| No Images? Click here  Friday, May 17WHITE HOUSE TAKES IRAN SHOW TO CONGRESS Congressional leaders received a classified briefing on Iran from the White House Thursday following criticism that lawmakers have been kept out of the loop about recent military moves in the Middle East. [AP]TRUMP FLOUTS CONGRESS, PELOSI SLOW-WALKS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declined to take a position about inherent contempt ― an obscure power that would allow Congress to fine or even jail Trump administration officials who don’t comply with subpoenas ― and again made clear Democrats are hesitant to impeach President Donald Trump. [HuffPost]SAT TO ADD ‘ADVERSITY SCORE’ The SAT, one of two main college entrance exams, is planning to add an “adversity score” to test results to help level the playing field for students of diverse social and economic backgrounds. [HuffPost]TAIWAN PARLIAMENT LEGALIZES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Taiwan’s parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday, the first legislation of its kind in Asia and a major win for civil rights groups across the region. “Today, we can show the world that #LoveWins,” President Tsai Ing-wen wrote on Twitter ahead of the vote. [HuffPost]IRAN CLAIMS RIGHT TO RESPOND TO U.S. SANCTIONS ESCALATION Iran’s foreign minister said sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are “unacceptable,” but his country is committed to an international nuclear deal that has steadily unraveled amid rising tensions. [AP]‘I’M FROM ALABAMA, AND I GAVE BIRTH TO MY RAPIST’S CHILD’ "I was 17 when I was raped by a classmate. He was someone I knew, someone I trusted, but in the end, none of that mattered. I would not find out until eight months later that I was pregnant as a result of the assault." [HuffPost]
 TRUMP UNVEILS IMMIGRATION PLAN THAT’S GOING NOWHERE Trump offered a broad outline of his administration’s new dead-on-arrival immigration plan, seeking to rake in more money for border enforcement while restricting family-based migration and upping the number of visas for skilled workers. [HuffPost]FLYNN: PEOPLE TRIED TO SWAY WHAT I TOLD MUELLER Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn told special counsel Robert Mueller that individuals linked to the Trump administration or Congress had reached out to him multiple times, possibly in an attempt to interfere with Mueller’s investigation. [HuffPost]THE STATES FIGHTING TO PROTECT ABORTION Just as Alabama and other states crack down on reproductive rights, some states, including Illinois, Maine and New York, are working to do the opposite. These states have passed or are weighing legislation to expand and protect abortion access. [HuffPost]MUSLIM OFFICER CLAIMS SHE WAS PREVENTED FROM WEARING HIJAB A Muslim employee with the Georgia Department of Corrections filed a discrimination complaint this week alleging she was banned from wearing a hijab at work. Jalanda Calhoun said she converted to Islam in January and began wearing a hijab. Within a month, bosses told her she couldn’t do so at work, she said. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S TRADE WAR SHOWS HOW CHINA HAS LOST FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON The sense of steadiness and dependability between the U.S. and China has begun to unravel during Trump's time in office. This week, he ramped up a crackdown on Chinese telecom giant Huawei amid a worsening trade war with Beijing that is causing increasing economic hardship on both sides. [CNN]ITALIAN POPULIST FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTE The hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has only been in office since last year. Now, his perpetual campaign turns toward the European elections. [New York Times]
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