U.S. NEWS - Last Generation Network News for Saturday April 29 2017

U.S. NEWS - Last Generation Network News for Saturday April 29 2017

From Gandhi to guns: An Indian woman explores the NRA convention

CNN - ‎9 hours ago‎
Atlanta (CNN) Guns are not a part of the culture of my homeland, except perhaps for the occasional Bollywood movie in which the bad guy meets his demise staring down the wrong end of a barrel.

AG Sessions to MS-13 gang: 'We are coming after you'

Fox News - ‎17 hours ago‎
Years of open borders and lax immigration laws have allowed one of the country's most brutal gangs to thrive nationally, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Friday.

Working with Congress hasn't been as easy as Trump predicted

Washington Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - For Donald Trump, self-proclaimed master negotiator, making deals with Congress was supposed to be easy. “This Congress is going to be the busiest Congress we've had in decades, maybe ever,” Trump predicted shortly after taking office ...

Trump finds comfort in rallying base

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is going back to his comfort zone of rallying his base after betraying a tinge of regretful nostalgia for the life of a billionaire reality star he left behind.

Fourth Arkansas execution in eight days prompts questions about inmate's movements

Washington Post - ‎17 hours ago‎
Arkansas executed a death-row inmate late Thursday in the state's fourth lethal injection in eight days, concluding a frantic execution schedule officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired.

EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
This article has been updated. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening that its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites ...

Was Michael Flynn a Russian agent of influence? A modest proposal for how that could have gone down

Salon - ‎1 hour ago‎
It's been a bad week for Michael Flynn. It seems that the former national security adviser and Trump campaign official may have lied on his application for a top-secret security clearance back in January 2016, and he apparently neglected to inform ...

The Latest: Well-known lawyer defends teen in track attack

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. - The Latest on the slaying of an 86-year-old California woman (all times local):. 7:30 p.m.. A high-profile defense attorney has taken the case of a teenager accused of killing an 86-year-old woman who was out for her morning ...

ICE data shows half of immigrants arrested in raids had traffic convictions or no record

Washington Post - ‎13 hours ago‎
About half of the 675 immigrants picked up in roundups across the United States in the days after President Trump took office either had no criminal convictions or had committed traffic offenses, mostly drunken driving, as their most serious crimes ...

Climate March expected to draw massive crowd to DC in sweltering heat

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
On what could be a record-hot day, tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to assemble in Washington on Saturday. Their large-scale climate change protest will mark President Trump's first 100 days in office, which have been punctuated by ...

Sanders: Obama's paid Wall Street speech 'distasteful'

CNN - ‎19 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) Sen. Bernie Sanders believes former President Barack Obama's plan to receive $400,000 for speaking at a September Wall Street health conference is "distasteful," The Vermont Independent reported Friday.

Rex Tillerson proposes cutting 2300 jobs at State Department

Business Insider - ‎12 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is proposing to eliminate 2,300 jobs as part of a plan to cut more than a quarter of the State Department's budget for the next fiscal year, officials said Friday.

Can Trump 'absolutely' break up a federal court that's standing in his way?

Washington Post - ‎19 hours ago‎
So, no. President Trump cannot wave his pen and break up a federal court like he suggested he wants to do. But there are ways he can work with Congress to split up a federal court - doing it just might be more trouble than it's worth.

Vouchers Found to Lower Test Scores in Washington Schools

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
Fifth graders at Excel Academy, a Washington charter school, which was visited this month by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Melania Trump, the first lady.

The Obamas face the paid-speaking circuit — and all the questions that come with it

Washington Post - ‎Apr 27, 2017‎
ORLANDO - When Barack and Michelle Obama left the White House, they both spoke longingly of a break from life in the public eye. But following a months-long vacation, they have started to tap into the lucrative paid-speaking circuit that has enriched ...

Doctor Linked to Senator Menendez's Corruption Case Is Convicted of Fraud

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
Dr. Salomon Melgen with his wife, Flor, outside the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday. Credit Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press.

25 Years Since Rodney King Riots: Race, Rebellion and Rebirth in South LA

NBCNews.com - ‎17 minutes ago‎
LOS ANGELES - Najee Ali watched the first flares of unrest in South Central Los Angeles from home, heeding his better instincts to stay out of trouble after four police officers were cleared in the beating of Rodney King.

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