Monday 1 May 2017

Evening Edition: Democrats celebrate as Trump caves in his first budget negotiation

How preexisting conditions could derail the GOP health-care bill in the House; Fox News Co-President Bill Shine resigns amid harassment scandal; 'Auntie Maxine' and the quest for impeachment; Trump’s totally bizarre claim about avoiding the Civil War; Retropolis: Andrew Jackson took out ads to hunt down runaway slaves; Three injured, one fatally, in attack on University of Texas at Austin campus, police say; Trump says he would consider increasing the gas tax; Trump's treasury secretary: 'You should all thank me for your bank stocks doing better'; Trump says he’d be ‘honored’ to meet with North Korean dictator; Despite Trump, millions hope to win what could be the last U.S. green card lottery; Supreme Court says cities can sue big banks over housing bubble damages; A black teen died following an encounter with police near Dallas. His death is now ruled a homicide.; Dallas paramedic shot and critically injured while responding to call; May Day march in Paris turns violent ahead of runoff election; The Trump-inspired comedy bubble might be about to burst;
 
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The Daily 202 | Analysis
Democrats celebrate as Trump caves in his first budget negotiation
Democrats are surprised by just how many concessions they extracted in the trillion-dollar deal, considering that Republicans have unified control of the government. Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi quickly put out celebratory statements last night. Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan did not. Here are eight ways President Trump got rolled.
The Fix | Analysis
How preexisting conditions could derail the GOP health-care bill in the House
Republicans are considering legislation that would allow states to let insurers to charge sick people as much as they want for health insurance. But Trump promised to "beautifully" protect Americans.
 
Fox News Co-President Bill Shine resigns amid harassment scandal
He succeeded Roger Ailes, who left during a sexual-harassment scandal last summer, and Shine's ouster comes one week after the firing of Bill O'Reilly, the network's biggest star.
 
'Auntie Maxine' and the quest for impeachment
Rep. Maxine Waters's decades of forceful confrontation of institutional discrimination has attracted fans far beyond her Los Angeles congressional district. Now her crusade against President Trump has made her the darling of a new generation of restless citizens.
 
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The Fix | Analysis
Trump’s totally bizarre claim about avoiding the Civil War
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, our president-historian posits that the war might not have happened if only Andrew Jackson had still been around. The whole thing apparently could have been avoided if only we had a bona fide negotiator — someone more up to the task than Low Energy Abe Lincoln.
 
Retropolis: Andrew Jackson took out ads to hunt down runaway slaves
A historian collecting thousands of runaway slave ads describes them as "the tweets of the master class" in the 18th and 19th centuries.
 
Three injured, one fatally, in attack on University of Texas at Austin campus, police say
A person was killed and others hurt in an attack on campus Monday, according to police.
 
Trump says he would consider increasing the gas tax
The president said he was open to using the new revenue for his infrastructure package, a potentially major policy change as his top advisers try to assemble a plan to finance $1 trillion in new projects.
 
Trump's treasury secretary: 'You should all thank me for your bank stocks doing better'
Steven Mnuchin made the comments at a conference of elites in government and finance in Beverly Hills.
 
Trump says he’d be ‘honored’ to meet with North Korean dictator
The president's comments came amid heightened tensions with Pyongyang and just a day after he said he would not rule out military action.
 
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Despite Trump, millions hope to win what could be the last U.S. green card lottery
Each year, the Diversity Visa Lottery, as it is officially known, provides up to 55,000 randomly selected foreigners — less than 1 percent of those who enter the drawing — with permanent residency in the United States. The current lottery coincides with an intense debate over immigration and comes amid policy changes that have made the country less welcoming to new arrivals.
 
Supreme Court says cities can sue big banks over housing bubble damages
The high court ruled that cities must meet higher standards to prove a direct relationship between alleged discriminatory lending practices and urban blight.
 
A black teen died following an encounter with police near Dallas. His death is now ruled a homicide.
Balch Springs police said the boy was a passenger in a vehicle moving backward toward officers "in an aggressive manner." A lawyer said the vehicle was backing out of a parking space.
 
Dallas paramedic shot and critically injured while responding to call
City officials said the shooting occurred on a residential block down the street from a training center.
 
May Day march in Paris turns violent ahead of runoff election
A few hundred protesters started throwing gasoline bombs and other objects at authorities. Riot police used tear gas and clubbed some demonstrators.
 
Critic's Notebook
The Trump-inspired comedy bubble might be about to burst
After a weekend of "The President Show," Samantha Bee's "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner" and Hasan Minhaj's monologue, it's easy to see how Trump comedy fatigue might set in.
 
 
     
 
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