Tuesday, December 25, 2018

WASHINGTON POST-Trump vows not to reopen government until wall funding is secured


Time since shutdown began:
3d 16h 47m 9s
The president defended his plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and cast doubt about the performance of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell after a sharp downturn in U.S. stock markets.
Authorities said an 8-year-old Guatemalan national died in New Mexico early today. The official cause of death is not known, but authorities said the child had been treated for a suspected cold and fever.
The consequences of Britain leaving the European Union will ripple throughout the country’s security relationships.
Matt Porter poses with his high school letter jacket.
Matt Porter poses with his high school letter jacket.
The exploits of a high school football team can become small-town legend. For the Prestonsburg Blackcats of Eastern Kentucky, the 1993 season “was like something out of a movie, if you’ve ever seen ‘Hoosiers,’” one coach said. Reality, however, left more complicated memories.
Movie-ticket revenue in the United States has risen 8 percent this year, putting the industry on track for the largest year-to-year increase of the domestic box office in nearly a decade. But the news also comes with significant dark clouds.


(Sarah Caron for The Post)
(Sarah Caron for The Post)
The message of Christmas had special resonance this year following the acquittal of a Pakistani Christian woman imprisoned for nine years on charges of blasphemy.
The death toll from the disaster surpassed 400, and some feared the spread of disease as crews struggled to reach victims.
The president's Christmas Eve call with a boy trying to find Santa became the subject of jokes, wisecracks and mockery on social media.
Scientists studying the Tunguska impact of 1908 call for a special observing campaign next summer.
The film arrived in theaters on Christmas in 1993 and revisited the true story of a 30-second gunfight on the streets of Tombstone, Ariz.
Retropolis
The Past, Rediscovered
For many Brits, nothing says Christmas quite like the queen’s annual broadcast on Dec. 25.

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