Post-Bloomberg morning briefing
Published 1:38 pm Friday, April 22, 2016
Good morning, editors. Here are the top morning and overnight offerings in news, analysis and commentary from The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News. All stories have moved unless otherwise noted. For questions about stories, photos or graphics, please call 202-334-7666.
International
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BRUSSELS – PARIS – Belgian prosecutors announce that two more suspects have been charged in connection with last month’s terrorist attacks on the city’s airport and metro. 310 words, by James McAuley (Post).
SYRIA-RUSSIA – MOSCOW – Weeks after its “pullout” from Syria, the Russian military is as busy as ever. 1,150 words, by Michael Birnbaum (Post). With SYRIA-RUSSIA-CRASH (Roth, Post).
YEMEN-POLICY – Two ways the war in Yemen is turning into a disaster for the U.S. 975 words, by Ishaan Tharoor (Post).
BRAZIL-IMPEACH – Brazilians are heading for an impeachment showdown unlike anything they’ve ever experienced. 1,165 words, by Blake Schmidt (Bloomberg).
GERMANY-MERKEL-ANALYSIS – Could this poem trip up Angela Merkel? 660 words, by Rick Noack (Post).
FRANCE – Parisian youth are camping out to protest President Hollande’s job policies. 945 words, by Helene Fouquet (Bloomberg).
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SPAIN – New elections loom as the anti-austerity Podemos party targets Socialists. 680 words, by Esteban Duarte (Bloomberg).
INDIA-MONSOON – Forecasters see an above-average monsoon season for India. 665 words, by Pratik Parija (Bloomberg).
SNAKE – The brief life and mysterious death of what may have been the world’s largest snake. 340 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post). One video.
National
TRADE-CONGRESS – WASHINGTON – More than 50 public health, religious and labor groups are urging Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-nation free trade agreement between the United States and Pacific Rim nations. 525 words, by Catherine Ho (Post).
POLYGAMY – Utah’s polygamy ban is restored by a federal appeals court. 1,175 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).
COURT-DEAR-ANALYSIS – Accused Planned Parenthood killer Robert Dear Jr. had a hero, a murderous leader of an anti-abortion group. Dear also had his enemies: President Obama and Planned Parenthood. 825 words, by Fred Barbash and Yanan Wang (Post).
MUSIC-ZEPPELIN – Led Zeppelin members face trial in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ copyright infringement lawsuit. 760 words, by Justin Wm. Moyer (Post).
NC-LAW – Porn giant is latest to place a ban on N.C. in protest of an anti-LGBT law. 1,055 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).
UPPERCLASS-ANALYSIS – The most out-of-touch places in America. 820 words, by Jeff Guo (Post).
Politics
TRUMP-POLL – Donald Trump is viewed negatively by almost three-quarters of married women in an online poll. 830 words, by Mark Niquette (Bloomberg).
CLINTON-FACTCHECK – Fact Checker: Hillary Clinton’s claim that the ‘highest per capita number’ of crime guns in New York come from Vermont. 1,810 words, by Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Post).
DEMS-NEWYORK – Hillary Clinton is going all-out in New York to head off challenger Bernie Sanders. 1,165 words, by Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg). One photo.
Health and Science
NFL-HEALTH – A study that will be presented at next week’s American Academy of Neurology meeting offers one of the most conclusive pieces of evidence yet of a definitive link between brain injury and playing football. 875 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).
Financial
WAGE-GAP – Recent studies paint a nuanced picture of the wage gender gap. 950 words, by Jeff Green and Wei Lu (Bloomberg).
MONEY-HAPPINESS – Analysis: Money can buy happiness – if you know how to use it. 545 words, by Jonnelle Marte (Post).
ITALY-BANKS – Italian officials and bank executives agree to create a multibillion-euro fund to help troubled smaller lenders. 755 words, by Sonia Sirletti, Francesca Cinelli and Lorenzo Totaro (Bloomberg).
EUROPE-ECB – The European Central Bank is studying how to scrap the euro area’s largest denomination note, though it hasn’t yet made a decision. 520 words, by Jill Ward (Bloomberg). One photo.
Also: editorials from The Post, Bloomberg View and The Japan News.
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Editors: A features budget will move at 12:30 p.m. ET. The daily budget for tomorrow’s editions will move at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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