Wednesday's Headlines: Trump threatens shutdown, hints at pardon for embattled former sheriff
Military leaders gain influence throughout executive branch as they counsel a volatile president; Navy relieves admiral in charge of 7th Fleet in wake of deadly disasters at sea;...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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During a campaign-style rally, the president suggested a government shutdown might be needed to force Democrats' hand on funding for a border wall. Trump also signaled he was prepared to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is anathema to the Latino community, and he expressed frustration with efforts to negotiate improvements to NAFTA, saying he was likely to terminate the deal with Canada and Mexico.
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The high-ranking military officials have repeatedly won arguments inside the West Wing, publicly contradicted the president and even balked at implementing one of his most controversial policies. But some in both parties view them as safeguards for the nation in a time of turbulence.
Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin was removed from command of the Japan-based fleet after two deadly collisions with merchant ships that killed American sailors.
Demographic shifts, concussions, single-sport specialization and cost have led West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North to drop varsity football this season. Those same issues have caused youth football numbers to fall nearly 5 percent nationwide over the last decade. "We're the leading edge of a much larger iceberg," Superintendent David Aderhold said.
Stripping Virginia of its Lee tributes is far harder than in other places. His canonization began on May 7, 1890, when 10,000 people in Richmond helped haul his statue to what is now Monument Avenue.
Prosecutors investigating Inauguration Day rioting have amended their warrant that originally demanded more than 1.3 million IP addresses from a Los Angeles tech company and said they are focusing on about 200 people who are already facing charges.
The fate of more than a dozen protected sites on land and in the ocean could become clear when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke concludes his review of national monuments as directed by an executive order that President Trump signed this spring. The secretary's final guidance to the president could trigger both political and legal battles.
The story of Netflix began as one of revolution, and it still possesses some artistic ambitions, but it has been overtaken by its own voracious appetite for quantity over quality.
China blasted the United States for the penalties on companies and individuals and called for their withdrawal, warning that the sanctions would harm ties.
A modest change to the rules has made it much harder to win a jackpot, which, oddly, has led to more players spending money on tickets. And that's how we got to Wednesday's $700 million drawing, the second-biggest in Powerball history.
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