Monday, February 26, 2018

Monday's Headlines: European allies scramble to satisfy Iran nuclear deal’s critic in chief

 
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Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
European allies scramble to satisfy Iran nuclear deal's critic in chief
France, Germany and Britain have been striving to convince President Trump that they want to join him in cracking down on bad Iranian behavior in hopes of preserving the 2015 nuclear agreement that he has railed against. But even if the European allies and administration officials can forge a deal, there is no guarantee that it will placate the mercurial president.
Florida lawmakers call for suspension of sheriff as he defends 'amazing leadership'
The Florida House speaker and 73 Republican colleagues urged Gov. Rick Scott to suspend Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, who has faced intensifying questions about his office's response to the school shooting. A defiant Israel said, "I can only take responsibility for what I knew about."
 
Would arming teachers make schools safer? 'To be honest, I don't know,' Ivanka Trump says.
The president in recent days has repeatedly called for arming about 20 percent of teachers with concealed weapons.
 
Trump's personal pilot 'in the mix' to lead the FAA
A White House official said John Dunkin, who flew Trump around the country on a Boeing 757 during the 2016 campaign, is on the administration's shortlist to head the agency that regulates civil aviation in the United States.
 
The Venezuelan oil industry is on a cliff's edge. Trump could tip it over.
Venezuela was once considered to be the Saudi Arabia of South America, but mismanagement by the socialist government has wreaked havoc on its oil industry. Now a potential U.S. embargo threatens to worsen the country's humanitarian crisis and disrupt regional oil supplies.
 
This man's battle with a Florida city will bring him to the Supreme Court. It's not the first time.
Fane Lozman's latest legal tussle with the town of Riviera Beach has grown from a ham-handed attempt to cut him off at a city council meeting into a free-speech showdown that will have nationwide implications for citizens arrested — as Lozman was — by government officials they criticize.
 
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Dianne Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement as she bids for fifth term in Senate
Feinstein's more liberal challenger, state Senate leader Kevin de León, won the majority of convention delegates' support, setting up a June primary that could define what the Democratic Party stands for in the age of Trump.
 
 
Mexicans wonder why their president thought a trip to see Trump was a good idea
Mexicans didn't fault Enrique Peña Nieto for canceling his trip to Washington, but they were left wondering why he even wanted to go after two previously embarrassing encounters with the U.S. president.
 
Chinese plan to end term limits is surest sign yet that Xi plans to remain
The proposal would make it possible for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely, potentially taking China back toward one-man rule.
 
A CDC researcher left work sick two weeks ago — then vanished
The Harvard-educated epidemiologist and researcher was not feeling well on Feb. 12 and left work around midday. His sister said a conversation with him that day left her feeling something wasn't right.
 
Omarosa gets evicted from the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house
It was a headline-making ride for the reality star-turned-White House staffer who was bounced during the two-hour finale that included — in true Omarosa fashion — plenty of melodrama.
 
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President Trump's consistent misrepresentation of how the diversity visa lottery works
The president clearly dislikes the diversity visa program. Over and over, he has failed to accurately describe how the program operates.
 
'I don't know how you got this way': A neo-Nazi's family wonders if they can get him back
Since the 2016 election, Kam Musser had gone from supporting white supremacists to joining a neo-Nazi group. Now his mother and grandmother fear that what they had thought was just a phase is quickly becoming his life.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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