| No Images? Click here  Thursday, May 9HOUSE DEMS AIM NEW SUBPOENA AT BARR The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General William Barr demanding documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election, adding to efforts by congressional lawmakers to force the Justice Department to turn over Mueller’s full report. [HuffPost]VOTE TO HOLD BARR IN CONTEMPT The House Judiciary Committee moved toward holding Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to produce an unredacted version of the Mueller report and its underlying evidence. “We are now in a constitutional crisis,” committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said after the vote. [HuffPost]DON. JR SUBPOENAED TOO The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to answer questions about his contacts with Russia, two congressional sources said. [Reuters]TRUMP RILES UP FLORIDA President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on Puerto Rico at a rally Wednesday, this time pitting his supporters in Florida against the U.S. territory, both of which were devastated by hurricanes. The Trump administration plans to provide 90% of federal emergency cleanup funds to Florida to help with repair. [HuffPost]ADMINISTRATION CAN KEEP FORCING ASYLUM SEEKERS TO WAIT A federal appeals court ruled that Trump’s administration can continue to send asylum-seekers back to Mexico to wait for their U.S. immigration court proceedings. The policy will temporarily remain in place while immigration advocates challenge its legality in court. [HuffPost]OVER 1,000 GUNS FOUND IN LA MANSION More than 1,000 guns and ammunition have been found in a mansion in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood Holmby Hills, a stone's throw from homes of celebrities like Jay-Z and Beyoncé, and the Playboy mansion. [HuffPost]
 NEW YORK PASSES BILL ALLOWING RELEASE OF TRUMP TAX RETURNS The New York Senate voted 39-21 for a bill that would allow the release of Trump’s state tax returns to Congress. The TRUST Act would allow the release of any state tax return requested by one of three congressional committees for any “specific and legitimate legislative purpose.” [HuffPost]TRUMP LAUNCHES ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE PRESS The Trump administration has begun enforcing new rules that severely limit the number of journalists given press passes that afford them easier access to the White House, according to reporters at The Washington Post. [HuffPost]MITCH MCCONNELL CONFIRMS ANOTHER TRUMP JUDGE Senate Republicans again broke from precedent to confirm another of Trump’s picks for a lifetime court seat. The Senate voted 54-42 to confirm Joseph Bianco to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York. Every Republican voted for him. [HuffPost]MOST AMERICANS HAVEN’T CHANGED THEIR MINDS ON TRUMP According to the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, which interviewed thousands of Americans four times from the winter of 2016 to January, 85% expressed the same view of Trump each time ― a result the group called “remarkably stable given the often tumultuous nature of his time in office.” [HuffPost]EARLY RESULTS: DENVER DECRIMINALIZES MAGIC MUSHROOMS Denver voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure to decriminalize hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms. The citizen initiative passed on Wednesday afternoon by a slim margin, with 50.56% in favor and 49.44% against. [HuffPost]POPE ORDERS CATHOLIC PRIESTS, NUNS TO REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring Catholic priests and nuns worldwide to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church authorities, in an effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks. [HuffPost]
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