U.S. NEWS - Last Generation Network News - Thursday May 4th 2017

U.S. NEWS - Last Generation Network News - Thursday May 4th 2017 

'Their dream president': Trump just gave white evangelicals a big boost

Washington Post - ‎53 minutes ago‎
During the election, Donald Trump made a promise that few people anticipated: He would do away with the Johnson Amendment, which in 1954 effectively barred pastors from endorsing or opposing candidates from the pulpit.

A Code Pink Protester Laughs Over a Trump Nominee and Is Convicted

New York Times - ‎14 hours ago‎
Desiree Fairooz, right, an activist affiliated with the group Code Pink, at the confirmation hearing in January on the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general.

Obama Says His Presidential Library Will Be a 'Hub for the Community'

New York Times - ‎9 hours ago‎
Former President Barack Obama showed plans for the Obama Presidential Center, which is to be built in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side.

Army combat photographer snapped one last picture - seconds before an explosion killed her

The Boston Globe - ‎2 hours ago‎
Nearly four years ago, Spec. Hilda Clayton, a combat photographer in the U.S. Army, was documenting a live-fire exercise in Afghanistan when, without warning, a mortar tube accidentally exploded in front of her.

Texas lawmakers approve bill outlawing 'sanctuary cities'

Los Angeles Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
The Texas Senate on Wednesday approved a controversial “sanctuary cities” ban that would make it a crime for law enforcement to refuse cooperation with federal immigration officials.

The Latest: Police ID slain woman and her suspected killer

Washington Post - ‎8 hours ago‎
IRVING, Texas - The Latest on a lockdown at a Texas community college: (all times local):. 10:15 p.m.. Police have released the identities of the woman killed at a suburban Dallas community college and the man suspected of killing her before taking ...

US needs to balance foreign alliances: Tillerson

Reuters - ‎11 hours ago‎
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gestures before delivering remarks to the employees at the State Department in Washington, U.S.

Breitbart's frustration with President Trump just boiled over

Washington Post - ‎15 hours ago‎
Breitbart News cheered Donald Trump to victory in November but has been frustrated by some of Trump's moves in office. Most notably, the hard-right site has been disappointed by the president's failure to secure funding for the Southern border wall he ...

FBI Helping American University Investigate Bananas Found Hanging From Nooses

New York Times - ‎19 hours ago‎
Students discovered that someone had hung bananas around American University on the day a black, female student body president took office.

Shock, sadness after deadly Billerica auto auction crash

The Boston Globe - ‎14 hours ago‎
BILLERICA - The weekly Lynnway Auto Auction was unfolding as usual Wednesday morning, with hundreds of car dealers and bargain hunters browsing from lane to lane.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom as he was dying

WAVY-TV - ‎28 minutes ago‎
AUSTIN (KXAN) - When Lori Brown received a phone call Monday afternoon from her son, Harrison Brown, the person on the other line wasn't her son, but rather the voice of a frantic young woman who said he had been attacked.

Petition supported by teachers' unions asks college to disinvite DeVos

USA TODAY - ‎10 hours ago‎
After an historically black college in Florida announced that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would deliver its commencement address, an online petition appeared Monday, courtesy of alumni, who asked the college to rescind the invitation.

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