| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, April 17FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS TAKE TO TIKTOK As Facebook, YouTube and Twitter continue a slow purge of users who violate policies prohibiting hate speech, some extremists kicked off those platforms have found a safe space on TikTok, the Chinese-made video-sharing app that’s become wildly popular among Generation Z. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]TRUMP VETOES TO SUPPORT SAUDI WAR President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution to end U.S. support of Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen, which has been blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the region. He called the resolution “an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities.” [HuffPost]BARR ORDER PREVENTS SOME ASYLUM SEEKERS SEEKING BAIL Attorney General William Barr issued an order limiting immigration judges’ power to release detained asylum seekers on bond, another step in the Trump administration’s efforts to keep migrants from coming to the United States. Barr’s order is likely to further strain the immigrant detention system. [HuffPost]EPSTEIN ACCUSER TARGETS ALAN DERSHOWITZ A onetime employee of former billionaire hedge fund manager and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has gone public with new accusations after signing an affidavit as part of a lawsuit against Epstein’s longtime friend Alan Dershowitz. [HuffPost]RACIST PARANOIA REIGNS ON HANNITY While appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show Monday, former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik falsely claimed Rep. Ilhan Omar is “infatuated with al Qaeda, with Hamas, Hezbollah,” continuing the stream of Islamophobic attacks from right-wing media and conservative politicians, including Trump, targeting the freshman lawmaker. [HuffPost]CHAPLAIN WHO AIDED TERROR VICTIMS HELPED SAVE RELICS A Parisian chaplain who aided survivors during a 2015 terrorist attack in his city is being credited with running into the burning Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday to help rescue its priceless relics. The Rev. Jean-Marc Fournier entered the cathedral with firefighters and helped form a human chain to remove some of the artifacts. [HuffPost]
 👋 From voting rights to self-care, HuffPost’s stories put people before power. Support the mission by becoming a member. MUSLIM VOTERS WON’T FORGET WHO HAD THEIR BACKS A few days ago, Trump targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar on Twitter for remarks she made during a speech on Muslim civil rights last month. The response from Democrats was divided. Some 2020 candidates, such as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, were criticized for tepid responses, while others, including Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, didn’t respond until days later. [HuffPost]BETO O’ROURKE CALLS TRUMP A RACIST ISLAMOPHOBE Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke came to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar, who’s been receiving death threats as Trump attacks her in press conferences and on Twitter. [HuffPost]SYNAGOGUE PRESCHOOL ACCUSED OF ENABLING ABUSE The families of eight children previously enrolled at Washington Hebrew Congregation’s Edlavitch Tyser Early Childhood Center say the preschool and its leader, Deborah “DJ” Schneider Jensen, failed to protect students from a child sexual predator over a two-year period, according to a complaint. [HuffPost]THE ECCENTRIC CAST AROUND JULIAN ASSANGE WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested and indicted last week, has managed to accumulate an eccentric group of close friends and supporters. Many of these folks are back in the news as Assange faces extradition to the U.S. on a charge of computer hacking related to WikiLeaks obtaining classified military documents in 2010. [HuffPost]BILLIONAIRES PLEDGE $700 MILLION TO NOTRE DAME Some of the wealthiest families in France have pledged to donate more than half a billion dollars to rebuild Notre Dame de Paris after the devastating fire. So far, the moguls behind L’Oreal, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and other luxury brands, as well as some of France’s biggest companies, have promised donations of nearly $700 million. [HuffPost]INTRODUCING HUFFPOST PLUS What unites our coverage is a dedication to what’s real. Because knowing what’s real, and what really matters to you, our audience, is critical at a moment like this. If you want to support our mission ― beyond reading, watching and sharing our journalism ― you can join HuffPost Plus, our new membership program, which will help us keep reporting the stories that matter most to you.[HuffPost]
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