Tuesday 21 February 2017

Evening Edition: Trump administration seeks to prevent ‘panic’ as it outlines broader deportation policies

Trump decries anti-Semitic acts as 'horrible' amid vandalism targeting Jewish cemetery; White House poised to roll back protections for transgender students ; Breitbart writer resigns amid outrage over his pedophilia comments; 33 days. 132 false or misleading claims.; Riots erupt in Sweden’s capital just days after Trump comments; New EPA chief to employees: 'We don't have to choose' between jobs and the environment; Use of 'weaponized' drones by ISIS spurs terrorism fears; The Trump presidency exists in a bubble; How many structurally deficient bridges are in your county?; Wells Fargo fires 4 executives as investigations continue into sham accounts; The warm winter means Washington's cherry blossoms will peak early. Here's how soon it could be.; Teenage Iranian chess master banned from national team for refusing to wear a headscarf;
 
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Trump administration seeks to prevent 'panic' as it outlines broader deportation policies
The Department of Homeland Security tried to allay fears in immigrant communities after it publicly released wide-ranging new guidelines that allow federal authorities to take stronger enforcement actions against illegal immigrants, saying the directives are not intended to produce mass deportations.
Trump decries anti-Semitic acts as 'horrible' amid vandalism targeting Jewish cemetery
Hours before the president's remarks, Hillary Clinton called on her former rival to speak out against anti-Semitic acts after more than 170 Jewish graves were found toppled at a cemetery in Missouri.
 
White House poised to roll back protections for transgender students
The Trump administration is preparing to make changes to federal guidance that required the nation's public schools to allow students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identities. Trump believes the issue is best left to the states, a spokesman says.
 
Breitbart writer resigns amid outrage over his pedophilia comments
Milo Yiannopoulos has has been a flame-throwing provocateur whose writing has offended women, Muslims, blacks and gay people ever since former Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon —now Trump's senior adviser — hired him in 2014. But Yiannopoulos's views on pedophilia apparently went too far even for Breitbart.
 
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33 days. 132 false or misleading claims.
Throughout President Trump's first 100 days, the Fact Checker team will be tracking false and misleading claims made by the president since Jan. 20. Here's a breakdown of the president's claims so far, sorted by topic and source.
 
Riots erupt in Sweden’s capital just days after Trump comments
The unrest took place after police made an arrest in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood in the northern suburbs of Stockholm. More than a dozen cars were burned and several stores were vandalized.
 
New EPA chief to employees: 'We don't have to choose' between jobs and the environment
Scott Pruitt made clear on his first full work day that he intends to step back from what he sees as the agency's overreach during the Obama administration.
 
Use of 'weaponized' drones by ISIS spurs terrorism fears
The militant group hails a "new source of horror" as it conducts an accelerating campaign of drone attacks on troops in northern Iraq. Now U.S. officials fear the devices could be used on civilians.
 
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The Trump presidency exists in a bubble
President Trump's speech over the weekend along Florida's Space Coast served, more than anything else, as an illustration of the extent of the political polarization now gripping the United States.
 
How many structurally deficient bridges are in your county?
President Trump campaigned on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that includes fixing the nation's 130,000 structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges. This tool lets you find any substandard bridges in your neighborhood,
 
Wells Fargo fires 4 executives as investigations continue into sham accounts
The bank has repeatedly been pummeled by Congress after admitting it fired 5,300 employees for setting up accounts customers didn't want or know about.
 
The warm winter means Washington's cherry blossoms will peak early. Here's how soon it could be.
There have been some pretty early blooms since records began in the 1920s, and this year will probably rank among them.
 
Teenage Iranian chess master banned from national team for refusing to wear a headscarf
Dorsa Derakhshani's little brother Borna, meanwhile, was also banned for playing an Israeli opponent at a tournament in Gibraltar.
 
 
     
 
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