| No Images? Click here  Thursday, April 4PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT’S PLAYHOUSE Yujing Zhang’s arrest at Mar-a-Logo carrying four cellphones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive containing computer malware has revived concerns about security at the presidential refuge. Mar-a-Logo combines social functions, world diplomacy and extraordinary access to the president. Hundreds of members frequent it and President Donald Trump’s other private clubs, which function as working resorts even when Trump himself visits, creating challenges that test the Secret Service. [AP] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]DEMS DEMAND TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS Democrats in Congress have finally asked the Treasury Department to hand over six years’ worth of Trump’s personal and business tax returns, which may expose conflicts of interest and possible tax dodging. His own former lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress in February that Trump has used fraud to avoid paying taxes. [HuffPost]ICE ARRESTS HUNDREDS IN WORKPLACE RAID Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted its largest workplace raid in a decade on Wednesday, arresting more than 280 employees at the CVE Technology Group in Allen, Texas, for “administrative immigration violations,” which generally are for being unauthorized, not for committing any other offense. [HuffPost]GOP BLOWS UP SENATE RULES TO CONFIRM TRUMP JUDGES Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday unilaterally forced a change in Senate rules to make it easier to confirm Trump nominees to lifetime court seats. McConnell used the rarely invoked “nuclear option” to permanently reduce the amount of time that senators can debate most nominees from 30 hours to two. [HuffPost]CREW FOLLOWED BOEING RULES BUT COULDN’T CONTROL JET The Ethiopian Airlines crew of the airliner that crashed last month performed all the procedures recommended by Boeing but could not control the jet, states a preliminary report. The doomed flight experienced uncommanded “nose dive conditions,” according to the investigation. The preliminary report recommends that Boeing review the flight controls and that aviation authorities verify it before the now-grounded planes are cleared to resume operation. [AP]U.S TOURIST KIDNAPPED IN UGANDA An American woman and her driver have been kidnapped and held for ransom by gunmen in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park. The woman, 35-year-old Kimberley Sue Endecott, was traveling with three other people on Tuesday when their vehicle was stopped. Endecott’s phone was later used to demand a $500,000 ransom. [HuffPost]
 GUNMAN IN NZ TO FACE 50 MURDER CHARGES The Australian man arrested in the New Zealand mosque shootings will face 50 murder charges and 39 attempted murder charges when he appears in court on Friday, police said. The accused gunman, a 28-year-old suspected white supremacist, was charged with one murder the day after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch on March 15. [Reuters]DEMS MOVE TO SUBPOENA MUELLER REPORT Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to authorize a subpoena for the complete Mueller report. Attorney General William Barr said last week he intended to give Congress a redacted version of the report by mid-April, but Democrats are demanding immediate access to the full report. [HuffPost]‘BENEVOLENT’ BIDEN AND SEXISM IN DISGUISE The Biden allegations have kicked off a discussion about behavior that may be violating and invasive despite its benevolent intentions. How much should we care about it? Do a person’s intentions matter when evaluating this kind of behavior? And what additional significance does it take on when that person is considering a run for president? [HuffPost]CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVES CORAL COLLAPSE The deadly back-to-back bleaching events that hammered Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 led to a collapse in the recruitment of new corals, severely affecting the ecosystem’s ability to recover from the devastation. [HuffPost]KOMODO ISLAND CLOSING AFTER DRAGON SMUGGLING Indonesia’s famed Komodo Island, home to the world’s largest lizards, will soon close to tourists following reports of smugglers stealing and selling dragons. The island will be shuttered in January 2020 for a year, a decision fueled by the recent arrests of nine men who allegedly stole 41 Komodo dragons and sold them abroad for $35,000 apiece. [HuffPost]BERNIE SANDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN FOX NEWS TOWN HALL Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, has signed on to participate in a Fox News town hall focused on jobs and the economy later this month. Sanders’ decision highlights a schism within the Democratic Party and among its 2020 candidates. Some argue that attending Fox News debates would lend credibility to a network that now appears to function largely as a propaganda arm for the Trump administration. [HuffPost]
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