vendredi 13 janvier 2017

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Congress OKs step to Obamacare repeal

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 01:18 PM PST

Congress OKs first step to Obamacare repeal. (AP)The House joins the Senate in approving the 2017 fiscal budget—a major step to dismantling the Affordable Care Act.

Ethics chief summoned over Trump criticism

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 01:03 PM PST

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, talking about staff member Katie Malone who worked as a special assistant in his Catonsville, Md. office. According to Cummings, Malone lost six children in an early morning fire in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Democrats charge GOP lawmakers with trying to intimidate an independent watchdog for challenging Donald Trump's business arrangements.


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U.S. charges 3 in Takata airbag scandal

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 11:53 AM PST

Three people charged in Takata airbag scandal. (AP)The individuals were charged with fraud for hiding the flaws in the airbags.


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Suspect arrested 18 years after kidnapping baby

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 11:33 AM PST

Suspect Gloria Williams, arrested in connection to the kidnapping of newborn baby Kamiya Mobley 18 years ago from a hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office/Handout via Reuters)A woman posing as a nurse took the baby from a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital room in 1998, authorities say.


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Massive ice storm threatens central U.S.

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 11:12 AM PST

Massive ice storm threatens central U.S. (AP)Freezing rain across the southern Plains caused several accidents along icy highways and grounded flights.


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Cancer survivor to Ryan: Obamacare saved me

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 10:33 AM PST

Cancer survivor to Paul Ryan: Obamacare saved me. (AP)"Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, I'm standing here today, alive," Jeff Jeans of Arizona told the House speaker.


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Samsung probe on Senate staffer's faulty phone

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 09:37 AM PST

Is a Senate staffer's Samsung overheating?The smartphone maker is investigating a report that a device belonging to a member of Sen. Roger Wicker's staff had overheated.


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Trump aide in regular contact with Russia

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 09:17 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, Russia's ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, speaks with reporters in Washington. The Obama administration is aware of frequent contacts between President-elect Donald Trump's top national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia's ambassador to the United States, including on the day President Barack Obama hit Moscow with sanctions in retaliation for election-related hacking, a senior U.S. official said Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)Michael Flynn has been in frequent contact with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., a senior official says.


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DOJ issues scathing audit of Chicago police

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 08:46 AM PST

DOJ issues scathing audit of Chicago Police Department. (AP)The report acknowledges serious civil rights violations, including racial bias and excessive force.


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Inauguration by the numbers

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 08:27 AM PST

Inauguration by the numbers. (AP)From the number of spectators to protesters expected, here's a look at how Donald Trump's inauguration is shaping up.


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George Takei: We must stand up for Muslims

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 07:48 AM PST

George Takei: We must stand up for Muslims in U.S. (AP)The beloved actor hopes his own story of being sent to an internment camp will motivate others to defend Muslim Americans.


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Trump rips 'sleazebag political operatives'

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 06:52 AM PST

Trump rips The president-elect fired off a flurry of tweets after an explosive, unverified dossier was published this week.


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Bush sisters pen letter to Obama sisters

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 06:15 AM PST

Bush sisters pen heartfelt letter to Obama sisters. (AP)"We have watched you grow from girls to impressive young women with grace and ease," Jenna and Barbara wrote.


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Trump raises record $90M for inauguration

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 03:30 AM PST

Construction continues on the Capitol steps in preparation for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. (AP)Donald Trump's inaugural committee has raised far more in private donations than Barack Obama's two inaugural committees.


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Russian news channel interrupts C-SPAN

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 11:57 PM PST

Russian news channel interrupts C-SPANC-SPAN's online feed was taken over for several minutes by programming from RT, a Kremlin-backed news network.


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New national monument: Ala. civil rights area

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 06:44 PM PST

FILE - In this April 30, 1966 photo, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of some 3,000 persons in Birmingham, Ala., in Kelly Ingram Park on the last day of his three-day whistle-stop tour of Alabama, encouraging black voters to vote as a bloc in the primary election. President Barack Obama signed an order Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, designating an historic civil rights district in Birmingham as a national monument, placing several blocks of a city once rocked by racial violence on par with landmarks including the Grand Canyon. (AP Photo/JT, File)President Obama designates a historic district in Birmingham as part of the nation's park system.


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Editor falsely accused of spying at hearing

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 06:27 PM PST

A woman stands near Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson's chair during a break in his confirmation hearing. (Periscope)Doris Truong is bombarded with attacks after she is mistaken for a woman seen near Rex Tillerson's chair.


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Obamacare achieved something, even if it dies

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 06:08 PM PST

Obamacare accomplished something huge, even if it diesIn one important way, the president's health reforms set a new — and high — threshold that Trump must meet.


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Some Democrats boycotting the inauguration

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 05:13 PM PST

Some Democratic lawmakers are boycotting Trump's inaugurationAt least five lawmakers have announced their intention to skip the event as a protest of the president-elect's plans.


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Big dilemma if senators reject Tillerson

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 04:57 PM PST

Rex Tillerson (Getty Images)Some lawmakers have serious doubts about President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state but fear the alternative could be worse.


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Obama, Biden briefed on Trump allegations

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 04:37 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at a ceremony honoring 15 Detroit entrepreneurs, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Detroit. The entrepreneurs earned Motor City Match grants to open or expand their business in the city. Biden joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan as Motor City Match awards $600,000 in grants to 15 new & growing Detroit businesses. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Intelligence leaders felt obligated to inform the president and VP about uncorroborated allegations so they wouldn't be caught off guard.


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Baltimore reaches agreement with U.S. to reform policing

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 03:59 PM PST

Baltimore police (AP)The court-enforceable changes are designed to repair the systemic problems that have plagued the department.


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Obama making changes to Cuban immigration policy

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 02:30 PM PST

Changes to Cuba policy (Reuters)The president is scrapping a longstanding strategy that granted residency to Cubans who arrived in the U.S. without visas.


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