| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, May 28GOP REP. DOWNPLAYS WAR CRIMES Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has likened his own behavior in the U.S. Marines to that of a Navy SEAL facing trial for war crimes in an apparent attempt to downplay the seriousness of the charges. [HuffPost]DEATH MOUNTAIN American climber Christopher John Kulish, 61, died while descending Mount Everest on Monday, bringing this year’s death toll on the mountain’s Nepali side to at least nine amid concerns of overcrowding on the 29,000-foot summit. [HuffPost]TRUMP OFFICIAL ‘DOESN’T CARE’ ABOUT BREAKING FEDERAL LAW Lynne Patton, a regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, wrote last week that she may have broken a federal law meant to prevent officials from politicizing their government positions, but said that even if that were the case, she “honestly” didn’t care. [HuffPost]CHILD DIES, SCHOOLGIRLS INJURED, IN JAPAN KNIFE ATTACK At least 18 people, including 16 young children, were stabbed by a man brandishing a knife at a crowded bus stop on the outskirts of Tokyo during Tuesday’s morning rush hour. Officials said an 11-year-old girl and a man in his 30s had been killed in the attack. [HuffPost]THE SECRET HISTORY OF DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL REPEAL In 2010, pro-LGBT group GetEQUAL awaited Barack Obama’s arrival in California. The White House’s foot-dragging on gay issues, and likelihood that Democrats would lose some congressional control in the upcoming midterms, had left a narrow window in which to pass any key LGBT legislative priorities. [HuffPost]TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE RESIGNS Embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley resigned Monday after overseeing a botched effort to purge the state’s voter rolls of noncitizens, an effort voting rights advocates criticized as an attack on democracy. [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.  MILLION-DOLLAR INAUGURAL DONATION UNDER SCRUTINY Real estate mogul Franklin Haney contributed $1 million to President Trump’s inaugural committee and all he’s got to show for the money is the glare of a federal investigation. [AP]TORNADOES CAUSE MASS DAMAGE ACROSS OHIO A spate of severe weather spawned at least two tornadoes in Ohio late Monday and early Tuesday, causing widespread damage and leaving thousands without power. There were many other reports of tornadoes across Ohio, and the NWS had issued dozens of tornado warnings in regions across the midwest. [HuffPost]ILLINOIS ADVANCES LIBERAL ABORTION LEGISLATION Illinois Democrats advanced new legislation Sunday that would further protect women’s rights to reproductive health. The bill would see women entitled to make decisions with limited government interference, repeal outdated, anti-abortion legislation, and require insurance companies to pay for abortions. [HuffPost]SERVICE MEMBERS WEAR TRUMP-THEMED PATCHES Active-duty service members were pictured wearing Donald Trump-themed morale patches as the president made his Memorial Day address aboard the USS Wasp at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan on Monday. [HuffPost]NORTH KOREA CALLS JOHN BOLTON ‘WAR MONGER’ North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a “war monger” and “human defect” after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. [AP]AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR OUSTED IN NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE The Austrian parliament has voted to oust Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his ministers, paving the way for a caretaker government before a new election in which the young leader and his party could emerge strengthened. [AP]
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