctica
The iceberg is close to the size of the state of Delaware and weighs a trillion tons.
 
Former Brazilian president Lula convicted of corruption and money laundering
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years in prison, a stunning blow to a man once hailed across the hemisphere as an innovative leader.
 
A British railway made a 15-year-old boy its Twitter spokesman. It was total chaos, and people loved it.
By the time he signed off at the end of the day, an embattled railway company's PR feed had become "the best thing on the Internet," as HuffPost put it.
 
The 70 mph test run that Hyperloop One is hailing as a 'Kitty Hawk moment'
The May 12 test only lasted 5.3 seconds, but Elon Musk's high-speed tube transportation company said it demonstrated revolutionary capabilities.
 
Even 4chan is opposing the Republican plan for net neutrality
Users of the message-board site known for producing an avalanche of pro-Donald Trump memes during the 2016 presidential campaign fear a GOP-led push to repeal the FCC's rules for Internet providers.
 
 
     
 
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