Flash Briefing For September 20, 2018
Parting is such sweet sorrow!
Parting is such sweet sorrow!
There's been a leak in the BuzzFeed Newsroom! Literally.
The worst storm of the year hit this weekend (and it's not Florence), the medical community updates its policies to support trans youth, and Elon Musk is getting sued.
The best and worst of TV premieres this fall, Hurricane Florence cleanup begins, and Paul Manafort reaches a plea deal.
Have a great weekend!
The FBI has a new secret letter about Brett Kavanaugh, immigrant parents coerced into forfeiting claims of asylum are getting a second chance, and some really devastating statistics about suicide and transgender youths.
There's a suspicious money trail around the infamous Trump Tower meeting, Trump transferred money from FEMA to ICE ahead of hurricane season, and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris speaks out about *that* episode.
Millions ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Florence approaches, Trump avoids another lawsuit, and a Kenyan filmmaker sues to get her film about same-sex love distributed.
A Louisiana town bans Nike (sort of), BuzzFeed launches a new suicide prevention initiative, and a group of girls named Nicole became friends.
Hillary Clinton is back in the politics game! Also, we clue you in on a few things that are happening today.
See you next week.
Enjoy the weekend.
A secret weed committee, far right protestors in Germany, and airlines' masturbation problems.
Pennsylvania’s new congressional map, Trump considers a bipartisan gun background check bill, and Russian curler fails drug test.
Senate investigators “hit a wall” investigating the Steele dossier, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he never considered leaving his job, former Equifax CEO testifies before Congress, and details on Google’s new Pixel phones.
The attorney general reversed a policy protecting transgender workers from discrimination, the NRA is calling for a review of bump stocks like the ones used in the Las Vegas massacre, Vegas' entertainment world is moving forward, and we have tips on how tip on balancing the news with self-care.
Trump’s call to the widow of a fallen soldier has erupted into a vicious feud, a judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow an undocumented teen to get an abortion, the NFL is not changing its policy on the national anthem, and Ted Cruz’s zodiac killer joke.
Trump announces his Supreme Court nominee, Japan experiences unprecedented flooding, and Starbucks decides to replace straws with adult sippy cups.
Blue Apron is getting sued, Michael Cohen wants no presidential pardons, and Chipotle wants some new ideas.
Trump referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” while honoring Native American war veterans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was in a state of confusion Monday as two people said they were the agency’s acting director, people have a lot of feelings about the “Frozen” short before “Coco,” and a woman just became the first person with down syndrome to compete in a Miss USA state pageant.