Monday, October 9, 2017

Trump's Mar-a-Lago tested amid stiffening security and other top stories.

  • Trump's Mar-a-Lago tested amid stiffening security

    Trump's Mar-a-Lago tested amid stiffening security
    PALM BEACH, Fla. – Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is having trouble transforming from a ritzy hangout for millionaires and billionaires into a more rigid enclave with new security measures to protect the president from prying eyes and more significant threats. After photos surfaced on social media networks of Trump dealing with a North Korean missile crisis right out in front of his dues-paying members and guests on the dining terrace, his private club issued new rules prohibiting pictures or video..
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  • Philando Castile's fiancé charged with assault in alleged hammer attack

    Philando Castile's fiancé charged with assault in alleged hammer attack
    Cops have arrested the fiancé of Philando Castile — the unarmed man fatally shot by a Minnesota cop last year — for attacking a woman with a hammer, authorities said. Diamond Reynolds, who recorded the horrific July 2016 shooting of Castile, was ...
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  • What Trump's latest H-1B move means for workers and business

    What Trump's latest H-1B move means for workers and business
    The Trump administration's decision to halt expedited processing of H-1B visas could abruptly disrupt the plans of thousands of immigrant workers in a range of businesses from technology to health care, immigration experts say. H-1B visas allow employers to bring in skilled foreign workers; about 85,000 will be given out this year. The visas are in high demand and given out by lottery. It can take six months or longer for an application to be reviewed. But the government announced Friday ..
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  • Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. They were first asked: 'Do you beat your wife?'

    Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. They were first asked: 'Do you beat your wife?'
    Three Muslim students who tried to visit state Rep. John Bennett (R-Okla.) at the state capitol were surprised when they were instead handed a questionnaire at his office. (Adam Soltani/Facebook) Three Muslim students who tried to visit an Oklahoma lawmaker Thursday at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City were surprised when they were instead handed a questionnaire at his office. They would have to fill out the survey first, an office assistant told them, before they could make an appointme..
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  • Mike Pence calls for apology from AP after news organization publishes wife's email address

    Mike Pence calls for apology from AP after news organization publishes wife's email address
    Vice President Mike Pence dances with his wife Karen at the Liberty Ball, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP). BY Dan Gunderman. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Saturday, March 4, 2017, 10:58 PM. Vice President Pence took to Twitter on ...
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  • Some GOP lawmakers' block-everything mentality could imperil big-picture plans

    Some GOP lawmakers' block-everything mentality could imperil big-picture plans
    The last time a Republican president and Republican Congress passed a tax cut, in 2003, Peter J. Roskam was serving in the Illinois state Senate. The last time a Republican president and Republican Congress overhauled federal health policy, also in 2003, when prescription drug coverage was added to Medicare, Michael C. Burgess was serving his first year in the House. Flash forward 14 years, and now those two lawmakers, Reps. Roskam (R-Ill.) and Burgess (R-Tex.), are senior members of the influe..
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  • Trump plans to sign updated travel ban early next week

    Trump plans to sign updated travel ban early next week
    Trump was scheduled to sign the order last Wednesday but pushed it back after his joint address to Congress received overwhelmingly positive reviews."We want the (executive order) to have its own 'moment,' " a senior administration official told CNN on Tuesday.Sources told CNN that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and national security adviser H.R. McMaster have all advocated for Iraq to be removed from the administration's list of banned countries in the new e..
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  • Trump supporters declare pride in president, slam opponents

    Trump supporters declare pride in president, slam opponents
    From Colorado’s state Capitol to Trump Tower in New York and the Washington Monument, groups of hundreds of people rallied for President Trump on Saturday, waving “Deplorables for Trump” signs and even carrying a life-size cutout of the president. The March 4 Trump demonstrations were held around the country, and supporters clashed with generally smaller groups of counter protesters. Six people protesting the rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, were arrested on felony riot charges after they lit fire..
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  • Missing Indianapolis woman found dead on sandbar, cause of death remains unknown

    Missing Indianapolis woman found dead on sandbar, cause of death remains unknown
    Police Saturday morning found the body of a missing Indianapolis woman on a sandbar near Flatrock River, less than a two-hour drive from where a pair of teens were found dead last month. Jacqueline Watts, 33, was reported missing Friday just after ...
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  • Sikh man's shooting in Washington investigated as hate crime

    Sikh man's shooting in Washington investigated as hate crime
    The gunman allegedly told the man "Go back to your country." Police are investigating the shooting in Kent as a possible hate crime, according to CNN affiliate KIRO. The victim is a US citizen, originally from India's Punjab province, Seattle-area Sikh community leader Jasmit Singh told CNN.Singh said the man's family told him that he had been in his driveway Friday when a 6-foot man approached, asking something along the lines of "why are you cleaning your car?"The conversation became heated a..
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