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Trump meets with Brazil’s president: Live updates – CNN
President Donald Trump heaped praise on his Brazilian counterpart, President Jair Bolsonaro, at the beginning of their joint press conference today. Trump congratulated Bolsonaro on a “tremendous election victory” and an “incredible feat.” “Truly incredible challenge but the end result was something the whole world was talking about,” Trump said, adding that he expects that the two will “have a fantastic working relationship.” Trump affirmed that Bolsonaro, who has been…
Charter bus traveling from Florida to New York City crashes injuring dozens, killing 2 – WABC-TV
KINGWOOD, Virginia (WABC) — Two people were killed when a charter bus traveling from Florida to New York overturned on an Interstate 95 exit in Virginia Tuesday morning. Virginia State Police say in a statement that the Tao’s Travel Inc. bus with 57 people aboard flipped over in Prince George County just before 5:30 a.m. Authorities say that as the bus turned onto an exit, it ran off the left…
Devastating flooding hits already struggling Midwest farmers – CBS News
Vice President Mike Pence will visit Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by historic flooding responsible for killing at least three people. The Midwest is bracing for more flooding as rivers in 40 locations have risen to historic levels. Flood watches and warnings are in effect in more than a dozen states and more rain is on the way. More than 70 cities in Nebraska have issued emergency declarations…
Facebook Admits Mosque Shooting Video Was Viewed At Least 4000 Times – NPR
Al Noor mosque is shaded by clouds in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP Al Noor mosque is shaded by clouds in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday. Vincent Thian/AP A Facebook vice president said fewer than 200 people saw the Christchurch massacre while it was being streamed live on the site. But the video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it,…
‘Kushner, Inc.’ Adds Little To The Canon On Jared And Ivanka – NPR
Kushner, Inc. Greed. Ambition. Corruption.: The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump by Vicky Ward Hardcover, 293 pages | purchase Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were once seen as moderating influences within the White House. A new book by longtime Vanity Fair journalist Vicky Ward, Kushner, Inc., portrays them instead as coiffed agents of chaos — lying, scamming, and backstabbing their way through Donald Trump’s Washington. Kushner, Inc….
How Britain’s parliamentary speaker just made Brexit harder – Washington Examiner
On Monday, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot bring her Brexit deal back to Parliament for a third vote — at least in the deal’s current form. Considering that the European Union has ruled out renegotiating the terms of Brexit, Bercow’s action creates a major obstacle. Up until now, May had hoped to bring her deal back for a third vote…
Super bloom ban lifted: Lake Elsinore reopens poppy display in Walker Canyon – WLS-TV
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — After shutting down access to the “super bloom” display because of large crowds descending to see the poppies, officials reopened Walker Canyon to visitors Monday. Lake Street and Nichols Road have also been reopened, but officials warned parking is limited. Following this season’s heavy rainfall, the hillsides of Lake Elsinore were awash in a blaze of golden-orange poppies. The incredible sight attracted thousands of visitors. MORE:…
Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative ‘shadow bans,’ smears – Fox News
Video Devin Nunes sues Twitter alleging anti-conservative bias California Rep. Nunes files major lawsuit giant social media giant; David Spunt breaks down the details. California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday, accusing the social media site of “shadow-banning conservatives” to secretly hide their posts, systematically censoring opposing viewpoints, and…
Democrats Call For Investigation Into Pro-Trump Former Owner Of Massage Parlors – NPR
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is one of four high-ranking Democrats to sign a letter to the FBI requesting an investigation into the actions of Li “Cindy” Yang. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Inc./Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Inc./Getty Images House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is one of four high-ranking Democrats to sign a letter to the FBI requesting an investigation into…
Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative ‘shadow bans,’ smears – Fox News
Video Devin Nunes sues Twitter alleging anti-conservative bias California Rep. Nunes files major lawsuit giant social media giant; David Spunt breaks down the details. California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday, accusing the social media site of “shadow-banning conservatives” including himself to influence the 2018 elections, systematically censoring…
How Britain’s parliamentary speaker just made Brexit harder – Washington Examiner
On Monday, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot bring her Brexit deal back to Parliament for a third vote — at least in the deal’s current form. Considering that the European Union has ruled out renegotiating the terms of Brexit, Bercow’s action creates a major obstacle. Up until now, May had hoped to bring her deal back for a third vote…
Pentagon details military projects at risk in border wall fight – POLITICO
Lawmakers have accused Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan of staying quiet on what military projects could be raided to finance barriers on the southern border. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Defense By CONNOR O’BRIEN 03/18/2019 06:35 PM EDT The Pentagon on Monday sent lawmakers a lengthy list of nearly $12.9 billion in unobligated military construction funds that could be raided to build more barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of…
24-year-old accused of fatally shooting reputed Gambino family crime boss – ABC News
Investigators believe Anthony Comello was dating Francesco Cali’s female relative when Cali reportedly told him to stop seeing her, sources said. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE OF ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’:https://bit.ly/2Joj9M1 WATCH OTHER FULL EPISODES OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT:http://abc.go.com/shows/world-news-to…
How Britain’s parliamentary speaker just made Brexit harder – Washington Examiner
On Monday, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot bring her Brexit deal back to Parliament for a third vote — at least in the deal’s current form. Considering that the European Union has ruled out renegotiating the terms of Brexit, Bercow’s action creates a major obstacle. Up until now, May had hoped to bring her deal back for a third vote…
Midwest flooding: Perfect storm of extreme weather and climate change drove deadly flooding in Nebraska and Iowa – CBS News
Record-breaking, historic, even Biblical — that’s how many are describing the scale of flooding in the Midwest, where thousands of people in Iowa and Nebraska have been forced to flee their homes. In a region that’s no stranger to rising floodwaters, a perfect storm of melting snow, “bomb cyclone” rain and climate change conspired to push these floods over the top. As of Monday, 100 river gauges in the Midwest…
Why Trump hates John McCain so much – Washington Examiner
President Trump’s Twitter attacks on the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., over the weekend — including his retweet of one supporter who explained that she “hated” the late senator — invite the question: Why does Trump harbor such a special hatred for the long-deceased McCain? Well, Trump would suggest it’s three factors. First, there’s McCain’s transmission of the so-called Steele dossier to the FBI. Compiled by Christopher Steele, the former…
Kellyanne Conway is wrong: Don’t read the alt-right manifesto filled with Russian-style red herrings – Washington Examiner
The details of the Christchurch massacre against hundreds of Muslims in two separate mosques are still unfolding, but as at least one of the terrorists had planned, their motives, immortalized on the Internet, are clear. The alt-right, disparate but dangerous, wants a race war. The shooter left behind a manifesto ridden with a number of red herrings, inserting polarizing diversions to distract from the fundamental motivation of fear: the white…
Beto and Biden biding their time: A strategy – Washington Examiner
The 2020 presidential primaries are already shaping up to be a bloodbath. And at this point, only former Vice President Joe Biden and unemployed former Rep. Robert Francis O’Rourke seem to get the long-game — that there’s still more to go after the primaries are over. The JV team of contenders have already let the far-left cajole them into endorsing the Sen. Bernie Sanders-backed Medicare For All Act that would…
Black box data from doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet show ‘clear similarities’ between both Boeing 737 Max crashes – CNBC
<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Airlines Flight data recovered from the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines jet showed “clear similarities” to another deadly crash of that top-selling Boeing aircraft last October, according to the French accident investigator that downloaded the information. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8, went down shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 people on board. That crash occurred…
Utrecht Shooting Updates: Gunman Kills 3 on Tram – The New York Times
“We think there is just one perpetrator, but we cannot exclude the possibility of there being several perpetrators,” Mr. van Zanen said. A gunman reportedly fled the scene after the attack, and might have escaped in a car. Heavily armed police had assembled outside a building near the site of the attack. The police were looking into the carjacking of a red Renault, which was stolen before the attack and…