| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, May 22SENATORS SLAM TRUMP PLAN TO PARDON WAR CRIME VETS President Donald Trump’s reported plan to pardon several U.S. servicemen accused or convicted of war crimes elicited bipartisan criticism in the Senate Tuesday. “It’s a terrible idea to pardon someone who is legitimately convicted of committing war crimes,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told HuffPost. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S GOLF COSTS: $102 MILLION AND COUNTING Trump’s golf hobby has already cost taxpayers at least $102 million in extra travel and security expenses, and next month will achieve a new milestone: a seven-figure presidential visit to another country so he can play at his own course. [HuffPost]EX-FACEBOOK EXEC: ZUCKERBERG ‘HAS TOO MUCH POWER’ Facebook’s ex-security chief is urging CEO Mark Zuckerberg to step down, becoming the second former Facebook executive this month to warn against the company’s influence. “There’s a legit argument that he has too much power,” Alex Stamos said at a tech conference. “If I was him, I would go hire a new CEO.” [HuffPost]LAWSUIT: ‘CONSCIENCE’ RULE UNDERMINES HEALTH CARE Two dozen U.S. states and municipalities sued the Trump administration to stop it from enforcing a rule that would make it easier for doctors and nurses to avoid performing procedures like abortions, sterilizations and assisted suicide on religious or moral grounds. [Reuters]MAYDAY: SMELL OF POLITICAL DEATH HAUNTS THE ROOM Like her Brexit plans and zombie Parliament, the British prime minister has for months now been neither living nor dead. And as she tried one final time to resurrect her compromise package, the latest alterations made her Frankenstein’s monster of a deal look even more unappealing to MPs of all stripes. [HuffPost]NEVADA PASSES PRO-CHOICE ABORTION BILL Bucking the anti-abortion political trends in several other states, the Nevada state Assembly approved a pro-choice bill to remove criminal penalties for people who terminate a pregnancy without consulting a physician. [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.  TRUMP’S WAR ON CHRISTMAS Trump’s trade war with China is turning into a different kind of “war on Christmas,” with expected higher prices for holiday decor. The Trump administration just increased tariffs to 25% on a wider category of goods, including holiday lights. [HuffPost]CONCRETE ‘COFFIN’ STORING ATOMIC BOMB WASTE COULD RUPTURE U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that a concrete “coffin” built decades ago on an Enewetak island to contain U.S. nuclear waste is at serious risk of cracking open and spilling its toxic contents into the Pacific Ocean. [HuffPost]ICE HAS 52,000 IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told BuzzFeed the agency had 52,398 migrants in detention -- a new record. A former head of ICE’s Office of Detention Policy and Planning added: “This is an avoidable humanitarian crisis manufactured by the Trump administration’s harsh policies. [HuffPost]TRUMP THREATENS TO BLOW UP INFRASTRUCTURE TALKS Trump on Tuesday made an already difficult task even more challenging for lawmakers by calling on Congress to ratify his Mexico-Canada trade deal before passing any bipartisan infrastructure bill. [HuffPost]O’ROURKE: IMPEACHMENT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is calling for impeachment to begin against Trump, saying the political risks to Democrats are worth having “accountability and justice” at the highest levels of government. [HuffPost]RIGHT-WING BRITISH POLITICIANS ARE GETTING ‘MILKSHAKED’ Controversial British political figures have been having milkshakes thrown at them. This kicked off on May 2, when a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Tommy Robinson, far-right anti-immigration, anti-Islam activist. [CNN]
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