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Ex-Gov. Deval Patrick gets Obama push for 2020 White House run
Obama friend and former top adviser Valerie Jarrett said that "my heart desires" a President Patrick. Politico reports that former Obama senior adviser Jarrett and political adviser Axelrod want Deval Patrick , former governor of MA, to run for the White House. [Full Article...]
China warns Trump over North Korea: 'Don't stab us in the back'
Top U.S Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Tuesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to block Chinese investments in the United States in order to pressure China "to help rein in North Korea's threatening and destabilizing behavior", Reuters reports. [Full Article...]
Utilities ditch reactors that launched US nuclear renaissance
The schedule delays increased the projected interest costs 143 percent over the original plan. Originally proposed in 2007, the two-reactor expansion of the Summer plant was supposed to be completed by 2017 and 2018, respectively. Westinghouse's bankruptcy past year only exacerbated the problems facing the project . A Westinghouse analysis showed that the station wouldn't be finished until ... [Full Article...]
Hospital moves out patients over fire risk
The report was commissioned after the Grenfell Tower fire in west London , which is thought... The first system tested, a wall cladding system using an aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding with unmodified polyethylene filler and foam insulation, failed the test which is set out in current building regulations guidance. [Full Article...]
Qatar granted 9 emergency routes by boycotting countries
They urged Doha to stop its support and funding of terrorism, and to desist in providing safe haven for outlaws and those convicted of terrorism, financing them, promoting hatred and incitement, and interfering in the internal affairs of regional countries. [Full Article...]
Senate confirms Christopher Wray, Trump's choice for FBI
More than 30 senior former Justice Department officials, from both Republican and Democratic administrations, wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee saying Wray has the qualities needed to do the job. Trump has used that phrase to characterize the probe, which seems to be broadening by the week. "Given this important time in our nation's history for law enforcement and for the Federal Bureau ... [Full Article...]
Baker files bill to allow Mass. cops to honor certain ICE detainers
The governor has proposed a bill allowing state and local police to work with ICE officials by holding people who have committed violent crimes. The bill comes in response to a ruling last week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judaical Court. [Full Article...]
Sen. Flake takes GOP to task over Trump
In an excerpt from Flake's new book , "The Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle , " published Monday by Politico , the junior senator from Arizona decries the dysfunction cultivated within the executive branch and his colleagues' reticence to acknowledge Trump's shortcomings. [Full Article...]