Sunday, December 17, 2017

Sunday's Headlines: Trump is not on the 2018 ballot, but White House plans full-on campaign for GOP candidates

 
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Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Trump is not on the 2018 ballot, but White House plans full-on campaign for GOP candidates
The president's aides have met with 116 political hopefuls in recent months, senior White House officials said. The president has told advisers he wants to travel extensively and hold rallies. The strategy carries risks for a historically unpopular commander in chief and could help drive angry Democrats to the polls.
@PKCapitol | Analysis
How the oldest Senate ever is taking a toll on the business of Washington
Eight octogenarians occupy powerful posts, and Senate leaders have paused action on legislation at least three times this year to accommodate ailing colleagues.
 
Mueller unlawfully obtained emails, Trump transition team says
A lawyer for the Trump for America transition team contends the federal government should not have provided thousands of pages of emails to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III because transition documents are private property, not government records. The organization argues Mueller overstepped the law in acquiring private records without a warrant or subpoena.
 
'What other choice do I have?': To escape their debts, refugees have to return to the war zone of Somalia
A strained international aid system has broken down amid the biggest global refu­gee crisis since World War II. The problem started when the United Nations, squeezed by growing demands for aid, slashed food rations in a camp of 250,000. That left the refugees little option but to buy food on credit from local markets.
 
'I don't feel like this is for us': In Utah, land of large families, deep uncertainty over tax plan
Middle-class families like the Ridings have been at the center of the Republican message about why the party needs to pass a massive overhaul of the nation's tax code. But days before Congress votes, basic questions about how the plan will affect families' pocketbooks and lives remain unanswered. "If they want to help middle-class families," Becca Riding said, "why don't they ask us what's helpful?"
 
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The Fed's playbook says raise rates. What if that's an obsolete game plan?
 
Roy Moore lost, but his type of right-wing white populism still dominates the GOP
 
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Head of Pentagon's secret 'UFO' office sought to make evidence public
The chief of a little-known agency said the Pentagon did not take his UFO investigations seriously. He quit, but before leaving his job, intelligence officer Luis Elizondo quietly arranged for the release of three of the most unusual videos in the Pentagon's secret vaults.
 
 
Multiple HHS divisions instructed to avoid words including 'diversity' and 'vulnerable'
It's not clear whether other federal departments have been instructed by the Trump administration to avoid certain words in preparing their budget documents for next year.
 
A former Nazi guard, 94, is still living in the United States. Authorities want him gone before he dies.
Jakiw Palij, who served as an armed guard in a labor camp in Poland, was ordered out of the U.S. in 2004, but Germany, Poland and Ukraine have repeatedly refused to accept him. In a race against time, lawmakers and Jewish groups are asking the Trump administration to act.
 
Retropolis | Perspective
A white mother went to Alabama to fight for civil rights. The Klan killed her.
More than 50 years after Viola Liuzzo became the only white woman to die for the civil rights movement, I needed to understand why she was willing to risk her life for someone like me.
 
On SNL, Trump's White House celebrates Christmas by remembering the 'haters and losers'
"The war on Christmas is over," Alec Baldwin's President Trump says. "It will soon be replaced by the war with North Korea."
 
Two dogs mauled their owner to death while she was walking them in the woods, sheriff says
Authorities in Goochland, Va., said Bethany Lynn Stephens, who weighed a little more than 100 pounds, was mauled to death by her dogs, which had a combined weight of about twice hers.
 
Holiday Gift Guides
The skeptic's pick of smart-home gadgets
Just buying and setting up a device won't improve your life. The trick is figuring out what is worth the cost, trouble and inevitable security risks. Here are five products that belong in the connected home.
 
The most cutting-edge gifts for the techie in your life
Here are some suggestions for gifts to delight those who are always looking at the hottest tech products.
 
The ultimate gift guide for toys, food, travel, home and more
 
Food
Comfort food you can make in 20 minutes
A heartwarming plate full of familiar ingredients that's a cinch to make? Yes, please.
 
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#doorsofinstagram gets a makeover
Check out some of our favorite festive photos shared on social media.
 
On Parenting
Our toddler won't stay put at night
He wakes up in the wee hours and won't stop screaming until he's in his parents' bed.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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