Monday, February 26, 2018

Evening Edition: Supreme Court declines to enter controversy over ‘dreamers’

 
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Supreme Court declines to enter controversy over 'dreamers'
Lower courts had kept in place the program that protects undocumented immigrants brought here as children from deportation. President Trump announced in September that he would let the program expire in March, unless Congress acted. Efforts on Capitol Hill to revive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as part of a broader deal on immigration policy failed this month.
'I really believe I'd run in, even if I didn't have a weapon,' Trump says about protecting students at Florida school
President Trump called it "disgusting" that an officer assigned to the high school didn't enter the building while the deadly attack was underway. An attorney for Scot Peterson denied that his client had acted unprofessionally or cowardly during the shooting.
 
Deputy at school during attack thought gunfire was outside, lawyer says
Scot Peterson's attorney said he followed his training for possible outdoors gunfire by seeking shelter and trying to assess what was happening on the day that 17 people were killed at the Parkland, Fla., campus.
 
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Melania Trump expresses support for teen activists
"I have been heartened to see children across this country using their voices to speak out and try to create change," Trump said at the top of remarks at a White House luncheon she hosted for the spouses of the nation's governors. "They are our future and they deserve a voice."
 
The Fix: Ranking realistic expectations for what Congress will do about gun laws
Don't expect something big. The party that tends to support looser gun laws controls both chambers, and President Trump has appeared to double down on a pro-gun position to arm some teachers.
 
Laurie Metcalf has been acting for four decades. She's finally on the verge of stardom.
"I'd like to think that it's karma," says Metcalf, 62, who is looking at an Academy Awards nod, a Tony win, a revival of an Emmy-winning role and a return to Broadway.
 
 
North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 21, and it's close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary thaw swelled over the region this weekend, and arctic temperatures are warmer than ever recorded in February.
 
Analysis
What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
A review of the president's public comments from a database reveals no specific denial that he knew about Russian interference during the 2016 election. But, Trump's denial of collusion got very specific over the weekend.
 
Trump Organization says it has donated foreign profits to U.S. Treasury but declines to share details
The president's company would not say how much the profits totaled and which foreign governments patronized his properties.
 
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Terry McAuliffe, Elizabeth Warren and the race to be the Democrats' 2020 Trump antidote
The 2020 race is already lurching to a start — with a heavy premium on defining how Democrats will run against President Trump.
 
The U.S. Virgin Islands were a paradise. Hurricanes left a landscape of trash mountains.
At least 61,000 truckloads of wreckage were created by back-to-back Category 5 storms last year. As the debris crowds landfills and litters roadsides, debate has raged over how to get rid of the eyesore that is tarnishing the Caribbean islands' famous landscapes.
 
 
The White House's 'bloody nose' strategy on North Korea sounds Trumpian. So why do his aides hate it?
Foreign diplomats and Beltway analysts are comparing notes from meetings with senior Trump administration officials to figure out how serious the White House is about an attack.
 
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Ivanka Trump says it's 'inappropriate' to ask her about her father's alleged affairs. Here are two big reasons it's not.
If she were any other presidential adviser, the question would not have seemed out of bounds.
 
 
Knives finally coming out to fulfill Trump's vow to slash government
With lawmakers poised next month to approve new priorities for agency funding for the first time in this administration, the bureaucratic bloodletting can officially begin. Dozens of long-standing programs are slated for termination, and every agency has submitted a plan for reorganization.
 
The mystery of the Amazon headquarters search is solved! Or is it?
The chosen city could reap 50,000 jobs and $4 billion in investment. Let's take a look at five possible scenarios for where the company will locate its second headquarters.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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