| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, May 21MICHAEL COHEN: TRUMP’S LAWYER TOLD ME TO LIE Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, told congressional investigators earlier this year that Jay Sekulow, another lawyer for the president, instructed him to lie about the timeline surrounding negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. [HuffPost]JUDGE SLAPS DOWN TRUMP IN RECORDS FIGHT A federal judge in Washington ruled against Trump in a financial records dispute with Congress. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, said Trump cannot block a House subpoena of financial records. [AP]MUSLIM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HOST HISTORIC IFTAR Last night, three Muslim members of Congress ― Reps. André Carson (D-Ind.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) ― hosted a historic iftar in the U.S. Capitol to recognize the holy month of Ramadan and honor the contributions of the Muslim American community. [HuffPost]MOLOTOV COCKTAILS THROWN AT SYNAGOGUE Police are searching for someone who threw Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in Chicago on Sunday. Authorities are also investigating reports of car windows being smashed outside at least three other synagogues roughly five miles north of the Lakeview East congregation. [HuffPost]GOP SENATOR: TRADE WAR LEAVES FARMERS ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas raised dire concerns over the Trump administration’s intensifying tariff war with China, warning Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue that the impact on American farmers could prove devastating. [HuffPost]SUSPECTED CHRISTCHURCH GUNMAN CHARGED WITH ENGAGING IN TERRORISM Police used terrorism suppression legislation to file terror charges against Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of the March 15 shootings targeting Muslims attending Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques. The attacks killed 51 worshippers and wounded dozens. [Reuters]
 FOX NEWS HOST LOBBIED TRUMP TO PARDON WAR CRIMINALS News broke at the weekend that Trump is preparing to pardon several U.S. servicemen involved in high-profile cases of gunning down civilians or killing detainees. “Fox & Friends” co-host Pete Hegseth has pressed the president for months to support accused and convicted servicemen. [Daily Beast]SWEDISH PROSECUTORS REQUEST ASSANGE ARREST The Swedish prosecutor leading an investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange has filed a request for him to be detained in absentia. If granted, this would be the first step in a process to have Assange extradited from Britain, where he is serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail. [HuffPost]KOBACH DEMANDS INSANE PERKS TO BE IMMIGRATION CZAR Kris Kobach’s conditions to become Trump’s “immigration czar” include 24-hour access to a government jet, walk-in privileges with the president, a staff of seven people, and a security detail, should it be deemed necessary, according to a report in The New York Times. [HuffPost]DANGEROUS STORM SPURS TORNADOES An intense storm system moved across the Southern Plains on Monday, spawning tornadoes that caused scattered damage and a deluge of rain, but not the “particularly dangerous” twisters that forecasters had feared. No injuries were reported. [AP]EX-NFL PLAYER ACCUSED OF RAPING 3 WOMEN Kellen Winslow Jr., the son of a pro football star who himself earned over $40 million in an injury-plagued NFL career, “took what he wanted,” including raping a 54-year-old hitchhiker and a 59-year-old homeless woman, prosecutors said. [AP]PARENTS OF DEAD CADET CAN USE HIS SPERM TO PRODUCE CHILD The parents of a 21-year-old West Point cadet fatally injured in a skiing accident can use his frozen sperm to produce a child, a judge ruled despite potential ethical considerations. [AP]
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