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• Third Palestinian killed amid clashes in Jerusalem, West Bank: ministry
• Spicer out amid White House shake-up
• Trump at Six Months: Checking in On the President’s Campaign Promises
• O.J. Simpson granted parole after serving 9 years in prison
• State Department Suspends Yet Another Fellowship Program
• What Trump can still do to salvage 2017, and win in 2020
• Republicans meet late into night as Trump demands new U.S. healthcare plan
• Congressman asks NASA scientist about ancient Martian civilizations, and things get awkward
• Activist Jana cashes out of Whole Foods following Amazon deal

Third Palestinian killed amid clashes in Jerusalem, West Bank: ministry Posted: 21 Jul 2017 01:24 PM PDT A third Palestinian was killed on Friday after clashes erupted between Israeli forces and protesters over new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, the Palestinian health ministry said. "A Palestinian was killed after he was shot in the heart by live bullets," the ministry said of the incident in Abu Dis in the occupied West Bank. It provided no further details on the circumstances, but identified him as Mohammad Lafi, 18. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Spicer out amid White House shake-up Posted: 21 Jul 2017 12:32 PM PDT White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday in protest at a major shake-up of Donald Trump's embattled administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. Spicer quit in opposition to Trump's naming of Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, as the new White House communications director, a White House official told AFP. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Trump at Six Months: Checking in On the President’s Campaign Promises Posted: 20 Jul 2017 07:14 PM PDT Donald Trump's promised a lot during his campaign, how is he doing after six months in office? This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

O.J. Simpson granted parole after serving 9 years in prison Posted: 20 Jul 2017 06:38 PM PDT The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners unanimously voted to grant parole to O.J. Simpson. Simpson has served almost nine years in prison after being convicted of armed robbery in 2008. He will be released from Lovelock Correctional Facility in October. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

State Department Suspends Yet Another Fellowship Program Posted: 20 Jul 2017 05:58 PM PDT Critics fear the next generation of foreign policy talent could wither on the vine as State slashes fellowships. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

What Trump can still do to salvage 2017, and win in 2020 Posted: 20 Jul 2017 05:39 PM PDT Fellow Republicans hope to turn the page on a relatively fruitless debut and lift a trophy with tax reform before his first year is out. Since January 20 the president has rolled back 14 regulations set by his, predecessor Barack Obama, notably on environmental and industry rules. Despite intense pressure from the president, including a White House meeting with Senate Republicans Wednesday, lawmakers appear eager to move on. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Republicans meet late into night as Trump demands new U.S. healthcare plan Posted: 20 Jul 2017 03:55 PM PDT By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans struggling to agree on healthcare legislation to overhaul Obamacare obeyed U.S. President Donald Trump's orders to try to swiftly reach a deal but were unable to resolve their differences in a long, late-night meeting. Earlier on Wednesday, Trump took Senate Republicans to task for failing to agree on how to dismantle Obamacare, as a new report showed 32 million Americans would lose health insurance if senators opt to repeal the law without a replacement. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Congressman asks NASA scientist about ancient Martian civilizations, and things get awkward Posted: 20 Jul 2017 03:16 PM PDT Being an elected official means that you should probably have a working knowledge of whatever topic it is you're planning to publicly address at any given time. Many government talking heads fall far short of that requirement on a regular basis, and the latest example is Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California. At a congressional meeting with some of NASA's top scientists to discuss the prospects of further exploration of planets and moons in our Solar System, Rohrabacher asked a question that would seemingly have been more fitting in the wake of the 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. Rohrabacher asked about martians. After praising the work NASA has been doing, as well as addressing the plans of a new rover on Mars by 2020, the Republican congressman had one last thing he wanted to ask. "You have indicated that Mars was totally different thousands of years ago," he told the researchers, who were no doubt already rolling their eyes. "Is it possible that there was a civilization on Mars thousands of years ago?" https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/887406712671674369 The few silent seconds that followed, as NASA's Kenneth Farley of the Mars 2020 project pondered how to respond, are quite suspenseful. "So," Farley began, keeping a straight face. "The evidence is that Mars was different billions of years ago. Not thousands of years ago." "Billions, well, yes," Rohrabacher brushed off the correction. "There's no evidence that I'm aware of," Farley said, undoubtedly assuming that would be the end of that particular line of questioning, but Rohrabacher wasn't quite satisfied. "Would you rule that out?" the congressman pressed. "I would say that is extremely unlikely," Farley concluded. A couple of mumbles later, Rohrabacher thanked the scientists for their work before passing the questioning to the next congressman. Rohrabacher's spokesperson would later suggest that the question was tongue-in-cheek, but if it was, it certainly didn't come across that way. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Activist Jana cashes out of Whole Foods following Amazon deal Posted: 20 Jul 2017 02:38 PM PDT (Reuters) - Activist investor Jana Partners LLC cashed out of its position in Whole Foods Market Inc , a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday, after the upscale grocer agreed to be acquired by Amazon.com Inc in a $13.7 billion deal last month. Jana, which was Whole Foods' second-largest shareholder with an 8.2 percent stake, made a profit of over $300 million on the sale, according to Reuters calculations. Jana bought 27.9 million shares of the company for $721.2 million in March, and exited its position on Tuesday for a price of more than $1 billion. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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