Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Evening Edition: Trump tells GOP critics of health-care bill: ‘I’m gonna come after you’

Documents show Trump aide laundered payments from Ukraine party with Russia ties, lawmaker alleges; U.S., Britain ban laptops, other devices from carry-on items on certain flights from several Muslim-majority countries; Gorsuch: 'No such thing as a Republican judge or a Democratic judge'; Supreme Court nominee promises independence from Trump — and steals Democrats' line of attack; Supreme Court limits president's appointment powers; Questions linger over whether labor nominee Alexander Acosta will stand up for workers; Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State; This is the Rough N Rowdy, where a forgotten town dukes it out once a year; Football has a brain injury problem; he may know enough about both to solve it; U.S. border officers told a Mexican teen to drink liquid meth. His family received $1 million for his death.; Researchers find what may be the earliest color film of the White House grounds; Scientists capture photographic proof of a landslide on a comet;
 
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Trump tells GOP critics of health-care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'
The president stormed Capitol Hill to sell the health-care overhaul, using both charm and admonishment to make his case, reassuring skittish members that they would gain seats in Congress if the bill passed. Rep. Harold Rogers, a supporter of the bill, said of the president's threatening remark: "Oh, he was kidding around. I think."
Documents show Trump aide laundered payments from Ukraine party with Russia ties, lawmaker alleges
Paul Manafort resigned as Trump's campaign manager in August after his name surfaced next to payments totaling $12.7 million in a registry of secret payments from the Party of Regions called the "black ledger." Manafort has denied receiving those payments.
 
U.S., Britain ban laptops, other devices from carry-on items on certain flights from several Muslim-majority countries
Fliers can still travel with the portable electronic devices, but they must be packed in their checked baggage. The U.K. ban applies to six countries, while the U.S. ban applies to 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries.
 
Gorsuch: 'No such thing as a Republican judge or a Democratic judge'
Judge Neil Gorsuch sought to reassure senators at the second day of his confirmation hearing that he would not be swayed by political pressure — trying to take the steam out of anticipated attacks from Democrats likely to push him to distance himself from President Trump.
 
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Supreme Court nominee promises independence from Trump — and steals Democrats' line of attack
The Supreme Court nominee was so eager to make the point that he started answering before his microphone was turned on: "That's a softball question."
 
Supreme Court limits president's appointment powers
The decision limits a president's ability to fill some high-level posts with "acting" officials and was made in a case over an Obama administration appointment to the National Labor Relations Board.
 
Questions linger over whether labor nominee Alexander Acosta will stand up for workers
The Labor nominee is a conservative law school dean who "plays it close to the vest." Senators will grill him on his views and work record during tomorrow's confirmation hearing.
 
Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State
At a strategic crossroads between Syria, Turkey and Iraq, the traditional Yazidi heartland has become a flash point for Kurdish political rivalries. "We feel like a toy in the hands of the politicians," a Yazidi religious sheikh said.
 
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This is the Rough N Rowdy, where a forgotten town dukes it out once a year
Welch, W.Va., was once a bustling town at the heart of coal country. Now it's a shell of itself. For one weekend each year, residents gather together, cheer and beat one another up.
 
Football has a brain injury problem; he may know enough about both to solve it
Medical school graduate Myron Rolle says, "With neurosurgery, every day feels like a football game." He should know. The Rhodes Scholar played for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL.
 
U.S. border officers told a Mexican teen to drink liquid meth. His family received $1 million for his death.
The boy had just crossed the border with two bottles he claimed were apple juice. Customs and Border Protection agents told him to drink it to prove he wasn't lying. Two hours later he was dead.
 
Researchers find what may be the earliest color film of the White House grounds
The films, which for years were thought to be in black and white, are home movies shot between 1929 and 1933 for the most part by President Herbert Hoover's wife, Lou. 
 
Scientists capture photographic proof of a landslide on a comet
The first ever images of a landslide on a comet revealed that pristine water ice lies beneath the surface, scientists said. Because there's no gravity, the material that broke from a cliff face created an "outburst" into space, instead of falling down the hill.
 
 
     
 
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