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to low-income consumers, reducing their copays and deductibles.
Administration officials say the decision could come any day.
Associated Press
Kelly wins praise across the aisle,
but bigger task is ahead
WASHINGTON — Raised voices could be heard through the
thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly — then secretary of
Homeland Security — offered some tough talk to President Don-
ald Trump.
Kelly, a whip-cracking retired general
who was sworn in as White House chief of
staff on Monday, had demanded to speak to
the president alone after Trump complained
loudly that the U.S. was admitting travelers
from countries he viewed as high risk.
Kelly first tried to explain to Trump that
the admissions were standard — some peo-
ple had legitimate reasons to visit the country
— but the president insisted that it was mak-
John
ing him look bad, according to an adminis-
Kelly
tration official familiar with the exchange
about a month ago. Kelly then demanded
that other advisers leave the room so he could speak to the presi-
dent frankly. Trump refused at first, but agreed when Kelly insisted.
It was an early indication that Kelly, a decorated retired Marine
general who served three tours in Iraq, is not afraid to stand up to
his commander-in-chief.
Tapped to bring order to a chaotic West Wing, Kelly began to
make his mark immediately on Monday, ousting newly appointed
communications director Anthony Scaramucci and revising a dys-
functional command structure that has bred warring factions. From
now on, said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sand-
ers, all senior staffers — including the president’s son-in-law Jared
Kushner and chief strategist Steve Bannon — will report to Kelly
instead of the president.
Kelly “will bring new structure, discipline and strength” to the
White House, Sanders said.
Trump on tricky legal ground
with ‘Obamacare’ threat
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threat to stop
billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force
the collapse of “Obamacare” could put the government in a tricky
legal situation.
Legal experts say he’d be handing insurers a solid court case,
while undermining his own leverage to compel Democrats to
negotiate, especially if premiums jump by 20 percent as expected
after such a move.
“Trump thinks he’s holding all the cards. But Democrats know
what’s in his hand, and he’s got a pair of twos,” said University of
Michigan law professor Nicholas Bagley. Democrats “aren’t about
to agree to dismantle the Affordable Care Act just because Trump
makes a reckless bet.”
For months, the president has been threatening to stop payments
that reimburse insurers for providing required financial assistance
Study in Washington state
suggests pot use relieves stress
SPOKANE, Wash. — Perhaps the Dude was onto something.
Scientists at Washington State University have found evi-
dence that regular marijuana users stay more relaxed in stressful
situations.
The study found that daily cannabis users were significantly
calmer than non-users when subjected to a barrage of stress tests.
That’s even though all the participants were sober on the day of
testing.
The Spokesman-Review reports that the WSU study looked at
whether a heavy cannabis user would experience stress-relieving
or stress-inducing effects after a high wears off.
The Dude was the pot-smoking hero of the movie “The Big
Lebowski.”
Researchers say the findings are consistent with a growing body
of literature that indicates chronic cannabis use is associated with
dulled adrenal and emotional reactivity. The study was published
recently in the journal Psychopharmacology.
President Donald Trump says
he won’t stay off social media
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may be trying
for a reset in the West Wing, but he is making clear that he is not
changing his twitter habit.
On Twitter today, Trump said: “Only the Fake News Media and
Trump enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million
people). Only way for me to get the truth out!”
The tweet came one day after retired Gen. John Kelly took over
as Trump’s new chief of staff. Tapped to bring order to the cha-
otic West Wing, Kelly quickly made his presence known on Mon-
day — ousting newly appointed communications director Anthony
Scaramucci and revising the command structure so that all senior
staffers report to him.
Those moves were praised Monday by Trump allies and law-
makers, who expressed hope that Kelly would help stem internal
conflicts and advance a policy agenda after six months of tumult.
But less clear is how much control Kelly will have over Trump’s
predilection for sowing conflict and making off-the-cuff comments
on social media.
Police take two Venezuela
opposition leaders from homes
CARACAS, Venezuela — Two of Venezuela’s leading opposi-
tion figures were taken from their homes in the middle of the night
by state security agents today, in President Nicolas Maduro’s first
moves against his enemies since a widely denounced vote giving
his government nearly unlimited powers.
The wife of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez posted what
appeared to be video of him being taken from their home after
midnight.
“They’ve just taken Leopoldo from the house,” Lilian Tintori
wrote on Twitter. “We don’t know where he is or where they’re tak-
ing him.”
Allies of former Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma posted video
online of a man who appeared to be the opposition leader being
taken by state security as a woman screams for help for neighbors.
“They’re taking Ledezma!” she cries. “It’s a dictatorship!”
North Korea’s evolving ways
to get what it wants and needs
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has been condemned
and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food,
fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades.
How does the small, isolated country keep getting what it wants
and needs?
Some put its success down to the extraordinary nuclear black-
mail skills of a country whose leaders could be buying food instead
of bombs and missiles. Some see the willingness of outsiders to
help people in desperate need, regardless of how odious the gov-
ernment that rules them is, and others credit the feeling in South
Korea that aid could improve ties.
North Korea has had gradual economic growth in recent years
and doesn’t appeal for foreign humanitarian assistance as much
as it did in the past. Despite multiple rounds of U.N. sanctions,
its leader, Kim Jong Un, has defiantly pushed his scientists to
develop nuclear-tipped missiles capable of reaching the U.S. heart-
land. It test-launched two intercontinental ballistic missile in the
past month, and once Kim perfects such weapons, he may to try to
extract bigger concessions from Washington.
An examination of how a country that frustrates and infuriates
much of the world manages to get what it wants:
Defiance that made Arizona
sheriff popular led to downfall
PHOENIX — The political defiance that made Joe Arpaio pop-
ular and seemingly untouchable as metro Phoenix’s sheriff of 24
years ultimately led to his downfall as he was convicted of a crime
for ignoring a U.S. court order to stop traffic patrols that targeted
immigrants.
The TV interviews and news releases that the media-savvy law-
man used over the years to promote his immigration crackdowns
came back to bite him. The judge who found him guilty of mis-
demeanor contempt of court cited comments Arpaio made about
keeping up the patrols, even though he knew he was not allowed.
“Not only did defendant abdicate responsibility, he announced
to the world and to his subordinates that he was going to continue
business as usual no matter who said otherwise,” U.S. District
Judge Susan Bolton wrote.
The verdict Monday marked a final rebuke for a politician who
once drew strong support from such crackdowns but was booted
from office last year as voters got frustrated with his deepening
legal troubles and headline-grabbing tactics.
Drones: Cost less than $5,000 TIMBERLANDS CLOSED
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Lewis & Clark Timberlands
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But drones were still allowed
for select scientific purposes.
The two drones used by
NOAA, one with six propel-
lers and the other with four,
are valued at less than $5,000
combined.
Researchers needed a range
of signatures from various fed-
eral agencies, both in the region
and Washington, D.C., before
the project could begin. More
than a year later, the drones
were airborne.
The drones mark one of the
methods being used to track
progress by those involved
with the creek area’s resto-
ration efforts.
In the early 20th century,
dam construction and cow
grazing decimated the native
plant species in the area,
located just off Fort Clatsop
Road south of the park’s visi-
tor center and across from the
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Joe Aga with Ryka UAS does a final check on a drone be-
fore it flies over Colewort Creek in the Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park to map plant species in the area.
Lewis and Clark River. Proj-
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