| No Images? Click here  Friday, May 3MUELLER REPORT COLLISION COURSE The executive and legislative branches of the federal government are locked into a constitutional showdown in the wake of the Mueller investigation. Democrats, furious that Attorney General William Barr refused to testify before the House Judiciary Committee or hand over an unredacted version of the Mueller report, must now decide what to do about it. [HuffPost]TRUMP ASKED BARR TO INVESTIGATE During testimony before the Judiciary Committee, Barr claimed he didn’t know whether President Donald Trump had suggested he investigate anyone. Since Barr took control of the Department of Justice, Trump has publicly called for an investigation into Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. [HuffPost]HERO STUDENT DIED TACKLING GUNMAN Riley Howell, 21, was killed in an act of selfless heroism during the shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus this week. Howell was shot dead tackling the gunman, but took the suspect off his feet, and in doing so aided his capture and saved lives. [HuffPost]MINNESOTA MAKES MARITAL RAPE ILLEGAL Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed a law that repeals the state’s marital rape exception, which protected rapists against prosecution if they lived and had an ongoing sexual relationship with the victim. [Reuters]SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY ESCALATES Despite ongoing efforts to curb sexual violence in the military, sexual assault rates have soared 38% since 2016, according to a report that anonymously surveyed over 100,000 service members from the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. [HuffPost]CYCLONE FANI SLAMS INTO EASTERN INDIA A cyclone barrelled into eastern India, bringing down trees and power lines and “extensively” damaging the tourist town of Puri. A million people were evacuated before it made landfall, and there were no early reports of casualties. [Reuters]
 People before power. We believe the stories of regular people matter most. Help us tell them by becoming a HuffPost member today. DRILL, BABY, DRILL The Trump administration said it would roll back major regulations on offshore drilling rigs, ending safety measures put in place after the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil blowout that spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. [HuffPost]TRUMP ADDS FAITH-BASED ABORTION, GENDER RULE Trump announced a new rule that would protect medical providers who object to certain procedures, such as abortions and gender transitions, for moral or religious reasons, threatening trans people and patients seeking reproductive health care. [HuffPost]ANOTHER MIGRANT CHILD DIES IN U.S. CUSTODY A 16-year-old migrant boy died in U.S. government custody this week, the third child since December to die in detention. Officials have not yet revealed the identity of the teen, who officials said was not accompanied by any family. [HuffPost]GUNS IN CHURCH A bill that passed the Texas Senate would give licensed gun owners the right to be armed in houses of worship unless a property specifically bans weapons from its premises. After filing the bill in January, state Sen. Donna Campbell (R) said “a good guy with a gun” is the best defense against shooters. [HuffPost]NASA: SCAM COST $700 MILLION A former NASA subcontractor has agreed to pay $46 million after it was found to have knowingly sold faulty aluminum to the space agency and other businesses over 19 years. The scam resulted in two failed launch missions and more than $700 million in damages, NASA said. [HuffPost]DEATH TOLL FROM NZ MOSQUE SHOOTINGS RISES Seven weeks after the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, its death toll has risen to 51. A 46-year-old Turkish citizen who was in critical condition after the March 15 shooting at Al Noor Mosque died Friday, local time. [HuffPost]
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