| No Images? Click here  Friday, May 10CBS SEX HARASSMENT DEBACLE CBS renewed its popular legal drama “Bull” for a fourth season, even though the network reportedly paid $9.5 million to settle claims that the show’s star, Michael Weatherly, sexually harassed actress Eliza Dushku while on set. Amblin Television, the production company of prominent Time’s Up backer Steven Spielberg, is reportedly cutting ties with the show. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]DEM DILEMMA: IMPEACHMENT FEVER Democrats are using just about every word they can to slam President Donald Trump’s blanket refusal of requests for testimony and documents related to the Mueller report, calling the stonewalling “bigger than Watergate,” and a “constitutional crisis.” [HuffPost]GOVERNOR ADMITS ABORTION BAN IS AN ATTACK ON ROE After the Alabama Senate erupted in chaos over what may become the nation’s strictest abortion ban, the Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth (R) admitted the bill is a direct attempt to get Roe v. Wade overturned by the Supreme Court. [HuffPost]U.S. HIKES IMPORT TAXES ON CHINESE GOODS Trump’s tariff hikes on Chinese goods took effect Friday. Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China’s technology ambitions and other trade strains. Stock markets were poised for a continued beating. [AP]GUARD WHO DETAINED SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT OPENED FIRE A security guard credited with capturing one of the two suspects in this week’s suburban Denver school shooting fired his weapon inside the school, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. [AP]U.S. SEIZES NORTH KOREAN CARGO VESSEL In an unusual civil forfeiture action, the Justice Department announced it has seized a major cargo vessel belonging to North Korea known as the “Wise Honest,” which officials allege violated U.S. and United Nations sanctions by illicitly shipping coal from North Korea. [Reuters]
 TRUMP JR. SHOULD BE ‘LOCKED UP’ IF HE DEFIES SUBPOENA Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Donald Trump Jr. should be jailed if he refuses to comply with a Senate subpoena concerning his contacts with Russia. “If he fails to comply with a lawful subpoena, he has no privilege. Prison is the only answer,” Blumenthal told reporters. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA PLANS TO DOUBLE HOMELESS BUDGET California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a budget plan that proposes nearly doubling what the state currently spends on its homelessness epidemic to $1 billion, emphasizing the state’s increasing cost of living. [HuffPost]ANITA HILL: AMERICA MISSED CHANCE TO ADDRESS SEXUAL VIOLENCE Law professor Anita Hill took to the pages of The New York Times to rue America’s missed opportunity to effectively address sexual harassment and violence in 1991 during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings, presided over by then-Sen. Joe Biden. [HuffPost]NORTH KOREA FIRES TWO SUSPECTED SHORT-RANGE MISSILES North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles on Thursday, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning to Trump that his nuclear disarmament diplomacy could be in danger. [AP]HOST FIRED AFTER TWEETING CHIMP PIC DEPICTING ROYAL BABY A BBC radio host has been fired after he tweeted a photo of a chimpanzee in a suit with the caption: “Royal baby leaves hospital.” The photo, shared by Danny Baker following the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son, was immediately decried as racist. [HuffPost]CHELSEA MANNING RELEASED FROM JAIL Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was released from jail in Virginia on Thursday, more than two months after being arrested for refusing to answer questions before a grand jury about leaking classified information to WikiLeaks. [HuffPost]
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