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NATION/WORLD Thursday, July 13, 2017 Lawmakers intend to question Trump campaign chairman WASHINGTON (AP) — Manafort don’t conflict with The scope of congressional any criminal investigation, investigations into Russian and that if conflicts do exist, meddling in the 2016 pres- the senator will “work to find idential contest came into a way for the committee to sharper focus on Wednesday proceed with its oversight as lawmakers said they responsibility.” intended to question the Separately, Rep. Adam former chairman of the Trump Schiff, the top Democrat campaign and to determine on the House intelligence whether Russian social media committee, said his panel “trolls” were connected to wants to look at the use of Trump’s election Russian social efforts. media “trolls” and The Senate Judi- whether they were ciary Committee connected to the plans to question Trump election former campaign campaign. chairman Paul That concern Manafort and is “certainly will subpoena something we him if necessary, want to explore,” according to the along with the panel’s Republican Manafort Trump campaign’s chairman, Sen. data analytics, as Chuck Grassley of Iowa. He part of a broader committee said he and the committee’s investigation into Russian top Democrat, Dianne meddling, Schiff said. Feinstein of California, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared have agreed to try to bring Kushner, oversaw digital Manafort before the panel strategy for the campaign. for questioning about the The lawmakers spoke one government’s enforcement of day after Donald Trump Jr. a law requiring registration of disclosed on Twitter a series foreign lobbyists. Feinstein’s of emails that revealed his office confirmed that they eagerness to hear negative plan to question him. material on Clinton from a Manafort would certainly Russian lawyer. also be asked about his partic- The exchange showed ipation in a Trump Tower Trump Jr. conversing with a meeting last summer with music publicist who wanted President Donald Trump’s him to meet with a “Russian eldest son and son-in-law, government attorney” who where the purpose was to hear supposedly had dirt on potentially damaging infor- Clinton as “part of Russia mation about Hillary Clinton and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” He was from a Russian lawyer. Manafort disclosed the told the Russian government meeting in a package of had information that could information he provided to “incriminate” Clinton and her the Senate and House intelli- dealings with Russia. “I love it,” Trump Jr. said gence committees, who have been investigating potential in one email response. In an interview before coordination between Russia Wednesday and the Trump campaign, as departing is Robert Mueller, the former evening for France, Trump FBI director appointed by told Reuters that he didn’t the Justice Department as the know about the meeting “until a couple of days ago special counsel. “Obviously it would be when I heard about this.” He appropriate for anybody to also said that he didn’t fault get into anything that went on his son for attending. “I think at that meeting, and he was at many people would have held that meeting,” Grassley told that meeting,” he said. Trump also said in a Iowa reporters. A person close to tweet that his son was “open, Manafort said that he hasn’t transparent and innocent” yet received a letter from the and again dismissed the Senate Judiciary Committee ongoing Russia investigation about a possible interview. as the “greatest Witch Hunt in The person spoke on condi- political history.” But Trump also refused to tion of anonymity to discuss Manafort’s private interac- dispute an assertion made by Russian President Vladimir tions with the committee. A spokesman for Grassley Putin that Trump believed said Wednesday afternoon him when he said that Russia that Grassley was working hadn’t meddle in the election with Mueller to ensure during their lengthy meeting that any plans to question in Germany last week. East Oregonian BRIEFLY Trump says he’ll be ‘angry’ if health care bill flops WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will be “very angry” if the Senate fails to pass a revamped Republican health care bill and said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell must “pull it off,” intensifying pressure on party leaders laboring to win over unhappy GOP senators and preserve the teetering measure. Trump’s remarks came a day before McConnell, R-Ky., planned to release his revised legislation to a closed-door meeting of GOP senators. The new legislation would keep most of the initial Medicaid cuts and makes other changes aimed at nailing down support, but internal GOP disputes lingered that were threatening to sink it. With all Democrats set to vote no, McConnell was moving toward a do-or-die roll call next week on beginning debate, a motion that will require backing from 50 of the 52 GOP senators. Conservative Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Wednesday he would oppose the motion and moderate Republican Susan Collins of Maine seemed all but sure to do the same — leaving McConnell with zero margin for error to sustain his party’s goal of toppling President Barack Obama’s health care law. Several other GOP senators were holdouts as well, leaving McConnell and his lieutenants just days to win them over or face a major defeat. FBI nominee rejects Trump claim: Probe no witch hunt WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI broke with the president in key areas Wednesday, rejecting the idea that an investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump election campaign is a “witch hunt” and promising not to cave to any pressure from a White House that has challenged boundaries with the nation’s top law enforcement agency. Christopher Wray, the former high-ranking Justice Department official whom Trump nominated last month, told senators at his confirmation hearing that he would never let politics get in the way of the bureau’s mission. And he said he “sure as heck” would not offer a pledge of loyalty to the president. Asserting his independence, he said, “My loyalty is to the Constitution and the rule of law. Those have been my guideposts throughout my career, and I will continue to adhere to them no matter the test.” Wray’s responses seemed to satisfy both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, many of whom signaled their support for him. Wray, 50, would inherit the FBI at a particularly challenging time given Trump’s abrupt dismissal of James Comey, who was admired within the bureau. Yet the hearing, the first public window into Wray’s views since his selection, was largely devoid of fireworks in keeping with what friends and supporters have described as the nominee’s low-key, disciplined style. His reserved approach could bode well for the agency at a time when its work has been thrust into the center of a political maelstrom. After Trump dismissed Comey on May 9, the ex-FBI director said that the president had asked him to pledge his loyalty during a dinner at the White House months earlier. He also said Trump had encouraged him to end an investigation into the former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Wray said he got no demand for personal loyalty, nor would he pledge it. Scientists say massive iceberg has broken off in Antarctica One of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, a trillion-ton behemoth more than seven times the size of New York City, has broken off of Antarctica, triggering disagreement among scientists over whether global warming is to blame. The event, captured by satellite, happened sometime in the past few days when the giant chunk snapped off an ice shelf. While such “calving” of icebergs is not unusual, this is an especially big one. It covers an area of roughly 2,300 square miles, more than twice the size of Luxembourg. Its volume is twice that of Lake Erie, according to Project MIDAS, a research group based in Britain. It broke loose from the Larsen C ice shelf, which scientists had been monitoring for months as they watched a crack grow more than 120 miles long. Scientists say global warming has caused a thinning of such shelves, but they differ on whether the latest event can be blamed on climate change. The iceberg is considered unlikely to pose any threat to shipping. And since the ice was already floating, the breakup won’t raise sea levels in the short term, the project said in a statement. But it removed more than 10 percent of the ice shelf, and if that eventually hastens the flow of glaciers behind it into the water, there could be a “very modest” rise in sea level, the project said. Afghan girls will be allowed into U.S. for robotics contest WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials will allow a group of Afghan girls into the country to participate in an international robotics competition after President Donald Trump intervened, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed Wednesday, ending a saga that had sparked international backlash. Homeland Security Department spokesman David Lapan said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved a State Department request for Page 7A six girls from the war-torn country to be allowed in, along with their chaperone, so they can participate in the competition. The girls’ applications for U.S. visas had been denied twice. The nonprofit organizing the competition celebrated the reversal in a jubilant statement Wednesday. The U.S. State Department had declined to comment on why the Afghan team’s visa applications were denied, saying that “all visa applications are adjudicated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with U.S. law.” Hospital: Jailed Nobel laureate’s condition life threatening SHENYANG, China (AP) — Imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo’s condition is life threatening with multiple organ failure and his family has opted against inserting a breathing tube needed to keep him alive, the hospital treating him said. Liu, who has advanced liver cancer, is suffering from respiratory and renal failure as well as septic shock, the First Hospital of China Medical University said on its website Wednesday. The hospital said doctors informed Liu’s family of the need for a tracheostomy to keep him alive, but they declined. Liu and his family, who are being closely guarded in the hospital, could not immediately be reached for comment. Liu, China’s most prominent political prisoner, was diagnosed in May after his cancer had entered the final stages and was transferred to the hospital in the northeastern city of Shenyang. He is accompanied by a small group of family members, including his wife, the poet and artist Liu Xia, but is kept out of the sight of supporters and the media. ؏ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ؏ Part Time - Inside Salesperson Great work environment. Super awesome team. Good base pay PLUS commissions. Retirement plan. Weekends off . Interested? 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