| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, May 1BARR SPIN TOO MUCH FOR MUELLER Special counsel Robert Mueller told Attorney General William Barr that his letter to Congress at the conclusion of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election mischaracterized the special counsel report, creating “public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation.” Barr faces the Senate Judiciary Committee today. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]FLOOR FALLING OUT ON MOORE Republican senators are vocalizing opposition to Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, amid widespread criticism that the economic commentator is unfit for the job. [HuffPost]2 DEAD IN SHOOTING AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Two people were killed and four were wounded in a shooting at the University of North Carolina campus in Charlotte Tuesday night. Three victims were in critical condition. Police arrested a suspect, ending a campus lockdown. [HuffPost]ALABAMA HOUSE OUTLAWS ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS The Alabama House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The legislation would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion. The bill does not include exceptions for rape or incest; abortions would be permitted only if the pregnant woman’s life were in danger. [HuffPost]NO JAIL TIME FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WHO RAPED GIRL A New York man was sentenced to 10 years’ probation but no prison time after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl he met while driving a school bus. The judge in the case defended his leniency by pointing out that Piche had only raped one girl, rather than multiple. [HuffPost]OMAR: IF I CAN SURVIVE MILITIA, I CAN SURVIVE CRITICS Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) lambasted critics attacking her over comments she made about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. “They cannot stand that a refugee, a black woman, an immigrant, a Muslim shows up in Congress thinking she’s equal to them,” she said. [HuffPost]
 VENEZUELA CRISIS IS A HUMANITARIAN NIGHTMARE Venezuelans awoke Tuesday to a call by self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó to bring down Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Venezuela is mired in a deep political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has led more than 3 million people to leave the country. [HuffPost]WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE UPRISING IN VENEZUELA Juan Guaidó, the leader of the Venezuelan national assembly, has waged a continuous fight to topple Maduro that has intensified since Jan. 23, when Guaidó declared himself Venezuela’s legitimate leader. On Tuesday, he appeared in front of armed forces and called for an uprising against the government. [HuffPost]ANTI-SEMITISM HIT ‘NEAR-HISTORIC LEVELS’ IN 2018 The annual Anti-Defamation League audit of anti-Semitic incidents showed that, compared with 2017, assaults against Jews had more than doubled ― the worst of which was the mass shooting at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue in October, when a white supremacist killed 11 worshippers. [HuffPost]NRA IN CRISIS The National Rifle Association is facing collapse. Membership is plummeting. Investigations are opening. And victims of gun violence are holding the organization accountable for deaths all across the country. At the NRA convention over the weekend, it was announced that the group’s president, Oliver North, would not seek reelection. [HuffPost]MIGRANTS TO BE CHARGED A FEE TO APPLY FOR REFUGE Trump has directed immigration officials to introduce tough new rules for migrants seeking humanitarian protection in the United States. These include the introduction of a fee for asylum applications and banning asylum seekers who’ve entered the U.S. illegally from receiving work permits. [HuffPost]HARNESSED WHALE SUSPECTED RUSSIAN MILITARY A beluga whale was found wearing what appeared to be a Russian-made harness by Norwegian fishermen last week, raising suspicions that it may have been used by the Russian military. The whale was discovered swimming near a village in Arctic Norway, the fishermen said. [HuffPost]
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