2017年2月2日星期四

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U.S. readies sanctions against Iran: Sources

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 05:08 PM PST

Iran's ballistic missile test. (Reuters)The Trump administration is preparing to levy sanctions on Iran after it test-fired a ballistic missile, sources say.


Conservationists kill bill to sell federal land

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 12:07 PM PST

Conservationists gather in Montana. (Getty Images)Protests help quash a bill that would have sold off more than 3 million acres of federal land across 10 states.


Snapchat maker files for $3 billion IPO

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 02:02 PM PST

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. (AP)The parent company of the popular photo app files documents for its hotly anticipated initial public offering.


Will Trump's clash with Australia strain ties?

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 08:14 AM PST

Will Trump's clash with Australia strain ties? (AP)The president's Twitter rant about an agreement struck during the Obama administration left Australians stunned.


Evangelicals protest Trump refugee ban

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 09:05 AM PST

Donald Trump, center, at the National Prayer Breakfast. (Getty Images)Evangelical Christians gather outside the National Prayer Breakfast to protest Trump's controversial order.


House votes to scrap background check extension

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 01:17 PM PST

Federal background check paperwork. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The regulation extended checks for firearms to disabled Social Security recipients mentally incapable of managing their own affairs.


'I cannot live in fear of a tweet'

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 11:32 AM PST

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (Getty Images)Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski defends her decision to defy Trump and oppose his education secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos.


Tillerson tries to reassure anxious diplomats

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 02:59 PM PST

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)The former ExxonMobil CEO made his first appearance at the State Department to praise the members of America's diplomatic corps.


Pelosi calls Bannon a 'white supremacist'

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 11:06 AM PST

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calls Steve Bannon a "white supremacist." (AP)During her weekly press briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi comes out swinging against the president's chief strategist.


Douglass family's history lesson for Trump

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 08:05 AM PST

Frederick Douglass (Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images)Frederick Douglass's direct descendants respond to Trump's comments about the 19th-century abolitionist, writer, and orator.


Trump: I'll repeal churches' political limits

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 02:53 PM PST

Trump: I'll repeal churches' political limits. (AP)The president says he will repeal an IRS rule in which pastors who endorse candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status.


Senate panel suspends rules, approves EPA pick

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST

Senate panel suspends rules, approves EPA pick. (AP)The GOP suspends rules to move toward a full Senate confirmation vote after Democrats boycott a meeting.


Judge rules Trump golf course must pay $5.7M

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 06:30 AM PST

Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla. (AP)A judge has ruled that Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., violated former members' contracts.


White House talks Trump's Mexico comments

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 06:56 AM PST

White House talks Trump's Mexico comments. (AP)Despite previous reports of a contentious phone call with Mexico's president, officials say it was "pleasant and constructive."


Trump threatens Berkeley after protests

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 06:50 AM PST

Trump threatens to defund UC Berkeley after violent protests break out.The president made the statement after violent protests forced the cancellation of a speech by Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos.


Trump asks for prayers for Schwarzenegger

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 07:58 AM PST

Trump bashes Schwarzenegger at prayer breakfast. (AP)The White House later describes the president's criticism as a "lighthearted moment" in a "beautiful" speech.


Questions surface about U.S. raid in Yemen

Posted: 01 Feb 2017 11:42 PM PST

Civilian deaths 'likely' in U.S. raid on Yemen. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP)The Pentagon says the attack on al-Qaida militants "likely killed" civilians, possibly including children.


Bannon's bible explains Trump's first 2 weeks

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 06:12 AM PST

Steve Bannon's bible explains Trump's first weeks as president. (AP)Steve Bannon is a fan of Sun Tzu's book "The Art of War," which emphasizes the importance of using secrecy and trickery.


Gorsuch's strong views on assisted suicide

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST

Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch faces members of the news media. (Getty Images)Advocates of "medical aid in dying" see Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee as a threat.


Trump's not Orwellian. He's the distracter-in-chief.

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST

Donald Trump, "1984" and George Orwell. (Getty, Amazon, AP)He doesn't want to control what you think — only what you think about, which is him.


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