Tuesday 31 July 2018

Trump rejects conservative Koch donor network

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Trump rejects conservative Koch donor network

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the powerful Koch-led donor network as "globalist" and "a total joke," rejecting the conservative group amid reports that the network was shifting away from him over trade and immigration issues.

Calmer winds bring hope in battle against deadly California blaze

Some 36,000 firefighters struggling against one of the most destructive wildfires in California's history hoped calmer winds on Tuesday would allow them to make more progress in carving out buffers to contain the blaze.

Four people, including boy, killed in New York City shooting

Four people, including a young boy, were shot and killed on Monday in a New York City apartment, police said.

Calmer winds help firefighters battling deadly California blaze

An army of firefighters in northern California gained ground on Monday against a wildfire that has killed six people and caused far more devastation over the past week than any of the scores of blazes raging across the tinder-dry American West this summer.

Ron Dellums, U.S. lawmaker who led push for sanctions against South Africa, dead at 82

Former California congressman Ron Dellums, who first won election to Capitol Hill as an anti-Vietnam War candidate and later led a 15-year effort to enact U.S. sanctions against South Africa's apartheid government, died on Monday at age 82.

U.S. states make last-minute legal bid to halt 3-D online guns

Several U.S. states said on Monday that they would jointly sue the Trump administration in a last-ditch effort to block the public from being able to download blueprints for 3-D printable guns.

Chipotle shuts Ohio restaurant after reports of illness

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has shut a restaurant in Ohio following reports of customers falling sick after eating there, the burrito chain said on Monday.

U.S senators call for investigation of road toll systems vendor

Two U.S. senators on Monday asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate an electronic toll systems vendor, accusing the company of mismanaging road toll systems in several states.

Trump administration eyes capital gains tax cut for wealthy: NY Times

The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut to wealthy Americans by allowing taxpayers to account for inflation while determining capital gains tax liabilities, the New York Times reported on Monday.

Accused gunman in Annapolis newsroom shootings pleads not guilty

The man accused of shooting five people to death last month at a newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, entered a plea of not guilty on Monday to all 23 felony charges against him, including five counts of first-degree murder.

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