2017年2月15日星期三

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Trump White House buried in crises

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:36 PM PST

Trump White House buried in crises. (Getty Images)Less than a month after being sworn in, the president and his staff find themselves in crisis mode.


Officials rush to drain lake behind battered dam

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 03:58 PM PST

Water gushes down the Oroville Dam's main spillway. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)California's Department of Water Resources chief says repairs should hold at the nation's tallest dam, in the small town of Oroville.


It may be too late to save Ivanka's brand

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 12:44 PM PST

Why it's too late to save Ivanka Trump's brandDepartment stores have been dropping the first daughter's products left and right — and online options don't seem viable.


Under Armour CEO responds after praising Trump

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 07:46 AM PST

Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour. (Alex Brandon/AP)Kevin Plank wrote an open letter in the Baltimore Sun after he was criticized for calling the president "an asset to the country."


Trump sons to attend closed-door Dubai event

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 02:20 AM PST

FILE- In this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, workers re-install a gold letter sign for the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. U.S. President Donald Trump's two sons in charge of his business empire will attend a closed-door event to mark the opening of the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric will be in the Middle East this weekend for the opening of a golf club.


Trump now owns Obamacare

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:17 AM PST

Trump now owns ObamacarePresident Trump seems gleeful every time the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, encounters some new difficulty. Health insurer Humana (HUM) recently said it would pull out of the ACA in 2018, a development Trump reveled in. Obamacare continues to fail.


Pipeline exec compares protesters to terrorists

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 11:31 AM PST

The Oceti Sakowin camp, where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access pipeline being built on federal land. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune/AP)The executive vice president of the company building the controversial Dakota Access pipeline provided written testimony to Congress.


GOP issues boldest challenge to Trump yet

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 11:28 AM PST

Michael Flynn (Marie Claire)Republicans are calling for ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn to testify before Congress.


CIA chief secretly meets Palestinian leader

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 07:07 AM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a press conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)Mike Pompeo met with President Mahmoud Abbas, say Palestinian officials, expressing concern with a recent White House suggestion.


Trump's labor secretary nominee drops out

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 12:01 PM PST

Andy Puzder (Reuters)CEO Andy Puzder faced staunch opposition from Democrats and protests from union-backed groups.


Trump lashes out at media over Flynn resignation

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:36 AM PST

Trump on Flynn: Media treated him "very, very unfairly." (AP)The president's comments come amid a new swirl of controversy over his ties to Russia.


Pope seems to back tribes in pipeline conflict

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:39 AM PST

Pope seems to back tribes in pipeline conflict. (AP)Pope Francis said indigenous cultures have a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth."


Senate rejects ban on guns for mentally ill

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 02:46 PM PST

Detective Barbara J. Mattson of the Connecticut State Police holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same model used by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook school shooting. (AP)Congress votes to block an Obama-era regulation crafted in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre.


Trump to Netanyahu: Hold back on settlements

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:02 AM PST

Trump to Netanyahu: Hold back on setltements. (AP)The president and Israel's prime minister held a joint press conference at the White House ahead of talks.


Retired admiral offered Flynn job: report

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 08:35 AM PST

Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward, commanding officer of Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, speaks to an Afghan official during his visit to Zaranj, Afghanistan, in this handout photo. (Reuters)The president has offered the national security advisor position to Bob Harward, says Foreign Policy magazine.


Clinton staffers react to Trump report

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 07:13 AM PST

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion at the State Department. (AP)"Everything we suspected during this campaign is proving true," Clinton's former press secretary tweeted.


Mattis: NATO members must boost spending

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 11:43 AM PST

Jim Mattis: NATO members must boost spending. (AP)The U.S. defense secretary says the administration will "moderate its commitment" to NATO by the year-end.


Kremlin reacts to report on Trump aides

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:40 AM PST

Kremlin reacts to report on Trump aides. (Reuters)"Let's not believe anonymous information," an official said. "It's … not based on any facts."


Not just young drivers are taking risks

Posted: 14 Feb 2017 09:12 PM PST

A stop sign camera at the Top Of Topanga overlook in Topanga, Calif. (AP)There's been a troubling trend in the number of U.S. traffic deaths, a new AAA Foundation study finds.


Trump slams 'un-American' intelligence leaks

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 05:29 AM PST

Trump slams 'un-American' intelligence leaks. (BFMTV)The president reacts to reports that his officials were in contact with Russia during the election.


Arrest in death N. Korea leader's half-brother

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 02:56 AM PST

Kim Jong Nam, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP)Malaysian police detain a woman in connection with the apparent murder of Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother.


Syrian refugee's simple message to Trump

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST

Syrian refugee's simple message to Trump. (Yahoo News)A resident of a camp in Lebanon tells Yahoo News he'd like the president to visit those "who are lost between torn tents and a torn country."


NYT: Trump campaign, Russians were in contact

Posted: 14 Feb 2017 07:42 PM PST

President Trump on the phone on Jan. 28 with Russian President Vladimir Putin as aides look on. (Andrew Harnik/AP)Phone records show Trump campaign staff had repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials, sources told the N.Y. Times.


'Gang hit' suspected in toddler's shooting death

Posted: 14 Feb 2017 04:57 PM PST

Just days after two young girls were shot in the head, a toddler was killed by what Chicago police suspect was a bullet meant for a man with her.
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