Thursday 25 May 2017

Evening Edition: Trump chastises NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations

Appeals court maintains freeze of Trump's travel ban, likely sending case to Supreme Court; Trump asks for U.S. investigation into British bomb probe leaks; Manchester probe expands to Germany amid raids in Britain; How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign; Montana GOP candidate charged after allegedly body-slamming reporter; Pentagon confirms airstrike killed more than 100 civilians in Mosul, blames ISIS explosives; Senate Republicans likely to change custom that allows Democrats to block judicial choices; Obama is in Europe at the same time as Trump — and they're having very different trips; At Trump's urging, states try to tilt Medicaid in conservative directions; Sean Spicer — a Catholic — didn't get to meet the pope. Even reporters feel sorry for him.; 'I guess you are here for the opium': Investigator stumbles across poppy plants worth $500 million; Our favorite beef burgers, from diner-style to splurge-worthy; How did whales get so big, so fast? Paleontologists say they've figured it out.; Joe Lieberman withdraws from consideration for FBI director, citing potential conflict; Charges against three doctors in female genital mutilation case spur calls for harsher penalties;
 
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Trump chastises NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations
Trump used the occasion of his maiden summit with NATO leaders to remind fellow members that "23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying" and that they owe "massive amounts" from past years.
Appeals court maintains freeze of Trump's travel ban, likely sending case to Supreme Court
The ruling means the Trump administration still cannot enforce its order that blocks the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries, which the government says is urgently needed for national security.
 
Trump asks for U.S. investigation into British bomb probe leaks
British police investigating the Manchester attack have decided to withhold information from the United States in the wake of the leaks. British police chiefs have also criticized the leaks in a highly unusual statement.
 
Manchester probe expands to Germany amid raids in Britain
A German security official told The Post that Salman Abedi had been in Dusseldorf just four days before the bombing, signaling an expansion of an investigation that already had stretched to North Africa to continental Europe.
 
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How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign
Carter Page, a businessman who had an office near Trump Tower, appeared as Donald Trump needed a foreign policy team. The story behind his arrival could answer key questions in the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.
 
Montana GOP candidate charged after allegedly body-slamming reporter
A Fox News reporter who witnessed the scuffle described Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte throwing the reporter to the ground, grabbing his neck, striking him and exclaiming, "I'm sick and tired of this!"
 
Pentagon confirms airstrike killed more than 100 civilians in Mosul, blames ISIS explosives
The U.S. military investigation found that the 500-pound bomb used in the March 17 strike detonated a cache of explosives, causing what is likely the deadliest civilian casualty incident in the campaign against the Islamic State.
 
Senate Republicans likely to change custom that allows Democrats to block judicial choices
Leaders are considering a significant change to the Senate's "blue slip" practice, which holds that judicial nominations will not proceed unless the nominee's home-state senators signal their consent.
 
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Obama is in Europe at the same time as Trump — and they're having very different trips
An awkward coincidence highlights differences between the current and former U.S. presidents.
 
At Trump's urging, states try to tilt Medicaid in conservative directions
Drug screening, work requirements and insurance premiums may become the entry price for health insurance for the poor.
 
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Sean Spicer — a Catholic — didn't get to meet the pope. Even reporters feel sorry for him.
"Trump has done something I thought was impossible," tweeted one reporter. "He has made everyone empathize with/defend Spicer."
 
'I guess you are here for the opium': Investigator stumbles across poppy plants worth $500 million
Authorities say a grower with more than an acre of poppies in rural North Carolina thought prematurely that the jig was up and confessed, resulting in a massive opium bust.
 
Our favorite beef burgers, from diner-style to splurge-worthy
If you want Memorial Day taste without messing with a grill, we've picked the best burgers for your buck.
 
How did whales get so big, so fast? Paleontologists say they've figured it out.
"We truly live in an age of giants," a marine mammal expert said — and whales only became so large a short time ago, evolutionarily speaking.
 
Joe Lieberman withdraws from consideration for FBI director, citing potential conflict
The former senator cited the potential appearance of a conflict after President Trump hired his longtime attorney Marc Kasowitz as his outside counsel in the Russia probe.
 
Charges against three doctors in female genital mutilation case spur calls for harsher penalties
The case has set off a flurry of new bills across the U.S., with a growing number of states moving to extend penalties to the parents and hit them with lengthy prison terms.
 
 
     
 
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