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7/28/17
TechNews for the week: July 28; July 26; July 24;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
A battered ISIS grows ever more dependent on lone wolves, simple plans; Trump blasts 'fabricated' Syria story, then appears to confirm covert CIA program;
Behind the front lines in the fight to 'annihilate' ISIS in Afghanistan; U.S. airstrike kills several Afghan police; Trump Finds Reason for U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals;
Palestinian leader halts security co-operation with Israel;
Pakistan's high court removes prime minister from power; Polish Parliament Approves Law Curtailing Courts' Independence;
The Turkey government has seized more than 950 companies;
North Korea fires another missile; U.S. officials: North Korea will be able to launch a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile as early as next year;
Chinese fighter jets intercept US spy plane over East China Sea;
Senate, House leaders strike a deal to send sanctions bill to Trump's desk; White House Signals Acceptance of Russia Sanctions Bill;
Russia to seize two U.S. properties, orders reduction in American embassy staff in Moscow in retaliation prompted by sanctions bill;
Trump 'disturbed' after learning Russia investigation can easily access his tax returns;
In revised filing, Kushner reveals dozens of previously undisclosed assets; Kushner to detail four meetings with Russian officials during congressional testimony;
Jared Kushner's 'I did not collude' statement, parsed; Why Did Russia Send Sergei Gorkov to Meet With Jared Kushner;
In tweet storm, Trump decries 'illegal leaks' and asserts 'all agree' he has complete power to pardon;
Trump can't pardon himself:The Constitution tells us so; A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says the President Be Indicted;
An obscure Senate rule just put the GOP healthcare bill in even bigger peril;
McCain delivers impassioned speech to Senate; Senate Republicans vote to open health-care debate; Senate Votes Down Broad Obamacare Repeal;
Obamacare 'skinny repeal' bill fails in Senate; Republican female senators pushed back on the health-care plan. Now they face a pointed backlash from men in their party;
McConnell lashes out at GOP defectors, Democrats in aftermath of 'disappointing' health care vote;
More modest overhaul of Obamacare gains traction with GOP senators; As Trumpcare Crumbles, Single-Payer Builds Momentum At State Level;
Levin: GOP 'Lied Their Way Into Office,' Perpetrated 'Greatest Hoax in Modern Politics';
26 hours, 29 Trumpian false or misleading claims;
White House purge: 'I'm going to fire everybody,' says Scaramucci; The $180 million conflict that kept Scaramucci out of the White House in January has only gotten shadier;
White House alters Scaramucci press briefing transcript to make Trump's golf more impressive;
Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly;
Trump ponders a recess appointment to replace AG Sessions; Republicans warn Trump: No confirmation hearing for a Sessions replacement, and no recess appointment either;
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus will be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly;
Federal judge upholds fine against Kris Kobach for 'pattern' of 'misleading the Court' in voter-ID cases;
Federal judge allows nationwide voter data request made by Trump's voting commission to go forward;
Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military; Trump tells police not to worry about injuring suspects during arrests;
Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas Will Be Nominated as Religious Ambassador;
Almost Half Of Republicans Believe Trump Really Won The Popular Vote;
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S.C. utility to consider Toshiba settlement on Summer project costs;
Charleston County files suit over I-526 funding, asks court to make state bankroll entire project;
Finance and Economics
IMF downgrades UK and US growth forecasts; Saudi Arabia Turns Off the U.S. Oil Tap;
Libor to End in 2021 as FCA Says Bank Benchmark Is Untenable; U.S. Foresaw Better Return in Seizing Fannie and Freddie Profits;
Stakes for Exxon in Sanctions Case Go Far Beyond a $2 Million Fine; Siemens Stops Turbine Sales to Russia in Sanctions Dispute;
Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll; Maybe We've Been Thinking About the Productivity Slump All Wrong;
Citi Report Likens Student Loan Crisis To Subprime Mortgages; Wells Fargo Forced Unwanted Auto Insurance on Borrowers;
Defense firms frustrated over unfilled Pentagon jobs as contracts delayed; Central Massachusetts Prepares For Expected Manufacturing Workforce Shortage;
UK Proposes To End Production Of Petrol, Diesel Vehicles By 2040; As Self-Driving Cars Near, Washington Plays Catch-Up;
Iceland Deep Drilling Project Seeks To Transform How Electricity Is Produced; Large Wind Farm To Serve Oklahoma Panhandle;
Trump Administration Aims To Repeal Obama Fracking Rule; House GOP Votes To Block Energy Standard For Light Bulbs;
White House eyes Plan B if tax effort falters;
Toshiba reaches $2.2 billion deal over SCANA's South Carolina nuclear project;
Other news
In Trump country, Russia just isn't big news; The CIA is entering a danger zone: Here's the map;
In France, murder of a Jewish woman ignites debate over the word 'terrorism';
Donald Trump gives 40,000 boy scouts 'career advice' from a racist, bankrupt property developer; Parents railed against the Boy Scouts after Trump's campaign-style speech;
Boy Scouts defend inviting Trump amid backlash over president's rambling speech; forced to respond to Trump's wild, heavily political speech before tens of thousands Scouts;
Boy Scouts Face Blowback; Republicans Silent on Trump's Boy Scout Speech, but Slammed Obama for a Back-to-School Address;
Education:
Which Colleges Get the Most Bang for the Buck; What's in a Grade? It Depends on Whom You Ask; Your Syllabus Doesn't Have to Look Like a Contract;
Florida's education system, the one Betsy DeVos cites as a model, is in chaos; Public Reckoning at the U. of Florida;
Florida Community College Program Removes Math As Barrier To STEM Education;
UC-Irvine Withdraws 500 Admissions Offers 2 Months Before Fall Term;
Trump Struggles to Find a Leader for White House Initiative on Black Colleges; NACAC Among Groups Questioning Foreign Student Proposal;
Rich Colleges and Other Big Nonprofits Are Rapidly Stockpiling Endowment Cash;
Student Loan Borrowers Steered Away From Repayment Plans Into Collections; ED Has Yet To Approve Any Student Loan Forgiveness Applications Since Trump Took Office;
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules For-Profit Colleges' Loans To Students Illegal; More Black Female Graduate Students Enrolling At For-Profits;
Louisiana's Budget Crisis Has Hamstrung Its Public Universities; ED Sanctions West Virginia Colleges For Late Financial Reports;
Trump Donates Q2 Salary To ED For STEM Camp;
Paranoia Among College Football Coaches;
7/21/17
TechNews for the week: July 21; July 19; July 17;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
After Mosul, Islamic State digs in for guerrilla warfare;
Trump ends the CIA's covert program of arming anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move likely to please Russia; Syria rebels blindsided by U.S. move, say jihadists to benefit;
Qatar crisis strains Saudi-led Arab alliance in Yemen war; UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval;
Qatar Opens Its Doors to All, to the Dismay of Some; The blockade of Qatar is failing; Saudi King's Son Plotted Effort to Oust His Rival;
Trump Recertifies Iran Nuclear Deal, but Only Reluctantly;
For Netanyahu, Middle Eastern Turmoil is the Perfect Backdrop for his Plans; Netanyahu attack on EU policy towards Israel caught on microphone;
South Korea Proposes Military Talks With North at Their Border; CIA director just dropped some heavy hints that the US is looking into regime change in North Korea;
Spreading fake news becomes standard practice for governments across the world;
Sen. John McCain has brain tumor; McCain's Surgery May Be More Serious Than Thought; McConnell delays vote on Senate health bill again in wake of McCain's surgery;
White House launches aggressive push to flip GOP governors opposed to Senate health bill; Trump Demands That Senators Find a Way to Replace Obamacare;
Governors From Both Parties Denounce Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill; 2 more Senate GOPs declare opposition to health-care bill, ending effort to overhaul health system for now;
'Bare bones' insurance policies really only work for people who are healthy; GOP senator: McConnell Medicaid comments a 'breach of trust';
CBO projects 32 million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026 under Senate measure heading to a vote next week;
Trump suggests Republicans will let ACA market collapse, then rewrite health law; Trump changes course and tells senators to stay in Washington to finish health-care bill;
These Americans Hated the Health Law, Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In; The Senate GOP's new Obamacare repeal plan is effectively dead;
Fox News personality: GOP healthcare plan says 'ideology is less important than victory';
Vice President Pence's bushel of false and misleading claims about health care;
House GOP unveils budget plan that attaches major spending cuts to coming tax overhaul bill;
New House bill would allow federal workers to be fired for 'no cause at all';
Supreme Court: Administration may enforce refugee ban, but must broaden family exemptions for travelers from six majority-Muslim countries;
Grandparents Win Reprieve From Trump Travel Ban in Federal Court;
White House releases sensitive information of voters worried about their sensitive information; Vice chair of Trump's voting commission wants to add new requirements for voting;
U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meeting; Trump defends his son, drawing a contrast with Clinton, and says media are 'distorting democracy';
Eighth person in 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer identified; Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. previously represented Russia's top spy agency;
Trump and Putin had a previously undisclosed hour-long meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Germany;
Russia's Foreign Minister Says There May Have Been More Putin-Trump Meetings;
According to U.S. intelligence intercepts Sessions discussed matters related to Trump campaign with Russian ambassador;
Mueller to examine Trump business as part of Russia probe; Big German Bank, Key to Trump's Finances, Faces New Scrutiny;
Cyprus Records Show Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests; Pro-Trump TV pundit's firm took undisclosed payments from Trump's reelection campaign;
Trump's deeply worrisome New York Times interview reveals a lawless president;
Trump lawyers exploring pardoning powers and ways to undercut the Russia investigation;
U.S. says ExxonMobil violated Russia sanctions while Rex Tillerson was CEO;
Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn't Have Hired Sessions; Sessions to push for police to take more cash from U.S. citizens;
White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigns;
In Juries, Lawyers Now Favor the Uninformed;
Trump Is the Richest President Ever, But He Doesn't Want to Pay His Lawyers;
Rauner vows to veto education funding bill, demands Democrats send it to him;
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Push-polling against Mark Sanford in Congressional race and other 2018 election news;
S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank gives Charleston County more time to fund I-526 shortfall;
Report says abandoning Summer nuclear project could save S.C. customers billions;
International African American Museum launches genealogy center, research initiative;
Finance and Economics
TPP, the Trade Deal Trump Killed, Is Back in Talks Without U.S.; Oil industry warns US over new Russia sanctions;
Why Canada Is Able to Do Things Better; In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete;
Citigroup Said to Open Frankfurt Hub as Banks Consider Post-'Brexit' Moves;
How the Republican health-care bill could raise premiums for 177 million Americans;
How disability benefits divided this rural community between those who work and those who don't;
Freddie Mac Follows Fannie Mae to Rental Market, With Affordability as Goal;
Lockheed, Amazon Top List Of Companies With The Most STEM Job Openings; The 20 most in-demand jobs that pay more than $100,000;
Chinese Wind Power Giant Outlines Vision Of Digital Platform For Energy World; Draft Report: Renewable Energy Doesn't Put Grid At Risk;
New Nebraska Wind Farm Expected To Significantly Boost Wind Power; Wyoming Wind Projects Short On Workers;
North Carolina Gov. To Decide Fate Of State Wind Energy; New Homes In Miami Suburb Required To Have Rooftop Solar Panels;
New Mexico Lawmakers Question PNM's Plan To Exit Coal;
Reebok's trolling tweet is the most prominent example of a Trump 'news-jacking' yet;
Struggles at Procter & Gamble Draw Scrutiny of Nelson Peltz;
Other news
A Russia expert's theory of the Trump scandal: "Set aside Putin and follow the money";
A New History of the Right Has Become an Intellectual Flashpoint;
Wine's newest bouquet has hints of berries -- and data;
How coaches evaluate body language during a game;
'I missed my nap for this': 101-year-old sprinter breaks 100-meter dash record;
Education:
Wyoming, New Mexico Universities Offer Best Financial Rate Of Return; Illinois Budged Deal Grants Public Universities Short-Term Financial Relief;
South Carolina colleges, like their students, are increasingly in debt ; As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away;
Veterans Group Opposes Rollback Of Student Borrower Protections;
Ads Spell Out What Career and Technical Education Really Is - and Who It's For;
Some Educators Believe Community Colleges Should Abandon Algebra Requirement; Math Achievement Key To STEM Success;
This superintendent is banning homework and asking kids to read instead;
President Trump Made a Promise to Black Colleges. It Hasn't Happened;
One College's 'Crazy' Idea to Recycle 3 Buildings;
Texas A&M Removes Provost Over Conflicts of Interest;
7/14/17
TechNews for the week: July 14; July 12; July 10;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Iraqi prime minister to declare victory in Mosul, which ISIS captured three years ago; Head of ISIS in Afghanistan killed in drone strike;
Trump Aides Recruited Businessmen to Devise Options for Afghanistan;
North Korea's surprising, lucrative relationship with Africa;
Qatar pledges Gaza support despite Saudi pressure; Tillerson to personally intervene in Persian Gulf dispute over Qatar;
Jared Kushner failed to get a 'half-billion dollar investment' from a Qatari billionaire. Now he's 'hardening' America's stance towards Qatar.;
Growing U.S. isolation on display at G-20 as world aligns against Trump policies;
Donald Trump 'behaving like a dictator by leaving underqualified socialite daughter to fill in for him at G20';
Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign; Trump Jr. says he, Kushner and Manafort met with lawyer tied to Kremlin;
President's son met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised information helpful to father's effort;
Trump Jr. contradicted previous White House denials of Russian contacts;
Donald Trump Jr. tweets entire exchange that led to controversial 2016 meeting with Russian lawyer; full emails about meeting a 'Russian government attorney';
Emails show Trump Jr. was told 'Russian government lawyer' could provide damaging information on Clinton;
Russian American lobbyist says he was at meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer;
The president fumes and White House aides circle each other with suspicion amid fallout from Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer;
Lavrov: Russia will retaliate if U.S. does not release property; With Russia sanctions stalled in the House, White House pushes for weaker provisions;
Lawmakers bewildered by Trump's suggestion of forming a 'Cyber Security unit' with Russia; Trump Says He Discussed Forming 'Cyber Security Unit' With Putin;
After Criticism, Trump Says U.S., Russia Won't Cooperate on Cyber Security;
Court filing by Trump's lawyers argues that a U.S. president cannot be sued in state court while serving in office;
The Deep Industry Ties of Trump's Deregulation Teams;
Trump accuses James Comey of breaking the law based on a misleading Fox News report;
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delays August recess to complete work on health-care bill;
Senate Majority Leader to release new GOP health-care bill that would allow bare-bones insurance policies; What the Senate bill changes about Obamacare;
Social Security on track for 'large, abrupt' cuts; Hospital, doctors and patients fuel last gasp of opposition to Senate health bill;
Paul Ryan says he won't hold public town halls because he doesn't want 'a screaming fest';
Arkansas is only state to share voter data as federal judge mulls privacy issues in Trump panel;
More top aides to Gov. Bruce Rauner are ousted;
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Charleston Marathon shake-up: Event's founders are out, new race route undetermined;
State Needs To Ramp Up Its Commitment To Small Businesses;
Finance and Economics
France says Europe should make U.S. companies pay fair share of taxes;
Pimco sues Wells Fargo, claims MBS trustee 'looted' trusts to pay legal fees;
Apple Sets Up Data Center in China, Promises 'Strong Data Privacy';
Tech Giants Join Online Protest Against Net Neutrality Repeal; Tech Sector Objects To Trump Move To Block "Startup Visa" Program;
Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists; Energy CEOs threaten to pull investments if FERC isn't functional soon;
Coal Industry Attempts To Diminish Health Impact Of Mountaintop Removal;
Celtic Renewables Develops Biofuel From Whisky Byproduct;
Other news
Amelia Earhart Photo Disproven? Japanese Blogger Discovers Book Published It Years Before She Disappeared;
Trump's legal team faces tensions and a client who often takes his own counsel;
Education:
Should Colleges or Employers Give People Job-Relevant Skills? The Majority Of Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad For The U.S.;
House To Act On Bipartisan Measure To Expand GI Bill; Transparent Pricing: Why Not to Lock In Tuition;
Trump Administration Considers Measure to Make Staying in U.S. Harder for Foreign Students;
ED Begins Rewriting Higher Education Regulations; Who Does DeVos's Department Really Represent?
Consultant: Pennsylvania State University System Should Not Merge, Close Colleges; University Of Missouri Undertakes Budget Cuts As Enrollment Declines After Protests;
Many Academics Have Taken Money From Google Without Disclosing It;
7/7/17
TechNews for the week: July 7; July 5;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S.-backed forces breach the wall of Raqqa's Old City in the heart of the ISIS capital; Iraqi commanders say IS families have joined Mosul fight;
North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration; U.S. Army and South Korean military respond with missile exercise;
Missile test underscores the failure of Trump's naive approach to North Korea; Trump has never had a plan for dealing with North Korea;
UN diplomats say Russia blocked NKorea statement;
Israeli plane hits Syrian army in latest Golan exchange;
Israel Faces Uproar Abroad as Netanyahu Yields to Ultra-Orthodox Jews; First new Israeli-approved Jewish settlement in decades begins to rise in the West Bank;
Gulf states blast 'negative' response from Qatar to demands as diplomatic crisis deepens; Qatar's Gulf Neighbors Vow to Press Blockade After a Deadline Passes;
As Trump sounds dire warnings for G-20, his peers sound optimistic; At G-20, world aligns against a range of Trump policies;
Putin denies hacking, Tillerson says. U.S., Russia resume cooperation on Syria.; Trump's past comments make it difficult to believe that he confronted Putin with much vigor;
Ex-intel chief Clapper: Trump's suggestion that more countries meddled in election is 'news to me';
Here are the people investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election; Manhattan Prosecutor Joins Inquiry Into Russian Meddling in Election;
US judge in Hawaii leaves Trump's travel ban rules in place; Central Americans, 'Scared of What's Happening' in U.S., Stay Put;
US set to surpass Trump's 50000 cap on refugees;
Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reform;
DOJ's Corporate Crime Watchdog Resigns, Slamming Trump's Conduct; Head of Office of Government Ethics, who clashed with Trump administration, is stepping down;
Trump says states are 'trying to hide' things from his voter fraud commission; Almost every state has declined the White House's request for voter data;
Kentucky secretary of state emerges as most quotable opponent of Trump voter fraud panel;
Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution;
Koch brothers want to kill an obscure Senate rule to help shape the federal courts;
McConnell says GOP must shore up ACA insurance markets if Senate bill dies; For Millions, Life Without Medicaid Services Is No Option; Five myths about health insurance;
Rick Perry offered a 'little economics lesson.' It didn't go so well;
Trump took a question from a reporter he considered hiring and used it to bash the media; 'Morning Joe' Hosts and Trump Bring National Enquirer Into Their Feud;
Louisiana congressman breaks rule No. 1: Don't make Holocaust comparisons;
An unapologetic Chris Christie announces deal to end N.J. shutdown; 'Win after win' for Rauner in budget, if only he'd admit it;
A Constitutional Convention for New York? This May Be the Year;
Number of fatal shootings by police in U.S. is on track to hit nearly 1,000 for third year in a row;
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S.C. Election Commission won't give voter data to Trump's election fraud commission; S.C. GOP chairman will buy and send state voter data to Trump's fraud panel;
Gov. McMaster's veto blocks birth control coverage for the children of state employees ;
Finance and Economics
U.S. job growth rebounds in June, calming fears of an economic slowdown; Clouds Are Forming Over the Bond Market; 4 Reasons You Should Worry About the U.S. Economy;
2017 unlikely to repeat its early stock highs; Seattle wins 'fight for $15,' but low-skill workers lose;
Vanishing Summer Jobs For Teens; Money Habits of the Millennials; Study: STEM Skills Applicable Beyond STEM Industries;
Christie orders N.J. government shutdown amid budget impasse; Kasich signs Ohio state budget, vetoes Medicaid freeze;
Illinois House enacts FY 2018 budget, ending record impasse;
Republicans side with banks over consumers; How Low Can Taxes Go? Outside Washington, Republicans Find Limits;
More than 1,370 counties may only have one health insurer serving them; Unpaid ER charges could cost taxpayers;
Poor Patient Care at Many Nursing Homes Despite Stricter Oversight;
Japan, Europe counter Trump with trade deal that will cover nearly 30% of global economy; Iran to sign $4.8bn gas deal with Total;
After Years of Growth, Automakers Are Cutting U.S. Jobs; American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland;
Company wrote 'fake news' stories to boost stocks' prices, SEC alleges;
Solar Trade Case, With Trump as Arbiter, Could Upend Market;
Oil Exports, Illegal for Decades, Now Fuel a Texas Port Boom; Renewable Energy Surpasses Nuclear For First Time In Decades;
Volvo goes electric, ditches cars powered solely by gas;
Qualcomm Wants U.S. Trade Regulators to Ban Imports of iPhone;
Other news
Some Trump supporters thought NPR tweeted 'propaganda.' It was the Declaration of Independence;
An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking 'pro-Trump' to new heights;
Education:
Chicago won't allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future; New Florida law lets any resident challenge what's taught in science classes;
Proposals to change student loan rules could upend industry; 18 States Sue Education Dept. Over Rollback of Borrower-Defense Rule;
Maryland Bans Scholarship Displacement By Public Colleges; Louisiana First State To "Ban The Box" On College Applications;
What the 21st-Century Library Looks Like; Colleges And Universities Should Offer More Alternative Credentials; How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms;
A Wave of Disability-Lawsuit Threats Against Colleges May Have Receded;
Assessing the Travel Ban: What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does - and Doesn't - Tell Us;
Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Against Texas Campus-Carry Law;
Mills College Declares Financial Emergency; Lays Off Five Tenured Professors;