GREECE CRIPPLED BY STRIKE
SEN. TILLIS SAYS HE’S FINE AFTER COLLAPSING AT RACE
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he was doing well following a collapse during a race in Washington on Wednesday morning.
“Hey everybody, I’m fine,” he said in a video posted on his Twitter account. “Just running about two and a half miles and got overheated.”
He said there was no CPR or special measures administered on him, contrary to some reports.
The 56-year-old was participating in the ACLI Capital Challenge, a 3-mile race in the southeast area of Washington.
U.S. EXTENDS RELIEF ON IRAN NUCLEAR SANCTIONS
The Trump administration is extending sanctions relief for Iran that was granted under the Obama-era nuclear agreement, while imposing new economic penalties over Iranian ballistic missile activity.
The State Department says it is telling Congress it will continue to waive sanctions on Iran as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. The decision comes just before the Obama administration’s last sixmonth waiver expires.
By pairing the waiver of old sanctions with an announcement of new ones, the Trump administration is trying to show it’s being tough on Iran even as it adheres to the nuclear deal for now.
President Trump has said he’s reviewing the deal’s future.
The new sanctions target Iranian military officials and others accused of supplying Iran with materials for ballistic missiles.
IVANKA TRUMP TALKS HUMAN TRAFFICKING
President Trump’s oldest daughter Ivanka Trump, who is also his official White House counselor, led a Wednesday roundtable on human trafficking. Per pool reports, she spoke about the Trump administration’s efforts to combat trafficking both in the United States and around the world.
In attendance: a bipartisan group of lawmakers, as well as representatives from several organizations that deal with human trafficking.
Ivanka Trump cited the National Human Trafficking hotline, saying there was a 35% increase of cases reported from 2015 to 2016.