Trump administration considers $6 billion cut to HUD budget
The plan would squeeze public housing support and end most federally funded community development grants, which provide services such as meal assistance and cleaning up abandoned properties in low-income neighborhoods.
washingtonpost.com
After Halting Start, Trump Plunges Into Effort to Repeal Health Law
President Trump, after a halting start, is now marshaling the full power of his office to win over holdout conservatives and waffling senators to support the House Republicans’ replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
nytimes.com
South Korea Removes President Park Geun-hye
A South Korean court removed the president on Friday, a first in the nation’s history, rattling the delicate balance of relationships across Asia at a particularly tense time.
nytimes.com
Wikileaks is offering tech firms CIA files first
Technology firms will get "exclusive access" to details of the CIA's cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said.
bbc.com
ACLU challenges warrant to search Facebook page of Dakota Access opponents
The American Civil Liberties Union is moving to quash a police warrant granted to search data on a Facebook page of a group protesting the Dakota Access pipeline
thehill.com
Politicians to Skip Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade After Gay Group Is Banned
Some of Massachusetts’s top politicians said on Wednesday that they would not attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston after organizers told a group of gay and transgender military veterans that they would not be allowed to march on March 17 after two years of L.G.B.T. inclusion in the event.
nytimes.com
Rise of the Machines: A Burger Flipping Robot Is About To Start Work at a Fast Food Chain
Created by Miso Robotics, “Flippy” is billed as an even better alternative to using a lowly human being to upend burger patties in your commercial kitchen.
foodandwine.com
Strong U.S. job growth, rising wages set stage for Fed rate hike
U.S. employers hired workers at a robust pace in February, beating expectations, and wages grinded higher, which could give the Federal Reserve the green light to raise interest rates next week despite slowing economic growth.
reuters.com
Gutting Dodd-Frank Is Hard, So Republicans Focus Elsewhere
Reality is setting in on Capitol Hill that rolling back the Dodd-Frank banking law won’t be quick or easy – even though it’s a priority for Republican President Donald Trump, who says the measure is hurting the economy. Bank stocks have rallied partly because investors expect change.
bloomberg.com
EU summit reveals sharp divisions within Europe and tensions with US
Germany has responded to Washington’s increasingly belligerent rhetoric by attempting to bind Europe together under its leadership and prepare “for a trade war with the United States,” as the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper put it.
wsws.org
The Dutch far right’s election donors are almost exclusively American
Wealthy American conservatives have poured large sums into the electoral campaign of far-right leader Geert Wilders of the Netherlands’ Dutch Freedom Party, in support of his anti-Islam, anti-EU views.
qz.com
Britain will have to pay Brexit 'divorce bill', says Irish Prime Minister
Estimates have put the bill at anything between €15bn and €60bn
independent.co.uk
