Thursday, April 18

🚨NATION

📌 NPR editor resigns after publicly criticizing coverage, calls new CEO ‘divisive’ (AP)

📌 Lawmakers vote against hearing Arizona bill repealing abortion ban on House floor (CNN)

📌 Mike Johnson sets up weekend showdown on foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel (AXIOS)

📌 Elephant roams streets in Montana after escaping from circus (PEOPLE)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, staffers say (POLITICO)

📌 Inside Story: Miscalculation led to escalation between Israel and Iran (NY TIMES)

📌 Iran's president vows to completely destroy Israel if it launches ‘tiniest invasion’ (FOX NEWS)

📌 Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.(WASHINGTON POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Americans check their phones 144 times a day (CNBC)

📌 Google fires 28 employees involved in anti-Israel office takeover/sit-in (NY POST)

📌 NASA confirms International Space Station object crashed through home in Naples, Florida (ABC NEWS)

📌 Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people typed ‘Jerusalem’ (CNN)

📌 Ford recalls over 456,000 Bronco Sport and Maverick cars due to loss of drive power risk (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Taylor Swift’s new album drops tonight: Everything you need to know (NY POST)

📌 Beatles II: John Lennon and Paul McCartney's sons release first song together (CBS NEWS)

📌 Kate Hudson had a lifetime to make a record. The result is ‘Glorious,’ out in May (AP)

📌 Travis Kelce confirms he'll host ‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity’ saying, 'I'm just happy to be on the hosting side' (BBC)

📌 NBA bans Toronto Raptors players for life after gambling on games, giving info to bettors and limiting play for betting purposes (NBC NEWS)