Monday 24 July 2017

Monday's Headlines: Republicans’ internal feuds threaten legislative goals of Trump and the party

Trump's new team offers muddled messages on sanctions, pardons; Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors; A desperate request for water and a worker's suspicions led to discovery of a 'horrific tragedy' in a truck in Texas ; Local governments keep using this security software — but it might be a back door for Russia;
 
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Republicans' internal feuds threaten legislative goals of Trump and the party
The president's allies on Capitol Hill have described the dynamic between the White House and GOP lawmakers as a "disconnect" between Republicans who are finding it difficult to accept that he is the leader of the party that they have long controlled.
Trump's new team offers muddled messages on sanctions, pardons
The debut of the president's retooled communications team on the Sunday political talk shows was a rough one. At one point, one of Trump's lawyers appeared to contradict his new top spokesman Anthony Scaramucci on whether the president has been discussing his power to issue pardons.
 
Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors
Trump's son-in-law has become a key figure in the Russia probes.
 
A desperate request for water and a worker's suspicions led to discovery of a 'horrific tragedy' in a truck in Texas
Nine are dead among dozens of people whom authorities found packed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in a suspected immigrant smuggling operation. It is not known how long the victims, who were as young as 15, had been in the trailer. The truck's driver was arrested and is expected to be charged.
 
Local governments keep using this security software — but it might be a back door for Russia
The General Services Administration removed Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab from its list of approved vendors on July 11, but it offered no additional information to local and state government agencies from coast to coast about the risks of sticking with the company.
 
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