Новости за 16.12.2017

Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious UFO Program
New York Times
WASHINGTON — In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find. Which was how the Pentagon wanted it. For years, the program investigated ...
Pentagon secretly set up program to investigate UFOs at Harry Reid's urging, reports sayFox News
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President Trump claims the FBI is tainted and its reputation in tatters. This graph shows he's wrong.
Washington Post
“It's a shame what's happened with the FBI,” President Trump told reporters yesterday, “really, really disgraceful.” He was building on criticisms he'd levied earlier this month, when he labeled the Federal Bureau of Investigation “tainted” and said ...
Trump lets off steam on a cloudy Friday in DCCNN
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Report: Trump Bans 'Transgender,' 'Fetus,' 'Science-Based' From CDC Documents
HuffPost
In an astonishing order, the Trump administration has banned the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using seven words — including “fetus,” “transgender,” “diversity” and “science-based” — in any documents used to prepare the ...
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversityWashington Post
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Female congressional candidate leaves race after sexual harassment allegations resurface
Washington Post
A Democratic candidate hoping to flip a hotly contested congressional seat in Kansas has dropped out of the race after allegations that she sexually harassed a male subordinate resurfaced during her campaign. Andrea Ramsey, 57, who was running to ...
Female Congressional Candidate Ends Run After She Is Accused Of Sexual HarassmentNPR
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Republicans' $1.5 Trillion Tax Plan Appears on Track to Pass Next Week
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers appeared to secure enough votes on Friday to pass the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades, putting them on the cusp of their first significant legislative victory as leaders geared up to pass a $1.5 trillion tax cut ...
Republicans have votes to pass tax plan after Rubio, Corker pledge supportWashington Post
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Trump's push to fill courts with conservative judges hits first speed bump
Washington Post
President Trump's aggressive push to fill scores of federal court vacancies with conservative judges hit severe turbulence this week, as he was forced to withdraw two nominees and an embarrassing video went viral showing a third struggling to answer ...
Trump's judge pick had a very bad dayCNN
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Doug Jones, eager to speak for the South, embraces the spotlight
Washington Post
Doug Jones, weeks away from taking office as Alabama's first Democratic senator since 1996, is not done talking about his win. On Wednesday, as national TV cameras rolled, he spent 26 minutes talking about his goals for 2018. On Thursday, he talked to ...
Democrats Could Claim a New American Majority. Will They?New York Times
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What's Next After the Repeal of Net Neutrality
New York Times
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to discard so-called net neutrality rules that prevented broadband providers from slowing sites or demanding payments from them for fast delivery. The decision opens the door for very different ...
Did the FCC just take the Net back to 2014?USA TODAY
What's next for net neutrality, and when will we see change?NBCNews.com
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