Friday, April 19

🚨NATION

📌 Justice Department ramps up efforts to reduce violent crime with gun intel center, carjacking forces (AP)

📌 Man on terrorist watchlist was dropped from program that monitors migrants (NBC NEWS)

📌 Sarah Sanders' office potentially violated state law in $19K lectern controversy, audit finds (ABC NEWS)

📌 NYPD removes more than 100 anti-Israel protesters from Columbia University campus, including Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter (NY POST) 

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 CIA Director warns Ukraine could lose war to Russia by end of year if US doesn’t continue aid (CNN)

📌 How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 The U.N. Security Council denies the Palestinian Authority's bid for full membership after US Veto (NPR)

📌 FBI on alert for threats to the Jewish community ahead of Passover, director says (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Popular snacks risk being banned over cancer-linked ingredients (NEWS NATION)

📌 How the strong U.S. dollar is rippling through the world economy (AXIOS)

📌 Salmonella outbreak prompts Trader Joe's to recall herbs sold in 29 states (NBC NEWS)

📌 Netflix to stop reporting subscriber numbers in 2025, citing new focus on ‘engagement’ (THE WRAP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Taylor Swift ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Live Updates/Reactions (NBC NEWS)

📌‘The Office’s’ Jenna Fischer filmed ‘Mean Girls’ with a broken shoulder: 'Still in physical therapy for it' (PEOPLE)

📌 Caitlin Clark reportedly close to 8-figure deal with Nike that includes signature shoe (YAHOO SPORTS)

📌 UK’s Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate’s cancer diagnosis (AP)