NATION/WORLD
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Trump Jr., Manafort in talks
with Senate panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President
Donald Trump’s eldest son and his former
campaign chairman are discussing being
privately interviewed by a Senate committee
investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016
election, the panel confirmed Friday.
The committee initially called for
Donald Trump Jr. and Paul Manafort to
appear publicly next week. But the top
Republican and Democrat on the Senate
Judiciary Committee now say the men are
negotiating the terms of their appearances,
and lawmakers don’t currently plan to issue
subpoenas to force them to publicly testify.
In a joint statement, Sens. Chuck Grassley,
R-Iowa, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
also said they are negotiating with Trump Jr.
and Manafort about possibly turning over
documents.
Both men face questions about attending a
Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer
in June 2016 that was described to Trump Jr.
in emails as part of a Russian government
effort to help his father’s campaign. Trump
Jr. was told the lawyer had damaging
information that could be used against
Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and
top White House aide, also attended the
meeting. He is scheduled to speak behind
closed doors with the Senate intelligence
committee Monday and with the House
intelligence committee Tuesday.
Spicer exits as Trump shakes
up his beleaguered press team
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House
press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly
resigned Friday over President Donald
Trump’s decision to tap a camera-ready
financier to lead the beleaguered White
House communications team. The departing
spokesman said the president “could benefit
from a clean slate” as he seeks to steady
operations amid the Russia investigations and
ahead of a health care showdown.
Spicer, whose daily briefings once
dominated cable television and delighted late-
night comics, quit in protest over the hiring
of Anthony Scaramucci as the new White
House communications director. Spicer
denounced what he considered Scaramucci’s
lack of qualifications, according to people
familiar with the situation.
As his first act on the job, Scaramucci, a
polished television commentator and Harvard
Law graduate, announced from the White
House briefing room that Sarah Huckabee
Sanders would take Spicer’s job. She had
been Spicer’s deputy.
The shake-up among the president
spokespeople comes as Trump is suffering
from dismal approval ratings and struggling
to advance his legislative proposals. As
his effort to replace Barack Obama’s
health care law crumbled this week, the
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Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci blows a kiss
after answering questions during the press briefing Friday.
president continued to vent frustration
about the attention devoted to investigations
of allegations of his election campaign’s
connections to Russia. Trump has blamed
his own messengers — as well as the “fake
news” media — for his woes.
Trump, who watches the press briefings
closely and believes he is his own best
spokesman, saluted Spicer’s “great ratings”
on TV and said he was “grateful for Sean’s
work on behalf of my administration and the
American people.”
In Senate, ailing lawmakers
given time to recover
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John
McCain’s treatment for brain cancer could
keep him out of Washington for weeks,
perhaps months, and yet it’s unlikely anyone
will challenge his extended leave.
Congress has a long tradition in which no
one questions ailing lawmakers taking time
to recover. For starters, it’s just poor form.
And, frankly, it’s up to the stricken member
of Congress and their doctors to decide when
— or even if — they return to work. Some
have recuperated away from the Capitol for a
year or more.
It’s an unwritten courtesy that often
doesn’t extend to the real working world
where employees are forced to file for
medical disability or take unpaid leave.
Julie Tarallo, McCain’s spokeswoman,
said Friday that “further consultations with
Sen. McCain’s Mayo Clinic care team will
indicate when he will return to the United
States Senate.”
McCain had taken to Twitter on Thursday
promising a quick return.
“Unfortunately for my sparring partners
in Congress, I’ll be back soon, so stand-by!”
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said the six-term Arizona Republican and
2008 GOP presidential nominee.
Poland’s senators approve
contentious court overhaul
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s
Senate approved a contentious law on
Saturday that gives politicians substantial
influence over the Supreme Court, in
defiance of European Union criticism.
The bill proposed by the populist ruling
party only needs the signature of President
Andrzej Duda to become binding. Duda has
so far followed the ruling party line.
It was met with boos from protesters
gathered in front of the Senate building.
EU leaders say the bill would kill judicial
independence and threaten the rule of law
in the EU’s largest member in Central and
Eastern Europe. The U.S. Department of
State voiced concern on Friday.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of Poland’s
ruling Law and Justice party, contends the
judiciary still works along a communist-era
model and harbors many judges from that
time. Communist rule ended in 1989. He says
the justice system needs “radical changes” to
become efficient and reliable.
Prime Minister Beata Szydlo says the
legislation is an internal matter and the
government will not bow to any foreign
pressure.
Hawaii prepares for ‘unlikely’
North Korea missile threat
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is the first
state to prepare the public for the possibility
of a ballistic missile strike from North
Korea.
The state’s Emergency Management
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Kentucky told to pay attorney
fees in same-sex marriage case
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal
judge has ordered Kentucky taxpayers to pay
more than $220,000 in legal fees because
a county clerk refused to issue marriage
licenses to same-sex couples in 2015.
U.S. District Judge David Bunning on
Friday ordered the state to pay $222,695 in
fees to the attorneys of two same-sex couples
and others who sued Rowan County Clerk
Kim Davis for refusing to give them marriage
licenses. He also awarded $2,008.08 in other
costs. Bunning said the county and Davis
herself did not have to pay.
But Davis’ attorney said she will appeal
the ruling anyway. The judge ruled Davis lost
the case. Attorney Mat Staver said they did
not lose. He said the case was dismissed as
moot after the state legislature changed the
law in 2016 to remove the names of county
clerks from marriage licenses.
If the appeal succeeds, Staver said, state
taxpayers would not have to pay legal fees
because that money can only be awarded to a
“prevailing party.”
William Sharp, legal director for the
ACLU of Kentucky, said he hopes the ruling
reminds Kentucky officials that “willful
violations of individuals’ civil liberties ... will
not only be challenged but will also prove
costly.”
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Agency on Friday announced a public
education campaign about what to do.
Hawaii lawmakers have been urging
emergency management officials to update
Cold War-era plans for coping with a
nuclear attack as North Korea develops
nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that
can reach the islands.
Starting in November, Hawaii will begin
monthly tests of an “attack-warning” siren
the state hasn’t heard since the end of the
Cold War in the 1980s. The wailing siren
will be tested on the first working day of
each month, after a test of an “attention-
alert” steady tone siren with which residents
are already familiar.
Informational brochures, along with TV,
radio and internet announcements will help
educate the public about the new siren sound
and provide preparedness guidance. “If
they’re not educated, they could actually be
frightened by it,” agency Executive Director
Toby Clairmont said of needing several
months to introduce the new siren.
Because it would take a missile 15
minutes — maybe 20 minutes — to arrive,
the instructions to the public are simple:
“Get inside, stay inside and stay tuned,” said
Vern Miyagi, agency administrator. “You
will not have time to pick up your family
and go to a shelter and all that kind of stuff.
... It has to be automatic.”
He stressed that his agency is simply
trying to stay ahead of a “very unlikely”
scenario, but it’s a possibility that Hawaii
can’t ignore.
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