Update 2: SPICER: NOT READY TO ROLL OUT BORDER TAX AT THIS TIME. In other words, the angry Kochs made a phone call and explained that a border tax would be allowed only over their body.
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Update: and another story whch needs to be appended, because as NBC's Peter Alexander tweets, According to Spicer the 20% tax on Mexican imports is not a policy proposal but merely an example of options how to pay for the wall.
For the first time in 64 years, atomic scientists reset their symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to its closest time to midnight on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president. The timepiece, devised by the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and displayed on its website, is widely viewed as an indicator of the world's vulnerability to disaster.
The "clock's" hands were moved to two minutes and 30 seconds to midnight, from three minutes.
Washington has reportedly frozen the transfer of multi millions in aid which was bound for West Bank and Gaza. In its waning hours, the Obama administration defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA). However, a senior Palestinian source told the Times of Israel that the PA leadership was notified by US officials that it should not expect the payout any time soon.
In the days since taking office, President Trump has followed through on some campaign promises by signing a series of executive actions, but as he takes the stage before congressional Republicans at their group retreat in Philadelphia today, he'll be asking his fellow GOP politicians for help making his agenda (specifically taxes, immigration, and Obamacare repeal) a reality.
One day after vowing to launch a "major investigation into VOTER FRAUD," the White House has announced that Trump will sign a directive later this afternoon officially launching the effort to uncover signs of illegal voting.
I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017