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Hourly News Summary: NPR News: 05-16-2017 3AM ET | ||
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Priest among 68 arrests as Italy cracks open mafia ring running migrant centre | ||
Gunmen Kill Prominent Mexican Journalist Who Covered Drug Cartels | ||
The journalist, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, 50, had chronicled bloody conflicts among rival drug cartels and the culture of violence they inflicted on the broader society. | ||
Another Trump crisis craters GOP agenda - CNN | ||
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Pelosi: 'What do the Russians have on Donald Trump?' - The Hill | ||
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'WannaCry' ransomware shares code with Sony hack, raising possibility of North Korea connection - Los Angeles Times | ||
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How Government Secrets Are Declassified and Disclosed | ||
The news that President Trump disclosed highly classified information about the Islamic State to Russian officials has raised interest in legal issues surrounding such disclosures. | ||
Global Cyberattack? They Made It Possible | ||
A National Security Agency hacking tool leaked in April by an elite group called the Shadow Brokers has now been used in a cyberattack on computers in more than 150 countries. Intelligence officials say North Korean-linked hackers are likely suspects. | ||
Trump Shared Intelligence Secrets With Russians in Oval Office Meeting | ||
President Donald Trump shared sensitive intelligence obtained from a close U.S. ally with Russias foreign minister and ambassador in a meeting last week, according to U.S. officials. | ||
A Whistle-Blower Tells of Health Insurers Bilking Medicare | ||
Benjamin Poehling, a former finance director at UnitedHealth Group, in Minneapolis. He contends that his company and other insurers have been systematically bilking Medicare Advantage for years. | ||
Award-winning journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa - New York Daily News | ||
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Veteran journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa - Fox News | ||
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Report: Trump Revealed Highly Classified Information to Russian Officials - The Atlantic | ||
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Trump has sucked the lifeblood out of Sean Spicer - Washington Post | ||
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Trump, About to Visit Saudi Arabia, Is Urged to Help Yemen | ||
Humanitarian agencies want the Trump administration to help end the conflict between a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen, which is nearing catastrophe. | ||
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador - Washington Post | ||
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Trump, North Korea, Ransomware: Your Monday Evening Briefing | ||
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Trump shared highly classified intelligence about Islamic State with Russians, report says - Los Angeles Times | ||
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Clinton launches political action group "Onward Together" - CBS News | ||
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Sean Spicer Says Less in Wake of James Comey Firing - U.S. News & World Report | ||
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Report: Trump shared secret info about IS with Russians | ||
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week, The Washington Post reported Monday.... | ||
Trump 'shared classified information with Russia' - BBC News | ||
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Trump will have to navigate diplomatic land mines abroad. Here's how he's preparing. - Washington Post | ||
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Microsoft's Fluent Design System threatens to make Windows look good - Ars Technica | ||
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National security adviser denies Trump revealed classified information to Russians video | ||
Donald Trumps national security adviser is denying a report that claims Trump shared highly classified intelligence with a top Russian diplomat. HR McMaster told reporters in a brief statement that the Washington Post report published Monday is false and at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed during Trumps meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. I was in the room, it didnt happen, he said. McMaster did not take questions. Continue reading... |
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Another Trump crisis craters GOP agenda
CNN - 1 hour ago
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's governing agenda, which only 10 days ago showed signs of gaining steam, appears to have derailed after he allegedly shared classified information and dismissed FBI director James Comey, both of which ...
Trump again reveals his dangerous incompetence
CNN - 1 hour ago
Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. (CNN) The Washington Post published yet another bombshell ...
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of ...
Trump's trust problem
Politico - 24 minutes ago
President Donald Trump was accused of leaking highly classified information to Russian officials, and White House officials wanted to fiercely rebut the charges. But when senior national security officials strode to a podium on the West Wing driveway ...
Sources: Trump shared classified info with Russians
CNN - 5 hours ago
(CNN) President Donald Trump shared highly classified information with the Russian foreign minister and Russian ambassador to the US in a White House meeting last week, The Washington Post first reported Monday. Two former officials knowledgeable of ...
Trump takes heat over intel, 'tapes'
The Hill - 3 hours ago
A White House grappling with the political fallout from FBI Director James Comey's sudden firing faced new questions Monday after a report that President Trump had revealed highly classified intelligence to Russian officials during a meeting last week.
Trump Revealed Highly Classified Intelligence to Russia, in Break With Ally, Officials Say
New York Times - 4 hours ago
President Trump met with Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, in the White House last week. American journalists were barred, but Russia released photographs. Credit Russian Foreign Ministry. WASHINGTON — President Trump boasted about ...
The Latest: Trump White House returns to crisis mode
Washington Post - 59 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials (all times EDT):. 10:30 p.m.. The Trump White House has returned to crisis mode as it reacts to yet another bombshell. The feeding ...
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Trump shared highly classified intelligence about Islamic State with Russians, reports say
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
The White House lurched into a new crisis Monday over reports that President Trump had shared highly classified intelligence last week with visiting Russian officials in the Oval Office. In the meeting with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador to ...
In one explosive Russia story, two of the worst fears about Trump collide
Chicago Tribune - 3 hours ago
Senators offered sharp reactions to reports that President Trump disclosed highly classified material to Russian officials during a recent meeting at the White House. (May 15, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here). Aaron BlakeWashington Post.
Trump's trust problem
Politico - 20 minutes ago
President Donald Trump was accused of leaking highly classified information to Russian officials, and White House officials wanted to fiercely rebut the charges. But when senior national security officials strode to a podium on the West Wing driveway ...
Trump Aides Race to Limit Fallout From Report on Disclosure
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House, on Monday, May 15. Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo. President Donald Trump's top foreign policy advisers raced to contain political ...
Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit
NPR - 2 hours ago
Updated at 9:45 p.m. ET. President Trump revealed "highly classified information" to two top Russian officials during a controversial Oval Office meeting last week, according to a report from The Washington Post. The Post, citing current and former U.S ...
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Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials
Reuters WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister about a planned Islamic State operation during their meeting last week, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation said on Monday. White House tries to fend off reports that Trump divulged highly classified info to Russian officialsCNBC Lawmakers slam reports Trump revealed classified intel to RussiansUSA TODAY What Did Donald Trump Tell the Russians?The Atlantic Charleston Post Courier -Mother Jones -The Root all 303 news articles » |
Why Congress will probably never see Trump's 'tapes' of his conversations with James Comey
Washington Post - 30 minutes ago
This post has been updated with comments from the White House about handing over the tapes. James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, ...
Republicans are backing Trump. And that's all that matters -- for now
CNN - 31 minutes ago
(CNN) Even as Donald Trump swerves from one stunning headline to the next, his presidency is firmly planted on this rock-steady subtext: As long as Republicans in Congress support him, he is essentially invulnerable to blowback from even the most ...
The Daily 202: Loyalty is a one-way street for Donald Trump
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
With Breanne Deppisch. THE BIG IDEA: Many West Wing staffers have sacrificed their personal reputations by parroting falsehoods on behalf of Donald Trump. How will their devotion be repaid? Perhaps with pink slips. The president has a congenital ...
This is what it looks like when the media gives Trump exactly what he wants
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
Lester Holt's interview with President Trump last week made huge, splashy headlines when the president confirmed that he always intended to fire FBI Director James B. Comey, and that he was thinking of the investigation into Russia's influence on the ...
Three sentences worth contemplating
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
I am well aware that we have a president who, as even his supporters would surely acknowledge, is less assiduous than most in his use of the English language. I've complained about it before and will continue to do so, and I will continue to try as ...
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