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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press House panel opens investigation of ex-Trump aide Porter WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to know how former presidential aide Rob Porter was allowed to work at the White House under an interim security clearance — despite allegations of spousal abuse. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Govern- ment Reform, sent letters to the FBI and White House today as his panel opened an investi- gation into the matter. Porter, the president’s staff secretary, resigned last week after his two ex-wives came forward with allegations of abuse. House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked today about how the White House has handled the Porter allegations, and whether President Don- ald Trump needs to publicly condemn domes- tic violence. “Clearly, we all should be condemning domestic violence,” Ryan told reporters. “And if a person who commits domestic violence gets in the government, then there’s a breakdown in the system. There’s a breakdown in the vetting sys- tem and that breakdown needs to be addressed.” Ryan’s comments and word of the House probe come a day after the FBI contradicted the White House over the Porter accusations. The FBI said it gave the Trump administration infor- mation on multiple occasions last year about Porter and that the investigation wrapped up in January. That account by FBI Director Christopher Wray challenged the White House assertion that Porter’s background “investigation was ongoing” and officials first learned the extent of accusations against him only last week, just before he abruptly resigned. The weeklong fallout from the allegations against Porter has thrown the West Wing into chaos not seen since the earliest months of the administration and has sparked new rounds of recriminations inside the White House. Romney to launch Senate campaign Thursday SALT LAKE CITY — Former GOP pres- idential nominee Mitt Romney will announce Thursday that he’s running for the Utah Sen- ate seat held by retiring Orrin Hatch, three people with direct knowledge of the plan con- firmed today. The former Republican presidential can- didate will release an online video Thursday announcing he’s running for the seat. His first public appearance as a Senate candidate will be Friday night at a county Republican party dinner in Provo. Romney, a former Massachusetts gover- nor and one of the most famous Mormons, is expected to easily win the Senate seat in Utah, which is heavily Mormon. The 70-year-old Republican moved to Utah after losing the 2012 presidential elec- tion and is very popular in the state. He helped turn around the scandal-plagued 2002 Winter Olympics and has earned broad respect. In addition to his instant name recogni- THE DAILY ASTORIAN AP Photo/Matt Slocum South Korea’s Lee Jingyu (29), of the combined Koreas team, falls as she passes the puck against Haruna Yoneyama (10), of Japan. Rivalry between Koreas, Japan transcends sports GANGNEUNG, South Korea — As South Korea’s national soccer coach prepared to play Japan in a 1954 World Cup qualifier, President Syngman Rhee, who’d been liberated, with the rest of Korea, from Japan’s brutal colonial rule in 1945, had some advice should the Kore- ans lose: “Don’t think about coming back alive,” he supposedly told the coach. “Just throw yourself into the Genkai Sea.” There are sports rivalries, and then there’s Korea vs. Japan — an often toxic mix of vio- lent history and politics, with a (un)healthy dose of cultural chauvinism and envy mixed in. The fierce grudges over historical persecution and a thousand perceived national and cul- tural slights cannot be untwined from the sports for many Koreans. These swirling emotions were front and center today as a combined team of North and South Koreans played regional power Japan in women’s hockey. Both had yet to win a game these Olympics. Both desperately wanted that win to come against their rival. But Japan pulled it out in the end, defeating the joint Korean team 4-1. The two Koreas share much, not least language and culture, but they’ve also been divided for seven decades and are still in a technical state of war. Just weeks ago, there were real fears of military conflict here. More than any temporary cooperation on the hockey ice, then, it may be their shared hatred of Japan — and the near universal perception that Tokyo has never fully apologized for or acknowledged its colonial evils — that joins them most forcefully. The last time the Koreas were unified, in fact, was during Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945. The end of World War II saw the division of the peninsula into a U.S.-backed south and Soviet-backed north. tion, Romney has a deep network of fundrais- ers and his own personal wealth to help carry him. During the 2016 presidential election, Romney gave a scathing speech in which he called Trump “a phony” who is “playing the American public for suckers” and a man who was unfit to be president. He softened his stance after Trump won the presidency and put himself forward as a can- didate for secretary of state. But he resumed his criticism last year, calling out the presi- dent for blaming “both sides” following a (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) Israeli leader vows to carry on despite corruption charges JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to carry on today SCHEDULE W EDNESDAY E VENING A deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottes- ville, Virginia. Trump, in turn, had criticized Romney for his failed presidential bids in 2008 and 2012. A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach after police recommended indicting him on corruption charges, angrily dismissing the alle- gations and the critics calling on him to step down. With his coalition partners dutifully lining up behind him, the longtime leader readied himself for a prolonged battle over his politi- cal legitimacy as the attorney general considers whether to ultimately press charges. The police announcement that Netanya- hu’s acceptance of nearly $300,000 in gifts from two billionaires amounted to bribery sent shockwaves through the Israeli political sys- tem and delivered a humiliating blow to Net- anyahu after years of allegations and investi- gations. But it did not appear to immediately threaten his lengthy rule as reaction largely fell along partisan lines. Nearly all of Netanyahu’s Cabinet ministers issued statements of sup- port and his coalition partners all signaled they would stick by him, for now. Though he is not legally compelled to resign, several opposition figures called on Netanyahu to do so to avoid corrupting the office further. Under similar circumstances a decade ago Netanyahu, then the opposition leader, urged then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign after police recommended he be indicted, say- ing a leader “sunk up to his neck in interroga- tions” could not govern properly. Olmert even- tually stepped down and was convicted and imprisoned. White apologizes for comments on sexual misconduct lawsuit PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Shaun White has apologized after dismissing the sex- ual misconduct allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as “gossip” shortly after win- ning his third Olympic gold medal in the men’s halfpipe today. White has been the world’s dominant snow- boarder for more than a decade, winning gold medals in 2006, 2010 and again this year, com- pleting a comeback after finishing fourth in 2014. As White was competing, many on social media resurfaced the details from the lawsuit by a former drummer in White’s rock band, Bad Things. Lena Zawaideh said White sexu- ally harassed her and refused to pay her wages after he fired her. The lawsuit was settled in May for an undisclosed amount. White was asked during a news conference if the allegations might tarnish his reputation. “I’m here to talk about the Olympics, not gossip and stuff,” he said. “I don’t think so.” White later said on NBC’s Today Show he used “a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject.” “I’m just truly sorry,” he said. “I was so overwhelmed with just wanting to talk about how amazing today was and share my experience.” In the lawsuit, Zawaideh said White repeat- edly sexually harassed her, forced her to watch pornography and told her how to get her hair cut. The lawsuit included screengrabs of text messages allegedly sent by White asking about the haircut and suggesting she wear a provoc- ative outfit. Evening listings WEDNESDAY F EBRUARY 14 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Speechless Modern Family Amer. Housewife Match Game (N) KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Jeopardy! 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