New Today -- 17 February 2017

Perspective

The Trump press conference: A ferocious conflict within the ruling elite

The press conference was unlike anything seen in modern American history, as the US president traded insults with journalists and engaged in a bitter battle with his nemeses in the media.

News & Analysis

Pentagon prepares plan to deploy ground troops in Syria

The dispatch of conventional ground troops to Syria as well as an intensification of US airstrikes are reportedly both under consideration.

US demands greater European military spending at NATO summit

Thousands participate in nation-wide "A day without immigrants" protest

Stunning rebuke to machinists' union at South Carolina Boeing plant

As Michigan cuts off water bill credits, Flint officials announce shutoffs

Video exposes official lies about police killing in Nashville, Tennessee

Woman forced to give birth on floor of Macomb County, Michigan jail cell

Jeep announces partial shutdown of Toledo, Ohio complex

General Motors intends to sell Opel-Vauxhall to Peugeot-Citroen

Heroin overdoses spike in Louisville, Kentucky

Canadian elite lauds Trudeau's courting of Trump

French authorities step up financial probe of conservative presidential candidate Franois Fillon

Families demand investigation into New Zealand mine disaster

Australian housing among the world's most unaffordable

Arts

British actor John Hurt: 1940-2017

Workers Struggles

Canada: Nova Scotia teachers on one-day strike against imposition of concessions contract

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa