Tag: Garrett Epps

Written by Madeleine Carlisle (@maddiecarlisle2), Olivia Paschal (@oliviacpaschal), and Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey). We’re working on improving our email newsletters and your opinion is important to us. Today in 5 Lines The funeral for former President George H. W. Bush, who died Friday at the age of 94, was held Wednesday at the Washington National Cathedral. Several former lawmakers gave eulogies at the funeral, including former President—and eldest son—George W. Bush. Faced with 100 lawsuits from former team doctor Larry Nassar's sexual-assault victims, USA Gymnastics has declared bankruptcy. A U.K. parliamentary committee released hundreds of documents as evidence that Facebook cut deals with app developers in exchange for more access to data. Facebook said that the documents are misleading. Global carbon emissions are projected to reach the highest levels in recorded history by the end of 2018, according to an annual report released by the international research group The Global Carbon Project. Today on The Atlantic ‘Significance and Usefulness’: In a highly anticipated sentencing memo filed Tuesday night, Special Counsel Robert Mueller offered a warning to current and future witnesses involved in the Russia investigation. (Natasha Bertrand) In Case of Emergency: When a president declares a state of emergency, many of the constitutional limits on his or her power go out the window.

Canada and Mexico are exempted from the tariffs, and other countries will reportedly be invited to negotiate exclusions from the measures. Arizona Senator Jeff Flake criticized the move in a statement, and pledged to draft and introduce legislation to nullify the tariffs. Trump told reporters that South Korea will be making a “major statement” about North Korea at 7 p.m. The Interior Department reportedly spent nearly $139,000 to upgrade doors in Secretary Ryan Zinke’s office. Today on The Atlantic One Right to Rule Them All? : Garrett Epps breaks down the text of the Second Amendment and concludes that it doesn’t guarantee “an unlimited individual right to bear any kind and number of weapons by anyone.” Colorless and Deadly: On Sunday, an ex-Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in Britain by a nerve agent. Here’s how the gas works. (Sarah Zhang) We Can’t Handle the Truth: A new MIT study shows that, by every metric, falsehoods and fake news consistently reach more people than real news on Twitter. (Robinson Meyer) Does Welfare Make People Lazy? : Nope.