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USA: Recently, at least 23 people were killed after Lee County, Alabama was hit with two tornadoes within the span of an hour. Residents were reportedly only given a 5-minute warning before the “catastrophic” tornadoes swept through the area - the deadliest day for tornadoes in Alabama since 2011. Now, rescue teams are searching for all remaining survivors. In other news, everyone is talking about Stephon Clark. He’s the African American man who was shot and killed by police in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento after his cellphone was mistaken for a gun. Now, it looks like the police officers responsible won’t be charged. Intro protests.
POLITICS: All eyes are on the Senate. Reminder: last month, Prez Trump declared a national emergency to get funding for his wall on the US-Mexico border. Something Dems weren’t happy about. So recently, the House of Reps passed a resolution that’d put an end to Trump’s national emergency declaration. Then, over the weekend, it came out that the Senate apparently has enough votes to pass it, too. Unclear when the Senate plans on voting, but either way, Trump says he’ll veto it. Speaking of which, the US and South Korea just cancelled major military war games. Because, Kim Jong Un. And in other news, Trump and Prez Xi Jinping are reportedly planning on meeting up this month to talk the trade war. Tension, high.
WORLD: Yesterday, Google said ‘no way nope no not a chance’ and announced that they won’t be removing a Saudi gov app that lets men track women and control their travel. You read that right. The app’s led to global backlash, but Google says it doesn’t violate its term of service. Now, all eyes are on Apple to see whether they OK the app, too. Meanwhile, Estonia just headed to the polls. And elected the opposition party - while far-right support doubled. This comes as the far-right movement in Europe continues to grow. In other news, Algeria’s prez of 20 years just declared he’ll be running for re-election after facing corruption allegations and health issues. Cue backlash.
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