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Posted: 2018-04-26T11:09:52Z | Updated: 2018-04-26T11:09:52Z

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Thursday, April 26

TOP STORIES

COHEN CLAMS UP Donald Trump s personal attorney Michael Cohen will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if called to testify in Stormy Daniels lawsuit against the president. Thats the same president who, as a candidate, sneered : If youre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth? [HuffPost ] [Tweet | Share on Facebook ]

ARREST IN 70s SERIAL KILLINGS Authorities in California have arrested a 72-year-old former police officer in connection with the so-called Golden State Killer murders 12 homicides and 45 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s. [HuffPost ]

BEIJING BUSINESS TIES CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Trumps nominee for secretary of state, failed to disclose business ties to two companies controlled by the Chinese government, documents seen by HuffPost reveal. Samantha Bee has also been looking at Pompeos history, concluding on Wednesday nights show hes a racist, warmongering homophobe. [HuffPost ]

THE CANDYMAN CAN Dr. Ronny Jackson, Trumps pick to head the VA, is facing fresh allegations over his personal conduct, including excessive drinking and handing out medical opioids to military staff which earned him the nickname Candyman. Yet Jackson retains the backing of Trump and Colbert knows why . [HuffPost ]

MAC THE KNIFE Emmanuel Macron used his speech to Congress Wednesday to slam Trump on climate change. The French president later said he believes the White House will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal for domestic reasons, describing Washingtons foreign policy U-turns as insane. [HuffPost ]

GOP IN SERVICE TO TRUMPS EGO Former FBI Director James Comey has said hes embarrassed and ashamed of a Republican Party that as near as I can tell, reflects now entirely Donald Trumps values its transactional, its ego-driven, its in service to his ego. [HuffPost ]

WHATS BREWING

SHE WILL KNOW I AM HER MOTHER We took a heartbreaking look at what life looks like for a toddler growing up in a Mexican womens prison. [HuffPost ]

KIRSTENS BANK JOB Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is introducing a bill that would require every U.S. post office to provide basic banking services as a low-cost alternative to payday loans. [HuffPost ]

LONDONS CALLING CNN reports that Trump is expected to visit the U.K. in July, a trip likely to spark mass protests in the capital of Americas oldest ally. [CNN ]

TRUMP TWEETS YEEZY Trump has chimed in on Kanye Wests recent Twitter binge, thanking Yeezy for his comments in support of the MAGA agenda. [HuffPost ]

ABANDONED ANIMALS Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar closed a pharmaceutical testing lab in 2010, abandoning some 170 dogs and monkeys who had to be rescued from the shuttered company. [HuffPost ]

VIOLENT ANTI-PRESS RHETORIC The U.S. press freedom ranking has dropped again due to Trumps violent anti-press rhetoric, which is having dangerous effects, in the U.S. and abroad. [HuffPost ]

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