| No Images? Click here  Friday, March 22TEACHERS SHOT IN SCHOOL DRILL Four teachers were led into a room, told to kneel against a wall and then shot with plastic pellets “execution style” during an active shooter training at an Indiana elementary school in January, according to the Indiana State Teachers Association. They suffered welts and bleeding. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]KUSHNER ACCUSED OF USING WHATSAPP FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) has demanded private communication records of first daughter Ivanka Trump and other White House officials, including Jared Kushner’s encrypted WhatsApp messages, which he says were exchanged with “foreign leaders.” [HuffPost]MUELLER REPORT ABOUT TO DROP? Speculation is rampant on social media that special counsel Robert Mueller is about to file his report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and allegations of collusion with the campaign of President Donald Trump. “Can you just feel the tension?” asked CNN’s Don Lemon late Thursday. [HuffPost]TRUMP LASHES OUT AT MCCAIN… AGAIN Trump has once again launched a verbal attack on the late Sen. John McCain, the long-serving Arizona Republican who died seven months ago from cancer. Trump told Fox Business in an interview broadcast Friday that he “didn’t get a ‘thank you’” from the grieving McCain family for approving transportation needed for the senator’s funeral. [HuffPost]FIRST N KOREA SANCTIONS SINCE FAILED SUMMIT The United States imposed sanctions on two Chinese shipping companies it says helped North Korea evade sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, the first such steps since a U.S.-North Korean summit collapsed last month. [Reuters]NZ BROADCASTS MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER NATIONWIDE The Muslim call to prayer was broadcast across New Zealand on Friday afternoon, a week after a mass shooting left 50 people dead at two mosques in Christchurch. “New Zealand mourns with you,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, wearing a black headscarf, said before the prayer began. “We are one.” [HuffPost]
 EU LEADERS AGREE TO DELAY BREXIT EU leaders have agreed to delay Brexit until May 22 – but only if Theresa May can win the backing of MPs for her Brexit deal. If the British prime minister is once again defeated in a third meaningful vote, Article 50 will instead be extended only until April 12, a summit of the EU 27 decided in Brussels on Thursday. [HuffPost] U.S. MAY RECOGNIZE ISRAELI CONTROL OVER GOLAN HEIGHTS Trump said on Thursday it was time to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967, marking a dramatic shift in U.S. policy and giving a boost to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid his re-election campaign. [Reuters] OIL GIANTS INVEST $100 Billion IN FOSSIL FUELS The world’s five largest publicly traded oil companies are increasing their investments in oil and gas, plowing a combined $110 billion into new fossil-fuel production. They are projected to spend just $3.6 billion on low-carbon investments, such as biofuels and renewables. The United Nations just months ago warned that the world must rapidly phase out fossil fuel use over the next decade or face catastrophic global warming of at least 2.7 degrees. [HuffPost] 2020 DEMS STEER CLEAR OF PRO-ISRAEL CONFERENCE Leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidates said they won’t be involved in the major pro-Israel AIPAC conference over the weekend — a victory for progressive activists and a fresh sign of the party’s frustration with the U.S. ally’s hard-right drift. [HuffPost] RUMORS BUILD AROUND 2024 CAMPAIGN Rumors are swirling that Donald Trump Jr. is mulling a presidential run for 2024. On Thursday, Jimmy Kimmel aired the first (fake) campaign ad for the president’s eldest son. “Apparently they’re hoping to form a Trump political dynasty like the Bushes had,” the comedian explained. [HuffPost] REP. STEVE KING DISPARAGES KATRINA FLOOD VICTIMS At a town hall on Thursday, white supremacist Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) claimed he was told that New Orleans flood victims didn’t try to help each other and only asked for outside assistance, unlike Iowans who “take care of each other.” [HuffPost]
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