Tuesday 31 January 2017

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‘God, please help me': Inmate claims jailers raped her, refused medicine and left her ‘catatonic’; Democrats boycott confirmation hearings for Price and Mnuchin, blocking votes; DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources; Donald Trump firing Sally Yates isn’t the big story. How he did it is.; President Trump has turned ‘a pen and a phone’ into a pen and a megaphone. Thanks, Obama?; Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban; From order to disorder: How Trump's immigration directive exposed GOP rifts; Senate panel convenes to vote on Betsy DeVos, Trump's education secretary nominee; The Daily 202: Trump sacking acting A.G. raises new questions about his respect for the rule of law; There are new signs Republicans are going wobbly on the ‘Muslim ban’; Sam Waterston: The danger of Trump's constant lying; Who is Sally Yates? Meet the acting attorney general Trump fired for 'betraying' the Justice Department.; If you’re a Democrat, these 3 charts should really worry you; Where's Melania? A quiet start for a reluctant first lady.; The number of people affected by Trump’s travel ban: About 90,000; Two theories about why Steve Bannon midwifed such a bad executive order
 
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‘God, please help me': Inmate claims jailers raped her, refused medicine and left her ‘catatonic’
In a lawsuit filed Friday, a Cincinnati woman also claims the jail's nurses refused to give her the prescribed medication for her epilepsy, causing her to experience seizures and leaving her debilitated for 11 days in her jail cell.
Democrats boycott confirmation hearings for Price and Mnuchin, blocking votes
The move effectively stalls the confirmation process. Democrats called it a protest against two ethically comprised nominees.
 
DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources
Trump's Education Department nominee is set for a committee vote Tuesday morning.
 
Donald Trump firing Sally Yates isn’t the big story. How he did it is.
Scorched earth.
 
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President Trump has turned ‘a pen and a phone’ into a pen and a megaphone. Thanks, Obama?
But Trump is even alienating some Republicans with his go-it-alone approach.
 
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban
The White House said Sally Yates has 'betrayed' the Justice Department.
 
From order to disorder: How Trump's immigration directive exposed GOP rifts
Tensions emerged in the White House and on Capitol Hill following Trump's immigration order
 
Senate panel convenes to vote on Betsy DeVos, Trump's education secretary nominee
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