Saturday, 11 March 2017

Saturday's Headlines: Flynn told Trump team he might register as foreign agent over ties to Turkey

Calls flood Pruitt's office after EPA head questions link between human activity and climate change; What's a legitimate news outlet? A new face in the White House press pool raises questions.; Gov. Joe Piscopo? Candidates in two states try to use lessons learned from Trump.; Muhammad Ali's son held up at airport again, on his way home from testifying about first detainment;
 
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Flynn told Trump team he might register as foreign agent over ties to Turkey
Michael Flynn's revelation raised no alarms during the transition, but the former national security adviser's work potentially benefiting Turkey meant he was representing the interests of a country other than the United States while he was advising Trump on foreign policy during the election.
Calls flood Pruitt's office after EPA head questions link between human activity and climate change
EPA employees said the calls to Pruitt's main line reached such a high volume by Friday that officials created an impromptu call center. The high number of calls — while familiar to some lawmakers — is unusual for a Cabinet official.
 
What's a legitimate news outlet? A new face in the White House press pool raises questions.
Some journalists suggest the presence of a reporter from the conservative Heritage Foundation-owned Daily Signal crossed a symbolic line into greater legitimacy for the partisan press.
 
Gov. Joe Piscopo? Candidates in two states try to use lessons learned from Trump.
In the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, GOP candidates have adopted Trump's positions on taxes and immigration. And some are mimicking him in other ways: One candidate's website proclaims he will "Make NJ Great Again" and a Virginia candidate boasts "I was Trump before Trump was Trump."
 
Muhammad Ali's son held up at airport again, on his way home from testifying about first detainment
The legendary boxer's son and ex-wife had visited Washington to lobby for the passage of an act to bar religious and racial profiling.
 
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Deadly fungal infection that doctors have feared is now reported in U.S.
Since federal health officials alerted U.S. clinicians last June, they have diagnosed 35 cases of the highly drug-resistant infection, which can survive for months on skin and for weeks on bed rails, chairs and other hospital equipment.
Justice Dept. tells remaining 46 Obama administration U.S. attorneys to resign
Some previous administrations have taken a similar step at the start of their presidencies.
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Basketball watchers wonder who will succeed two legendary coaches
After so many years of dominance, Mike Krzyzewski of Duke and Roy Williams of North Carolina stand as giants of their sport. But people are starting to ask about what happens when they walk away from college basketball.
Military contractor who stole secrets also exploited girls, jury finds
Christopher Rennie Glenn, already serving prison time for stealing classified material, was convicted this week of sex trafficking and sexual assault of minors over several years while working in Honduras for the Pentagon.
A film about a slain Putin critic gets a screening — just off Red Square
The makers of a documentary about the slain Boris Nemtsov — a vocal opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin — were shocked that it was allowed to be made, much less shown near the Kremlin.
WWII made Patton a hero, but the 'Great War' made him a commander
A World War I exhibit at the Library of Congress shows how the young George S. Patton saw the "white-hot joy" of battle.
Famines, refugees and a skeptical Trump: The new U.N. leader on what may be the world's hardest job
In a wide-ranging interview with The Post, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the United Nations' dilemmas at one of the most challenging moments in its history, in which it faces a huge gap between humanitarian needs and U.N. funds and a Trump administration that may slash aid.
 
     
 
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