Our gathering of the stories, thoughts, and images you'll be discussing today. In this version, Trump discharges his Supreme Court picks, calls Bill Clinton an attacker, and uncovers some financials — actually no, not his assessments. Here's the once-over for Thursday, May 19.
Climate
The South is set to get doused today with enormous tempests in Texas and Louisiana and substantial downpours expected clear through Florida. However, Spring will at long last go to the Midwest and Great Lakes with warm climate and sunny skies. In New York City expect temperatures in the 70s with heaps of mists and possibly a little rain. [USA Today]
FRONT PAGE
Donald Trump Courts Conservatives
In another in a long line of extraordinary moves, Donald Trump discharged a rundown yesterday of 11 potential Supreme Court judges that he would consider assigning in the event that he got to be president. The rundown — all white and for the most part male — serves as something of a's who of the most right-inclining legal scholars at present serving in state and government courts: a monochromatic rainbow of expert lifers and exacting constitutionalists with weaknesses for the Ten Commandments. Traditionalists so far are extremely satisfied with his picks, albeit numerous don't trust he would really proceed with assigning one. Trump has said beforehand that he would assign his sister — who is truth be told a judge — to the seat.
EARLY AND OFTEN
Trump Shines Light on Bill Clinton's Past Rape Accusations
Talking on Hannity yesterday, Donald Trump raised — with some accommodating pushing from Hannity — Bill Clinton's past allegations of inappropriate behavior and ambush: Paula Jones blamed Clinton for presenting himself to her in 1991; Kathleen Willey says Clinton grabbed her in 1993; and Juanita Broaddrick says Clinton sexually attacked and assaulted her in 1978. Trump is endeavoring to utilize her significant other's behavior to debilitate Hillary Clinton's backing amongst ladies.
Trump Financial Disclosure Confuses Everyone
Donald Trump discharged a 104-page money related revelation frame yesterday — actually no, not his expenses, which are not your concern, OK? — yet despite the fact that it plainly demonstrates that Mr. Trump is extremely rich, from multiple points of view the report brought up more issues than it replied. Donald cases to be worth $10 billion. in any case, the exposure says he made $615 million a year ago and holds resources esteemed at any rate $1.5 billion — not terrible, but rather not exactly $10 billion. The report likewise guarantees Trump holds 564 separate positions, which by one means or another abandons him a lot of time to keep running for president. [NYT]
Sanders Accepts Fox Debate Invite, Hillary Can't Believe This Is Still Happening
The Sanders camp has acknowledged a welcome from Fox News to join in a Democratic level headed discussion in California. The date has not yet been chosen — we do know it won't be on a Friday or Saturday night — yet the middle people will incorporate Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace, and Bret Baier. A California verbal confrontation was settled upon by Clinton and Sanders months back, yet we have an inclination Clinton never thought it would really result in these present circumstances. She has not reacted to Fox's welcome. [Politico]
Paul Ryan Reaches Compromise with Obama Administration — Yes, You Read That Correctly
House Speaker Paul Ryan has made some amazing progress since closing down the administration over a financial plan contradiction. Ryan figured out how to work out a trade off — but a to a great degree conditional bargain with parts still to deal with — with the Treasury Department yesterday, clearing the street for a salvage bundle to help Puerto Rico out of its declining obligation emergency. Paul "The Compromiser" Ryan has a decent ring to it.
THE STREET, THE VALLEY
What about "No"?
It's not news that promoting on Twitter doesn't generally go easily, however most likely somebody more likely than not understood that Android's Twitter crusade requesting that clients name their top choice "n-word" could just end in catastrophe. The best word would have been picked as the name of's "Android N" working framework, however things did not exactly work out as expected. What's more, yes, 4chan got included. [Reuters]
Madoff Victims Could Actually Get Some Money Back
The $4 billion plan set up by the legislature to reimburse casualties of Bernie Madoff's monetary misrepresentation may really begin paying out. The Justice Department hasn't said when the installments will at long last go out or what their quality will be, however it has suggested endorsement of 25,000 beneficiaries. Madoff took more than $17.5 billion from the a huge number of individuals he misdirect. [Bloomberg]
The Fed Interest Hike We've Said Is Coming for a considerable length of time Is Coming
The Federal Reserve will raise loan costs for genuine this time, most likely. As per the minutes from its April approach meeting discharged yesterday, individuals concurred that if there were indications of solid financial development — which there have been — rates could go up in June. [Reuters]
People Are Lazy, Paranoid, and Bored: Google's Big Announcements at I/O
Google's yearly designer gathering is in progress, and the huge declarations continue coming: there's Google Home, a contender to Amazon's Echo; another virtual reality stage; another Android working framework; and applications to rival both Facebook's WhatsApp — including WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption, which the administration will simply cherish — and Apple's FaceTime. [The Verge]
MEDIA BUBBLE
Dreams Do Come True: Time Warner Cable Is Dead
The Charter Communications takeover of Time Warner Cable is finished, and Time Warner is no more. Alongside a littler organization called Bright House Networks, Charter is revealing another, much bigger link organization called Spectrum. Range is presently the second-biggest broadband supplier in the nation behind Comcast. [LA Times]
Open, Prepare to Get Edited
New York Times' chase for another open editorial manager is over; Elizabeth Spayd will assume control over the part this mid year. Spayd go to the Times from the Columbia Journalism Review where she was the supervisor and distributer, and before that she functioned as overseeing editorial manager at the Washington Post. [NYT CO]
Newsroom Layoffs Continue as Companies Outsource
Tribune Publishing, which claims the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, and Chicago Tribune, is laying off up to 200 workers. The cutbacks come as Tribune moves its IT work to Tata Consultancy Services in India. Miami Herald proprietor McClatchy did likewise simply a week ago, terminating upwards of 150 individuals in the IT office and moving IT administrations to another firm in India. [Computerworld]
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Inmates
Every living creature's common sense entitlement activists are set up to brawl over "Here now gone again later," a Brooklyn-based execution piece by Duke Riley in which 2,000 pigeons with lights appended to their legs take to the night sky. Protestors say the workmanship is pitiless to pigeons.
MORNING MEME
Joe Likes Ice Cream and We Like Joe
Joe Biden is just like us but also better in every way. “I eat more ice cream than three other people you’d like to be with, all at once,” he said yesterday — put that on the front of the Joe Biden Library. Also please check out the gallery of Biden eating ice cream over at Gawker.
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
Some of the time Canada Just Isn't Far Enough
Notwithstanding when America appears to be totally sad, it's hard not to love Americans. Simply read the main sentence in this eulogy of a 68-year-old lady in Richmond, Virginia: "Confronted with the possibility of voting in favor of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond picked, rather, to go into the unceasing adoration for God." [CNN]
Thief Tries Unusual Technique
A Cleveland, Ohio, man asked his 72-year-old neighbor in the event that he could utilize her mobile phone, and the neighbor succumbed to it! At that point the man removed all his garments, kept running into the neighbor's home to sit on her love seat, and — you got it — kept running off with two of her sticks. The ol' stripped stick lift — we should've seen it coming. [Cleveland.com]
HAPPENING TODAY
Trump to Be Reunited With His Favorite Robot
Donald Trump is in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, today where he will show up with Governor Chris Christie. With Trump's authorization, Christie may even talk. [Reuters]
Last Arguments in Trial of Freddie Gray's Arresting Officer
The end contentions are normal today in the trial of Edward Nero, the cop who captured Freddie Gray. Dark kicked the bucket in Baltimore taking after a spinal damage he maintained in police authority a year ago. [Baltimore Sun]
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