2017年1月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Taibbi: White House will shut out the press

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 02:40 PM PST

Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi (Yahoo News)Rolling Stone editor Matt Taibbi tells Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga how President Trump has changed the media landscape.


CIA head ‘blindsided’ by waterboarding memo

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 02:24 PM PST

Mike Pompeo (Reuters)A draft executive order could open the door for American intelligence agencies to resume "enhanced interrogation techniques."


Religious leaders condemn Trump's orders

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:36 PM PST

Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. (AP)The president's efforts to restrict immigration from Muslim countries will increase Islamophobic sentiment, they say.


Trump signs Mexico border wall directive

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 02:47 PM PST

Trump orders construction of border wall and dramatic measures to block illegal immigrationAdditional moves to curb some legal immigration could be part of a divisive plan aimed at increasing national security.


Here's one thing Trump is doing right

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 09:58 AM PST

Give Trump credit for his focus on jobsTrump is already taking credit for jawboning companies into safeguarding American jobs and creating new ones.


How Mexico could profit from Trump's wall

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:31 PM PST

How Mexico could profit from Trump's wall. (Getty Images)Mexico's president says Donald Trump's border wall is an affront to the country, but there could be a consolation prize.


White House won't rule out deportations

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:21 AM PST

Press secretary Sean Spicer (Getty Images)Press secretary Sean Spicer says the president's executive orders are aimed at those from countries with a "propensity to do us harm."


Bana to Trump: 'I will be your best friend'

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:02 PM PST

Bana Alabed asks Trump help Syrian children: 'If you can, I will be your best friend'Seven-year-old Bana Alabed, still stranded in Aleppo, pleads with the U.S. president to help her country's children.


Global gag rule's potentially devastating effects

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 09:47 AM PST

Global gag rule's potentially devastating effects. (Mikaela Conley/Yahoo News)The reenacted policy will cause millions more abortions, many unsafe, throughout the world, according to global health experts.


Big Pharma's plans to deal with Trump

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 05:41 AM PST

The industry is going for warm and fuzzy after the price of the anti-allergy Epipen rose 600 percent in less than a decade.

TV icon Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:47 AM PST

TV icon Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80The legendary actress was best known for playing TV's first single working woman in her namesake '70s sitcom.


Trump moves ahead on Mexico border wall

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:33 PM PST

Trump moves ahead on Mexico border wallThe president signs directives to build a wall along the U.S. border and crack down on "sanctuary" cities.


Abortions are 'real easy': Texas Rep. Tinderholt

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 09:05 AM PST

Newly introduced bill criminalizes abortion. (Getty Images; house.state.tx.us)Texas Rep. Tony Tinderholt said women should be more "personally responsible" for their sexual behavior.


Clinton, Trump and the downside of loyalty

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 09:49 AM PST

Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton (Reuters)It used to be that you could you minimize trouble by surrounding yourself with people who know how to keep their mouths shut.


Lawmaker quits after Women's March tweet

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 09:18 AM PST

Nebraska state Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion announces at a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, that he is resigning the seat he has held since 2012, following an uproar over a tweet he sent that implied Women's March protesters were too unattractive to be victims of sexual assault. He made the announcement less than an hour before Nebraska lawmakers were scheduled to debate whether to expel him. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)Nebraska legislator Bill Kintner caused outrage with a retweet that implied march participants were too unattractive to be assault victims.


McCain to Trump: We're 'not bringing back torture'

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 08:04 AM PST

McCain to Trump: 'We are not bringing back torture'The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman warns the White House amid reports the president want to reinstate the interrogation tactic.


Why Obamacare is still worth joining

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 09:54 AM PST

Ariel Fernandez, left, with Noel Nogues, an insurance adviser, in Miami. The federal exchange had an increase in registrants. (Getty Images)Efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act have created much uncertainty for consumers ahead of the Jan. 31 sign-up deadline.


Crane scaled in anti-Trump protest

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 08:46 AM PST

From a perch on a crane overlooking the White House, protester explains the resistance to TrumpThe group of seven made their way into a construction site in downtown Washington and unfurled a 70-foot banner.


Secret Service agent in hot water over remark

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 07:32 AM PST

A Secret Service agent stands guard next to the podium where U.S. Republican presidential candidate Trump speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New YorkA senior agency official could be disciplined over her suggestion that she didn't want to "take a bullet" for Donald Trump.


Usain Bolt stripped of one of his gold medals

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 06:58 AM PST

Usain Bolt loses gold medal after relay teammate found guilty of dopingUsain Bolt's famed triple-triple — three gold medals in three Olympic Games — has vanished, through no fault of his own.


Protesters scale crane in anti-Trump action

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:38 AM PST

Greenpeace activists hold an anti-Trump protest as they display a banner reading 'Resist' from a construction crane near the White House. (Reuters)The group of seven made their way into a construction site in downtown Washington and unfurled a 70-foot banner.


White House claims credit for Dow milestone

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 07:20 AM PST

White House claims credit for DOW 20,000Senior adviser Kellyanne Conway cites "The Trump Effect" for a stock market record that's been in the works for awhile.


Most, least corrupt countries in the world

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 01:46 PM PST

The 46 most corrupt countries in the worldThe latest index finds that 122 of the 176 countries ranked have a "serious corruption problem."


Trump wants probe for debunked fraud claim

Posted: 25 Jan 2017 05:43 AM PST

Trump wants probe for debunked fraud claim. (AP)The president takes to Twitter to escalate his fight against the assertion he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton.


Trump threatens to send 'the Feds' to Chicago

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 09:04 PM PST

Trump vows to send 'Feds' to clean up Chicago. (Getty Images)The president says he'll call for federal intervention if local officials can't curb the rampant murder rate on their own.


Trump to order wall on Mexican border

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 06:11 PM PST

President Donald Trump talks with reporters n the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, before signing an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)He'll roll out orders to tighten border security and is expected to take steps that would restrict the flow of refugees to the U.S.


Amid Trump claims, sales of Orwell's '1984' soar

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 06:42 PM PST

George Orwell, author of "1984." (AP)First published in 1949, George Orwell's dystopian tale of a society in which facts are suppressed has hit No. 1 on Amazon.


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