| No Images? Click here  Thursday, April 25BIDEN IS RUNNING Ending months of speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden announced this morning he’s running for president in 2020, joining a crowded field of Democrats eager to take on President Donald Trump. “The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy... everything that has made America — America — is at stake,” he said in a video. [HuffPost]WARREN: MAKE HOSPITALS PAY Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out the problem of the disproportionately high rate of maternal mortality for black women and laid out a plan to address it. “I want to talk to the hospitals ... in the language they understand: money,” she said. [HuffPost]U.S. MEASLES HITS MILESTONE The U.S. is dealing with the largest outbreak of measles since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, according to an analysis by CNN. As of this week, there have been 681 measles cases across 22 states, the network reported, citing data from state and local health departments. [HuffPost]FLORIDA LAWMAKERS AIM TO RESTRICT VOTING ACCESS The Florida House approved a controversial measure requiring people with felony convictions to pay all financial requirements of their sentencing before they can vote again. [HuffPost]OVER 1,200 SCOUTS ALLEGEDLY ABUSED An expert hired by the Boy Scouts of America to review allegations of child sexual abuse in the organization identified 7,819 alleged abusers among scout leaders and volunteers dating back to 1944, according to a newly released court document. Of the files examined over five years, 12,254 alleged victims were identified. [HuffPost]WHITE SUPREMACIST EXECUTED The state of Texas executed a white supremacist convicted of leading the grisly killing of James Byrd Jr., a black man who was targeted in one of the most gruesome hate crimes in recent U.S. history. [HuffPost]
 FEDERAL RESERVE SEEKS KAVANAUGH COVER Stephen Moore, Trump’s intended nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, has a dreadful economic record. He also has a history of sexist and offensive remarks about women and the LGBTQ community. Moore objects to the idea that his past comments warrant scrutiny, saying critics are “pulling a Kavanaugh against me.” [HuffPost]REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER: TRUMP SHOULD RESIGN Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who is challenging Trump in the Republican presidential primary, is calling on the president to resign. “If Donald Trump is an American patriot, he should resign from office,” the GOP challenger wrote. [HuffPost]POST TELLS TRUMP: CONGRESS CAN INVESTIGATE The Washington Post editorial board explained to Trump why Congress “has every right to investigate you.” The newspaper’s board used an op-ed to send the message after Trump told reporters that he saw “no reason” to cooperate with congressional investigations following the release of the Mueller report. [HuffPost]TRUMP TRANSITION OFFICIAL CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT J.W. Verret, a George Mason University law professor who served on Trump’s transition team, is calling on Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. [HuffPost]KIM JONG UN SEEKS FRIEND IN PUTIN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at a summit on Thursday intended to show Washington is not the only power with enough clout to engage with Pyongyang on its nuclear program. [Reuters]PRO-GOV FORCES KILL MOST AFGHAN CIVILIANS Afghan and international forces were responsible for more civilian deaths in the first three months of 2019 than the Taliban and other militants, a new U.N. report said. It marks the first time in recent years that civilian deaths attributed to government forces and their allies exceeded those blamed on their enemies. [AP]
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