AI-generated photos of Donald Trump getting arrested garner five million views, especially after Trump shares one himself. / Quartz A rundown of the ongoing criminal investigations faced by Trump. / NPR Russia gifts fertilizer to Malawi in hope for support of its Ukraine invasion. Meanwhile, Uganda passes one of Africa'
Shou Zi Chew, the head of TikTok, faces a grilling before the House of Representatives, amid much talk about a ban. / MarketWatch, Wake Up to Politics Recalling a headline from January: "Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025." / NBC News Employees at 100 different Starbucks stores
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to claw back the White House’s war powers. / Wake Up to Politics Related: 2,500 American troops remain in Iraq. / The Economist Texas’s new anti-abortion law is causing doctors and nurses to leave the state—a drain felt most acutely
A United Nations report says the world needs a "quantum leap" in climate ambition to stave off devastating consequences. / Grist A truly eco-friendly golf course in Burkina Faso is played on "browns." / France24 Unrelated/related: A profile of one of America's only airplane
Slovakia says it will send fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming weeks, joining fellow NATO member Poland. / NPR Vladimir Putin visits the Ukrainian port city Mariupol. / BBC News The Federal Reserve and the central banks of Britain, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and the EU announce co-ordinated measures to "
The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes. / The Associated Press The Ukrainian government says 16,221 children have been forcibly taken to Russia. / BBC News Another spot shaken by the Silicon Valley Bank collapse: construction of affordable housing in California.
Tropical cyclone Freddy has now killed more than 400 people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar. / Reuters By mid-century, storm damage in the northeastern United States is anticipated to rise 87%. / Bloomberg Some $229 billion has been wiped off the market value of America's banks so far this
Ukrainian prosecutors use a chart to track war crimes, mapping hundreds of Russian soldiers all the way up to Vladimir Putin. / The Guardian An argument against Israel's proposed judicial reform and an argument for it. / The Free Press Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is confirmed as US ambassador
Honduras plans to establish diplomatic ties with China and sever them with Taiwan. / NPR Argentina's annual inflation rate hits 102.5%, its highest level since hyperinflation in the 1990s. / The Buenos Aires Herald A list of banks that have failed since 2000. / FDIC A guide to the issues
Despite pledging no more drilling on federal land, president Joe Biden approves a sprawling oil project in Alaska. / Quartz Elizabeth Warren: Silicon Valley Bank is gone. It's critical that those responsible not be rewarded. / The New York Times Some $25 billion was spent on industrial robots in 2020.
