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MacDill projects on list of possible cuts to pay for border wall
They did not specify which would be exempted. The list was created in response to Trump's February 15 declaration of a national emergency, ordering the use of up to $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall there. He directed the Treasury Department to shift $601 million from a forfeiture fund to wall-building, then ordered the Pentagon to tap as much as $2.5 billion in dru... [Full Article...]
New Zealand gunman acted alone, but may have had support
The parliamentary session opened with a recitation in Arabic of verses from the Koran that "provide comfort and reassurance" from Imam Nizam ul Haq Thanvi. Islamic tradition calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible after death, usually within 24 hours. This research on handguns and toddler deaths was published a week after my family and I resettled in Wellington after man... [Full Article...]
Israeli far-right leader banned from running in election by supreme court
Ben-Ari's attorney thought to explain to the court that his client has no problem with Arabs who see Israel as the state of the Jewish people and that those who are not loyal to the state should not be citizens of the state. National Union Chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich of the Union of Right-Wing Parties (URP) called a Knesset meeting on Monday to cancel the legal clause upon which the decision wa... [Full Article...]
Never was, never will be Sen. John McCain fan
Asked why he attacked McCain, who died almost seven months ago, in a series of weekend tweets, the president said he's "very unhappy" that the lawmaker was a key vote against a GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in July 2017. [Full Article...]
France to ban 'yellow vest' protests if violent groups take part - PM
A barricade burns on the Champs Elysees avenue during yellow-vest protests on Saturday in Paris . From GAP to leather goods maker Longchamp, from Levis to high-end bakery Laduree, a hard core of violent protesters threw cobble stones through pane-glass windows, scrawled graffiti on walls, set fire to half a dozen newspaper stands and torched famed restaurant Le Fouquet's in an orgy of destr... [Full Article...]
Italian NGO ship rescues 49 migrants, heading to Lampedusa
The ship has asked Italy to provide a port of safety to disembark the rescued migrants, insisting that returning them to Libya was not an option. On Tuesday morning, Salvini tweeted again saying that Italy will not give in to "blackmail" by social groups who are "accomplices to human traffickers". [Full Article...]
USC may expel students linked to admissions cheating scandal
Justice Department's investigation", it said. USC said in a statement that those students "have been notified that their status is under review" and that following the reviews, "we will take the proper action related to their status, up to revoking admission or expulsion". [Full Article...]
New Genetic Evaluation Could Have Lastly Revealed Identification Of Jack The Ripper
He was previously named as a prime suspect by the detective who led the hunt for the Ripper but there was never enough evidence to convict him for the grisly slayings. The identity was confirmed by researchers from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Leeds who shared their findings in the Journal of Forensic Sciences , the Daily Mail reported. [Full Article...]