Mr. Trump called Mr. Meadows on Thursday to offer him the job, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Mr. Mulvaney, who took an annual trip to Nevada this week, learned of the decision on Friday, another person familiar with the events said. Mr. Mulvaney did not travel with the president to Florida; instead, he sent his top deputy, Emma Doyle.
The replacement was widely seen in the West Wing as a chance for Mr. Trump to reinvigorate his staff, over which Mr. Mulvaney was seen as losing control. In Mr. Meadows, the president will have an ally who he has treated as a confidant and a bellwether of congressional conservatives for much of his term.
Mr. Meadows takes over as Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director, returns on Monday in a new role working for Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner.
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York, and Michael D. Shear from Washington.
Sen. Kamala Harris cited her exchange with Attorney General William Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week. | Win McNamee/Getty Images
Sen. Kamala Harris called on the Justice Department inspector general to look into whether Attorney General William Barr had received or complied with any requests from the White House to investigate President Donald Trump’s “perceived enemies.”
In a letter sent Friday to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the California Democrat, who is also running for president, wrote she had “grave concern about the independence of the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General William Barr.”
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Harris cited her exchange with the attorney general at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week, in which Barr did not explicitly answer her question about whether Trump or anyone in he White House asked to or suggested the DOJ investigate someone.
“I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest,’” Barr said at the hearing. “I mean there have been discussions of, of matters out there that uh … they have not asked me to open an investigation.”
When Harris asked whether the White House had hinted at an investigation, Barr responded: “I don’t know.”
In her letter, Harris described Barr’s response as “alarming” and noted that “such inappropriate requests by the President have been well documented.”
Harris’ letter is the second this week from Senate Democrats asking the Inspector General to investigate Barr. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter Tuesday to the inspector general, asking that he investigate Barr’s handling of the Mueller report.
The footage obtained by WAVY-TV was taken from what appeared to be a street camera in a residential neighborhood. A Pasquotank County Sheriff’s vehicle is seen carrying several deputies dressed in tactical gear before turning a corner and then pulling into a driveway.
The footage then pauses for several seconds before picking up. The deputies get out and indistinguishable shouting is heard.
Sirens are then heard and more law enforcement personnel are seen arriving at the scene as they direct traffic out of the area.
Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney who secured the $27 million civil lawsuit in Minneapolis for the family of George Floyd, noted the militarized nature of the deputies.
“Just-released footage of the militarized police force rushing to kill Andrew Brown,” he tweeted. “This has become a constant sight across America, the evolution of policing that’s now terrorizing communities of color!”
Brown was killed on April 21 as authorities were attempting to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants. He was shot five times — four in the right arm and once in the back of the head — according to an independent autopsy commissioned by attorneys for the Brown family.
On Monday, the family viewed 20 seconds of bodycam footage of the shooting. Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter said he viewed the footage several times and noted that deputies had “numerous assault rifles at the scene.”
He said Brown attempted to back out a driveway to avoid the deputies when he was shot. Brown eventually crashed into a tree, the attorney said.
“We watched this over and over and over to make sure we were sure about what was going on and what was transparent,” he said. “He finally tries to try to get away and he backs out – not going toward the officers at all. At no time in the 20 seconds that we saw was he threatening the officers in any kind of way.”
President Joe Biden warned Friday that Delta, a coronavirus variant first discovered in India, poses an increased threat to unvaccinated Americans.
“It is a variant that is more easily transmissible, potentially deadlier, and particularly dangerous for young people,” Biden said at a White House news conference.
His remarks came just hours after Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told “Good Morning America” that Delta would likely become the dominant strain in the US in the coming months. (Some experts have even suggested that might even happen within weeks.)
Delta represents just 10% of US COVID-19 cases so far, but it already makes up around 90% of cases in the UK, according to a study from Imperial College London that’s still awaiting peer review. The researchers also found that COVID-19 cases in the UK are doubling every 11 days, most likely as a result of the fast-spreading variant.
Research from Public Health England suggests that Delta is associated with a 60% increased risk of household coronavirus transmission compared to Alpha — the variant discovered in the UK. Alpha is already around 50% more transmissible than the original coronavirus strain, according to the CDC.
Young people may be particularly susceptible to a Delta infection for two reasons: They’re more likely to be socially active and less likely to be vaccinated than older adults.
In the US, fewer adults under 50 have gotten vaccinated than adults ages 50 and older. The Imperial College London researchers also found that coronavirus infections in the UK are two-and-a-half times more prevalent among people ages 5 to 49 than among those ages 50 and older. Most young people who recently got infected were unvaccinated, according to the study.
Experts increasingly worry that young people will be less protected against severe disease caused by a Delta infection: Researchers in Scotland found that getting infected with Delta doubles the risk of hospital admission relative to Alpha.
Emerging research also suggests that a single vaccine dose doesn’t hold up as well against Delta compared to other coronavirus strains. Recent Public Health England analyses found that two doses of Pfizer’s vaccine were 88% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 from Delta cases, while a single shot was just 33% effective by the same standard.
“Please, please if you have one shot, get the second shot as soon as you can,” Biden said on Friday.
So far, less than 45% of Americans are fully vaccinated, while 53% have received at least one dose. US vaccination rates have also fallen dramatically in the last two months, from a weekly average of nearly 3.4 million doses per day in mid-April to fewer than 780,000 doses per day on Thursday.
The more vaccination rates continue to drop, the more opportunities there are for Delta to spread — and therefore keep replicating and mutating.
“The worst-case scenario is if Delta mutates into something completely different, a completely different animal, and then our current vaccines are even less effective or ineffective,” Vivek Cherian, an internal medicine physician in Baltimore, recently told Insider.
Still, Biden said the US likely wouldn’t return to lockdowns because so many people have been vaccinated already.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Chief Lloyd Austin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv Sunday night, according to Ukraine’s presidential adviser.
The adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, said in an interview on Ukrainian TV late Sunday that the talks are going on “right now.” Blinken and Austin’s meeting with Zelenskyy is the highest-ranking visit to Ukraine by a U.S. delegation since Russia began its invasion.
Zelenskyy said Saturday said he had plans to meet with Blinken and Austin, but did not share any details.
Blinken and Austin met last month with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov in Warsaw, Poland, on the margins of President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe. The two also toured Ukraine’s border with Poland.
During that visit, the two Biden cabinet secretaries discussed follow-ups to the March 24 NATO Summit in Brussels, and the United States’ “unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of the Russian Federation’s increasingly brutal assault on Ukrainian cities and civilian population,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
►French President Emmanuel Macron cruised to a second term Sunday, beating back a stronger-than-expected challenge from far-right populist Marine Le Pen, who has attacked the European Union and NATO and expressed support for Russia.
►Speaking in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis lamented the “barbarity” of the war. “It is sad that these days, which are the holiest and most solemn for all Christians, we hear the deadly noise of weapons rather than the sound of bells announcing the Resurrection,” the pope said. “It is sad that arms are taking the place of words.”
►The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said it is “extremely concerned” that several mission members are being held in eastern Ukraine. The Vienna-based agency said it is using “all available channels to facilitate their release” but did not specify the number of people being held or who was holding them.
►Russian missile and artillery troops hit 423 targets in Ukraine overnight as part of the special military operation, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said Sunday. He said 26 Ukrainian command posts, 367 “places of the amassment of manpower and military equipment” and 25 gun lines were hit.
French priest investigates ‘horrific’ Russian war crimes
A French priest is investigating alleged, “horrific” Russian war crimes in the southern Ukraine city of Mariupol and warns that result could show worse brutality than what was discovered in the town of Bucha.
“Every Ukrainian is now a witness to the horrific crimes of the Russian Federation,” Father Patrick Desbois says on the website of his organization, Yahad-In Unum. “If you have witnessed Russian troops shelling a peaceful neighborhood or destroying civilian infrastructure, your testimony will be very helpful in the investigation.”
Desbois, who promises anonymity, is known for his investigations of the mass shootings in Eastern European countries – including Ukraine – occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. He told The Washington Post he believes Mariupol “will be worse than Bucha,” where hundreds of residents were apparently massacred during Russia’s assault on and occupation of the city.
Desbois told the Washington Post he does not believe there is enough evidence yet to label Russian behavior as “genocide,” as President Joe Biden has said.
“Sadly, it will depend on what happens next,” he told The Post.
Ukraine celebrates Easter hoping ‘our sunrise will come soon’
Ukrainians marked Orthodox Easter in the capital, Kyiv, on Sunday with prayers for those fighting on the front lines in the Donbas region and others trapped in cities such as Mariupol. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians not to let anger at the war overwhelm them.
“All of us believe our sunrise will come soon,” he said.
The Eastern Orthodox church follows the Julian calendar, first proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, rather than the Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholic Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. This means the holiday typically falls later than Easter Sunday in Western Christian tradition.The deputy commander of the nationalist Azov Regiment, which has been battling separatists in the Donbas since 2014, recorded a video address chastising the Russian military for failing to observe the holy day.
“The enemy continues to drop air bombs, ship artillery fires, guns are fired,” Captain Sviatoslav Palamar said.
Mariupol ‘almost wiped out’ but Ukraine military hanging on
The southern Ukraine city of Mariupol is “almost wiped out,” but a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied Sunday that Russia controls the beleaguered city.
Igor Zhovkva told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that weapons delivered by the U.S. and its allies so far have been what the country needs to fight Russia, but it now also needs weapons to defend its skies. Noting NATO has declined to imposed a “no-fly” zone over the country, Zhovkva said Ukraine needs anti-missile systems and anti-aircraft systems “because daily and nightly Ukraine cities are bombarded by the cruise missiles.”
Zhovkva denied the Russian claim that it controls the entire city, now believed to be home to about 100,000 remaining civilians. But he said the Russians control part of it.
“Ukrainian armed forces are still in town,” he said. “They are concentrated now mainly on the Azovstal steel plant. And they are concentrated there together with the civilians. And many of the Ukrainian soldiers are wounded.”
He criticized the U.N. secretary general’s request to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, saying he was not authorized to speak on behalf of the Ukrainian government
“This is not a good idea to travel to Moscow. We do not understand his intention to travel to Moscow and to talk to President Putin.”
Austrian opposition to Ukraine membership in EU ‘shortsighted’
The Austrian foreign minister’s comments that Ukraine should not be offered membership in the European Union is drawing stiff criticism in the besieged nation. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said he supports closer ties between Europe and Ukraine short of full membership. One option would be allowing Ukraine to join the EU’s economic zone, he said.
“We are disappointed with the statements of the Austrian Federal Foreign Minister on Ukraine’s European future,” Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said Sunday. “We consider them strategically short-sighted and not in the interests of a united Europe.”
Bipartisan support for new Ukraine aid package
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said they would stand behind another $800 million in aid to Ukraine unveiled by President Joe Biden last week. The aid package includes heavy artillery weapons, tactical drones and additional economic support.
“If President Biden asks for more money in order to support Ukraine, either militarily or for humanitarian relief, then I will support him in that, and I believe all of the Democrats will,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told “CNN SOTU” host Dana Bash on Sunday.
Republican Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz also expressed enthusiasm for the aid package while speaking to Bash from Kyiv. But the Ukrainian-American said she hasn’t seen how humanitarian aid from the Biden administration has helped on the ground in Ukraine.
“I haven’t seen them do even humanitarian missions. Nothing is happening here. So, I think they do need more security assistance, but we also need to ask some questions,” she said. “What’s happened with another $10 billion that we provided? Because I haven’t seen it on the ground anywhere at all.”
Kharkiv feels wrath of Russian invasion
While the world mourns the battering taken by Mariuspol, 260 miles to the north the city of Kharkiv has quietly been overwhelmed by Russian artillery. The vast majority of Kharkiv’s 1.4 million residents have fled. Mayor Ihor Terekhov says Russia is “furiously bombing” his city as shells and rockets continue to smash Kharkiv’s historic center and residential areas in the most intense assaults outside Mariuspol. Mayor Ihor Terekhov says Russia is “furiously bombing” his city, that an estimated 2,000 high-rise buildings have been destroyed.
Oleksandr Zuiev 46, said he never believed Russian forces would target civilians – and never expected his own apartment to come under fire.
“I was wrong,” Zuiev told the Kyiv Independent. “It’s still hard to believe that this is happening in the 21st century.”
US official: Russia has ‘already lost’
Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday that from the U.S. perspective, Russia “has already lost” in Ukraine, noting the many ways Russian President Vladimir Putin has not achieved his goals.
“They have intended to divide the West. They have resulted in a West and a NATO alliance that is much more united than it’s ever been,” he said. “They thought that they would unsettle and undermine and maybe even overthrow the Ukrainian government. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is firmly entrenched in power and Ukrainian democracy continues.”
Finer said Russia is more isolated in the world, its economy is weaker, and its military is “failing at virtually every one of their initial objectives. And our objective is going to be to continue that trend.”
He also would not confirm that there is evidence of a new mass grave in the embattled city of Mariupol but said such an allegation “is wholly consistent with everything that we’ve seen Russia doing and it should stop.”
Zelenskyy, Turkish president speak ahead of Erdogan talks with Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke by phone Sunday with Turkish President Erdogan, one day before Erdogan was scheduled to meet with Putin.
“I stressed the need for immediate evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, including Azovstal, and immediate exchange of blocked troops,” Zelenskyy said. He said the men also discussed the peace talks process, ways to guarantee security for Ukraine and global food supply issues damaged by the war.
On Saturday, Turkish officials said Ankara will close Turkish airspace to Russian civilian and military flights between Russia and Syria. But Turkey, a NATO member that has good relations with Russian and Ukraine, has balked at joining the West in its strong economic sanctions against Russia.
British intelligence: Ukrainian resistance strong in Donbas
Ukraine repelled numerous Russian assaults in the Donbas last week, the British Defense Ministry reported Sunday. Russia did make some territorial gains, but Ukrainian resistance was strong “across all axes” and inflicted significant cost on Russian forces, the intelligence report said.
“Poor Russian morale and limited time to reconstitute, re-equip and reorganize forces from prior offensives are likely hindering Russian combat effectiveness,” the report said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has steadfastly maintained that the war is going according to plan.
Russia rejects concerns that it will use chemical, nuclear weapons
The United States is preparing to falsely accuse the Russia of using chemical, biological, or tactical nuclear weapons, a top Russian military leader says. Chief of Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov said the alleged plan is a reaction to Russia’s success in its “special operation” in Ukraine – Russia has refused to describe its invasion as a war. Western intelligence officials had warned that Russia might resort to internationally banned weaponry if its invasion continues to face setbacks.
“In March-April of this year alone, the leadership of Western countries regularly made provocative statements about the possibility of Russia using weapons of mass destruction,” he said.
Ukrainian officials: 6 dead in Russian strike on Black Sea port city of Odesa
At least six people were killed, including a 3-month-old infant, in a Russian strike in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Saturday.
“The war started when this baby was 1 month old. Can you imagine what is happening?” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “They are just bastards. … I don’t have any other words for it, just bastards.”
Russia’s firing of cruise missiles on the region came on the eve of Orthodox Easter.
“Nothing sacred,” said Andriy Yermak of the president’s office on Telegram.
“I did not intentionally mislead or deceive the Mayor or the people of Chicago,” he said in a statement, while also acknowledging “I made a poor decision and had a lapse of judgment” in connection to an October incident in which he was found asleep behind the wheel of his car.
“That was a mistake and I know that,” Johnson, 59, added. “However, I have no interest in fighting a battle for my reputation with those that want to question it now. Reputations are not built in a day and not damaged in a day either. They are the result of years of living. We reap what we sow in this world.”
Johnson’s first public comments following his unexpected firing on Monday shed no further light on what occurred after midnight on Oct. 17 as well as in the hours leading up to his decision to drive home.
Lightfoot has declined to share details about what happened that evening and how she says Johnson repeatedly lied to her afterwards. An investigation into Johnson’s actions being conducted by the city’s Office of Inspector General remains ongoing, although Lightfoot said the details in it may eventually become public.
She said she reviewed the inspector general’s report and videotape evidence to come to her decision.
A source confirmed to NBC Chicago that Johnson had been out to dinner that evening with a female colleague of the police department. The source also said Johnson has not yet seen the video to which the mayor is referring.
In announcing Johnson’s firing, Lightfoot said he had “told me something that happened that night that turned out to be fundamentally different than what he portrayed to me and what he portrayed to members of the public.”
“Perhaps worst of all,” she said, “Mr. Johnson has misled the people of Chicago.”
On Monday, Lightfoot alluded to Johnson’s actions having an effect on his family, and didn’t want to go into detail because “I don’t feel like it is appropriate or fair to Mr. Johnson’s wife or children to do so at this time.”
A driver first reported to 911 that Johnson was slumped behind his steering wheel at about 12:30 a.m. in front of a stop sign near his home. A breathalyzer test was not administered at the scene, but according to the Chicago Sun-Times, Lightfoot said Johnson had later told her that he had “a couple of drinks with dinner” before the incident.
Johnson told reporters in October that he pulled over because he wasn’t feeling well, and that while he had changed out his old blood pressure medication, he failed to take his new prescription. Last month, Lightfoot continued to laud Johnson for his service in the department — he began his career as a patrol officer in 1988 — as he announced he planned to retire as superintendent at the end of this year.
But Lightfoot’s announcement on Monday took the city by surprise.
In his statement, Johnson, a Chicago native who grew up in public housing, thanked both Lightfoot and her predecessor, Rahm Emanuel, who tapped him to lead the nation’s second-largest municipal police force in 2016 at a time of turmoil following the police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
He also thanked the interim superintendent, former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, who began his duties on Monday, as well as the people of Chicago who have “treated me with respect and decency during these past few years, even when we had disagreements about particular issues.”
At an unrelated news conference Tuesday, Beck said he remains friends with Johnson and will continue to seek his advice during this transition.
“I’ll say this, none of us are perfect and everybody makes mistakes, but we have to live with that,” Beck said.
Man accused of shooting Arcadia officer surrenders to authorities
A man has surrendered to police after a long standoff after an officer was shot responding to a domestic dispute.
ARCADIA, Calif. – A suspected gunman is in custody after authorities say he shot a cop in the face and then led SWAT on an hours-long standoff in Arcadia.
A source initially told FOX 11 of a possible shooting investigation in the 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. The Arcadia Police Department later confirmed the location of the incident, adding that the incident stemmed from a fight between two brothers. One of the brothers was armed with a gun.
When Arcadia PD arrived, the armed man started shooting at the officers, hitting one of them in the face. A female family member from the house was also shot during the series of gunfire and a second civilian was also hit.
The second civilian, not the family member of the suspect, was likely hit by shrapnel, Arcadia PD said during a 9 p.m. press conference.
The triple shooting prompted a SWAT response, with the standoff extending just past 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Prior to the arrest late Wednesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who is helping with investigations, warned the public that the standoff is considered an extreme threat to life and property in the area.
PREV. COVERAGE: Arcadia cop shot in face, prompting SWAT standoff
The conditions of the officer and the two civilians are unknown. Officials have not released the police officer’s identity.
It is unknown what prompted the fight between the two brothers in the Arcadia home.
Prior to the arrest, Arcadia PD Lt. Brett Bourgeous shared the following message to the suspected gunman:
“Please give yourself up. We want this to resolve peacefully,” Bourgeous said.
The suspect is expected to face several felony charges including the attempted murder of a peace officer.
Vice President Pence meets with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir at Keflavik Airport on Wednesday at the end of a seven-hour visit to Iceland. Jakobsdottir had initially announced she would not be able to meet Pence because of a prior commitment, but the two merged schedules days before Pence’s arrival. (Egill Bjarnason/AP)
Vice President Pence and his extensive security detail raised eyebrows on Wednesday as they traveled through the capital city of Iceland, a famously peaceful country where its president travels alone on private errands.
Pence was the first U.S. vice president to visit Iceland since George H.W. Bush went to Reykjavik in 1983, similarly causing a stir with his “attendant paraphernalia of Air Force Two, bulletproof limousines and White House telecommunication equipment,” The Washington Post reported at the time.
Weeks before Pence’s visit, Secret Service personnel were seen in the city scouting out locations, the Associated Press reported. Bomb-sniffing dogs were given special clearance to enter the country, and police officers from outside the capital were sent in to help the Reykjavik police meet security standards set by the United States. During the visit Wednesday, U.S. security personnel — who had to be given special permission to bear arms — trailed the vice president through the city. When Pence met with Icelandic officials, snipers were seen perched on the rooftops of nearby buildings, the AP wrote.
“The scale of Pence’s visit, not least the security arrangements, are greater than ever seen in Iceland before,” added RUV, the country’s national broadcasting service.
It is not uncommon for U.S. leaders to travel with a large security detail — President Barack Obama’s 2015 visit to New Delhi reportedly sent it into a lockdown — but such visits can be particularly challenging for smaller countries.
Iceland, a country of 350,000 people, has a remarkably small police force, the majority of which is armed only with batons and pepper spray. The country’s president, Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, has been spotted, among other things, visiting a popular geothermal bath and “plogging” (picking up rubbish while jogging) around the presidential residence on his own.
Ahead of the visit, local news outlets worked to warn residents of the major road closures that were expected to cause traffic delays. According to the Reykjavik Grapevine, a magazine, police were urging residents to show “patience and understanding.”
Police say that traffic delays can be expected around the city, especially in the afternoon, and are asking the general public to show patience and understanding. As Pence will only be in the country for seven hours, and is expected to meet with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, this delay will be mercifully temporary.
The vice president’s trip was surrounded by several controversies.
It was initially reported that Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir would not be in town during Pence’s visit, sparking applause from critics of the administration who saw the move as a deliberate snub (Jakobsdottir said it was not, and wound up meeting him on Wednesday.) When the vice president, a conservative Christian and an opponent of same-sex marriage, arrived on the island, he was met with a flurry of rainbow flags, an oft-used symbol of LGBTQ pride.
Johannesson and his wife Eliza Reid also reportedly wore rainbow bracelets during their meeting with Pence.
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1. GM deja Venezuela luego de que le confiscaron una planta
La automotríz, General Motors cesó sus operaciones en Venezuela y despidió a 2,678 empleados luego de que el gobierno le confiscó una planta dentro del país.
El día de ayer la fabrica fue inesperadamente tomada por las autoridades venezolanas, que impidieron que siguiera operando con normalidad, aseguró Julia Bastos, portavoz de GM en Brasil, en un correo electrónico este jueves.
Otros activos de la compañía, como vehículos, fueron ilegalmente retirados de las instalaciones
GM deja Venezuela luego de que le confiscaron una planta. Ver nota.
2. El 2018, determinante para el futuro de México, dice Lagarde
El años que viene será el decisivo para México con dos eventos determinantes para su futuro, a los que estará atento del Fondo Monetario Internacional: la posible renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte y las elecciones, comentó la directora gerente del organismo, Christine Lagarde.
Lo que más le interesa en estos momentos al organismo sobre México es la discusión de si se renegociará el TLCAN, cómo se renegociará y cómo le afectará, porque realmente es un asunto crítico para el país.
Al participar en uno de los seminarios previos a las Reuniones de Primavera del FMI y el Banco Mundial, la funcionaria dijo que México se tiene que analizar un poco aparte de los demás países de América Latina, porque está en medio de las dos regiones.
El 2018, determinante para el futuro de México, dice Lagarde. Ver nota.
3. La máquina viral de BuzzFeed abre oficina de noticias en México
BuzzFeed anunció su nueva unidad de noticias en México bajo la dirección de Rafael Cabrera, uno de los periodistas que revelaron la existencia de la llamada Casa Blanca de la primera dama Angélica Rivera.
La unidad comenzó operaciones a un año de las elecciones presidenciales de 2018, que este medio digital de origen estadounidense espera cubrir con rigor y sin presiones comerciales. BuzzFeed es más conocido por sus noticias virales y sus contenidos de listas numeradas, pero también es el medio que tuvo una entrevista exclusiva con Barack Obama en 2015 y que entre sus reporteros cuenta con ganadores de premios Pulitzer.
La máquina viral de BuzzFeed abre oficina de noticias en México . Ver nota.
4. Recursos a los estados, con el mayor crecimiento
Las participaciones federales registraron recursos por 136,434.3 millones de pesos durante los dos primeros meses del 2017, lo que representó un crecimiento anual real de 19.4%, de acuerdo con datos de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público.
En los últimos siete años, esta es la variación más elevada considerando sólo el primer bimestre; además, este aumento rompió la tendencia de dos caídas consecutivas previas. Por monto, fue el mayor nivel observado.
De 13 fondos que componen las participaciones federales, los que mostraron mayores incrementos anuales reales fueron: Municipal (23.3%), 0.136% de la Recaudación Federal Participable (23.3%), General (23.2%), IEPS (23.2%) e Incentivos Económicos (20.4 por ciento).
Recursos a los estados, con el mayor crecimiento. Ver nota.
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