| No Images? Click here  Friday, April 12WHAT ASSANGE’S ARREST MEANS FOR PRESS FREEDOM U.S. prosecutors’ indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could trigger a protracted fight over press freedom in the United States, warn First Amendment experts. If Assange is convicted based on the indictment alleging he assisted Chelsea Manning in cracking a Defense Department computer password, it may give the government a dangerous precedent to use against journalists in the future. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]OHIO TAUNTS ROE Ohio’s governor has signed a bill imposing one of the nation’s toughest abortion restrictions. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine made Ohio the fifth state to ban abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat. That can come as early as five or six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant. [AP]CONGRESS ABANDONS STORM-BATTERED CITIES Lawmakers left town for recess without approving long-delayed relief to several states hit by devastating storms and flooding earlier this year. Republicans and Democrats were unable to reach an agreement on a disaster aid bill because of a partisan standoff over how much financial assistance should go to Puerto Rico, which was slammed by devastating back-to-back hurricanes in 2017. [HuffPost]EX-OIL LOBBYIST CONFIRMED FOR INTERIOR David Bernhardt has been confirmed as the 53rd secretary of the Interior Department. The Senate voted 56-41, mostly along party lines, to confirm the Colorado native and former oil and gas lobbyist, who had served as the Interior Department’s acting chief since Secretary Ryan Zinke stepped down in January amid mounting ethics scandals. [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE PRESSURED IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TO PUNISH CITIES White House officials plotted in recent months to retaliate against so-called sanctuary cities by releasing detained immigrants in their jurisdictions, The Washington Post reports. They expected the plan, which hasn’t gone into effect, to wreak havoc on cities that won’t comply with Trump’s immigration crackdown. [HuffPost]SOUTH KOREA OVERTURNS ABORTION BAN South Korea’s top court ruled that the country’s highly restrictive abortion law is unconstitutional and set a deadline for officials to lift the ban by next year, nearly 70 years after it was enacted. The law bans most abortions except in the cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother. [HuffPost]
 WOMEN ABUSED BY NUNS SPEAK UP Stories about nuns being the perpetrators of sexual violence have largely been lost in a new wave of accountability within the Roman Catholic church. Although abuse allegations against “women religious” are rarer than allegations against priests or monks, survivors of nun abuse who have spoken out are convinced that there are more stories out there. [HuffPost]INSTAGRAM WON’T BAN ANTI-MUSLIM EXTREMIST Instagram said it won’t ban anti-Muslim extremist Laura Loomer from its platform over alarming posts she made this week potentially inciting violence against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn), a Muslim freshman lawmaker. An Instagram spokesperson said the company has removed one of Loomer’s Instagram Stories — in which she recorded herself calling Islam “a cancer on humanity” — for violating its hate speech policy. [HuffPost]ALBENCE TAPPED TO LEAD ICE Matthew Albence has been selected the new director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a day after acting director Ronald Vitiello abruptly announced his departure. In an infamous July 2018 Senate testimony, Albence said migrant family detention centers were “more like summer camp.” [HuffPost]EX-OBAMA COUNSEL INDICTED A federal grand jury indicted Greg Craig, a White House counsel in the Obama administration, on charges of making false statements and hiding information from the Department of Justice related to his work on behalf of Ukraine. [HuffPost]TENNESSEE CONSIDERS PENALTIES FOR VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would impose new restrictions on groups conducting voter registrations and subject them to potential criminal charges and civil penalties. Activists say the move is unnecessary and would deter voter registration in a state that already has one of the lowest rates in the country. [HuffPost]HOW THERESA MAY DELAYED BREXIT At 2:45 a.m. local time Thursday, British Prime Minister Theresa May used a brisk press conference to tell bleary-eyed journalists she had secured a win – that Brexit day would be delayed until Oct. 31. The cliff-edge, no-deal exit, looming just 59 hours away on Friday, was averted. May also abandoned her previous suggestion that she could resign were Brexit significantly delayed. [HuffPost]
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