A slight plurality of Americans support President Joe Biden‘s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan and favor raising corporate taxes to pay for it.
But the plan is much less popular than the relief bill passed earlier this year, and there are growing deficit concerns.
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey, a poll of 802 Americans nationwide, shows 36% of the public gives the infrastructure plan a thumbs-up compared with 33% who oppose it. The edge is within the poll’s 3.5% margin of error and it’s about half the level of support garnered by Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act that Congress passed in March.
A large 31% slice of the public say they don’t know enough to venture an opinion, suggesting an opportunity for each political party to make headway.
But Americans overwhelmingly support nearly all the details of the plans.
For example, 87% of the public backs the proposal in the plan to fix roads and bridges, while 82% approves of increasing pay for elderly caregivers and 78% supports expanding high-speed broadband.
Eight of the 9 parts of the plan surveyed — including fixing the electrical grid and retrofitting buildings and homes to make them more energy efficient — received support from more than 70% of the public. The least popular part — tax rebates and incentives for electric cars and building charging stations — still had majority support.
The plan is strongly favored by Democrats and opposed by Republicans, as might be expected. Independents support the plan by a 32% to 28% margin, with a large 40% saying they are unsure.
A bare 50% majority of the public supports hiking the corporate tax rates to 28% from 21% to pay the plan. It’s opposed by 42% of the public.
But when asked generally about raising corporate taxes, 46% say it’s a bad idea because it would raise wages, cost jobs and hike prices. Some 43% back the idea that corporate tax hikes should be raised to pay for the plan and because companies “do not pay their fair share.”
The survey’s Republican pollster, Micah Roberts, from Public Opinion Strategies, noted that only 23% of the public support the plan strongly, compared with overall 36% support. He adds that while Americans may support individual parts of the plan, it is being proposed as a whole, making the modest support it receives the best gauge of its overall support.
But Jay Campbell, the Democratic pollster for the survey, from Hart Research Associates, said the support for the individual parts of the plan plus the large percentage not expressing an opinion suggests scope for Biden to sell the plan.
One other factor in play: concern about deficits. The bigger worry for 55% of the public is that the government will spend too much and drive up deficits, compared with 32% who worry more that the government will spend too little to support the economy.
On Thursday, Ethiopia’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) released its preliminary report on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, which killed all 157 passengers and crew. The crash, which took place on March 10, marked the second fatal crash of a nearly brand-new Boeing 737 Max airliner since October and precipitated the grounding of the global 737 Max fleet.
The AIB’s initial findings present data from the crashed plane’s flight-data recorder (FDR), which shows that faulty readings from a malfunctioning angle-of-attack (AOA) sensor triggered the 737 Max’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) that is designed to automatically push the nose of the plane downward.
“Shortly after liftoff, the value of the left angle of attack sensor deviated from the right one and reached 74.5 degrees while the right angle of attack sensor value was 15.3 degrees,” the report said.
In a statement, Boeing confirmed that the AOA sensor triggered MCAS just like it had done on Lion Air Flight JT610, which crashed on October 28 off the coast of Indonesia.
“The preliminary report contains flight data recorder information indicating the airplane had an erroneous angle of attack sensor input that activated the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) function during the flight, as it had during the Lion Air 610 flight,” Boeing said.
Data from the FDR and recordings from the cockpit seemingly confirm that the Ethiopian pilots followed Boeing’s procedures on how to defeat an erroneously triggered MCAS.
Unfortunately, the pilots also reported issues with portions of the manual flight controls after MCAS was turned off.
More specifically, the first officer complained approximately three minutes into the flight that his controls to manually trim the aircraft stabilizers were not working.
The preliminary report did not assign causation for the crash, and a final report is expected at a later date.
Boeing is working on a software update for the 737 Max’s control system that will dial back the intrusiveness of MCAS.
“To ensure unintended MCAS activation will not occur again, Boeing has developed and is planning to release a software update to MCAS and an associated comprehensive pilot training and supplementary education program for the 737 Max,” Boeing’s statement said.
“As previously announced, the update adds additional layers of protection and will prevent erroneous data from causing MCAS activation,” Boeing added. “Flight crews will always have the ability to override MCAS and manually control the airplane.”
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing is expected to submit its package of potential fixes for regulatory approval in the coming weeks.
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Leonardo DiCaprio fue premiado por primera vez con un Oscar como mejor actor.
Leonardo DiCaprio finalmente logró el Oscar que se le había resistido en cuatro ocasiones anteriores. Fue uno de los triunfadores de la ceremonia de la 88 edición de los galardones de la Academia de Hollywood, que dejó satisfechos a muchos.
“Spotlight” ganó el Oscar a mejor película, mientras que el mexicano Alejandro González Iñárritu hizo historia al lograr el segundo premio consecutivo al mejor director, hito que hasta ahora sólo habían conseguido John Ford y Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
“Mad Max: Furia en la carretera” logró seis premios en categorías técnicas.
Mientras, Brie Larson ganó el Oscar como mejor actriz por “Room”.
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Alejandro González Iñárritu logró su segundo Oscar consecutivo como mejor director.
Las alegrías para Latinoamérica llegaron, además de por Iñárritu, con los Oscar para el director de fotografía Emmanuel Lubezki y para el corto chileno de animación “Historia de un Oso”, la primera estatuilla de la historia para Chile.
La mejor actriz de reparto fue Alicia Vikander por “La Chica Danesa”, mientras que el mejor secundario fue Mark Rylance por “Bridge of Spies”.
La ceremonia, presentada por el comediante afroamericano Chris Rock, estuvo marcada por las constantes bromas respecto a la falta de nominados no blancos.
También hubo referencias al cambio climático, a los derechos de los homosexuales y los abusos sexuales.
Esta es la lista de ganadores de los Oscar 2016:
Mejor película: “Spotlight”
Mejor actriz: Brie Larson por “Room”
Mejor actor: Leonardo DiCaprio por “The Revenant”
Mejor director: Alejandro González Iñárritu por “The Revenant”
Mejor actriz de reparto: Alicia Vikander por “La Chica Danesa”
Mejor actor de reparto: Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies”)
Mejor guión adaptado: “The Big Short”
Mejor guión original: “Spotlight”
Mejor banda sonora: Ennio Morricone por “The Hateful Eight”
Mejor canción original: “Writing’s on the wall” (“Spectre”)
Mejor documental: “Amy”
Mejor vestuario: “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”
Mejor maquillaje: “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”
Mejor película extranjera: “Son of Saul” (Hungría)
Mejor cortometraje: “Stutterer”
Mejor cortometraje documental: “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
Mejor mezcla de sonido: “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”
Mejor edición de sonido: “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”
Mejores efectos visual: “Ex Machina”
Mejor corto animado: “Historia de un Oso”
Mejor película animada: “Inside Out″
Mejor diseño de producción: “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”
Mejor fotografía: Emmanuel Lubezki por “The Revenant”
Mejor edición: “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”
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Así le contamos en directo la gala de los Oscar 2016 en BBC Mundo (Hora GMT)
05:00 “Spotlight” gana el Oscar a mejor película. “Esta película da voz a los sobrevivientes” de los abusos sexuales, dicen los autores de la cinta.
04:54 Leonardo DiCaprio consigue a la quinta su primer Oscar como mejor actor por su papel en “The Revenant”. Logra la estatuilla 22 años después de su primera nominación. “Una experiencia cinematográfica trascendental para todos”, dijo DiCaprio sobre la película.
El actor también hizo un alegato en defensa de la lucha contra el cambio climático. “Es real y está pasando ahora”, dijo
Hasta hoy, su historia con la Academia había estado marcada por la falta de fortuna.
04:46 Brie Larson cumple con los pronósticos y gana el Oscar como mejor actriz por “Room”. Fue un año de refrescante presencia de nominadas –no estaba Meryl Streep- y se impuso la favorita.
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Brie Larson triunfó en su primera nominación como mejor actriz.
04:37 El mexicano Alejandro González Iñárritu logra con “The Revenant” su segundo Oscar consecutivo como mejor director. “Gracias por dar tu alma, tu vida. Leo, tú eres ‘The Revenant'”, dijo Iñárritu al actor, Leonardo DiCaprio.
04:28 “Se convirtió en el saco de todos los golpes”, dicen los creadores del documental “Amy” sobre la cantante Amy Winehouse. Informa desde la sala de prensa Beatriz Díez (
04:27 “Writing’s on the wall”, de la película de James Bond “Spectre” e interpretada por Sam Smith gana el Oscar a la mejor canción original. Smith rinde un homenaje a la comunidad de gays, lesbianas, bisexuales y transexuales (LGTB).
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Sam Smith ganó el Oscar por la canción de “Spectre”.
“Estoy acá esta noche como un hombre gay orgulloso y espero que todos podamos ser iguales algún día”, reclamó el británico.
04:22 Ennio Morricone gana finalmente su primer Oscar por la banda sonora de “The Hateful Eight”, de Quentin Tarantino.
04:11 El vicepresidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, hace un alegato contra los abusos sexuales y presenta la actuación de Lady Gaga.
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Joe Biden, vicepresidente de EE.UU., presentó la actuación de Lady Gaga e hizo un alegato contra los abusos sexuales.
La estadounidense interpretó “Til It Happens to You”, canción nominada al Oscar y que forma parte del documental “The Hunting Ground”, que precisamente denuncia los abusos sexuales en las universidades de Estados Unidos.
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Lady Gaga interpretó una de las canciones nominadas al Oscar.
04:08 La húngara “Son of Saul” conquista el galardón de mejor película de habla no inglesa, que fue presentado por la actriz colombiana Sofía Vergara. “El abrazo de la serpiente”, de Colombia, se quedó sin galardón.
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Sofía Vergara presentó el Oscar a mejor película de habla no inglesa, por el que optaba la colombiana “El abrazo de la serpiente”.
04:05 “Stutterer” consigue el Oscar a mejor cortometraje.
03:58 Llegó el momento de recordar a quienes dijeron adiós este último año, entre ellos, Christopher Lee.
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Christopher Lee, uno de los fallecidos el último año.
03:49 “‘Para nosotros es importante que llegue el mensaje de la importancia de la familia’, dicen Gabriel Osorio y Pato, creadores de ‘Historia de un Oso‘”, cuenta desde la sala de prensa Beatriz Díez (
@bbc_diez). “Para nosotros es muy importante, para la animación chilena, para la animación latinoamericana“.
03:43 “Amy” logra el Oscar a mejor documental.
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El documental sobre la fallecida cantante Amy Winehouse logró el galardón.
03:40 “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” gana Oscar por mejor corto documental. Conoce la tremenda historia detrás de la cinta.
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La historia de Saba Qaiser fue premiada por la Academia.
03:28 Mark Rylance da la sorpresa y gana el premio a mejor actor de reparto por “Bridge of Spies”.
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Mark Rylance alaba a Steven Spielberg al ganar el Oscar por “Bridge of Spies”.
No habrá Oscar para Sylvester Stallone, nominado por “Creed”, una secuela de la saga “Rocky”.
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Sylvester Stallone no pudo lograr el Oscar a mejor actor de reparto.
03:14 “El mexicano Lubezki elogia a Alejandro González Iñárritu: ‘El director es el creador de la película y yo soy un afortunado'”, informa desde la sala de prensa Beatriz Díez (
03:13 The Weeknd sube al escenario para interpretar “Earned It”, una de las canciones nominadas de la noche.
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The Weeknd interpretó una de las canciones nominadas a un Oscar.
03:11 La favorita “Inside Out” gana el premio a mejor película de animación.
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“Inside Out” cumplió los pronósticos y logró el premio a mejor película de animación.
03:08 Primer Oscar de la historia para Chile. “Historia de un Oso” gana el premio a mejor corto animado.
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“Historia de un Oso” hace historia para Chile, que logra su primer Oscar.
Es la historia de un oso, que es en realidad un abuelo. Del encierro en un circo, que es en realidad un exilio forzado. De un diorama que quiere representar el mundo. Conoce la historia política detrás del corto.
02:59 Al robot de “Ex Machina” le roban el protagonismo en el escenario otros androides más clásicos, los de “La Guerra de las Galaxias”.
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Los robots de Star Wars en la ceremonia de los Oscar.
02:56 “Ex Machina” le arrebata un Oscar técnico a”Mad Max” y se lleva el premio a mejores efectos visuales.
02:52 Y no hay cinco sin seis: sexta estatuilla para “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”, ahora por mezcla de sonido.
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“Mad Max” logra un pleno de premios técnicos con seis estatuillas.
02:48 Y el quinto galardón técnico para “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”, que también triunfa por la edición de sonido.
02:40 Cuarto premio para “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”, ahora por mejor edición.
02:36 El mexicano Emmanuel Lubezki gana el Oscar a mejor fotografia por “The Revenant”. Esel primer director de fotografía en ganar tres veces seguidas un premio Oscar. Lee el perfil sobre él de BBC Mundo.
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El mexicano Emmanuel Lubezki hizo historia: primer director de fotografía en ganar tres veces seguidas el Oscar.
02:35 “Sabía que esta no era una película fácil de hacer”, dice Alicia Vikander al hablar de “La chica Danesa“, cuenta Beatriz Díez desde la sala de prensa (
02:26 Y el tercer premio técnico de la noche para“Mad Max: Furia en la carretera” por mejor maquillaje.
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“Mad Max” fue la cinta triunfadora de la noche en el aspecto técnico.
02:23 “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera” logra también el premio a mejor diseño de producción.
02:19 El Oscar al mejor vestuario lo consigue la película “Mad Max: Furia en la carretera”.
02:15 “‘Los escuchamos, no están solos'”: los guionistas de “Spotlight” tienen palabras de apoyo para las víctimas de abusos sexuales”, cuenta Beatriz Díez desde la sala de prensa.
02:12 Y el Oscar a la mejor actriz secundaria es para Alicia Vikander (“La chica danesa”). Era su primera nominación. Competía, entre otras, con Kate Winslet por su papel en “Steve Jobs”.
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Primera nominación y Oscar para Alicia Vikander.
02:04 El británico Sam Smith protagoniza la primera actuación musical de la noche con la canción de la última cinta de James Bond y que está nominada a un Oscar.
01:50 El Oscar a mejor guión adaptado lo logra “The Big Short”.
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“The Big Short”, premio a mejor guión adaptado.
01:46 El primer Oscar, el de mejor guión original, es para “Spotlight”, la historia que relata la investigación del diario “The Boston Globe” sobre abusos a menores por parte de sacerdotes.
“Los guionistas de Spotlight reivindican en la sala de prensa el valor del periodismo de investigación”, cuenta la corresponsal de BBC Mundo en Los Angeles, Beatriz Díez (
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La investigación periodística de “Spotlight” logró la primera estatuilla de la noche.
01:40 El director mexicano Alejandro González Iñárritu busca su segunda estatuilla seguida tras la lograda el año pasado por “Birdman”.
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El director mexicano González Iñárritu busca su segundo premio.
01:35 El presentador Chris Rock comienza la ceremonia vestido con una chaqueta blanca y una broma sobre la falta de diversidad. “Si este puesto hubiera sido por nominación, yo no estaría acá”.
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Chris Rock bromeó sobre la falta de nominados no blancos.
Chris Rock es un comediante, actor, guionista, productor y director de cine estadounidense. El canal de televisión Comedy Central lo señaló como el quinto mejor cómico monologuista de todos los tiempos en los Estados Unidos. Formó parte del staff de Saturday Night Live junto a otros comediantes como Chris Farley, Adam Sandler y David Spade, y eran conocidos como “Los Chicos Malos de SNL”. Después pasó a la cadena HBO, donde ganó dos Emmy Awards.
01:20 Quedan tan sólo 10 minutos para el inicio de la ceremonia. Hace ya rato que las estrellas de Hollywood caminan por la alfombra roja del teatro Dolby. El afroamericano Chris Rock dirigirá una gala precedida de la polémica por la ausencia de nominados no blancos.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The ground shook and the pine trees swayed and the playground that is Augusta National was his again. Tiger Woods, walking up the 18th fairway, an improbable victory in his sights, barely betraying a hint of emotion, was about to be a major champion.
For the 15th time.
Fourteen years after his last Masters victory, 11 years after capturing what many believed to be his final major championship triumph, Woods is on top of the golf world, capping an unforeseen comeback at one of the most revered places in the game.
“Just unreal, to be honest with you,” Woods said. “You know, just the whole tournament has meant so much to me over the years. Coming here in ’95 for the first time, and being able to play as an amateur; winning in ’97, and then come full circle, 22 years later, to be able to do it again, and just the way it all transpired today.
“There were so many different scenarios that could have transpired on that back nine. There were so many guys that had a chance to win. Leaderboard was absolutely packed and everyone was playing well. You couldn’t have had more drama than we all had out there, and now I know why I’m balding. This stuff is hard.”
For the first time in his career, Woods overcame a third-round deficit to win a major, and he set the record for longest time between Masters wins, previously held by Gary Player.
The 43-year-old Woods, who shot 13 under for the tournament, last captured a major title in 2008 at the U.S. Open. He hadn’t won a Masters since 2005.
Woods now has won 15 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus‘ 18. When Woods reached 14, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that he would cruise past the Golden Bear. But personal problems and four back surgeries derailed his momentum.
Now, Woods has his fifth green jacket, again second to Nicklaus’ six. Woods became the second-oldest to win the Masters, again behind Nicklaus, who was 46 when he won in 1986.
Nicklaus quickly reacted to Woods’ win on Twitter:
A big “well done” from me to @TigerWoods! I am so happy for him and for the game of golf. This is just fantastic!!! @TheMasters
Woods was greeted as he came off the 18th green by his son, Charlie, daughter Samantha, mom Tida, and his girlfriend, Erica Herman after a stressful, exhausting day. The drama became for Woods with an early wake-up call due to impending storms that pushed up tee times more than five hours. With all of his back problems, Woods goes through a lengthy process to get ready to play any competitive round of golf.
But it paled in comparison to the treacherous comeback Woods endured in recent years as he tried to recover from multiple surgeries.
The most recent of those was almost exactly two years ago, just two weeks after Woods attended the annual Champions Dinner at Augusta National, needing a pain-relieving shot just to make the trip.
So frustrated with his situation was Woods that he confided in a few past champions that he thought his career was over, that he’d never play competitive golf again.
“I was done at that particular time,” Woods said earlier this week. “In order to actually come to the dinner, I had to get a nerve block just to be able to walk and come to the dinner.
“It meant so much to me to be part of the Masters and come to the Champions Diner. I didn’t want to miss it. It was tough and uncomfortable. I ended up going to England that night, saw a specialist there; they recommended unfortunately for me the only way to get rid of the pain I was living in was to have the spinal fusion surgery.”
Six months later, he was first allowed to swing a club again, and here he was Sunday, contending for a fifth green jacket and his first major title since the epic playoff victory over Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S Open.
Woods began the day in the final group, 2 strokes behind Molinari, the reigning Open champion who fought through a Sunday pairing with the crimson-shirted Woods at Carnoustie to hoist the Claret Jug. He did so without making a bogey.
And it looked very much the same Sunday, as Molinari remarkably ran his streak without a bogey to 49 holes before finally making a couple of mistakes. Schauffele, Koepka, Johnson and Tony Finau were also in the mix, as was Jason Day and Patrick Cantlay. Woods made three bogeys through 10 holes and was 2 strokes back at that point.
But when Molinari hit his tee shot into the water at the 12th, it changed everything, giving Woods the opening he needed. Woods made a 2-putt par there, then added birdies at the 13th and 15th holes to take the outright lead on the final day of the Masters for the first time since his last victory here in 2005.
Then came what was perhaps his shot of the tournament, a perfect 8-iron at the par-3 16th — where two aces were made Sunday — that landed perfectly on a slope and trickled down, just sliding by the hole. He made the 4-footer for birdie and a 2-stroke lead.
A perfect drive at the 17th led to an easy par, and then the telling tee shot at the 18th with a 3-wood up the right side put him in position to close out a remarkable victory.
SALT LAKE CITY — The statewide mask mandate will be lifted by April 10 under a bill that passed the Utah State Legislature in the final hours of the 2021 session.
In an interview with FOX 13 on Friday night, Gov. Cox said he would be willing to sign it.
“It’s much better than it was. The original version of the bill had the mandate ending immediately. This was a big push for us,” he said. “Look, we’re vaccinating 25,000 people every day. We want to get through the most vulnerable, we will be through the most vulnerable by April 10 so we feel much better about the bill.”
House Bill 294‘s final version said other restrictions can begin to be loosened once Utah hits 1.63 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the 14-day case rate is less than 191 per 100,000 and the state’s ICU hospitalization rate is less than 15% on a seven-day average.
The mask mandate would be lifted April 10. However, the bill now allows the mandate to remain for gatherings with crowds above 50. County governments would be able to adopt their own mask mandates, too. The bill also preserves some health restrictions for K-12 schools, and it does not restrict businesses from requiring them.
But all public health orders would terminate by July 1.
“We didn’t legislate our way into the pandemic,” said Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, who later added: “I’m not in favor of trying to legislate our way out of this.”
But on Friday night, they came around and backed the bill.
Senate Minority Whip Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City raised concerns about the bill, pointing out the pandemic is not over.
“Certainly we’re going to be making decisions based on science,” she said.
Sen. Derrin Owens, R-Fountain Green, pointed to the bill’s metrics and the negotiations between the governor and the department of health.
“It’s really who would have thought when we were in the middle of this that we were able to offer such a bill that shows how we can exit and provide an endgame to this,” he said.
But lawmakers have faced increasing pressure to loosen restrictions, particularly as more people get vaccinated. They pointed to being hit with constituent communications, many that complained the masks were an attack on their personal freedoms.
In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, Trump said complying with further investigations was not necessary after the White House cooperated with Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
“There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress where it’s very partisan — obviously very partisan,” Trump said.
The comments come amid reports that the White House is preparing to go to legislative war with several House committees as they continue their sprawling probes into the Trump administration.
White House officials are reportedly planning to exert executive privilege after the House Judiciary Committee filed a subpoena for testimony and documents from former White House counsel Don McGahn, who was known to have a contentious relationship with Trump and played a starring role in Mueller’s report.
The Treasury Department also missed a second deadline to hand over six years of the president’s tax returns.
The newest back-and-forth between the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue has brought the White House’s relationship with Capitol Hill into arguably its most combative position to date.
Trump told the Post that he has not yet made a decision regarding exerting executive privilege over testimony from aides already called upon by Congress, though two officials familiar with internal plans said White House lawyers intend to use the tool to bar congressional testimony.
“I don’t want people testifying to a party, because that is what they’re doing if they do this,” Trump said.
“I allowed my lawyers and all the people to go and testify to Mueller — and you know how I feel about that whole group of people that did the Mueller report,” Trump added. “I was so transparent; they testified for so many hours. They have all of that information that’s been given.”
However, Democrats appear emboldened in their investigative efforts in the aftermath of the Mueller report. While the party remains divided on impeachment, with its upper echelons expressing skepticism about the prospect, House Democrats are united in their resolve to find answers to lingering questions from the special counsel’s probe.
“As to the President’s conduct, we will scrupulously assert Congress’ constitutional duty to honor our oath of office to support and defend the Constitution and our democracy. That includes honoring the Article I responsibility of the legislative branch to conduct oversight over the other branches of government, unified in our search for the truth and in upholding the security of our elections,” Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter to her colleagues Monday.
While Mueller found insufficient evidence of coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow to bring charges, he neither implicated nor exonerated the president regarding obstruction of justice, saying that while he found 10 “episodes” of possibly obstructive behavior, Congress would ultimately decide whether to charge Trump in light of Justice Department guidelines that sitting presidents cannot be indicted.
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El mánager de River Enzo Francéscoli se quejó por la expulsión del entrenador Marcelo Gallardo en la primera final ante Tigres en México y lamentó que seguramente no podrá dar siquiera la charla técnica en la revancha del próximo miércoles.
“Este reglamento lo inventa gente que nunca en su vida estuvo en un vestuario”, disparó, duro, contra la Conmebol, a partir de la expulsión que le propinó el árbitro paraguayo Antonio Arias.
“Gallardo no podría pasar ni por el vestuario. Obviamente no daría la charla técnica. Este reglamento lo inventa gente que nunca en su vida estuvo en un vestuario”, tiró el mánager riverplatense en declaraciones a Radio La Red.
Y agregó: “La Conmebol no hace caso a ningún reclamo”.
Además manifestó un deseo de cara a la definición en Nuñez, con relación a alguien que hasta hace poco estuvo en el club y que oficializó su retiro.
“Para la final por supuesto que me gustaría que (Pablo) Aimar venga, pero es una decisión personal de él”, sostuvo.
Para cerrar, el uruguayo mostró confianza de cara al encuentro de vuelta, aunque lamentó las salidas por lesión de Rodrigo Mora y Tabaré Viudez.
Y pese a que desea que ambos estén a disposición del DT para la definición de la Copa, cerró que no cree que puedan recuperarse a tiempo.
“Las lesiones son particulares en cada uno. Cada uno se recupera y siente a su manera, pero presiento que Mora y Viudez no van a poder estar. Si salen tan abruptamente es porque el músculo sintió algo”, finalizó.
The president expresses doubts that he’d accept any deal Congress strikes for border wall; Garrett Tenney reports from the White House.
President Trump said Sunday he doubted he could accept any agreement struck by congressional negotiators that would give him less than his requested $5.7 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border as White House officials dangled the possibility of another partial shutdown next month.
The president also cast doubt on the prospect of lawmakers reaching any agreement before funding for most government agencies runs out on Feb. 15, telling The Wall Street Journal: “I personally think it’s less than 50-50, but you have a lot of very good people on that board.”
On Friday, Trump signed legislation ending the 35-day shutdown without any funding for his long-promised border barrier, a reversal from last month when he refused to sign any funding legislation that did not provide wall money.
Will President Trump and Democrats find a compromise? Insight from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
“I have to do it right,” Trump insisted to the Journal on Sunday, adding that another partial shutdown was “certainly an option.” The president also cast doubt on any deal that would trade wall funding for increased protections or citizenship for Dreamers, a group of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, calling it “a separate subject to be taken up at a separate time.”
When asked on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” if Trump was prepared to wage another shutdown fight over the wall, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney answered: “Yeah, I think he actually is.”
“This is a serious humanitarian and security crisis,” Mulvaney said. “And, as president of the United States, [Trump] takes the security of the nation as his highest priority.”
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Mulvaney said “the right way” to fund the wall would be through legislation passed by Congress.
“But at the end of the day,” he added, “the president is going to secure the border one way or another.”
The White House has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to “look at possible ways of funding border security,” including possibly using the president’s emergency powers and unspent disaster relief money.
“I think the president wants his $5.7 billion,” Mulvaney said. “Keep in mind – why is that number? It’s not a number that’s made up. It’s what the experts have told him. He’s listened to DHS. I’ve been in on the meetings. He’s listened to CBP [Customs and Border Patrol], he’s listened to ICE.”
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, a member of the Democratic leadership in the House, said his colleagues are looking for “evidence-based” legislation.
“Shutdowns are not legitimate negotiating tactics when there’s a public policy disagreement between two branches of government,” he told NBC News’ “Meet The Press.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said repeatedly that congressional Democrats would not support any legislation that finances the wall.
The president kept up the case for the wall on social media, tweeting: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” On Sunday morning, he pegged the number of illegal immigrants at “25,772,342 … not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years.” Trump also tweeted that the cost of illegal immigration so far this year was nearly $19 billion. He did not cite a source for either figure.
“I’m not exactly sure where the President got that number this morning,” Mulvaney told “Face The Nation.” “But I think what you see him trying to do is point out how silly this debate is. This is not that much money in the greater scheme of things the United States of America … This should have been resolved a long time ago, and we do hope it gets resolved in the next twenty-one days.”
Soldado ucranianao vigila las afueras de Mariupol. El cartel dice: “Peligro, minas”.
A pesar de que un anhelado cese el fuego fue firmado el viernes entre representantes de Ucrania y Rusia, rebeldes prorrusos y la Organización para la Seguridad y la Cooperación en Europa (OSCE) en Minsk, Bielorrusia, no parece haber claridad sobre qué tan sólida pueda ser la tregua.
Poco después de que fuera anunciada, Fergal Keane, enviado especial de la BBC a la ciudad de Mariupol, en el este de Ucrania, informó que un importante puesto de control del gobierno fue destruido por fuego de artillería disparado por combatientes prorrusos.
Keane dijo que también hubo disparos del otro lado.
No obstante, en la mañana del sábado el presidente ucraniano Petro Poroshenko declaró que tanto él como su homólogo ruso, Vladimir Putin, estaban de acuerdo en que el cese el fuego entre las fuerzas de su gobierno y los separatistas prorrusos estaba manteniéndose.
“Petro Poroshenko y Vladimir Putin discutieron formas de lograr que el cese el fuego se mantenga”, había dicho la oficina de Poroshenko en una declaración el sábado en la mañana.
Pero los intercambios de fuego en el oriente ucraniano se repitieron -con variada intensidad- el sábado y el domingo.
Entonces, ¿qué tan sólido es el cese el fuego y cuál es el interés de los gobiernos de Ucrania y Rusia en mantenerlo?
Bridget Kendall, corresponsal de asuntos diplomáticos de la BBC, explora aquí esta cuestión.
El acuerdo de alto el fuego que entró en vigencia el viernes en el este de Ucrania tiene el potencial de convertirse en un punto de inflexión en el conflicto.
Aparentemente, el interés de las partes -al menos en el plano político- es que se convierta en un primer paso hacia la paz.
Además del objetivo mutuo confeso de hacer todo lo posible para detener el derramamiento de sangre y el sufrimiento, ¿cómo se benefician Rusia y Ucrania con el acuerdo?
El sábado se presentaron disparos de artillería de las dos partes en la ciudad de Mariupol, en el este de Ucrania.
No hay duda de que las opciones del presidente ucraniano Poroshenko eran limitadas.
Tuvo que darse cuenta de que no le iba a ser tan fácil librar una campaña para aplastar a los rebeldes en el este de su país y seguir adelante en el objetivo de sacar a Ucrania del caos económico en que se encuentra.
Una reciente inyección de recursos de tropas y armamento pesado -presumiblemente de Rusia- logró que los rebeldes prorrusos abrieran nuevos frentes y forzaran a las tropas ucranianas a un retiro abrupto y humillante.
La reacción de pánico en Kiev estuvo muy mal disimulada. En las propias palabras del presidente Poroshenko, parecía que “una agresión rusa directa y abierta”.
En la reunión en Minsk hace dos semanas entre Putin y Poroshenko tuvo que haber quedado claro que a Ucrania no se le permitiría ganar la guerra en el este.
El gobierno de Ucrania no debe olvidar que Rusia siempre tendrá el poder para montar una contraofensiva, o simplemente mantener la región perpetuamente inestable, obstaculizando los planes de Poroshenko para las elecciones parlamentarias del próximo mes.
Amigos cautelosos
Ucrania pudo haber quedado atrapado entre pocas opciones ante el poder de Rusia.
Además, el presidente Poroshenko debe haber quedado con pocas ilusiones sobre la ayuda militar de Occidente. Tras la última cumbre de la OTAN quedó claro que cuando se trata de Rusia, los países occidentales son pragmáticamente cautelosos.
Sin duda Occidente está dispuesto a respaldar a Kiev política y económicamente, y a brindar asesoramiento, entrenamiento y asistencia militar no letal. Pero Ucrania no forma parte de la OTAN y Occidente no está preparado para ir a la guerra con Rusia por ella.
Los líderes de Francia y Alemania han dicho en varias ocasiones en las últimas semanas que este conflicto en Ucrania se resolverá con un alto el fuego.
En otras palabras: “le corresponde a usted, presidente Poroshenko, tarde o temprano”.
Las opciones rusas
Pero si Ucrania quedó atrapada entre sus pocas opciones, ¿qué pasa con Rusia? ¿Por qué el presidente Vladimir Putin acepta detenerse ahora?
Habría podido presionar -como esperaban los nacionalistas conservadores rusos- para anexar el este de Ucrania como parte del territorio ruso. O declarar un nuevo territorio protegido en Novorossiya (Nueva Rusia, como el Imperio Ruso de los siglos XVIII y XIX llamaba a una parte de Ucrania) para crear un puente terrestre hacia Crimea.
El hecho es que Putin tuvo amplia oportunidad de asumir el control del este de Ucrania, si lo hubiera querido hacer. Pero no está claro qué ventaja obtendría del territorio.
La población civil ha sido la más afectada con los enfrentamientos en Ucrania.
Es pobre, muchas de sus industrias han perdido poder, la población local está traumatizada y dividida. Y sería una pelea sangrienta y desordenada, con participación de gran número de tropas rusas y, por lo tanto, quién sabe cuántas bajas rusas se contarían.
Puede ser un riesgo que Putin no está dispuesto a asumir.
Tal vez sea mejor buscar detener el conflicto ahora cuando los rebeldes tienen alguna ventaja militar, cuando el gobierno de Ucrania parece vulnerable y capaza, ante la esperanza de un acuerdo de paz, de verse más propenso a satisfacer las demandas clave de Rusia.
Las sanciones de Occidente también pueden jugar buena parte en la disposición del Kremlin para respaldar la tregua, entre otras cosas porque hay reportes de que los precios están subiendo en Rusia, sobre todo de los alimentos, algo que puede afectar a la población más pobre en ese país.
Al final, es probable que la presión interna sea, para ambos presidentes, un factor importante en su toma de decisiones en torno al cese el fuego y el interés de conseguir la paz.
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WASHINGTON – West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin — a key Democratic holdout over efforts to pass federal voting rights legislation — is expected to head to Texas on Friday for a fundraiser with a host committee that includes several wealthy Republican donors.
The fundraiser comes just a day after Manchin met with Texas House Democrats on Capitol Hill who are desperate for his support of the congressional efforts which could preempt the statewide GOP’s push to pass bills that would restrict voting access for Texans.
Manchin is also one of two Democratic senators, along with Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who have proven to be obstacles to moving voting rights legislation through the U.S. Senate. At the center of the impasse is their opposition to eliminating or changing the filibuster, which requires 60 senators to put a bill on the floor.
“We invite you to join us for a special evening supporting our friend, US Senator Joe Manchin,” according to the invitation’s cover letter, which went on to call Manchin “a longtime friend since his days as Governor of West Virginia.”
The host committee includes titans of the Texas oil and gas industry — many of whom donate almost exclusively to Republicans. But there is a prominent Democrat included among the hosts: former Houston Mayor Bill White. White was the 2010 Democratic nominee for governor.
An invitation to a Houston fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, obtained by The Texas Tribune.
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Manchin is the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the most powerful perch on Capitol Hill when it comes to oil and gas policy. He will be up for reelection in 2024.
Among the hosts are oil billionaires like Jeff Hildebrand, who cofounded the energy company Hilcorp and Richard Kinder, a cofounder of Kinder Morgan, an energy infrastructure company. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perryappointed Hildebrand to the University of Texas Board of Regents for a six-year term beginning in 2013.
The fundraiser will take place late Friday afternoon in the River Oaks area of Houston, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Texas. An invitation obtained by The Texas Tribune encouraged donors to contribute $5,800 to Manchin’s reelection campaign and $5,000 to his leadership PAC. Organizers anticipate more than 150 people to attend, according to a source familiar with the event.
Manchin’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
Many of the hosts are prolific donors to past GOP nominees, including former President Donald Trump, and to organizations like the Republican Party of Texas, the Republican National Committee, state parties, GOP candidates across the country and to Republicans in U.S. Senate and House leadership. Hosts have also contributed to Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan.
Even so, some of these donors have made occasional contributions to Democrats who are either moderate or serve on committees with oversight of the energy sector. Energy is a key driver of the Houston economy.
Some of the Democrats over the years who are on the receiving end of these donations include U.S. Rep. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, the West Houston congresswoman who serves on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, former U.S. Sens. Max Baucus of Montana and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and former U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinksi, of Illinois.
“We basically are just getting some people together to show our support,” said Darren Blanton, a Republican donor who planned to attend the event.
He pushed back on the notion that this is a wholly Republican event.
“It’s just people that respect and support him,” he said.
Democrats flew to Washington, D.C. on Monday in a bid to break the House’s quorum and prevent the passage of the GOP’s priority voting bill.
In their time in Washington this summer, Manchin and his staff have been receptive to the state’s Democratic legislative and Congressional delegations, taking meetings the Texans both in June and this week. Texas Democrats interviewed after a June meeting praised Manchin for being receptive to their arguments.
They vow to stay outside of Texas until the special legislative session ends Aug. 6, but Abbott has said he’ll continue to call special sessions until the bill is passed.
Democrats have said they chose the nation’s capital for their decampment largely so they could urge Congress to take federal action, given that Republicans have majorities in both chambers of the Legislature and are poised to push through their priorities.
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was stripped of his committee assignments by his fellow House Republicans Monday evening following bipartisan condemnation of King’s recent remarks on white supremacy and white nationalism.
“We will not tolerate this type of language in the Republican Party … or in the Democratic Party as well,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters. “I watched what Steve King said and we took action.”
In a formal statement, McCarthy said King’s comments were “beneath the dignity of the Party of Lincoln and the United States of America. His comments call into question whether he will treat all Americans equally, without regard for race and ethnicity. House Republicans are clear: We are all in this together, as fellow citizens equal before God and the law. As Congressman King’s fellow citizens, let us hope and pray earnestly that this action will lead to greater reflection and ultimately change on his part.”
In a statement of his own, King insisted that his comments had been “completely mischaracterized” and blasted McCarthy for what King called “a political decision that ignores the truth.” According to his website, King was previously a member of House committees on the judiciary, agriculture and small business.
King, 69, was already under fire from both parties over a series of racially charged remarks when he made the head-turning comments in a New York Times interview published last week.
“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King asked the paper. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”
In his statement Monday, King insisted his use of “that language” was referring “ONLY to Western Civilization and NOT to any previously stated evil ideology ALL of which I have denounced.
“My record as a vocal advocate for Western Civilization is nearly as full as my record in defense of Freedom of Speech,” King concluded. ” … I will continue to point out the truth and work with all the vigor that I have to represent 4th District Iowans for at least the next two years.”
The loss of King’s committee assignments may not be the end of his trouble. Earlier Monday, Reps. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, introduced separate censure resolutions against the Republican. Censure is one of three formal modes of punishment in the House. It is more severe than a reprimand, but not as severe as expulsion. The House has only censured 23 members in history, most recently, former Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., in December 2010.
“Anything less [than censure] would be a slap on the wrist,” Rush told reporters. “Steve King’s continual, serial, expression of hard, rabid racism must come to a screeching halt. This Congress must rise up and express its sentiment.”
Senate Republicans also expressed their disgust with King, with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying that if King “doesn’t understand why ‘white supremacy’ is offensive, he should find another line of work.”
“There is no place in the Republican Party, the Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy of any kind,” McConnell said. “I have no tolerance for such positions and those who espouse these views are not supporters of American ideals and freedoms. Rep. King’s statements are unwelcome and unworthy of his elected position.”
Sen. Mitt Romey, R-Utah, said King’s remarks “are his own and his exclusively and what he said was reprehensible and ought to lead to his resignation from Congress.”
“I think it’s very clear that the party leadership is unified that Steve King is out of bounds and that he should no longer be serving in Congress,” Romney said.
Last year, King tweeted “culture and demographics are our destiny” and said we “can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”
In 2013, he commented that while he has some sympathy for some illegal immigrants, “they aren’t all valedictorians, they weren’t all brought in by their parents — for everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.”
Shortly before the 2018 midterm elections, in which King was running, Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, then the head of the GOP campaign committee, issued an extraordinary public denunciation of him.
King has already drawn a primary challenger for the 2020 election: Randy Feenstra, a GOP state senator.
Fox News’ Gregg Re, Jason Donner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
While clinical trials tested the efficacy of second doses delivered three or four weeks after the first, British officials said they would allow a gap of up to 12 weeks. Such delays have not been rigorously tested in trials. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, for instance, was shown to be 95 percent effective at preventing Covid-19 when administered as two doses, three weeks apart.
Straying from this regimen “is like going into the Wild West,” said Dr. Phyllis Tien, an infectious disease physician at the University of California, San Francisco. “It needs to be data driven if they’re going to make a change.”
Widening the gap between vaccine doses could risk blunting the benefits of the second shot, which is intended to boost the body’s defenses against the coronavirus, increasing the strength and durability of the immune response. In the interim, the protective effects of the first shot could also wane faster than anticipated.
“We don’t really know what happens when you only have one dose after, like, a month,” said Natalie Dean, a biostatistician at the University of Florida. “It’s just not the way it was tested.”
El acto fue en la Plaza Independencia y contó con la presencia del presidente Tabaré Vázquez, quien no hizo uso de la palabra.
Según informó radio Monte Carlo, entre otras autoridades se encontraban los ministros María Julia Muñoz, Carolina Cosse, Eduardo Bonomi, Tabaré Aguerre y Liliam Kechichian. También estuvieron presentes la directora de Secundaria Celsa Puente y las senadoras Lucía Topolansky y Mónica Xavier.
De tarde, sobre las 17:30 horas, se realizarán diversos espectáculos, como por ejemplo el que contará con la participación de Edu “Pitufo” Lombardo, la murga La Cigarra y Humoristas Sociedad Anónima. Ya hacia las 20 horas culminan los festejos con un show de fuegos artificiales.
“Los malditos voceros”, nota que está en la actual edición de NOTICIAS, testimonia la distancia que Francisco eligió tomar con sus “mensajeros”, y en especial con uno: Gustavo Vera. En el texto se cuentan los dos episodios en que el Papa no asistió a unas conferencias en las que participaba Vera, el comienzo de la edición en Argentina de L’Osservatore Romano -el medio oficial del Vaticano, en cuyo primer número local hay una columna titulada “diálogo directo y sin voceros”-, e incluso una supuesta expulsión del titular del legislador de Santa Marta, la residencia de Bergoglio, más varios testimonios que documentan como se enfrió la relación entre estos dos viejos amigos. La reacción del titular de La Alameda no se hizo esperar.
A través de su cuenta de Twitter, Vera lanzó media docena de tuits donde apunta contra este medio. “Noticias y Perfil están tan malinformados que omiten que entre el 31/1y el 9/2 residí en Santa Marta y almorcé y cené varias veces con mi amigo”, “La nota de Perfil y Noticias es totalmente falsa y ellos lo saben. Pero siguen el método Goebbels ‘miente y miente que algo quedará’” fueron algunos. Cabe aclarar que en la mencionada nota se documenta la última residencia del legislador, quien no quiso hablar para la publicación, dentro del Vaticano. Incluso Pino Solanas, cercano a Vera, salió a defenderlo vía Twitter. “En los viajes que realicé al Vaticano constaté personalmente el afecto que Francisco tiene por su colaborador Vera”.
A continuación la seguidilla completa de tuits y el intercambio con el redactor de la nota, donde lo acusa de hacer una “opereta”. Vera también menciona la pelea entre la Iglesia y los scouts, hecho que NOTICIAS levantó en su web y que el legislador interpretó como una operación.
La nota de Perfil y Noticias es totalmente falsa y ellos lo saben. Pero sigue el mètodo Goebbels “miente y miente que algo quedarà”
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a coalition and will now have to be reelected once again. President Trump said there is enough turmoil in Israel.
President Trump said Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to form a government was “too bad,” because the Middle East has “enough turmoil.”
“It looked like a total win for Netanyahu, who’s a great guy, he’s a great guy,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn Thursday morning before heading to Colorado to deliver the commencement speech at the Air Force Academy.
“And now they’re [Israel’s] back in the debate state and they’re back in the election stage,” Trump said. “That is too bad. Because they don’t need this. I mean they’ve got enough turmoil over there, it’s a tough place.”
FILE – In this March 25, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump smiles at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, after signing a proclamation at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Netanyahu missed a midnight Wednesday deadline to form a coalition government made up of his conservative Likud party and allied religious and nationalist parties after negotiations fell apart over military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men. In response, the 120-member Israeli parliament, the Knesset, voted to dissolve, teeing up a new election for Sept. 17.
The dramatic political events took place hours before Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner visited Jerusalem to promote the administration’s Middle East peace plan, which could be losing steam as Israelheads toward an unprecedented second election in a calendar year.
Netanyahu said Thursday that Kushner gifted him an official State Department map, which was updated to incorporate the long-disputed Golan Heights as part of Israel.
In a bid to play down the political chaos and focus public attention on his foreign policy prowess – in particular, his close friendship with Trump – during a news conference in Jerusalem on Thursday Netanyahu whipped out Kushner’s map, on which the president had scribbled, “Nice.”
The White House upended decades of official U.S. policy in March when it recognized Israeli sovereignty over the territory, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed.
The September election means there are now no guarantees that Netanyahu’s Trump-friendly government will stay in power past the summer and any progress made with Kushner is at risk of being revoked by a new Israeli administration.
On Monday, as Netanyahu tried to put a coalition together, Trump tweeted that he hoped the Israeli leader could form a government in order to further strengthen ties between the countries.
“Hoping things will work out with Israel’s coalition formation and Bibi and I can continue to make the alliance between America and Israel stronger than ever. A lot more to do!” Trump wrote.
The meeting between Netanyahu, Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s envoy for international negotiations, was scheduled ahead of a conference scheduled in Bahrain for next month that is designed to highlight the economic benefits of a potential Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Palestinians officials have cut off contact with the Trump administration, rejected the peace plan sight unseen and have urged Arab nations to boycott the Bahrain conference. Despite the boycott push, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have signaled they intend to participate.
A Trump administration official told Fox News on Thursday that the conference will go on as planned in late-June, and that the U.S. will release details of its peace plan at the appropriate time.
Fox News’ Barnini Chakraborty, Ben Evansky and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
La denuncia fue hecha por el trabajador José Alfredo Barrenechea Berna, a través de un medio local.
Según denunció el diario Perú21, el secretario general del nuevo Sindicato de Trabajadores de Construcción Civil de Chimbote, José Alfredo Barrenechea Berna, asegura que el presidente regional de Ancash, César Álvarez, le propuso liderar una banda de sicarios.
El trabajador denunció que recibe amenazas contra su vida después de rechazar esta supuesta solicitud ilícita de la autoridad ancashina y del dirigente del mismo gremio, Víctor López Padilla.
Barrenechea Berna precisa que hace dos años el presidente regional ofreció este cargo ilícito en el restaurante ‘La Ñata’, en Chimbote. Según él, Álvarez prometió regalarle una camioneta 4×4 y trabajo en varias obras.
“No soy delincuente y tampoco tengo antecedentes penales. Temo por mi vida. Por no someterme a sus ideales (de Álvarez y López), han pasado a ser mis enemigos. Un grupo de hasta 40 personas me persigue para agredirme sabiendo que estoy sobre los 60 años”, expresó.
López Padilla pidió garantías para su vida a la gobernadora de Chimbote, Yolanda Lara Cortez. El trabajador asegura que la autoridad citó a Álvarez y López para el uno de abril. Sin embargo, ninguno acudió a la cita.
Según el medio de comunicación, el presidente de la región Áncash, César Álvarez, negó que haya realizado esa propuesta al dirigente. Sostuvo que la denuncia del dirigente de construcción a que no recibe obras.
O presidente do Conselho Deliberativo da Chapecoense, Plínio David de Nes Filho, e o prefeito de Chapecó, Luciano Buligon, que quase embarcaram no voo que caiu na Colômbia, se emocionaram ao falar sobre a tragédia ao lado de Galvão Bueno e Rodrigo Bocardi no Bom Dia Brasil.
“Nós estávamos programados para estar neste voo. Eu, particularmente, voei com esse avião. Estivemos em Barranquilla e voamos com esse mesmo avião. O piloto entrou em contato comigo, às 9h, dizendo que a Anac não havia liberado para que ele pudesse pousar em Guarulhos, pedindo apoio, inclusive, porque a gente já se conhecia. Mas aí optamos em voar à tarde, em voo regular, fazendo uma ponta em Bogotá. Voltaríamos com esse voo, fazendo uma escala em Santa Cruz, e iríamos pousar, como já pousamos, no aeroporto internacional de Foz do Iguaçú”, detalhou o prefeito.
“Montamos um QG no próprio vestiário. Falei com a minha senhora. Ela está indo de encontro às senhoras dos jogadores e dos dirigentes. Existem amigos de uma vida toda que estavam no voo. (…) Esse grupo dentro da Chapecoense, entre atletas e direção, não era apenas um grupo de respeito mútuo, mas familiar. Grupo de amizade, todo mundo ria muito, mesmo nas derrotas. Nós viviamos em uma harmonia muito grande. Ontem de manhã, eu me despedindo, eles me diziam que iam em busca para tornar esse sonho uma realidade. Compartilhamos esse sonho, muito emocionados. E esse sonho acabou essa madrugada”, chorou Plínio.
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