Donald Trump, the most voluble U.S. presidential candidate in memory, will soon be entitled to regular briefings on some of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence secrets.
Once Trump, known for his off-the-cuff speeches and constant tweets, becomes the Republican nominee for the White House in July, he’ll be entitled to updates based on the President’s Daily Brief, a compilation of top-level classified intelligence about global events.
It’s a prospect giving pause to some officials, who wonder how Trump will react to the information and whether he might inadvertently let some sensitive information slip out, according to several who asked not to be identified because they don’t want to be seen as taking sides in the political campaign.
RIO DE JANEIRO - The impeachment process against Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was abruptly halted Monday after the leader of Brazil’s lower house agreed to annul last month’s vote by lawmakers to put her on trial.
The surprise announcement came just two days ahead of an impeachment vote in Brazil’s senate that was likely to suspend Rousseff from office.
Congressman Waldir Maranhão, the interim speaker of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, said in a statement Monday that he decided to accept a request by Attorney General José Cardozo to annul the April 17 vote to put Rousseff on trial, citing procedural irregularities. Maranhão said lawmakers should not have announced their votes in advance, and should not have been told how to vote by party leaders.
The yearbook photo showed a young woman in hijab, the speckled headscarf framing her smiling face in front of a sunny schoolyard. Underneath, a caption read: “Isis Phillips, 11th.”
But the problem was, the name of the girl in the photo isn’t Isis or Phillips.
When Bayan Zehlif, a senior at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., saw the moniker under her picture, she recoiled. Affixing that name to someone in a hijab could not have been an accident, she thought.
Trevor Santellan, a student on the yearbook team, told KABC that “Isis Phillips” is the real name of an 11th-grade student who formerly attended Los Osos. She transferred earlier in the year. In a message to The New York Daily News, Santellan said: “If anything, (Zehlif) is being racist against herself because she misinterpreted it.”
Richard Ojeda, a West Virginia Democrat running for state Senate, was brutally beaten Sunday, just days before his primary election, by a man wearing brass knuckles, according to authorities.
Jonathan Porter, 41, was arrested Sunday and charged with malicious assault in the Logan County attack, West Virginia state police spokesman M. T. Baylous said.
Senior Trooper J.E. Garren said Porter attacked Ojeda after asking the candidate to put a bumper sticker on Porter’s truck. Ojeda, who has known Porter since childhood, said the last thing he remembered was being asked for a bumper sticker.
Ojeda suffered multiple fractures to his head and face. He plans to return home in time for Tuesday’s election and delay surgery until later in the week.
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