Topics will range from health care to climate change to the economy. ( CNNMoney) Joe Biden has launched a daily podcast called “Biden’s Briefing,” in which the former vice president will highlight his favorite news articles.
And while he has not officially decided whether to run, Chafee - who has previously governed as a Republican and an independent - said he would enter the race as a Democrat. Lincoln Chafee said he is considering challenging his successor Gina Raimondo in 2018. Equifax is facing heightened scrutiny after a massive data breach exposed the personal information of 143 million Americans - prompting questions over whether one of the world’s largest data providers can effectively protect its enormous trove of consumer information.Reporting from Balukhali just four weeks after the violence began, Max Bearak has a must-read story on the plight of the Rohingyan refugees, who have made the most rapid exodus from any country since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. More than 430,000 Rohingya have fled from Burma to neighboring Bangladesh i n the past month, seeking escape from a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” led by the Burmese military. 18 in people’s immigration files “social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results.” ( Buzzfeed News) DHS published a new rule in the Federal Register last week in which it stated it would include by Oct. The Homeland Security Department intends to collect the social media information of all immigrants - including naturalized citizens and permanent residents. That language ensures more support from conservative than previous ones but it is already getting pushback from immigration advocates. Republican senators unveiled a new proposal to allow “dreamers” a pathway to legalization, but the measure bars the young undocumented immigrants from sponsoring family members. The findings are sure to fuel an already heated debate over Trump’s narrow victory in the state. Nearly 17,000 registered voters in Wisconsin were kept from the polls in 2016 because of the state’s strict voter ID law, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin. Violent crime and murders in the United States increased for a second consecutive year in 2016, according to new FBI data - a 4.1 percent spike that appears to have been partially driven by an uptick in killings in some major cities.( Joel Achenbach, Dan Lamothe and Alex Horton) The island continues to face major logistical challenges in getting essential supplies to residents impacted by Hurricane Maria. The Trump administration is under pressure to ramp up its recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. Three Israelis - a police officer and two security guards - died after a Palestinian opened fire at the entrance to a settlement near Jerusalem. The attacker was also killed, and a fourth victim was rushed to the hospital.The penalty marks a stunning downfall for Weiner, a former congressman and one-time leading voice for Democrats whose career was repeatedly derailed by his propensity for sending lewd photos. Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor.The National Association for Business Economics, a group that tends to lean to the right, has a similar prediction: Only 0.25 percent extra growth in 2018 from Trump’s tax package … … Goldman Sachs put out a report last week saying the tax plan would only add 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent to America’s economy in 20, far less than the extra point of growth the White House has been predicting. It didn’t work in Kansas, and most economists predict few economic gains from this latest attempt. “After decades of stagnating wages (especially for men) and rising inequality, Americans are growing skeptical of this approach. “Without major changes, this deal is looking more and more like traditional ‘supply side economics,’ the theory that tax cuts for the top help everyone else, because the wealthy supposedly turn around and spend and invest more,” Heather Long explained in an analysis published yesterday afternoon on Wonkblog. Another reason it’s hard for the administration to make the case: Neither history nor the smartest experts are on their side.
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