Новости за 24.08.2017

Hurricane Harvey: Coastal cities in Texas begin evacuating
CNN
(CNN) As Hurricane Harvey gains strength, residents along the Texas coast aren't taking any chances; they're filling sandbags, stocking up on water and boarding up windows. In Corpus Christi, where Harvey will likely make landfall and Mayor Joe McComb ...
Strengthening Harvey forecast to slam Texas coast as first major hurricane in US since 2005Washington Post
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Hostages being held in Charleston shooting, officials say
CNN
(CNN) [Breaking news update, posted at 3:31 p.m. ET]. A "disgruntled employee" who shot and killed a person and wounded another at a Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant was shot and critically wounded, Mayor John Tecklenburg told reporters ...
Mayor: Disgruntled employee shoots 1, takes hostages at Charleston restaurantCBS News
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Trump is starting to tear the GOP apart
Washington Post
President Trump is now openly attacking the GOP leaders of both the House and the Senate. In tweets Thursday morning, he blamed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for having “failed” to replace Obamacare, and he said both McConnell and ...
Trump Can't Win a War on McConnellNational Review
Trump blames fellow Republican leaders for debt ceiling 'mess'Reuters
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The Daily 202: Trump's border wall brinkmanship may leave Republicans in Congress holding the bag
Washington Post
With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve. THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump is doing more damage to the public image of congressional Republican leaders than any Democratic operative could in their wildest dreams. The president's threat to shut down the ...
Odds of a government shutdown rise after Trump threatThe Hill
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The second largest jackpot in Powerball history has a winner
Washington Post
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Powerball announced that a single ticket sold at a convenience store in Chicopee, Mass., was the winner of Wednesday night's $758.7 million jackpot, according to the Powerball website. It was the second largest ...
Here's what holder of single winning Powerball ticket should do firstCBS News
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Harvey Likely to Be First Hurricane to Strike Texas Since 2008
Bloomberg
Harvey, which is set to strengthen into the first hurricane to strike Texas since 2008, forced workers off Gulf of Mexico platforms, sent cotton rallying and has airlines preparing for flight disruptions. Now a tropical storm, Harvey "is expected to ...
Hurricane could hit Texas for 1st time since 2008 as Harvey takes aimCNN
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Powerball-winning ticket for $758.7 million jackpot sold in Massachusetts
Chicago Tribune
One Powerball jackpot-winning ticket has been sold in Massachusetts, officials say, for the massive $758.7 million jackpot, the second-largest in U.S. history. Powerball Product Group Chair Charlie McIntyre says the $758.7 million jackpot is the ...
Winning numbers drawn in $758 million Powerball jackpotNew York Daily News
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'I don't know how it got this bad.' Trump supporters and protesters meet in Phoenix.
Washington Post
PHOENIX — Just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, at an intersection near the convention center where President Trump was scheduled to hold a campaign rally, two vendors hawked products with competing messages. On one side of the street, two men sold Make ...
Fact check: At Phoenix rally, Trump revises history, exaggerates accomplishments and makes false claimsUSA TODAY
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Trump Widens Rift With Congress as Critical Showdowns Loom
New York Times
The border with Mexico in Nogales, Ariz., earlier this year. President Trump threatened to shut down the government to fund a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico. Credit Lucy Nicholson/Reuters. WASHINGTON — President Trump ...
10 things Mitch McConnell probably hates about TrumpWashington Post
Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over RussiaPolitico
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Different Day, Different Audience, and a Completely Different Trump
New York Times
President Trump spoke Wednesday to the national convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nev. Credit Tom Brenner/The New York Times. RENO, Nev. — President Trump reverted to his script as commander in chief here on Wednesday. The morning ...
Within 24 hours, a pair of wildly different Trump speechesWashington Post
After angry rally, Trump calls for healing in NevadaCNN
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Conflict between Trump and Congress escalates as difficult agenda looms
Washington Post
The conflict between President Trump and Congress escalated a day after he threatened to shut down the federal government over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall as well as targeted opponents in Congress, aggravating tensions as a difficult ...
Trump Widens Rift With Congress as Critical Showdowns LoomNew York Times
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