| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, August 20STUDY: RACIST DOG WHISTLES WORK Reporters often describe President Donald Trump’s racism as a strategy to excite Republican voters, but it may actually work better on certain self-identified liberals. That’s according to academics who conducted an experiment with hundreds of white Americans earlier this year. [HuffPost]TLAID, OMAR, ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO VISIT ISRAEL Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) encouraged their colleagues to travel to Israel to see conditions there, though Israel barred both congresswomen from entering the country themselves. [HuffPost]U.S. HOUSEHOLDS WILL PAY $1,000 PER YEAR FOR TRUMP TARIFFS Despite repeated assurances from Trump administration officials that U.S. consumers are not bearing the brunt of its tariffs on China, a new JPMorgan analysis predicts that the average American family will shoulder $1,000 per year. [HuffPost]PROUD BOYS CONVICTED IN NYC BEATING Two members of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys were convicted in a mob attack on four anti-fascist activists that was captured on videotape on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Meanwhile, Trump called for their targets to be labeled as a terror group. [HuffPost]AFGHAN BOMBINGS INJURE OVER 120 The number of people wounded in multiple bomb blasts in the Afghan city of Jalalabad has risen to 123, officials said on Tuesday, a day after 14 bombs exploded in public squares, markets and outside restaurants. No militant group has claimed responsibility. [Reuters]RAPE VICTIM ACQUITTED OF STILLBORN MURDER A young rape victim who was suspected of having an abortion and charged with homicide has been acquitted by a judge at a retrial. Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, now 21, had served 33 months of a 30-year prison sentence when her conviction was overturned in February for lack of evidence and a new trial was ordered. [HuffPost]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  ONE-THIRD OF SURVEYED ECONOMISTS EXPECT RECESSION BY 2020 Thirty-four percent of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics said they believe a slowing economy will tip into recession in 2021. That’s up from 25% in February. Only 2% of those polled expect a recession to begin this year, while 38% predict that it will occur in 2020. [AP]WARREN’S FIRST CAMPAIGN EVENT DRAWS BIGGEST EVER CROWD Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Monday drew in the largest crowd of her presidential campaign tour, attracting thousands of energized supporters to her town hall at Macalester College. [HuffPost]CHINA COULD OVERWHELM U.S. MILITARY IN ASIA The U.S. military is no longer the primary force in Asia, and missiles from China's rapidly improving military could overwhelm its bases in hours, according to a new report from the University of Sydney, in Australia. [CNN]U.S. OPENS SECRET COMMUNICATIONS WITH VENEZUELA BOSS The U.S. has made secret contact with Venezuela’s socialist party boss as close allies of President Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face prosecution for alleged abuses and crimes if they cede to growing demands to remove him, according to a senior Trump administration official. [AP]FIRST HOUSE GOP-ER TO BACK ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN Rep. Pete King of New York on Monday became the first House Republican to back an assault weapons ban, joining 200 Democratic co-sponsors. The bill, titled The Assault Weapons Ban of 2019, was introduced in February by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.). [HuffPost]ISIS GATHERS STRENGTH Five months after American-backed forces ousted the Islamic State from its last shard of territory in Syria, the terrorist group is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria, retooling its financial networks and targeting new recruits at an allied-run tent camp. [New York Times]
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