2016年5月12日星期四

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Former Trump butler calls for Obama's execution on Facebook

Posted: 12 May 2016 03:12 PM PDT

Former Trump butler calls for Obama's execution on FacebookDonald Trump may have offended plenty of people with his presidential campaign rhetoric, but even the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's foulest language is no match for the harsh words spouted by one of Trump's oldest and most loyal servants. One of several facebook posts by Donald Trump's former butler Anthony Senecal calling for President Obama to be killed.


5 takeaways from the Ryan-Trump meeting

Posted: 12 May 2016 12:55 PM PDT

5 takeaways from Paul Ryan's meeting with Donald TrumpThe House speaker downplays disagreements with the presumptive GOP nominee, but they remain miles apart.


Chicago standoff ends; suspect apparently shot himself

Posted: 12 May 2016 03:32 PM PDT

Chicago SWAT officers gather outside a house after rushing the structure where a murder suspect had barricaded himself and fired shots at officers, on the south side of Chicago on Thursday, May 12, 2016. After hours in a standoff with a man suspected of killing a few people, Chicago Police SWAT officers rushed into the house Thursday afternoon to find the man had apparently shot himself. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — After hours in a standoff with a man suspected of killing three people, Chicago Police SWAT officers rushed into the house Thursday afternoon to find the man had apparently shot himself.


California Dreaming: Clinton sees big win, Sanders an upset

Posted: 12 May 2016 03:33 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participates in a round table discussion with HIV/AIDS activists, Thursday, May 12, 2016, at he campaign headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the primary season's biggest prize in play, Hillary Clinton has fashioned a strategy to reprise her 2008 victory in California when she defeated Barack Obama by running up big margins with Hispanics and women. Bernie Sanders is hoping for an upset to sustain his argument to stay in the race.


San Francisco soda tax backers say measure will be on ballot

Posted: 12 May 2016 03:42 PM PDT

Jesus Alonso, center, holds up a sign between other volunteers after a news conference announcing that San Francisco backers of a tax on sugary beverages have enough signatures to put the measure on the November ballot outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 12, 2016. This would be San Francisco's second attempt in two years trying to put a tax on the highly caloric drinks that some public health advocates say contributes to obesity. A 2014 attempt failed to garner the two-thirds approval needed for a dedicated tax. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a sugary drink tax say the issue will be on San Francisco's November ballot, despite missing a key deadline by one day.


Donald Trump and Paul Ryan deliver unity message after much-hyped meeting

Posted: 12 May 2016 09:29 AM PDT

Donald Trump and Paul Ryan deliver unity message after much-hyped meetingHouse Speaker Paul Ryan and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump expressed hope on Thursday that their fractured party could come together before the general election. The two GOP leaders released a joint statement after a highly anticipated meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. "That is why it's critical that Republicans unite around our shared principles, advance a conservative agenda, and do all we can to win this fall," Ryan and Trump said in the joint statement.


Brazil's Rousseff suspended to face impeachment trial

Posted: 12 May 2016 01:13 PM PDT

Suspended President Dilma Rousseff urged Brazilians to "mobilize" against a "coup", at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on May 12, 2016Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended Thursday to face an impeachment trial, ceding power to her vice president-turned-enemy Michel Temer in a political earthquake ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest nation. Temer quickly pivoted toward a more business-friendly government, naming a cabinet chosen to calm the markets after a paralyzing impeachment battle and steer the country out of its worst recession in decades. Defiant to the end, Brazil's first female president denounced a "coup" aimed at driving her from power, and urged her supporters to mobilize as she braces for an impeachment trial that is set to drag on for months.


Trump: Muslim ban was ‘just a suggestion’

Posted: 12 May 2016 07:00 AM PDT

Trump reversing course on campaign donations"It's a temporary ban," Trump said Wednesday in a Fox News radio interview. "I'd back off on it," he said in a separate interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. "Ultimately, it's my aim to have it lifted," Trump added.


Trump needs unity less than you think

Posted: 12 May 2016 02:00 AM PDT

Trump needs unity less than you thinkYou can imagine what goes through Donald Trump's mind whenever he finds himself dragged to Washington. Chances are Trump views the most powerful figures in Washington much the same way the elite of Silicon Valley and Wall Street do. But here Trump is, arriving today for a Reykjavik-like sit-down with Republican leaders — most notably the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan.


2nd website posts auction for gun that killed Trayvon Martin

Posted: 12 May 2016 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, listens in court, in Sanford, Fla., during his hearing. The pistol former neighborhood watch volunteer Zimmerman used in the fatal shooting of Martin is going up for auction online. The auction begins Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 11 a.m. EDT and the bidding starts at $5,000. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)An online gun auction website yanked George Zimmerman's ad to sell the pistol he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying it wanted no part in the deal, but a second site offered to post ...


James Baker warns about Trump foreign policy

Posted: 12 May 2016 03:15 PM PDT

Republican U.S. presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump speaks to supporters following the results of the Indiana state primary at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New YorkBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place, former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday as the Republican presidential candidate met elsewhere with party congressional leaders. Under questioning from Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a former Trump rival in the presidential race, Baker said the world "would be far less stable" with a weaker NATO or if more countries had nuclear weapons as Trump has proposed.


Max Scherzer ties MLB record with 20 strikeouts against Tigers

Posted: 11 May 2016 06:51 PM PDT

Detroit Tigers v Washington NationalsMax Scherzer struck out 20 Detroit Tigers in a historic performance on Wednesday night.


Trump, Ryan, pledge to work together; endorsement may come

Posted: 12 May 2016 10:28 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2016. Trump and Ryan are sitting down face-to-face for the first time, a week after Ryan stunned Republicans by refusing to back the mercurial billionaire for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan met face to face for the first time as they sought to repair their breach and unify a party torn over Trump's rise to the cusp of the GOP presidential nomination.


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