Today’s edition of quick hits.
* In Israel: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war Cabinet, an Israeli official said Monday, in a widely expected move that came after one of his key rivals, the centrist former general Benny Gantz, quit the emergency government.”
* In Somalia: “The U.S. military targeted the global leader of ISIS in an airstrike in Somalia late last month but cannot confirm whether he was killed, three U.S. officials say. The U.S. government has publicly identified Abdulqadir Mumin as the head of the ISIS affiliate in Somalia, but two U.S. officials say that last year he quietly became the worldwide leader of the terror group.”
* In Maryland: “Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday signed an executive order pardoning more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, the governor’s office said. Moore signed the executive order in Annapolis with state Attorney General Anthony Brown in attendance. An estimated 100,000 individuals will be affected by the pardons, the governor’s office said in a press call Monday morning.”
* Michigan’s mass shooting: “Nine people including two children were injured in an apparent random mass shooting Saturday at a city park’s splash pad in Michigan, authorities said. One of the victims, an 8-year-old boy, was struck in his head and hospitalized in critical condition, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a news conference. The other child hit by gunfire was described as a 4-year-old boy struck in the thigh and stabilized at a hospital, he said.”
* Title IX, late last week: “The Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations that expanded protections for L.G.B.T.Q. students have been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge ruled that the Education Department overstepped its authority.”
* Title IX, this week: “The Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit another roadblock Monday, when a federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked the new Title IX rule in six additional states.”
* Targeting a shell game: “The IRS estimates it will raise more than $50 billion over the next decade by closing a loophole often exploited by wealthy filers seeking to avoid paying taxes. The loophole allows such taxpayers, as well as businesses, to move assets between entities in a way that authorities say has no economic purpose.”
* Robert Morris served on Donald Trump’s Evangelical Executive Advisory Board: “Dallas-area megachurch pastor Robert Morris admitted to ‘inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady’ in the 1980s after a woman accused him of molesting her when she was 12 years old, according to a statement obtained by CNN affiliate WFAA.”
See you tomorrow.
