Wednesday, April 16

🚨NATION

📌 Tempers flare as few Republicans hold in-person town halls (CNN)

📌 A dozen House Republicans fire warning shot to Mike Johnson (AXIOS)

📌 Family says Venezuelan migrant in Lewisville sent to El Salvador mega prison over autism awareness tattoo (NBC)

📌 Trump DOJ sues Maine over refusing to comply with ban on transgender athletes in high school sports (USA TODAY)

📌 2 service members killed near US-Mexico border in vehicle accident (ABC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling (CNN)

📌 U.S. pastor Josh Sullivan rescued in shootout after abduction at gunpoint in South Africa, authorities say (CBS)

📌 Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems (BBC)

📌 Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon for indefinite future (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg initially offered FTC $450M in failed bid to settle antitrust case (NY POST)

📌 The Midwest's data center boom is heating up (AXIOS)

📌 Thousands of Spotify users report problems with the music streaming app (AP)

📌 Mind the roads. People are rushing to buy cars ahead of tariffs 🚗 (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Records released into deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa: a “rodent-breeding ground,” police say of their home (YAHOO)

📌 Funny business. Comedian Nate Bargatze set to host 2025 Emmys (VARIETY)

📌 Sarah Sherman apologizes to Aimee Lou-Wood on “mean and unfunny” SNL impersonation with flowers (PEOPLE)

📌 Blake Lively makes TIME's 100 most influential people list amid Justin Baldoni legal battle: 'She's a risk taker' (PEOPLE)

📌 Dodger Stadium and Universal Studios Lot among venues selected for 2028 Olympics in LA (ABC 7)