Monday 30 May 2016

Monday's Headlines: Even in victory, Trump can’t stop airing his grievances

Controversies don't dampen enthusiasm for Trump at Rolling Thunder; Sanders breathes life into a Florida professor's unlikely bid to oust the DNC chair; Along the new Silk Road, a ghost city is a monument to China's problems; What happens when the military chaplain is shaken by war ;
 
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Even in victory, Trump can't stop airing his grievances
With the primary race essentially over, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's fusillade of attacks seemed counterproductive and his targets appeared both an odd and random group of people who had only one thing in common: He felt they had done him wrong.
Controversies don't dampen enthusiasm for Trump at Rolling Thunder
"We need to rebuild our military," Donald Trump told the crowd of veterans who seemed unfazed by his mockery of Sen. John McCain's military service and questions about his donations to veterans' causes.
 
Sanders breathes life into a Florida professor's unlikely bid to oust the DNC chair
Tim Canova's primary fight against Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has become increasingly unpopular with the liberal base of the party, echoes the growing rift that divides Democrats in this election year.
 
Along the new Silk Road, a ghost city is a monument to China's problems
Lanzhou New Area, a 315-square-mile wasteland of empty buildings, epitomizes what is wrong with China's economic model, experts say, as debt rises to alarming levels while the government pushes projects that make little or no commercial sense.
 
What happens when the military chaplain is shaken by war
Some post-traumatic-stress programs are starting to specialize in caregivers, including a former minister whose outlook on God, religion and suffering was transformed by what he experienced overseas.
 
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TSA scrambles to keep security lines moving as the summer travel season gets underway
Some relief should arrive next month when 768 newly trained agents will help screen airline passengers, and if Congress follows through on the agency's request to shuffle $28 million, more workers can be shifted to full-time status.
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as IS bombings kill 24
Militants unleashed a wave of bombings targeting commercial areas in and around Baghdad on Monday as Iraqi troops prepared for a final push into the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah.
Kidnapped soccer star Alan Pulido rescued in Mexico
The striker had been abducted by armed men outside a restaurant in the dangerous Mexico border state of Tamaulipas.
700 migrants drowned trying to cross Mediterranean in a week, aid groups say
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‘Game of Thrones’ recap: A critical moment in King’s Landing
As tensions mount in the royal capital, Bran gets some much-needed help from a mysterious hooded rider on a horse.
'It could have been very bad': Gorilla killed after boy falls into Cincinnati Zoo exhibit
The 4-year-old crawled through a barrier and dropped into the outdoor enclosure. Zoo officials decided the child's life was in danger when a 17-year-old male grabbed him.
Does Hillary Clinton face a different standard for honesty?
One expert says her candidacy raises questions of whether women can overcome voter stereotypes and media narratives that question women's suitability for the White House.
Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination
The former New Mexico governor held off five rivals on two closely fought ballots. The vice-presidential race will be decided later.
Free speech is precious. What's happening to Gawker and Facebook threatens it.
There's reason to worry when a vindictive billionaire can muscle his way into a lawsuit to threaten a media company, or when Congress inquires about editorial practices.
 
     
 
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