US shutdown looms amid immigration feud
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42724380
The US government is two days away from a shutdown as lawmakers and the White House feud over immigration. Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a stopgap measure that would fund federal agencies until next month.
Democrats want the bill to include protections for immigrants who entered the US illegally as children. House Republicans are attempting to entice Democrats to vote for the continuing resolution by including a provision to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program (Chip) for six years.
Hopes of a bipartisan deal were scuttled last week after Mr Trump's alleged use of a crude term during White House negotiations. Neither Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress and the White House, nor Democrats want to be blamed for a federal shutdown with crucial mid-term elections looming in November.
And this deal, if it passes, would only keep the government running until 16 February.
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US military to maintain open-ended presence in Syria, Tillerson says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/us-military-syria-isis-iran-assad-tillerson
The US intends to maintain an open-ended military presence in Syria, not only to fight Isis and al-Qaida but also to provide a bulwark against Iranian influence, ensure the departure of the Assad regime and create conditions for the return of refugees, the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said on Wednesday.
The new Syria policy, outlined by Tillerson in a speech at Stanford University, represents a significant expansion of US aims in the country, which the Trump administration had previously restricted to counter-terrorism throughout its first year in office.
Tillerson’s speech suggested that as Russia drew down its military presence, the US would expand its own. How far it is ready to risk troops and invest resources in the policy remains far from clear.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/us-military-syria-isis-iran-assad-tillerson
The US intends to maintain an open-ended military presence in Syria, not only to fight Isis and al-Qaida but also to provide a bulwark against Iranian influence, ensure the departure of the Assad regime and create conditions for the return of refugees, the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said on Wednesday.
The new Syria policy, outlined by Tillerson in a speech at Stanford University, represents a significant expansion of US aims in the country, which the Trump administration had previously restricted to counter-terrorism throughout its first year in office.
Tillerson’s speech suggested that as Russia drew down its military presence, the US would expand its own. How far it is ready to risk troops and invest resources in the policy remains far from clear.
Democrats just picked up a Wisconsin state Senate seat in a district Trump won by 17 points
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/17/16899932/special-elections-2018-results
Democrats picked up their first state legislature seat in 2018 on Tuesday, as the party’s candidate won a special election for a state Senate seat in Wisconsin’s 10th District.
Though Donald Trump had won the rural district by about 17 points in the 2016 presidential election, Democratic nominee Patty Schachtner defeated her Republican opponent for the open seat by a comfortable margin of about 10 points.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/17/16899932/special-elections-2018-results
Democrats picked up their first state legislature seat in 2018 on Tuesday, as the party’s candidate won a special election for a state Senate seat in Wisconsin’s 10th District.
Though Donald Trump had won the rural district by about 17 points in the 2016 presidential election, Democratic nominee Patty Schachtner defeated her Republican opponent for the open seat by a comfortable margin of about 10 points.
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The Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards
https://gop.com/the-highly-anticipated-2017-fake-news-awards/
1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.
2. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report.
3. CNN FALSELY reported that candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald J. Trump, Jr. had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks.
The Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards
https://gop.com/the-highly-anticipated-2017-fake-news-awards/
1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.
2. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report.
3. CNN FALSELY reported that candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald J. Trump, Jr. had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks.
The Netherlands expels Eritrea's top diplomat over 'diaspora tax' enforcement
http://www.dw.com/en/the-netherlands-expels-eritreas-top-diplomat-over-diaspora-tax-enforcement/a-42194920
Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra announced the Netherlands' decision on Wednesday to expel Eritrea's top diplomat in the country after being warned to end the African country's practice of enforcing a so-called "diaspora tax" on Eritreans.
Tekeste Ghebremedhin Zemuy, Eritrea's charge d'affaires in the Netherlands, "has been declared persona non grata," Zijlstra said in a letter to the president of the Dutch parliament.
The foreign minister noted that the move did not mean the closure of Eritrea's consulate in The Hague. Zijlstra added that when Eritrean diplomats were confronted with the allegations of the "diaspora tax," there was "not an attempt by the Eritrean side to compromise on the matter."
http://www.dw.com/en/the-netherlands-expels-eritreas-top-diplomat-over-diaspora-tax-enforcement/a-42194920
Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra announced the Netherlands' decision on Wednesday to expel Eritrea's top diplomat in the country after being warned to end the African country's practice of enforcing a so-called "diaspora tax" on Eritreans.
Tekeste Ghebremedhin Zemuy, Eritrea's charge d'affaires in the Netherlands, "has been declared persona non grata," Zijlstra said in a letter to the president of the Dutch parliament.
The foreign minister noted that the move did not mean the closure of Eritrea's consulate in The Hague. Zijlstra added that when Eritrean diplomats were confronted with the allegations of the "diaspora tax," there was "not an attempt by the Eritrean side to compromise on the matter."
Austria's Kurz visits Germany's Merkel in meeting of generations
http://www.dw.com/en/austrias-kurz-visits-germanys-merkel-in-meeting-of-generations/a-42192964
The highlight of the joint press conference held by Angela Merkel and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was when the former was asked whether Germany needed a "young, dynamic and bold" leader like the latter.
Ironically, if not pointedly, Kurz jumped in to defend his German counterpart with a self-deprecating remark before seeming to realize he'd spoken out of turn. Meanwhile, Merkel tried to take the sting out of the question with a typically commonsensical, let's-not-make-mountains-of-molehills response.
In Berlin, Kurz reiterated several times he considered himself "pro-European." Both he and Merkel stressed that Germany and Austria shared common interests as "net payer" countries into the EU budget. But they danced around the question of whether the EU needed a common finance minister.
http://www.dw.com/en/austrias-kurz-visits-germanys-merkel-in-meeting-of-generations/a-42192964
The highlight of the joint press conference held by Angela Merkel and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was when the former was asked whether Germany needed a "young, dynamic and bold" leader like the latter.
Ironically, if not pointedly, Kurz jumped in to defend his German counterpart with a self-deprecating remark before seeming to realize he'd spoken out of turn. Meanwhile, Merkel tried to take the sting out of the question with a typically commonsensical, let's-not-make-mountains-of-molehills response.
In Berlin, Kurz reiterated several times he considered himself "pro-European." Both he and Merkel stressed that Germany and Austria shared common interests as "net payer" countries into the EU budget. But they danced around the question of whether the EU needed a common finance minister.
Macedonian president vetoes Albanian language law
http://www.dw.com/en/macedonian-president-vetoes-albanian-language-law/a-42196126
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov vetoed a law Wednesday that have made Albanian the country's second official language. "This law introduces an expensive parallelism to all levels of administration and leads to their total blockade and dysfunctionality," conservative Ivanov said, adding that it would have endangered Macedonia's "unity and sovereignty."
The government of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev criticized the veto, saying the law was "in line with the constitution."
Macedonia's parliament passed the bill last week as part of a 2017 coalition agreement between the ruling Social Democrats (SDSM) and ethnic Albanian parties.
The nationalist-conservative VMRO-DPMNE, which had been in government from 2006 until May last year, boycotted the vote.
http://www.dw.com/en/macedonian-president-vetoes-albanian-language-law/a-42196126
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov vetoed a law Wednesday that have made Albanian the country's second official language. "This law introduces an expensive parallelism to all levels of administration and leads to their total blockade and dysfunctionality," conservative Ivanov said, adding that it would have endangered Macedonia's "unity and sovereignty."
The government of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev criticized the veto, saying the law was "in line with the constitution."
Macedonia's parliament passed the bill last week as part of a 2017 coalition agreement between the ruling Social Democrats (SDSM) and ethnic Albanian parties.
The nationalist-conservative VMRO-DPMNE, which had been in government from 2006 until May last year, boycotted the vote.
World's confidence in US leadership under Trump at new low, poll finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/18/us-leadership-world-confidence-poll
Global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, and the country now ranks below China in worldwide approval ratings, according to a new Gallup poll.
The survey of opinion in 134 countries showed a record collapse in approval for the US role in the world, from 48% under Obama to 30% after one year of Donald Trump – the lowest level Gallup has recorded since beginning its global leadership poll over a decade ago.
The result comes just a day after a separate Gallup survey found that Trump reaches the first anniversary of his inauguration with the lowest average approval rating of any elected president in his first year. That poll showed that Trump has averaged just a 39% approval rating since his inauguration. The previous low was held by Bill Clinton, whose first-year average was 10 points higher than Trump’s, at 49%.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/18/us-leadership-world-confidence-poll
Global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, and the country now ranks below China in worldwide approval ratings, according to a new Gallup poll.
The survey of opinion in 134 countries showed a record collapse in approval for the US role in the world, from 48% under Obama to 30% after one year of Donald Trump – the lowest level Gallup has recorded since beginning its global leadership poll over a decade ago.
The result comes just a day after a separate Gallup survey found that Trump reaches the first anniversary of his inauguration with the lowest average approval rating of any elected president in his first year. That poll showed that Trump has averaged just a 39% approval rating since his inauguration. The previous low was held by Bill Clinton, whose first-year average was 10 points higher than Trump’s, at 49%.
Trump accuses Russia of violating sanctions to aid North Korea
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/trump-accuses-russia-of-violating-sanctions-to-aid-north-korea
Donald Trump has said that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting “closer every day” to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States.
“Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea,” Trump said during an Oval Office interview with Reuters. “What China is helping us with, Russia is denting. In other words, Russia is making up for some of what China is doing.”
With North Korea persisting as the major global challenge facing Trump this year, the president cast doubt during the 53-minute interview on whether talks with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, would be useful.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/trump-accuses-russia-of-violating-sanctions-to-aid-north-korea
Donald Trump has said that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting “closer every day” to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States.
“Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea,” Trump said during an Oval Office interview with Reuters. “What China is helping us with, Russia is denting. In other words, Russia is making up for some of what China is doing.”
With North Korea persisting as the major global challenge facing Trump this year, the president cast doubt during the 53-minute interview on whether talks with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, would be useful.
UK pledges extra £44m for Channel border security
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42723401
An extra £44.5m is to be spent beefing up Channel border security, the UK government is to say later.
It will be spent on fencing, CCTV and infrared detection technology in Calais and other border points.
It comes as French President Emmanuel Macron visits the UK for a summit with Theresa May.
Britain is also expected to commit to taking more migrants from Calais, especially unaccompanied children, the BBC's James Robbins said.
He added that while Britain and France were heading in different directions as a result of Brexit, both governments are keen to show that they will continue to work closely together.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42723401
An extra £44.5m is to be spent beefing up Channel border security, the UK government is to say later.
It will be spent on fencing, CCTV and infrared detection technology in Calais and other border points.
It comes as French President Emmanuel Macron visits the UK for a summit with Theresa May.
Britain is also expected to commit to taking more migrants from Calais, especially unaccompanied children, the BBC's James Robbins said.
He added that while Britain and France were heading in different directions as a result of Brexit, both governments are keen to show that they will continue to work closely together.
Swedish PM does not rule out use of army to end gang violence
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-violence/swedish-pm-does-not-rule-out-use-of-army-to-end-gang-violence-idUSKBN1F629L?utm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will do whatever it takes, including sending in the army, to end a wave of gang violence that has seen a string of deadly shootings, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in Wednesday.
Sweden’s murder rate is relatively low in international terms, but gang violence has surged in recent years and Swedes are worried that the police are unable to cope.
In 2016, the latest year for which official statistics are available, 106 people were murdered in Sweden, a country of 10 million. But Swedish TV reported there were over 300 shootings, mostly in turf battles between gangs over drugs, protection rackets and prostitution.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-violence/swedish-pm-does-not-rule-out-use-of-army-to-end-gang-violence-idUSKBN1F629L?utm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will do whatever it takes, including sending in the army, to end a wave of gang violence that has seen a string of deadly shootings, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in Wednesday.
Sweden’s murder rate is relatively low in international terms, but gang violence has surged in recent years and Swedes are worried that the police are unable to cope.
In 2016, the latest year for which official statistics are available, 106 people were murdered in Sweden, a country of 10 million. But Swedish TV reported there were over 300 shootings, mostly in turf battles between gangs over drugs, protection rackets and prostitution.
Wave of looting shutters stores, spreads fear in Venezuela
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-looting/wave-of-looting-shutters-stores-spreads-fear-in-venezuela-idUSKBN1F61LI?utm
CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - A wave of looting by hungry mobs across Venezuela has left streets of shuttered shops in provincial towns and pushed some store owners to arm themselves with guns and machetes, stirring fear that the turmoil could spread to the capital Caracas.
Worsening food shortages and runaway inflation have unleashed the spate of pillaging since Christmas in the South American country, in which seven people have reportedly died.
In the first 11 days of January alone, some 107 lootings or attempted lootings have taken place, according to the Venezuelan Observatory for Social Conflict, a rights group.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-looting/wave-of-looting-shutters-stores-spreads-fear-in-venezuela-idUSKBN1F61LI?utm
CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - A wave of looting by hungry mobs across Venezuela has left streets of shuttered shops in provincial towns and pushed some store owners to arm themselves with guns and machetes, stirring fear that the turmoil could spread to the capital Caracas.
Worsening food shortages and runaway inflation have unleashed the spate of pillaging since Christmas in the South American country, in which seven people have reportedly died.
In the first 11 days of January alone, some 107 lootings or attempted lootings have taken place, according to the Venezuelan Observatory for Social Conflict, a rights group.
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India test-fires intercontinental missile capable of reaching China
http://www.dw.com/en/india-test-fires-intercontinental-missile-capable-of-reaching-china/a-42197887
India carried out a "successful" test of its Agni-V inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), officials said on Thursday. The missile's reported range of 5,000 kilometers (3,106 miles) puts neighboring Pakistan, China and portions of Europe within striking distance.
The country's Defense Ministry announced the test-launch on Twitter, saying that it was fired from Abdul Kalam Island at 9:53 a.m. local time (0423 GMT).
In another tweet, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called the test launch "a major boost to the defense capabilities of our country." The Agni-V missile is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
http://www.dw.com/en/india-test-fires-intercontinental-missile-capable-of-reaching-china/a-42197887
India carried out a "successful" test of its Agni-V inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), officials said on Thursday. The missile's reported range of 5,000 kilometers (3,106 miles) puts neighboring Pakistan, China and portions of Europe within striking distance.
The country's Defense Ministry announced the test-launch on Twitter, saying that it was fired from Abdul Kalam Island at 9:53 a.m. local time (0423 GMT).
In another tweet, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called the test launch "a major boost to the defense capabilities of our country." The Agni-V missile is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
Trump tweets CHIP should not be in short-term funding bill
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369497-trump-tweets-chip-should-not-be-in-short-term-funding-bill
President Trump on Thursday appeared to break with GOP congressional leaders on the morning of a key vote in the House, saying he did not want children's health insurance funded in the short-term funding bill now being considered.
"CHIP should be part of a long term solution, not a 30 Day, or short term, extension!" Trump tweeted, referring to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369497-trump-tweets-chip-should-not-be-in-short-term-funding-bill
President Trump on Thursday appeared to break with GOP congressional leaders on the morning of a key vote in the House, saying he did not want children's health insurance funded in the short-term funding bill now being considered.
"CHIP should be part of a long term solution, not a 30 Day, or short term, extension!" Trump tweeted, referring to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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The young SPD politician who could topple Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz
http://www.dw.com/en/the-young-spd-politician-who-could-topple-angela-merkel-and-martin-schulz/a-42200023
At the age of 28, the leader of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) youth wing, the Jusos, is perhaps an unlikely figure to lead a political revolution. But despite pressure from both inside and outside his party to drop his opposition to a continuation of the current grand coalition between the SPD and Angela Merkel's conservatives, Kevin Kühnert is sticking to his guns.
The 600 delegates to that conference, whose numbers will include 80 to 90 Jusos, have the authority to approve formal coalition talks with Merkel's conservatives or halt them entirely. Should the delegates vote no, it would probably mean new elections for Germany, most certainly the resignation of SPD chairman and former European Parliament President Martin Schulz and, conceivably, the end of Merkel's chancellorship.
http://www.dw.com/en/the-young-spd-politician-who-could-topple-angela-merkel-and-martin-schulz/a-42200023
At the age of 28, the leader of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) youth wing, the Jusos, is perhaps an unlikely figure to lead a political revolution. But despite pressure from both inside and outside his party to drop his opposition to a continuation of the current grand coalition between the SPD and Angela Merkel's conservatives, Kevin Kühnert is sticking to his guns.
The 600 delegates to that conference, whose numbers will include 80 to 90 Jusos, have the authority to approve formal coalition talks with Merkel's conservatives or halt them entirely. Should the delegates vote no, it would probably mean new elections for Germany, most certainly the resignation of SPD chairman and former European Parliament President Martin Schulz and, conceivably, the end of Merkel's chancellorship.
US Govt Will Not Shut Down
Updated 7:38 p.m.: The House voted 230-197 to keep the government funded for four more weeks, but prospects of a shutdown still hinge on the Senate.
From politico
Updated 7:38 p.m.: The House voted 230-197 to keep the government funded for four more weeks, but prospects of a shutdown still hinge on the Senate.
From politico
US Govt Will Not Shut Down YET
Updated 7:38 p.m.: The House voted 230-197 to keep the government funded for four more weeks, but prospects of a shutdown still hinge on the Senate.
Federal funding will lapse at midnight Friday if Republican leaders can’t secure 60 votes to pass the measure in the Senate, where some GOP lawmakers plan to vote against it and Democratic support is uncertain without an immigration deal.
From politico
Updated 7:38 p.m.: The House voted 230-197 to keep the government funded for four more weeks, but prospects of a shutdown still hinge on the Senate.
Federal funding will lapse at midnight Friday if Republican leaders can’t secure 60 votes to pass the measure in the Senate, where some GOP lawmakers plan to vote against it and Democratic support is uncertain without an immigration deal.
From politico
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