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Trump policies unite allies against him at European security forum – Reuters

Sunday, February 17, 2019

MUNICH (Reuters) – In 2009, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to “press the reset button” with Russia. A decade later he came again to offer the world better relations, this time with his own country. Promising that “America will be back” once Donald Trump leaves office, Biden won a standing ovation at the Munich Security Conference from delegates who find the president’s brusque foreign policy stance…

11-year-old arrested after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance – New York Post

Sunday, February 17, 2019

An 11-year-old student was arrested after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and allegedly telling a teacher that “the flag is racist and the national anthem is offensive to black people,” according to reports. The boy, a student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence for the Feb. 4 outburst, according to Bay News 9….

Viewpoint: Why Trump may win his legal fight over border wall – BBC News

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Media captionOther presidents got money for a border barrier – why not Trump? The latest chapter of Washington dysfunction has culminated in drastic action by the president in order to deliver his key campaign promise. But as his opponents shake their heads and counter-punch through the courts, the historical lessons do not bode well for them, writes Jonathan Turley, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University. President Donald Trump’s…

John Kerry says he’s ‘ashamed’ Pence didn’t acknowledge climate change – The Boston Globe

Sunday, February 17, 2019

MUNICH — Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that he’s “ashamed” Vice President Mike Pence didn’t mention climate change while speaking at the Munich Security Conference. Kerry, speaking hours after Pence addressed the conference, vowed to help make climate change a voting issue. ‘‘I’m ashamed that our vice president of the United States stood up here at a security conference and never even mentioned the word ‘climate…

Graham vows to hold hearing on McCabe’s "stunning" 25th Amendment comments – CBS News

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he will hold a hearing about comments made by former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe about an apparent discussion of the possibility of using the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office. In an interview with “60 Minutes” set to air Sunday evening, McCabe said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein raised the issue shortly after…

Green New Deal: Republicans talk up climate change plan – but not because they like it – USA TODAY

Sunday, February 17, 2019

CLOSE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blaming Democrats and their “poison pill demands” for teetering border security negotiations aimed at averting another government shutdown. (Feb. 11) AP WASHINGTON – Republicans are talking a lot about the Green New Deal after its rollout on Capitol Hill earlier this month by liberal Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It’s not because the GOP supports the transformation of the electric grid away from fossil fuels to renewable energy…

Heather Nauert nomination sunk by nanny issues – The Washington Post

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Josh Rogin State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew herself from consideration to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Saturday, saying in a statement that “it is in the best interest of my family.” Behind the scenes, her nomination faced complications because Nauert hired a foreign-born nanny about 10 years ago who didn’t have the proper work visa and Nauert didn’t pay proper taxes on time, according to two…

Graham: I ‘support’ Trump emergency declaration – POLITICO

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images National Emergency By QUINT FORGEY 02/16/2019 07:47 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the…

Henry Pratt shooting: a timeline – Kane County Chronicle

Sunday, February 17, 2019

BY THE MINUTE 1:24 Officers dispatched to the site when original call came in to 911 of an active shooter in the plant 1:24 Another call came in – caller stating shots fired, employee being terminated 1:25 Another call – two shots fired inside the warehouse 1:25 Another call – shots were heard over the phone 1:26 Another call – shots fired 1:27 Another call – more shots fired 1:28…

Jussie Smollett Angrily Denies Complicity in Attack – Variety

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Attorneys for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett issued a statement Saturday denying that he orchestrated his Jan. 29 assault, and saying he is “angered” and “devastated” by recent developments in the case. Chicago police want to interview Smollett, after learning new evidence from two Nigerian brothers who were released on Friday night. Local media outlets have reported that the brothers admitted to police that Smollett paid them to carry out the…

Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for UN ambassador nomination, State Department says – Fox News

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Video Trump’s pick for US Ambassador to the UN withdraws nomination State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew her name from consideration for the U.N. ambassador nomination, the department said Saturday. “I am grateful to President Trump and Secretary [Mike] Pompeo for the trust they placed in me for considering me for the position of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,” Nauer said in the statement. “However, the past two months have…

Graham: I ‘support’ Trump emergency declaration – POLITICO – POLITICO

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images National Emergency By QUINT FORGEY 02/16/2019 07:47 PM EST Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the…

Acting US defense secretary will review programs to cut for wall funding – CNN

Sunday, February 17, 2019

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Custody fight at heart of missing Colorado woman’s case, family says – NBC News

Sunday, February 17, 2019

The parents of a missing Colorado woman said in an amended lawsuit against her fiancé that she was in the midst of a custody dispute over their 1-year-old daughter when she disappeared Thanksgiving Day. The fiancé and father of the girl, Patrick Frazee, was arrested and charged Dec. 21 with Kelsey Berreth’s murder. Prosecutors believe he either killed her or that she died during a robbery he may have committed….

‘Finish that wall’: Trump seeks to turn his failure to build the wall into campaign rallying cry – The Washington Post

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Toluse Olorunnipa Robert Costa Josh Dawsey February 16 at 4:55 PM President Trump and his political team plan to make his years-long quest for a border wall one of the driving themes of his reelection effort — attempting to turn his failure to build such a project into a combative sales pitch that pits him against the political establishment on immigration. Trump has declared a national emergency to secure the…

Statement on Theodore McCarrick | News – ND Newswire

Sunday, February 17, 2019

The Vatican has announced the conclusion of the adjudicatory process against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, finding that he transgressed his vows, used his power to abuse both minors and adults and violated his sacred duty as a priest. In accord with University President Rev. John I. Jenkins’ statement of Aug. 2, 2018, the University of Notre Dame is rescinding the honorary degree conferred in 2008.

U.S. Military Starts Flying Aid for Venezuela to Colombia – The New York Times

Sunday, February 17, 2019

But he said the American military has become experienced in getting aid to people under trying circumstances, citing recent natural disasters in Asia as an example. Rebecca Chavez, who served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere during the Obama administration, said it was “very likely” that the American military would be drawn into the crisis in Venezuela as the power struggle between Mr. Maduro and…

Texas border town fights construction of border wall, fearing it could displace homes – NBC News

Sunday, February 17, 2019

ROMA, Texas — This small border town is hitting a wall. This past week, the border security deal reached by Congress and signed by President Trump set aside $1.35 billion for fencing and barriers at the border. Apart from the national emergency Trump declared to secure additional billions for the border, the funding deal spelled out that a wall could not be built in Roma until there’s more input from…

UPDATE: Victims identified from Aurora shooting include student intern – Northwest Herald

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Police released the names Saturday morning of the five employees killed in Friday’s shooting at the Henry Pratt building in Aurora. In addition to Wehner, they include: Clayton Parks of Elgin, the human resources manager Russell Beyer of Yorkville, a mold operator Vicente Juarez of Oswego, a stock room attendant and forklift operator Josh Pinkard also of Oswego, plant manager Another shooting victim, a male employee, was treated at a…