The Daily Populous

Friday August 18th, 2017 night edition

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President Donald Trump has decided Steve Bannon will be out as White House chief strategist, multiple outlets reported.

The decision on the controversial Bannon comes after Trump drew ire for comments following a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The now former White House chief strategist recently conducted a controversial interview with Robert Kuttner that was published in the American Prospect magazine.

Bannon is the latest person to leave the White House after a shakeup that has seen Reince Priebus, Anthony Scaramucci and Sean Spicer all leave their respective positions.

Scaramucci, who lasted just 10 days as the White House communcations director, told the New York Post that he believed Bannon and Priebus, then the Chief of Staff, were responsible for 60 percent of the leaks coming out of the White House — a sore spot for the Trump administration.

"White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day.

RELATED: Steve Bannon slams White House colleagues in rare interview. »

FCC Pledges Openness – Just Don't Ask To See Complaints

Authored by wired.com

"The FCC seems more concerned with helping Big Cable than living up to his promise.".

A spokesperson says the chair “is proud of the transparency measures he has instituted at the FCC."

For example, Pai began releasing the full text of agenda items for FCC meetings three weeks before the meetings. »

'An attack on Japan is an attack on US,' says US top general

Authored by dawn.com

Tokyo remains on alert against potential military provocations by Pyongyang after North Korea threatened to fire missiles towards the Pacific island of Guam, US territory, which would have flown over Japan.

“And that's very, very important for deterrence,” added Dunford, who visited South Korea and China before arriving in Japan.

North Korea responded by threatening to aim a missile at the American territory Guam, though later said the operation was suspended. »

Kal Penn raises $800,000 for Syrian refugees after receiving racist tweet

Authored by theguardian.com
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Penn set up a fundraising page on Crowdrise to raise money for International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian and relief charity that, among other activities, has launched an emergency appeal to help refugees in the US.

Kal Penn (@kalpenn) To the dude who said I don't belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name.

Penn, whose real name is Kalpen Suresh Modi, was born and raised in New Jersey to immigrant parents from India, before studying film and sociology at UCLA. »