AFN
NEWS ON THE HOUR
Thursday, May 24, 2018
1)
From ABC News, I’m Richard Cantu.
Now, Mr. President, you may not block critics from your Twitter
feed, so says a federal judge in New York City ruling that doing so is a free
speech violation. “This ruling isn’t really a loss for Trump or a win for his
critics. It’s a victory for the openness of the Internet generally and Twitter
feed specifically. The court held it would violate the First Amendment for the
President to be able to pick and choose who gets to see and respond his
messages on Twitter.” ABC News legal analyst Royal Oakes. In the statement the Justice Department says it disagrees
with the judge and is considering its next steps.
2) President Trump’s put a name on his
latest attempt to discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The President now calling it
Spy-gate on an unproven theory that the fed spied on his campaign. Former FBI
Director James Comey called it wrong
and described what went on as spy. Outside the White House, “I did a great
service for our country by firing James Comey.” Two Republicans, allies of the
President, sit down tomorrow with Federal Intelligence and law enforcement
officials going over highly classified information about an FBI source who spoke
with members of the Trump campaign. No Democrats, Minority Leader Charles Schumer says that’s wrong.
“Leader Pelosi and I are sending a
letter to Attorney General Rosenstein
and Director Wray to request they reconsider
holding the meeting at all and if they move forward to do so in a bipartisan
fashion,” __ __, congressional sources tell ABC News that the White House is
expected to arrange a bipartisan briefing.
3)
Trying to quell the firestorm over national anthem protests, NFL owners
unanimously approved new policy decreeing players can stay in the locker room
during the Star Spangled Banner. But if they’re on the field, they better be standing.
Commissioner Roger Goodell, “If
anyone is on the field and is disrespectful to the anthem or the flag, there
will be a fine from the league against the team.”
4)
And update on Wall Street with the Dow closing 52 points higher, and the NASDAQ
gaining 47. You’re listening to ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network; taking a vacation form going on vacation, only around
1/3 of workers telling bankrate.com
that they plan to use all of their time off this year. Some of those who do
maybe take their staycation because nearly one in four says they really can’t
afford vacation this summer. // And if you can’t afford a trip, maybe ask your
kids for a loan. According to the company RoosterMoney,
kids between ages of 4 and 14 are saving nearly 1/3 of their allowances. // For
the matter who pays you to get away, you might want to wait until late fall to
go anywhere. That’s because US Airlines are expecting more than 246 million
people to travel between the beginning of June and the end of August and that’s
a record high. // Fifteen percent of workers telling CareerBuilder that they fought with coworkers about temperature in
the office, and the majority say that being too hot or too cold hurts their productivity.
With the Fox Business Report, I’m David
Asman.
