Headlines for January 17, 2018
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#3DHD6)
- NYT: Pentagon Proposes Widening Permissible Use of Nuclear Weapons
- Lawmakers Face Showdown over DACA & Budget
- DHS Secretary Denies Hearing Trump's Racist Comment About "Shithole Countries"
- Mueller Subpoenas Steve Bannon as Part of Widening Probe
- White House Doctor Says Trump is in Good Health
- Senate Moves to Extend NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
- Trump Admin Withholds $65 Million of Funding for U.N. Palestinian Agency
- UNICEF: At Least 5,000 Children Killed or Wounded in Yemen Since 2015
- DOJ: Former CIA Agent Suspected of Working with China Has Been Arrested
- China: Democracy Activist Sentenced to Prison for 2014 Hong Kong Protests
- Philippines: Journalists Decry Gov't Crackdown Against News Outlet Rappler
- Majority of National Park Service Advisory Board Resigns
- L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Charged with Running Drug Trafficking Scheme
- Wisconsin: Democrats Flip State Senate District
- Chile: Pope Francis Apologizes for "Irreparable Damage" of Priest Sexual Abuse
- Gymnasts Who Survived Sexual Abuse by Dr. Larry Nassar Testify in Court