Monday, January 15, 2018

Monday's Headlines: Trump says ‘I’m not a racist,’ accuses Democrats of impeding DACA deal

 
Democracy Dies in Darkness
 
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Trump says 'I'm not a racist,' accuses Democrats of impeding DACA deal
While vacationing in Florida, President Trump called himself "the least racist person" and said he did not spoil chances for an immigration overhaul by calling poor nations "shithole countries." Relations between key Republican and Democratic lawmakers turned poisonous over whether the president made such a comment in a bipartisan meeting last week.
A congressional harassment claim led to a secret $220,000 payment. Both sides see a broken system.
The payment to Winsome Packer, a former aide to Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.), was one of the largest known settlements paid out in recent years by a fund for claims made against members of Congress. But with lawmakers working on legislation that would alter the process for handling accusations, both sides say their dispute reveals a flawed law that is unfair and abusive to the accuser and the accused.
 
The forgotten dream of Martin Luther King Jr.: A 'city' for the poor on the National Mall
The 1968 demonstration was to be the centerpiece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign, and more than 3,000 antipoverty activists would come to live in "Resurrection City" on the National Mall. But as other tumultuous events roiled the country that year, the protest became "a forgotten part of our history," one resident said.
 
Trump pleased Hawaii officials 'took responsibility' for missile scare
The administration said answers about how the false missile alert occurred and how to prevent problems in the future must come from state officials. But the incident raised broader questions about the United States' nuclear preparedness at a time of escalating tensions with North Korea.
 
How one employee 'pushed the wrong button' and caused a wave of panic in Hawaii
Details are emerging on how the false alarm about a missile attack occurred — sending thousands of people scrambling to seek shelter and say their final goodbyes — and what officials are doing to prevent it from happening again.
 
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University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus
 
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Twin suicide bombers target Baghdad, killing 26 in popular shopping district
The first such attack since Iraq declared victory over Islamic State in December raised anxiety in a capital hoping the years of terror were over.
 
 
French mayor bans pork substitutes in school meals, saying he's defending secularism
The 34-year-old mayor — a member of the far-right National Front — insists religious exceptions to the menu violate the country's vaunted Republican principles. The move stirred outrage and rekindled the debate over secularism and the place of Islam in France.
 
In planned speech, Sen. Jeff Flake compares Trump's media attacks to comments by Stalin
The senator plans to deliver the speech before Trump awards "fake news" awards to news outlets.
 
Devastated by wildfire, a California community weighs rebuilding amid a housing crunch
Once a picture of planned suburbia, the Coffey Park area of Santa Rosa is barren after all 1,300 homes burned in October. Will residents stay as the neighborhood tries to rise from the ashes?
 
Palestinian leader attacks Trump, calling his peace deal the 'slap of the century'
Mahmoud Abbas also railed against U.S. diplomats David Friedman and Nikki Haley in a fiery two-hour speech as the Palestinian Central Council weighs how to respond to President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. 
 
How a man's first-ever tweet, about Obama's respect, proved more popular than Trump's bluster
"안녕하세요," then-President Obama once told a little-known White House staffer named Gary Lee, whose retelling of the story on Saturday proved more popular than anything Trump tweeted that day.
 
NFL Playoffs
Vikings outrun their tortured history, stun Saints with miraculous final play by Stefon Diggs
Diggs scored on a 61-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum as time expired, and Minnesota set up a date next week with the Eagles in the NFC championship game.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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