| White House 'resistance': act of protection, or unadvisable 'soft coup'? Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:40 PM PDT ![White House 'resistance': act of protection, or unadvisable 'soft coup'?]( "White House 'resistance': act of protection, or unadvisable 'soft coup'?") The op-ed article by an unnamed Trump staffer asserted that a loose team of "unsung heroes" who believe Mr. Trump to be dangerously unstable are secretly working to block the president's "worst inclinations." Combined with revelations from Bob Woodward's upcoming book on the administration, "Fear," an extraordinary portrait is emerging of a president hemmed in by his own handlers, unaware when some of his orders are ignored, changed, or delayed. After all, Trump faced the voters and was elected president under the rules established by the US Constitution.
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| Why Guatemala is abandoning high-profile anticorruption drive Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:05 PM PDT ![Why Guatemala is abandoning high-profile anticorruption drive]( "Why Guatemala is abandoning high-profile anticorruption drive") Last Friday, hours after President Jimmy Morales announced he would shut down a UN-funded anti-corruption commission that put two of his predecessors behind bars, protesters gathered in Guatemala City's main square. Resign now," read a hand-scribbled sign, a reference to President Morales and his move to halt the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). The commission has been renewed repeatedly since launching in 2006, with its current authorization set to expire next year.
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| Ending North Korea’s nuclear program: What now? Posted: 06 Sep 2018 11:52 AM PDT ![Ending North Korea's nuclear program: What now?]( "Ending North Korea's nuclear program: What now?") Domestic politics now looms large over a White House foreign-policy endeavor that stands a chance of becoming a big step forward for world peace and stability. Negotiations between the United States and North Korea aimed at the denuclearization of the reclusive and repressive Asian nation have dragged on without much to show for them since a historic June 12 meeting in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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| With parking-lot shooting, Florida 'stand your ground' law takes the stand Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:17 AM PDT ![With parking-lot shooting, Florida 'stand your ground' law takes the stand]( "With parking-lot shooting, Florida 'stand your ground' law takes the stand") Mr. Drake thought it was a gang shooting – not unheard of in this Clearwater, Fla., neighborhood known as Greenwood. In that way, the aftermath of what happened here on this Clearwater corner, experts say, may proffer larger lessons for a country on edge by giving a sympathetic glimpse into the humanity of victims and increased clarity on when self defense can and cannot be legally justified.
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