| No Images? Click here  Thursday, May 23COURTS CLAMP DOWN ON TRUMP President Donald Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization lost their bid to block Deutsche Bank and Capital One Financial Corp. from providing financial records to Democratic lawmakers investigating Trump businesses. [Reuters]PELOSI: TRUMP HAD TANTRUM FOR ALL TO SEE House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) sent a letter to congressional colleagues Wednesday night saying Trump “had a temper tantrum” when he walked out of infrastructure talks with party leaders and held an impromptu press conference in the White House Rose Garden. [HuffPost]SENATE CONFIRMS HOWARD NIELSON The Senate voted to confirm Howard Nielson to be a lifetime federal judge, despite opposition from Democrats over his long record of fighting marriage equality and for writing a legal memo that justified torturing civilians. [HuffPost]SEVERAL KILLED AS POWERFUL STORMS SLAM CENTRAL U.S. Several people died in a series of powerful storms and tornadoes sweeping across the central United States. Officials warned residents in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois to stay vigilant and “take cover as needed” as the extreme weather conditions continue to threaten the region. [HuffPost]TREASURY WILL MISS HARRIET TUBMAN DEADLINE Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin admitted that the Treasury Department won’t meet its own deadline for a redesigned $20 bill, originally scheduled to be unveiled in 2020 and set to feature Harriet Tubman, a dedicated abolitionist and women’s suffrage advocate who died in 1913. [HuffPost]LEAKED PROUD BOYS CHATS SHOW MEMBERS PLOTTING VIOLENCE The Proud Boys want the public to believe that they’re a “drinking club” who only resort to violence to defend themselves from anti-fascist protesters during political rallies. But in private, these extremists have discussed injuring and even killing their adversaries, plotting tactics and optics for months. [HuffPost]
 Help us tell more stories from real people, in their words. Become a member so we can deliver the voices you want to hear.  NEW YORK CLOSES IN ON TRUMP’S TAXES The New York State Assembly voted 84-53 to require New York’s tax commissioner to release any state tax return requested by the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee for any “specified and legitimate legislative purpose.” [HuffPost]PENTAGON CONSIDERS PLAN TO SEND TROOPS TO MIDDLE EAST U.S. officials say the Pentagon will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more American troops to the Middle East to beef up defenses against potential Iranian threats. The officials say no decision has been made and it’s not clear whether White House will approve sending all of the requested forces. [AP]ABORTION PROVIDERS FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY As a re-emboldened anti-abortion movement has emerged, buoyed by recent legislative victories in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Utah and Arkansas, those who work to protect abortion rights are on high alert for their safety. [HuffPost]IRANIAN PROXIES PLAY KEY ROLE IN TRUMP’S HAWKS PUSH FOR ARMED CONFLICT Experts on Iran are warning that treating proxies as official arms of the Iranian government both increases the chance of military escalation and gives these groups outsize power to draw the U.S. into direct conflict with Tehran. [HuffPost]NORTH KOREA CALLS JOE BIDEN ‘FOOL OF LOW IQ’ North Korea has labeled Joe Biden a “fool of low IQ” and an “imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being” after the U.S. presidential hopeful called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a tyrant during a recent speech. [AP]MAY DEFIES COUP OVER SUPPORT FOR SECOND BREXIT VOTE British Prime Minister Theresa May has defied a growing effort to oust her from leadership over plans for a second Brexit referendum vote, but her days may still be numbered. May’s time in No.10 was hanging by a thread as a raft of Cabinet ministers demanded changes to her EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill. [HuffPost]
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