James Comey, North Korea, U.S. Senate: Your Evening Briefing
North Korea defended its treatment of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who was freed on June 13 and died days later, saying
that he had been given medical treatment and treated with respect even though he was a "criminal of the enemy state." "To make it clear, we are the biggest victim of this incident," a spokesman for the North said, calling the family’s accusations of abuse "groundless." Mr. Warmbier’s detention and death have not ended American tourism in North Korea.
The president said that when Mr. Comey found out that there might be tapes, "I think his story may have changed."
And Mr. Trump’s raucous campaign-style rally in Iowa this week careened through health care, jobs, taxes, foreign policy and his own record.
"I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of Americans." With those words, Senator Dean Heller of Nevada became the fifth
Republican to say he could not support the Senate health care overhaul in its current form, dealing a blow to his party’s attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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It was the third time in a week that the trial of a police officer in a fatal shooting of a black man ended without a conviction,
and the latest setback for prosecutors and activists seeking greater accountability for the use of deadly force by the police.
The authorities in London are evacuating hundreds of families from apartments in five high-rise buildings
that have exterior cladding and insulation similar to that used on a high rise, Grenfell Tower, where at least 79 people are believed to have died in a fire last week.
Our analysis of the draft bill found that the largest benefits would go to the wealthiest Americans,
and its biggest losses would fall to poorer Americans who rely on government support.
