Thursday, June 30, 2016

Thursday's Headlines: Trump fundraising emails overseas prompt complaints

Boris Johnson's ally shocks British establishment, says he wants to be next prime minister; Turkish police detain 13 in connection with Istanbul airport attack; A 30-year-old Saudi prince could jump-start the kingdom — or drive it off a cliff;
 
Today's Headlines
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Trump fundraising emails overseas prompt complaints
The pleas to foreign nationals in the United Kingdom, Iceland, Australia and elsewhere — all of whom are barred by U.S. law from giving money to the presumptive Republican nominee — are the latest misstep as his campaign tries to catch up with Hillary Clinton's fundraising.
Boris Johnson's ally shocks British establishment, says he wants to be next prime minister
Michael Gove, who was regarded as the intellectual architect of the "leave" campaign in Britain, had been expected to serve as Johnson's campaign manager.
 
Turkish police detain 13 in connection with Istanbul airport attack
The identities of the three attackers, who opened fire on passengers at the international terminal before detonating suicide vests and killing 42 people, were still unknown.
 
A 30-year-old Saudi prince could jump-start the kingdom — or drive it off a cliff
COLUMN | Mohammed bin Salman has proposed sweeping reforms: privatizing big, state-owned enterprises; curtailing the power of the religious police; building entertainment venues; and, at some point, allowing women to drive. But can the impulsive young prince pull it off?
 
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The dangerous delusion that the Americans in Benghazi could have been saved
 
Benghazi conspiracy theorists turn on Trey Gowdy
 
Sanders is making his long goodbye count
 
Maybe we should start an investigation of the Benghazi Committee
 
The World War I battle that continues to haunt Europe
 
What the horror in Istanbul reveals about the fight against the Islamic State
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Islamic State routs Pentagon-backed Syrian rebels in fresh setback for U.S. strategy
The only group to have survived an ill-fated Pentagon program to train and equip moderate rebels last year had since been decimated by a suicide bombing and Russian warplanes. Now it is even smaller.
15 Marine drill instructors face allegations of hazing and assault at Parris Island
The widening investigation — first disclosed after the death of a Muslim recruit in March — is likely to rock the service, which considers the training depot in South Carolina to be hallowed ground.
Officials: At least 27 Afghan police cadets killed in suicide bombings outside Kabul
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in an email to the Associated Press, the agency reported.
Puerto Rico rescue bill clears Congress days before debt cliff
The bill opens a path for an orderly restructuring of the island's $72 billion in bond debt. It passed the House earlier this month, and President Obama has said he will sign it.
A poll shows American gun ownership at its lowest in nearly 40 years
A downward trend in households with guns remains consistent across the national polls, but gun purchases, as measured by FBI firearm background checks, are at historic highs.
Trump claims that China 'will enter' the Trans-Pacific Partnership 'at a later date'
Trump's revised claim about China and TPP is still problematic, but just shy of a total whopper.
What the 1880s tell us about why the rich are moving to cities today
The trend is notable for what preceded it: For decades, until about 1990, people with options largely dodged city centers. But if you look much further back in history, an interesting pattern emerges.
D.C. announces a new name (in case it becomes the 51st state)
Mayor Muriel Bowser is leading a renewed push for statehood that has picked up steam this year, including some high-profile endorsements from President Obama and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Her shocking murder became the stuff of legend. But everyone got the story wrong.
Kitty Genovese's murder was made famous when a newspaper sensationally reported that 37 eyewitnesses did nothing to stop the crime. Now a new movie revisits her death and reexamines the facts through her brother's eyes.
 
     
 
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