| No Images? Click here  Thursday, May 16CAN CONGRESS PREVENT WAR WITH IRAN? The Trump administration’s sudden march toward armed conflict with Iran has top Democrats and even some Republicans attempting to rein in the president’s hawkish senior officials before potentially tens of thousands of U.S. troops are engaged in a bloody conflict in the Middle East. [HuffPost]THE WORST PLACE IN THE U.S. TO BE A WOMAN Even before Alabama’s overwhelmingly male-dominated legislature passed a law this week essentially outlawing abortions, the state was already a terrible place for women ― especially women of color ― and mothers in particular. [HuffPost]NEXT ICE CHIEF: TRUMP PICKED, FOX GROOMED On Jan. 7, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he had “found someone” who could bring a new perspective to the border wall debate. His guest, former Border Patrol chief Mark Morgan, said border walls “absolutely work.” Becoming President Donald Trump’s most prolific media cheerleader on immigration breathed new life into Morgan’s career, and saw him become Trump’s nominee for Immigration and Customs Enforcement director. [HuffPost]NEW BILL WOULD HARM CHILDREN A new bill from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) would harm undocumented immigrant children by detaining them longer and allowing officials to send them back to life-threatening situations in their home countries. Immigrant rights advocates argue it wouldn’t even deter undocumented families from coming to the U.S. [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL TELLS CONGRESS TO DISCONTINUE PROBES The Trump White House told the House Judiciary Committee to “discontinue” investigations into the president’s alleged abuses of power, labeling them “an unauthorized ‘do-over’” of the Mueller investigation. [HuffPost]TEXAS POLICE TRIED TO ARREST BLACK MAN IN HIS OWN YARD In a now-viral video, a law enforcement officer tried to arrest Houston resident Clarence Evans in his own front yard after mistaking him for a different black man sought on an arrest warrant. [HuffPost]
 U.S. PULLS NONESSENTIAL STAFF FROM IRAQ The U.S. ordered all nonessential government staff to leave Iraq. Germany and the Netherlands suspended military assistance programs in the country in the latest sign of tensions sweeping the Persian Gulf region over still-unspecified threats that the Trump administration says are linked to Iran. [AP]1 MILLION LONDONERS SET TO MARCH AGAINST TRUMP More than a million Londoners look set to protest Trump’s visit to the U.K., with a new poll showing that 13% of the city’s 8 million residents are “likely” to join the demonstrations. [HuffPost]DALLAS COUNCIL AND LGBTQ GROUPS SET TO PROTEST BOLSONARO Another U.S. visit will likely bring another round of protests and official rebukes of far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, as American activists and lawmakers opposed to his his racist, sexist, homophobic and environmentally destructive policies attempt to make him unwelcome in the U.S. [HuffPost]ALABAMA’S ABORTION BAN HAS A CLEAR TARGET Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) approved a near-total abortion ban, aimed at the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. [HuffPost]BLACK WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF BREAST CANCER Treatment advances have improved breast cancer survival rates among all U.S. women, but the disparity between white and black women has grown: Black women are 40% more likely to die from the disease than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [HuffPost]GOP POLLSTER: ONLY AOC COULD BEAT TRUMP Conservative pollster Frank Luntz suggested Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is the only Democrat who is genuine enough to potentially beat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, if only she could run. [HuffPost]
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