PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO SELL VISION FOR BUDGET IN TONIGHT’S ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS As well as explain his plans for deep cuts to the EPA, State Department, and other parts of the federal budget in order to pay for a hike in military spending. Cuts to entitlement programs are not currently on the chopping block, which could cause tensions with Republicans in Congress. And try your hand at balancing the federal budget with this interactive. [HuffPost]
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND DAY SCHOOLS HIT WITH ANOTHER WAVE OF THREATS Bomb threats to at least 13 Jewish community centers and eight day schools forced evacuations in 16 states. [HuffPost]
COMPANY THAT OWNS KAY JEWELERS AND JARED THE GALLERIA OF JEWELRY FACES MASSIVE SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE “Declarations from roughly 250 women and men who worked at Sterling, filed as part of a private class-action arbitration case, allege that female employees at the company throughout the late 1990s and 2000s were routinely groped, demeaned and urged to sexually cater to their bosses to stay employed.” [WaPo]
GEORGE W. BUSH PRAISED THE FREE PRESS AND A WELCOMING IMMIGRATION SYSTEM Which is hard to interpret as anything but shade thrown at the current president. [HuffPost]
THAT OSCARS GAFFE? WATCHED BY THE SMALLEST AUDIENCE SINCE 2008 Just 32.9 million viewers tuned in. Here’s how Sammy Davis Jr. handled a similar flub with grace over 50 years ago. And another massive gaffe at the Oscars? The In Memoriam segment featured the photo of a woman who is very much alive. [HuffPost]
SPACEX WILL SEND TWO PRIVATE CITIZENS AROUND THE MOON IN 2018 We’d volunteer, but apparently large sums of money have already been exchanged. [HuffPost]
HERE ARE THE 12 FAMILIES OF BACTERIA THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS WE NEED NEW ANTIBIOTICS FOR The WHO called these “priority pathogens” the greatest threats to human health. [Reuters]
