Thursday, August 17, 2017

Evening Edition: At least 12 dead after driver crashes van into Barcelona crowd, officials say

 
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At least 12 dead after driver crashes van into Barcelona crowd, officials say
Police in Spain's Catalonia region have arrested one suspect in the attack. In addition to those killed, more than 50 people were injured when the van swerved on to the pedestrian area in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, which authorities described as a terrorist attack.
Trump recycles debunked pigs' blood tale after attack in Barcelona
Hours after an apparent terrorist attack in Barcelona, a tweet from President Trump cited a story involving Gen. John J. Pershing, who supposedly had his soldiers dip bullets in pigs' blood to execute Islamic terrorists. But numerous fact-checkers in the media have found the story to be unsubstantiated.
 
Trump calls efforts to remove statues of Civil War generals 'foolish'
In three tweets, the president said the history and culture of the country was being "ripped apart" and said efforts to remove statues of Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee could escalate to taking down monuments to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
 
Bannon says rivals are 'wetting themselves,' mocks white supremacists and contradicts Trump on N. Korea
In an unusual interview with progressive magazine The American Prospect, the White House chief strategist seemed to take issue with Trump on North Korea, attacked white supremacists as "clowns" and detailed how he would oust some of his opponents at the State and Defense departments.
 
President's isolation from GOP, world and business leaders grows
Trump's reaction to the violence in Charlottesville has created deep uncertainty among officials about whether he can effectively lead his party and focus on urgent tasks looming in the fall.
 
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President's lawyer jumps into racial controversy by forwarding inflammatory email
John Dowd forwarded an email advocating protection of some Confederate monuments and claiming that the protest group Black Lives Matter had been infiltrated by terrorists.
 
Retropolis • The Past, Rediscovered
The day 30,000 white supremacists in KKK robes marched in the nation's capital
Unlike the rally led by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., that ended in violence, the Klan was welcomed by white Washington in 1925.
 
Analysis: Trump hasn't demonstrated 'stability' or 'competence' to be successful, Sen. Corker says
This isn't the first time the Tennessee Republican has critiqued the president, and a new poll suggests he's not alone in his party in seeing his view of Trump shift.
 
Trump attacks Lindsey Graham as 'publicity-seeking,' endorses one of Jeff Flake's challengers
The president was responding to criticism by the senators over his leadership style and handling of Charlottesville.
 
Now you can see what Trump sees every time he opens Twitter
The new @trumps_feed account checks whom the president follows every five minutes and then retweets any new tweets from them. And what do they tweet about? A word cloud shows a lot of tweets about Trump.
 
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The story behind a retracted CNN report on the Trump campaign and Russia
Finger-pointing and fallout followed the report that led to an apology and three resignations.
 
Anonymous posts what it says are private phone numbers, email addresses for 22 GOP Congressmen
The online activist group published the information in a bid to push for Trump's impeachment, reigniting the use of hacked information in U.S. political battles.
 
Still need a pair of solar eclipse glasses? Here's where you might find them.
Vendors are running out of them by the minute, but here are a few ideas if you're trying to track down some last-second sky-watching glasses.
 
The best way to drink whiskey, according to science
A new study investigates a question whiskey enthusiasts answered decades ago.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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