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February 16th, 2019, 08:17 AM | #3691 | |
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The Daily Express celebrates on its front page US President Donald Trump's remarks that US-UK trade will increase "very substantially" after Brexit.
The newspaper adds that Donald Trump's intervention was a "much-needed fillip" to Theresa May, following another week of "gruelling parliamentary wrangling". The paper's editorial argues that since the referendum result, both the Conservatives and Labour have failed to grasp the sense that "this is a time of the most enormous opportunity ahead" and praises Mr Trump for injecting a "note of optimism and common sense" into the proceedings.
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First lawsuits filed against President Donald Trump's national emergency order
At least two lawsuits have been filed in response to President Donald Trump on Friday declaring a national emergency to secure funding for a wall along the southern border with Mexico. The filings are expected to be part of a flurry of legal challenges to the constitutionality of Trump's decision. The national emergency and other measures will free up $8 billion – far more than the $5.7 billion he initially demanded – to free up funding for 234 miles of bollard wall, the White House said. But within hours after Trump signed off on declaring an emergency, the liberal watchdog group Public Citizen filed a federal lawsuit late Friday in the District of Columbia. The suit also includes three Texas landowners who are located along the southern border, who were told their property would be seized for a border wall if money was allocated to the project this year. The lawsuit argues that Trump exceeded his powers by declaring an emergency and was a clear violation of the separation of powers. "The president has no inherent authority to declare emergencies to override appropriations laws and other laws enacted by Congress; his emergency powers are defined and limited by statute," the lawsuit states. "Because no national emergency exists with respect to immigration across the southern border, the President’s Declaration exceeds the limited authority delegated to the President." Another federal lawsuit was filed in D.C. by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a prominent government watchdog group, but the litigation targets the Justice Department and revolves around a Freedom of Information Act request regarding the emergency order. The organization contends that Trump's administration failed to show the legal authority of his national declaration by refusing to cough over documents requested that included communications, including legal opinions, from the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense over whether Trump had the authority to declare an emergency to build a wall. Details: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...ts/2882729002/
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Background on The Leader of the Esteemed Opposition
I know the Washington Post tacks far to the left, so try to avoid posting articles from it. I promise to avoid posting opinion pieces without flagging them as such and providing my take. I have avoided their opinion pieces as I find them to be as shrill and hopelessly biased as corresponding commentary from the right.
Please find below a link to an article about how raising five kids close in age shaped her political persona. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...streads&wpmm=1 My thoughts are four daughters with the oldest three born a year apart. Yikes!!! Then a son. (You poor fellow.) And finally, the baby girl to make five kids born in six years. And this woman still found time to become a force in San Francisco Democratic politics. I have profound respect for any woman who could pull this off and note that she needs little sleep. |
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If you do link a Washington Post article again, can you copy the pertinent parts?
The WP is one of the few papers which requires you to pay to view and I don't think many of us would pay to view a few articles a month. |
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I'm sorry. I had forgotten about that. I wound up subscribing to get the science news. It turns out our local paper uses Washington Post for much of its content. But I do live in one of the most left leaning area of the country.
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Trump tells European countries to take back IS fighters
President Trump has told the UK and other European allies to take back and put on trial more than 800 Daesh (IS) group fighters captured in the final battle against the group.
His tweet comes as US-backed Kurdish forces continue an assault on the last pocket of IS territory on the Syrian side of the Iraqi border. The IS fighters are being held by the Kurdish-led forces. Mr Trump added that the IS caliphate was "ready to fall." "The US does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. We do so much, and spend so much - Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing", he said in a tweet. Otherwise, he said, the US would be forced to release them. Details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47269887 [EDIT]Trump is right, UK must take back Isis fighters – ex-British army chief A former head of the British army has said Donald Trump is right to say British Islamic State fighters held in Syria should be brought back to the UK because they are the UK’s responsibility. Gen Lord Dannatt said it was important they are seen to be treated fairly to help prevent others being radicalised and to set an example to the rest of the world. He told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “Usually I disagree with Donald Trump, but on this occasion I think he’s right. Details: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ish-army-chief
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