Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Evening Edition: Attacker kills 3, injures 20 in vehicle and knife assault near British Parliament

Secret Service sought extra $60 million for Trump-era travel and protection, files show; GOP health-care plan, facing conservative revolt, lacks the votes for House passage; Trump communications may have been 'incidentally' intercepted, Nunes says; Democrats probe Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch on his independence from Trump; Supreme Court sets higher bar for education of students with disabilities; What's at stake in the health-care debate? These Americans share their stories.; Labor pick cut deal with billionaire accused of having sex with minors; In Germany, right-wing violence flourishes amid a surge in online hate; Kmart, Sears face 'substantial doubt' about financial viability; Gulf of Mexico waters are freakishly warm, which could mean explosive springtime storms; How long is too long when lingering at a table?;
 
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Attacker kills 3, injures 20 in vehicle and knife assault near British Parliament
The assailant, who was shot and killed by police, fatally stabbed an officer at the gates to Britain's Parliament compound after plowing a vehicle through terrified pedestrians in what authorities are treating as a "terrorist incident."
Secret Service sought extra $60 million for Trump-era travel and protection, files show
The U.S. Secret Service's request for the next year, described in internal agency documents reviewed by The Post, offers the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family. Nearly half of the additional money, $26.8 million, would pay to protect President Trump's family and private home in New York City's Trump Tower, the documents show.
 
GOP health-care plan, facing conservative revolt, lacks the votes for House passage
The Republican health-care overhaul suffered a significant setback as personal appeals by both the president and vice president failed to sway conservatives to back the bill. A spokeswoman for the House Freedom Caucus said that "more than 25" members of the group oppose the bill.
 
Trump communications may have been 'incidentally' intercepted, Nunes says
House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes said U.S. intelligence agencies may have picked up communications involving President Trump as part of court-approved surveillance of foreign intelligence targets in the period between Trump's election and his inauguration.
 
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Democrats probe Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch on his independence from Trump
Democratic senators pressed Judge Neil Gorsuch to explain his views on issues such as the Constitution's emoluments clause and the notion of "high crimes and misdemeanors."
 
Supreme Court sets higher bar for education of students with disabilities
The opinion, rejecting a lower standard used in a case by President Trump's nominee to the high court, Neil Gorsuch, said that "every child should have the chance to meet challenging objectives."
 
What's at stake in the health-care debate? These Americans share their stories.
Nearly 1,200 people responded when The Post asked readers how they thought the plans to remake the Affordable Care Act would affect them. Most worried — but some cheered. Here are five of their stories.
 
Labor pick cut deal with billionaire accused of having sex with minors
President Trump is on the witness list in a lawsuit over how federal prosecutors — including Alexander Acosta, a former U.S. attorney in Miami who is Trump's secretary of labor nominee — handled the accusations against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
 
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In Germany, right-wing violence flourishes amid a surge in online hate
Public attention may be focused on Islamist extremists, but violence driven by conspiracy theories and online hate is emerging as a far more widespread threat.
 
Kmart, Sears face 'substantial doubt' about financial viability
The giant retailers haven't turned an annual profit since 2010. Their parent company said the biggest question it faces is whether it can raise enough cash to stay afloat.
 
Gulf of Mexico waters are freakishly warm, which could mean explosive springtime storms
The toasty waters may fuel severe storms this spring in the South and Midwest.
 
Chat Transcript
How long is too long when lingering at a table?
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
 
 
     
 
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