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Questions Abound After Trump Says Tax Will Pay for Wall

ABC News - ‎26 minutes ago‎
President Donald Trump is promising Mexico will pay for his massive border wall. On Thursday, his administration finally suggested how: a 20 percent tax on products imported from south of the border.
Lawmakers: Trump Mexico tax plan would hurt Texas
Mexico wall: Trump condemned over imports tax proposal
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Trump reportedly ordered National Parks director to produce different inauguration crowd photos

The Week Magazine - ‎4 hours ago‎
During his first morning in the White House, President Trump personally ordered that acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds find additional photos showing the crowd on the National Mall during his inauguration on Friday, The ...
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Doomsday Clock Insider Tells What It Will Take To Push Back Those Hands

NBCNews.com - ‎14 hours ago‎
The mushroom cloud rises from the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike," as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain 1352d Photographic Squadron.
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Mike Pence to speak at March for Life

Washington Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) more >.
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Donald Trump to speak with Vladimir Putin on Saturday

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎
(CNN) US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak on the phone Saturday in their first conversation since Trump took office, an administration official told CNN.
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Donald Trump Blasts 'Ungrateful Traitor' Chelsea Manning

SFGate - ‎19 hours ago‎
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning to slam “ungrateful TRAITOR” Chelsea Manning, who had her sentence commuted by Barack Obama last week in his final days in the White House.
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Trump administration asks top State Department officials to leave

CNN - ‎13 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to "clean house" at Foggy Bottom.
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Voter fraud explained: Here's what you need know

CNN - ‎22 hours ago‎
(CNN) President Donald Trump insists that millions of illegal votes were cast during the election, after losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million votes.
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Miami-Dade mayor: Trump should pay immigration jail costs

Politico - ‎8 hours ago‎
The mayor of Miami-Dade county on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal detention requests, citing President Donald Trump's executive orders concerning "sanctuary jurisdictions" for illegal immigrants.
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The March for Life Prepares for Its Victory Lap

Daily Beast - ‎3 hours ago‎
The March for Life will surely be smaller and less glitzy than the women's marches last week—but make no mistake, the anti-abortion lobby now has serious political clout.
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Trump's choice for labor secretary outsourced jobs

Washington Post - ‎26 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary outsourced his fast-food company's technology department to the Philippines, a move that contradicts Trump's vow to keep American jobs in the U.S.. Trump has blasted, threatened and tried ...
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Toshiba, Desperate for Cash After Scandal, Will Sell Microchip Business

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Toshiba headquarters in Tokyo. The company will spin off its microchip division, which makes the information-storing “brains” inside millions of smartphones and other devices.
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Alphabet's Profits Stay Predictably Good in a Volatile Industry

New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Attendees of the Google I/O 2016 developers conference in Mountain View, California, last year. Credit Stephen Lam/Reuters. SAN FRANCISCO - It is almost boring how predictably good Alphabet's earnings are these days - a trait not always shared by the ...
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UPDATE 4-Speculation builds on a Verizon-Charter tie-up, no offer made

Business Insider - ‎3 hours ago‎
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc is interested in exploring a combination with U.S. cable company Charter Communication Inc as part of a long list of acquisition targets, but no proposal has been made for a tie-up between the two companies ...
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This is the first image of the Samsung Galaxy S8

The Verge - ‎13 hours ago‎
Samsung's Galaxy S8 will be unveiled on March 29th, according to a new report from Venture Beat that also includes the first photo we've seen of the coming flagship.
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Microsoft's 2Q17: cloud growth slows, Windows surprising, Surface resilient

Ars Technica - ‎9 hours ago‎
In its second quarter of its 2017 financial year, Microsoft posted revenue of $24.1 billion, up 1 percent year on year, with operating income of $6.0 billion, up 3 percent, net income of $5.0 billion, up 4 percent, and earnings per share of $0.62, up 6 ...
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Trump's @POTUS Twitter account was tied to Gmail

The Hill - ‎13 hours ago‎
The White House tightened up President Trump's lax social media security Thursday shortly after it was revealed that Trump's official Twitter account, @POTUS, was linked to a personal Gmail account.
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Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik Unveil Sultry 'Fifty Shades Darker' Music Video

Entertainment Tonight - ‎3 hours ago‎
We're sittin' eyes wide open and we've got one thing stuck in our minds. That's right, Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik's highly-anticipated new music video for the Fifty Shades Darker track, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," has dropped -- and we've got it on ...
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Mike Connors, B-Movie Actor Who Found Stardom On TV's 'Mannix,' Dead At 91

Huffington Post - ‎19 minutes ago‎
The square-jawed actor played tough-as-nails private detective Joe Mannix in a series that attracted a strong following. 01/27/2017 02:57 am ET.
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Rajon Rondo's latest Bulls comments should be the end of his NBA career

FOXSports.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
The clock is almost certainly ticking on the end of Rondo's time with yet another franchise. If and when the Bulls finally part ways with the mercurial point guard, the rest of the NBA should take note: Rondo is no longer a viable NBA player, and his ...
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Enes Kanter fractures right forearm - domino effect of a selfish act

FOXSports.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
On an evening the OKC Thunder should have been rejoicing, an action by Enes Kanter may have long serving negative implications for the team.
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Metallic hydrogen, once theory, becomes reality

Phys.Org - ‎14 hours ago‎
Image of diamond anvils compressing molecular hydrogen. At higher pressure the sample converts to atomic hydrogen, as shown on the right.
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The nation's top scientists can't get through to Trump — and they're alarmed

Washington Post - ‎17 hours ago‎
Leaders of several of the nation's top science organizations say they've been shunned by the Trump administration and are alarmed by signs that the administration will muzzle government researchers and reject the scientific evidence that informs such ...
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'We have a fire in the cockpit!' The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later.

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
Sheryl Chaffee remembers the January evening when astronaut Mike Collins came to the door and asked to speak with her mother. The two talked in a bedroom of the Chaffee home.
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First human-pig embryos made, then destroyed

CNN - ‎8 hours ago‎
(CNN) To grow human organs within animal bodies has long been the dream of scientists wanting to provide transplantable hearts, lungs, kidneys and other organs for patients in need.
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Al Gore Revives Climate Summit The CDC Abruptly Canceled

Huffington Post - ‎8 hours ago‎
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at a news conference with a gathering of U.S. State Attorney's General to announce a state-based effort to combat climate change in the Manhattan borough of New York City, March 29, 2016.
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Days Before a Deadline, Trump Team Cancels Ads for Obama Health Plan

New York Times - ‎41 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is pulling back advertisements that encourage people to sign up for health insurance under former President Barack Obama's health care law.

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