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STONEMAN DOUGLAS’ ONLY ARMED DEPUTY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE SCHOOL RESIGNS After staying outside the building during the rampage instead of confronting the shooter. [Reuters] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]
MUELLER FILES NEW CHARGES AGAINST MANAFORT AND GATES Including new counts of bank and tax fraud. [Reuters]
TRUMP PROPOSES A PAY BUMP FOR ARMED TEACHERS Doubling down on the idea during a meeting with law enforcement at the White House. Educators responded with the viral #ArmMeWith campaign, and experts were quick to condemn the idea. [HuffPost]
MISSOURI GOV. ERIC GREITENS INDICTED ON INVASION OF PRIVACY CHARGE He’s accused of taking a nude photograph of a woman with whom he was having an affair without her consent. Let’s just say the infamously purchased EricGreitensForPresident.com won’t be getting much traffic anytime soon. [HuffPost]
ALINA ZAGITOVA WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA In a squeaker of a figure skating showdown between two Russian phenoms. [Reuters]
PARKLAND SURVIVOR ON TRUMP’S SYMPATHY CALL: ‘I’VE NEVER BEEN SO UNIMPRESSED AFTER A PHONE CALL’ The criticism hearkens back to when Trump faced public ire over his condolence call to the wife of a soldier killed in Niger. [HuffPost]
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED FROM NURSING HOMES When their better-paying Medicare ends. [NYT]
HUFFPOST PERSONAL: ‘I AM A SURVIVOR OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING’ “There is no I Survived a School Shooting but My Friends Are Gone Forever handbook.” [HuffPost]
WHAT’S BREWING
BRENDAN FRASER SAYS HE WAS GROPED BY FORMER GOLDEN GLOBES BOSS And that it’s partially to blame for his career hitting a standstill. [HuffPost]
MEET THIS YEAR’S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER COMEDIAN But the real question is ― will the president appear? [HuffPost]
DID A KYLIE JENNER TWEET MAKE SNAPCHAT’S VALUE DROP BY $1.3 BILLION? An investigation. [HuffPost]
ED SHEERAN HAS FURTHER PROVED HE’S PERFECT By wearing an engagement ring. [HuffPost]
CONGRATS TO RACHEL MCADAMS, WHO IS REPORTEDLY PREGNANT She’s going to be the definition of a cool mom. [HuffPost]
THERE WILL BE A MOVIE ABOUT FLAMIN’ HOT CHEETOS But don’t fret ― it is not going to be The Emoji Movie, Part Two. We hope. [HuffPost]
BEFORE YOU GO
Mapping the “exodus” from Puerto Rico.
The National Rifle Association has gone on the offensive, with spokeswoman Dana Loesch claimed “Many in legacy media love mass shootings.”
“The ATF is getting crushed under the weight of the gun industry.”
A cofounder of KIPP schools has been fired over claims he sexually abused a student.
According to The Washington Post, this Putin ally was talking with the Kremlin and Syria’s president before his mercenaries “attacked U.S. troops.”
Ahead of the U.N. ceasefire vote, Syria is pounded with bombs.
The internet had some thoughts over Ivanka Trump’s Olympic closing ceremony gig.
Shepard Smith: People go to prison for what Jared Kushner did.
HuffPost Personal: How becoming a viral “Jeopardy!” champion changed Austin Rogers’ life.
Here’s what Oprah had to say about that Trump “very insecure” tweet.
What your waiter wishes you would consider.
How “Snapchat dysmorphia” is driving a plastic surgery trend.
These are the two most expensive days to travel ― so yeah, try to avoid them.
These photos of black kids watching “Black Panther” are everything.
This video of Benedict Cumberbatch dramatically reading “I’m A Little Teapot” is everything you expected it would be.
The history of the screwball comedy.
A look at 20 iconic “New Yorker” covers.
Scott Moir, who already won gold twice and our hearts at this Olympics, has now won best meme.
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