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News budget for Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Updated at 8 pm EDT (0000 UTC)
Adds USRUSSIA-HACKING-DEMOCRATS: NY, CALIF-VICEMAYOR-PRIDE: LA, PLAYGROUND-CRASH: MS
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^ Trump makes new spending demands at NATO summit, hurts Germany <
TRUMP-NATO-2ND-LEDE: LA – President Donald Trump defended the NATO summit on Wednesday, as many allies had feared, claiming that Germany "is totally controlled by" and "captive to Russia" and inflating his demands that alliance members spend more on defense at an unrealistic level.
A brutal and unexpected attack on Germany, the main European power, overshadowed the so-called alliance alliance and the commitment of its NATO allies to share values and a common defense against Russian aggression.
1700 (with trimmings) by Eli Stokols Brussels. PROPOSED
^ After Trump's new tariff threat, China could either blink or widen the trade war <
USCHINA-TARIFFS-1ST-LEDE: THE – The latest tariff threat of President Donald Trump against China, on imports $ 200 billion, significantly increases the stakes for Beijing and could push the two countries' trade war beyond the tit-to-tat tasks seen up here.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday that the nation would act "with the necessary countermeasures," but did not say that the government would respond proportionately, as it did promptly by the past. The pause in tightrope politics reflects the dilemma that Beijing faces today
1400 (with moldings) from Don Lee in Dandong, China and Jim Puzzanghera in Washington. PROPOSED
^ Fox Strikes $ 32.5 Billion for Sky TV Service, Top of Comcast's Bid <
FOX-SKYTV: LA – 21st Century Fox by Rupert Murdoch climbed Wednesday with a higher bid for Sky $ 32.5 billion. The move was designed to keep the popular satellite television service out of the hands of Fox's competitor, Comcast Corp.
The battle on Sky is just a front in a bigger tug to determine which American media company – Comcast or Walt Disney Co. – wins the bulk of Fox's entertainment badets. But in the meantime, Fox and Comcast are trying to outsmart each other for Sky.
550 by Meg James in Los Angeles. (Moved as a story of business.) PROPOSED
^ In a speech, Kavanaugh congratulated Rehnquist for his dissent in Roe against Wade and for supporting the school prayer.
SCOTUS-KAVANAUGH-REHNQUIST: LA – Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, The President of the Supreme Court, Donald Trump, delivered a revealing speech last fall in which he praised the former judge in Chief William H. Rehnquist for his dissent in Roe against Wade and for rejecting the notion of "wall of separation between church and state". 19659002] He also praised the Chief Justice's unsuccessful efforts to reject the so-called "exclusionary rule", which prohibits the police from using illegally obtained evidence.
The three areas of law are abortion, religion and the police. He is likely to be in change if Kavanaugh is confirmed and joined the Supreme Court this fall.
1200 (with trimmings) by David G. Savage in Washington. PROPOSED
^ Kavanaugh reveals modest badets, but net worth may be higher
SCOTUS-KAVANAUGH-ASSETS: BLO – Brett Kavanaugh, a US Supreme Court nominee, has listed two badets of the United States. a maximum value of $ 65,000.
Kavanaugh's modest disclosed badets are a departure from many of the incumbent judges, who report badets in the millions of dollars, and the cabinet and staff of President Donald Trump. The White House ethics team said that these people had filed "probably the most complex financial disclosures in the history of any presidential administration."
650 by Bill Allison in Washington. PROPOSED
^ Brett Kavanaugh's opponents hope that a MeToo link will derail the nomination <
SCOTUS-KAVANAUGH-METOO: WA – Supreme Court opponents Brett Kavanaugh unveiled Wednesday a new line of 39 – attack – whether Kavanaugh, as In the early 1990s, Judge Alex Kozinski was aware of Kozinski's alleged badual harbadment against his colleagues.
Kozinski suddenly retired last December after several women, including former clerks and a retired federal judge, accused him of abusing him. Kavanaugh worked for Kozinski from 1990 to 1991.
750 by Stuart Leavenworth in Washington. PROPOSED
^ For Paul Manafort, an extremely comfortable life behind bars <
MANAFORT: LA – When former campaign president Donald Trump wants to call his prison attorneys, he did not not to line up on a public phone. He just takes the private line in his cell
Paul Manafort does not wear either orange jumpsuit or other prison uniform. He has his own laptop, with an extension cord. Not to mention the private toilet and shower.
Prison accommodations are luxurious enough for Manafort to brag about its "VIP" treatment during a recorded phone call. The conversation and other details of his imprisonment were cited by prosecutors in an unusual court filing aimed at convincing the judge to dismiss Manafort's request to delay his trial, which is scheduled to begin on July 25.
Megerian in Washington. PROPOSED
^ Why the Government Missed the Deadline for Reuniting Immigrant Families <
IMMIGRATION: Criminal background checks, DNA tests, evictions, illnesses and cumbersome communication between three federal agencies and more of sub-agencies delayed Reunification of separated immigrant families at the border
The Trump administration was to reunite 102 children under 5 with their parents by Tuesday, according to a deadline imposed by a judge federal government in California. He still did not say how many were actually reunited, but figures released on Tuesday indicated that only four children had been reunited.
800 by Kate Irby in Washington. MOVED
^ Trump's trade policies get a reduction in the Senate <
SENATE-TRADE-1ST-LEDE: CON – Senators delivered a bipartisan, non-binding speech on President Donald Trump's trade policy Wednesday, 88-11 to express support for the authority of Congress on presidential decisions to impose tariffs for reasons of national security.
The motion was introduced by GOP Sens Bob Corker of Tennessee and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania
500 by Kellie Mejdrich in Washington. CDC joins investigation into "sonic attacks" in Cuba and China.
USDIPLOMATS-CDC: WA – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Joined the Investigation into Incidents That Injured US Diplomats and Confused Ambbadador Kenneth Merten, Undersecretary Deputy State Deputy, said Wednesday at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House that the CDC has joined a working group created by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. who investigates unexplained health incidents.
500 by Franco Ordonez in Washington. MOVED
^ Democrats House accuse GOP colleagues to interfere in the probe Mueller, obsessed with the FBI agent's love affair [<19659002] ^ USRUSSIA-HACKING-DEMOCRATS: NY- <Two Democrats Upper House accused their Republican colleagues of deliberately trying to interfere in the Mueller investigation by ignoring Russian electoral interference and spending an inappropriate time interviewing a former FBI agent on his extramarital affair.
In a dreadful letter, representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York and Elijah Cummings of Maryland called their Peter Strzok, an FBI agent under surveillance for texting criticizing President Donald Trump to his former colleague and lover Lisa Page during the campaign.
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^ Paul Ryan defends Jim Jordan while another wrestler advanced allegations <
CONGRESS-JORDAN-RYAN: CON – House Speaker Paul D. Ryan defended Ohio Jim Jordan Wednesday as Jordan faces allegations
Ryan said he spoke with Jordan last weekend, while Jordan's nephew, a wrestler at the University of Wisconsin, had been killed in a car accident
. wrestlers at Ohio State University that he ignored the stories of badual abuse by the team doctor, Dr. Richard Strauss. Jordan was an badistant wrestling coach from 1986 to 1994.
350 by Eric Garcia in Washington. PROPOSED
^ Congressional Ethics Office Receives New Complaints About Nunes Wine Business, Financial Disclosures <
CONGRESSES-NUNES: EN – Two Organizations Sent Letters to the Office of the Congressional Ethics, Calling for an Investigation into the Business of Representative Devin Nunes
The Campaign for Accountability alleged that Nunes, a Republican from California and the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, may have violated federal law by omitting provide information on its financial disclosure forms.
600 by Mackenzie Mays in Fresno, California (Moved as a Washington story.) PROPOSED
^ Lawyers for 8 Guantanamo detainees say that the war has changed enough to let them go
GUANTANAMO-PRISONNIERS: MI – Lawyers for eight prisoners at the Guantanamo Detention Center accused of crimes Wednesday asked a federal judge to rule that their share of the "war forever" is over and that it is time to let them go.
District Judge Thomas Hogan openly asked if he could reinterpret the judgments of the superior courts on laws applicable to non-citizens held in offshore military detention centers. But he agreed with the prisoners' attorneys that the Guantanamo prisoners were detained as long as some convicted criminals served "very serious sentences" in the United States.
950 by Carol Rosenberg in Washington. PROPOSED
^ The shadow of Pruitt may subsist on the EPA as polls continue [<19659002] EPA-PROBES: CON - The former director of the EPA scandalized by the scandal Scott Pruitt can no longer work at the agency. An investigation by the Government's Monitoring and Reform Committee that uncovered detrimental allegations about the misuse of staff by Pruitt, numerous audits of EPA's general inspectors on his travel expenses, the cloud of Pruitt on the EPA is expected to persist multiple probes pour through the remainder of 2018.
650 by Jeremy Dillon in Washington. PROPOSED
^ Russia has not started vigorous election piracy efforts in 2018, according to a Trump administration official.
ELECTIONS-SECURITY-RUSSIA: BLO – The United States has seen no sign of renewed energy "The intelligence community has not yet seen any evidence of A robust campaign to alter our electoral infrastructure in the direction of 2016 or influence the composition of the House or Senate, "he added. Said Christopher Krebs, under-secretary at the National Protection and Programs Branch of the Department of Homeland Security, during a hearing before the House.
250 by Alexa Green in New York. (Moved as a Washington story.) PROPOSED
^ Democrats hold global advantage in competing house races <
HOUSE-MIDTERMS-DEMOCRATS: BLO – Democrats have more voters as Republicans in 14 of the most competitive districts that have had primaries up here, signaling the readiness of the party's base to face Donald Trump in the first mid-term election of his presidency.
While turnout figures are positive for the party, they do not indicate a decisive advantage in the November congressional elections that will determine whether the Democrats are getting a majority in the House.
The advantage does not spread equally. The Democrats got more votes than the Republicans in only half of the 14 districts, and they will have to win in many of these places to win at least 23 seats in the US House to take control of the House.
) by John McCormick in Chicago. PROPOSED
^ Charlotte is gaining momentum for the GOP 2020 convention, officials say <
GOP-CONVENTION-CHARLOTTE: CH – As the Republican National Committee is approaching a decision on the GOP where to host the GOP 2020 presidential convention, several sources say the momentum It seems that it is with Charlotte
"Everything suggests that Charlotte is the main candidate and that the people who are related to it believe that & # 39; It's coming, but it's not finalized, "McClatchy told a Republican official familiar with the procedure. by Jim Morrill, Steve Harrison and Katie Glueck in Charlotte, NC MOVED
^ Parkland shooter himself sent text messages on wanting to "shoot everyone", brother says <
FLA-SCHOOLSHOOTING-1ST-LEDE : FL – Before engaging Nikolas Cruz sent text messages to himself about how he intended to "shoot everyone," said his brother to a detective a few hours later the attack of high school Marjory Stoneman Douglas
. Cruz, 18, said he found the messages by scrolling through his brother's phone, and although he was surprised, he did not report them to the police because he thought his brother was not serious. 19659002] 1250 (with trimmings) by Skyler Swisher and Lisa J. Huriash in Fort Lauderdale, Florida PROPOSED
^ Parkland students who survived the federal file shootings [<19659002] FLA-SCHOOLSHOOTING-LAWSUIT: FL - Broward MPs Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School violated the constitutional rights of survivors of the February school mbadacre by not arresting Nikolas Cruz when he showed up on campus with a murder in his mind, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday .
150 by Rafael Olmeda in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
^ 911 may have caused fatal delays in Parkland shooting <
FLA-SCHOOLSHOOTING-911: FL – When 911 callers reported shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. . 14, the Coral Springs operators forwarded their information to a regional dispatch center, a process that could have led to fatal delays in police intervention
The two-step reporting system was the result of Coral's decision Springs not to regroup in 2013 from 911 service in Broward County. Parkland relies on Coral Springs for 911 services and the Sheriff's Office for Law Enforcement.
650 by David Fleshler and Stephen Hobbs in Fort Lauderdale, FL MOVED
^ Nevada's execution is halted after the drug company stopped it] NEVADA-EXECUTION: LA – Few hours prior to his killing, a convicted killer was spared on Wednesday when a Nevada judge granted an injunction requested by the manufacturer of a sedative who was at the center of several botched executions. 19659002] Scott Dozier was to die Wednesday night at Ely State Prison.
900 (with trimmings) by David Montero in Carson City, Nev.MONDE
^ 'Return to Mexico': Arrest made brutally 92-year-old man beaten <
MAN- BEATEN: LA – Authorities arrested a woman suspected of being involved in the badault of a 92-year-old man on July 4th.
Detectives arrested Laquisha Jones at 10 pm Tuesday, near 60th Street and Crenshaw Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Jones, 30, was arrested for badault with a deadly weapon
400 by Brittny Mejia in Los Angeles. PROPOSED
^ The protesters demand the expulsion of the califal official who claimed the month of the "cal 9 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39. right pride & # 39;
CALIF-VICEMAYOR-PRIDE: LA – A Newspaper column in which a Central Valley City official preached "right pride" for wearing "bells wings" and "game boots" he sparked indignation and claimed his removal from the office.
Tuesday night, hundreds of residents – rippling rainbow flags – packed council chambers in Dixon. Calls for the resignation of Deputy Mayor Ted Hickman, whose comments have been widely regarded as homophobic.
700 by Brittny Mejia in Los Angeles. PROPOSED
Arrest of an armed man in the XXXTentacion case, the sheriff's office says that one of the gunmen involved in the badbadination of rapper XXXTentacion was arrested on June 18 said Wednesday the office of the sheriff of Broward.
Investigators say that Michael Boatwright, 22, is one of two armed suspects who wore masks and confronted Jahseh Onfroy, nicknamed XXXTentacion, when he was killed on June 18th.
500 by Wayne K. Roustan and Linda Trischitta Fort Lauderdale, Florida MOVES
^ Missouri armed man surrenders after spending five hours in front of his dead body at home
MOBILE SUPPORT: SL – A clash Five o'clock ended Wednesday when an armed man flew over a dead woman. A woman on a porch from a Jefferson County home surrendered to sheriff's deputies.
Sheriff Dave Marshak said that the negotiators arrested the man after he agreed to surrender peacefully. During the test, the gunman would leave no officer near the body
500 by Kim Bell and Christine Byers at Cedar Hill Lakes, MO.
^ UC opens the door to a record number of Californians, led by the University of California opened its doors to a record number of Californians for the fall of 2018, due to the growth of students from transfer of the entire state, according to preliminary data released Wednesday.
The nine undergraduate campuses of the University of Public Research hosted 95,654 Californians, nearly 3,000 more students than last year. Overall, UC admitted about three-fifths of the 221,788 students from California, non-state and international students who applied.
1050 (with trimmings) by Teresa Watanabe in Los Angeles. MOVED
^ Fleeing the driver in a field accident between a quick guilty plea, accepts a harsher sentence
^ PLAYGROUND-CRASH: MS- <The Minneapolis man fleeing the police who s' was crushed in a playground and seriously injured two young brothers and sisters guilty plea on Wednesday and accepted a harsher sentence.
Kabaar W. Powell Jr., 27, pleaded guilty in the Hennepin County District Court to two crimes. One of them was aimed at fleeing the police and causing serious bodily harm to two year old Kayden Peltier. The other was for having fled and caused substantial bodily injury to his 3 year old brother or sister. He had faced five charges
550 by Rochelle Olson in Minneapolis. PROPOSED
^ 5 things: A civic education lesson about Puerto Rico after the man speaks of the flag of the woman T-shirt, questions of citizenship <
PUERTORICO-5THINGS: TB – In One of the highlights of the video A woman in a Chicago forest reserve for wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag asks, "Are you a citizen?"
Viral video, from a city with a large and famous Puerto Rican community, points out what many already know: There are many people who need a lesson in civic education on the autonomous territory.
1100 by Morgan Greene in Chicago. PROPOSED
^ Officials vote to dissolve agency accused of delivering faded water to Compton
COMPTON-WATER: LA – Authorities voted Wednesday to dissolve water district Los Angeles County Sativa Los Angeles The unanimous vote of the LA County Local Agencies Training Commission, which oversees special districts such as Sativa, launches a long process to get rid of a water district accused of delivering smelly water, mismanagement, nepotism
650 by Angel Jennings and Ruben Vives in Los Angeles. The Griffith Observatory will remain closed after the bushfire has burned the park [<19659002] LAFIRE: LA - The LA Griffith Observatory will remain closed Wednesday after a 25-acre bushfire has burned hills at Griffith Park a day earlier. ] 200 by Javier Panzar in Los Angeles. PROPOSED
^ A veteran of the NFL & # 39; Pacman & # 39; Jones badaulted at Atlanta Airport, police say:
FBN-JONES-ASSAULT: AT-NFL veteran Adam "Pacman" Jones was badaulted by an employee of the International Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, the police said.
200 by Campbell Lutz in Atlanta. (Moved as a sports story.) PROPOSED
^ Tears flow as Thai boys and parents see each other for the first time since cave rescue <19659002 THAILAND-CELLAR: LA – Twelve boys and their coach saved A flooded cave in northern Thailand has made signs of victory on the brink of their hospital beds on Wednesday.
Thai authorities broadcast the first images Wednesday of Thai boys rescued with their trainer after being stranded in an underground complex flooded for days. tightly controlled event designed to protect children from the attention of the media and showcase immaculate hospital facilities.
950 by Robyn Dixon and Sasiwan Mokkhasen in Chiang Rai, Thailand. PROPOSED
^ THAILAND-CELLAR: NY- <650 by Jessica Schladebeck. PROPOSED
^ Once denounced as a political threat, Lopez Obrador is now the darling of Mexico <
MEXICO-LOPEZ-OBRADOR: LA – In just over a week he was denounced as a threat to stability, a Mexican incarnation of the late Venezuelan leftist fan Hugo Chavez, to be the darling of Mexico.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, elected president this month, enjoys a singular and exuberant honeymoon – though he only takes office as 1.
Since election day, a festival of 39; public love has enveloped the man known as AMLO, for his initials, or El Peje, after a freshwater fish native to the state of Tabasco, the president of the future. subtropical domestic grbad.
1200 (with trimmings) by Patrick J. McDonnell in Mexico City. PROPOSED
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^ US goes after naturalized immigrants with criminal records <
^ IMMIGRATION-CITIZENSHIP: MI- <Thousands of citizens and legal residents of the United States can be subject to denaturalization and deportation for past offenses, some of which occurred decades ago.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend more than $ 200 million on permanent residents. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement will hire 300 agents and a large number of additional employees as part of the agency's proposed budget for fiscal year 2019.
The goal The main one is to identify people who have ordered deportation: those who have been deported have obtained citizenship or legal residence under different identities.
2150 (with plate) by Adiel Kaplan in Miami. PROPOSED
^ Scientists attempt to create more resistant corals to survive in the oceans [<19659002] ^ ENV-CORAL-CLIMATECHANGE: LA- <For generations, marine biologists working on a 360-mile coral reef Florida has not bothered the fragile kaleidoscope of marine habitat so critical to the local ecosystem and a multi-billion dollar tourism economy.
But as global warming quickly brings the natural wonder to the brink of extermination, scientists are abandoning their approach of non-intervention. in favor of a once unthinkable strategy: an intervention to manipulate the natural balance of the reef
1750 (with trimmings) by Evan Halper. PROPOSED
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