Post-Bloomberg news budget

Published 1:37 pm Friday, April 22, 2016

The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News budget for Monday, April 11, 2016. The editors are Effie Dawson and Georganne Coco. All stories have moved unless otherwise noted. For questions about stories, photos or graphics, please call 202-334-7666.

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Politics

GOP-DELEGATES – How far can you go to win support from a Republican delegate? 1,330 words, by Matea Gold and Ed O’Keefe (Post).

TRUMP-VOTERS-ANALYSIS – Donald Trump’s sloppy voter outreach extends even to his own children. 760 words, by Philip Bump (Post).

CLINTON-AD – NEW YORK — A new ad by Hillary Clinton’s campaign ahead of the New York primary calls out Donald Trump by name to make the case to Democrats that Clinton is “tough enough to stop Trump.” 235 words, by Abby Phillip (Post). One video.

CRUZ-GOP – Anti-Trump Republicans are beginning to realize that their last chance for a white knight may be Ted Cruz. 1,665 words, by Michael C. Bender (Bloomberg). Two photos.

CRUZ-FACTCHECK – Fact Checker: Ted Cruz’s exaggerated claim that Arizona is spending ‘hundreds of millions’ less after tough immigration law. 1,330 words, by Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Post).

SCOTUS-GOP-ANALYSIS – Republicans are now saying eight justices on the Supreme Court is just fine. It might work. 705 words, by Amber Phillips (Post).

PRESIDENTIAL-PIERCE – The Presidential podcast explores the presidency of Franklin Pierce and his role in the country’s progression toward civil war. 190 words, by Lillian Cunningham (Post). One photo, embed code for podcast.

National

CLIMATE-OBAMA – WASHINGTON – Obama’s fast move to join the Paris climate agreement could commit the next president. 1,870 words, by Chris Mooney and Juliet Eilperin (Post).

CLIMATE-GOALS – Those ambitious global warming goals? The world may not know how to reach them. 1,125 words, by Chris Mooney (Post).

TSA – WASHINGTON – Although terrorists have attacked trains and subway systems in Europe, there is relatively little risk that they will assault similar targets in the United States, security officials say. 410 words, by Ashley Halsey III (Post).

CYBER-SCHOOLS – Analysis: Universities aren’t doing enough to train the cyberdefenders America desperately needs. 375 words, by Andrea Peterson (Post).

CYBER-FDIC – WASHINGTON – Analysis: ‘Inadvertent’ cyber breach hits 44,000 FDIC customers. 560 words, by Joe Davidson (Post).

HOLLYWOOD-BILL – Analysis: Why Hollywood studios are taking a stand against an anti-revenge porn bill. 1,175 words, by Karen Turner (Post special).

TEXAS-TEACHER – A teacher at a Texas high school has been arrested and charged with assault after her alleged assault on a student was caught on video. 615 words, by Justin Wm. Moyer (Post).

UBER-WOMEN – Analysis: A ‘female-only Uber’ called ‘Chariot’ is coming to Boston next week. But is it legal? 1,185 words, by Justin Wm. Moyer (Post).

CALIF-FIRE – The telltale selfie that nailed the man responsible for California’s epic King fire. 845 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).

RESTAURANT-HOAX – A hoax prompts fast food workers to suddenly smash restaurant windows in four states. 505 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).

VIRGINIA-ELECTRICCHAIR – RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe guts a bill to let Virginia use the electric chair when it cannot find scarce lethal-injection drugs. Developing, by Laura Vozzella (Post).

IMMIG-STUDENT — This undocumented, standout student faces another challenge: Paying for college. Developing, by Emma Brown (Post). Photos.

International

OFFSHORE — The fallout from the Panama leaks shows no sign of abating. 1,145 words, by Gregory Viscusi (Bloomberg).

OFFSHORE-CAMERON — British Prime Minister David Cameron defends his tax affairs to Parliament. 615 words, by Robert Hutton (Bloomberg).

MIDEAST – BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces push Islamic State fighters from the western city of Hit, dealing another blow to the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. 770 words, by Mustafa Salim and Erin Cunningham (Post).

SAUDI-DANCE – Saudi dance is all the rage in Arab world, but it could get you arrested. 415 words, by Sudarsan Raghavan (Post). Video coding.

HIROSHIMA – HIROSHIMA, Japan – World diplomats visit a museum and marker near ground zero in the city where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in the waning days of World War II. 1,530 words, by Carol Morello (Post).

NKOREA-NUCLEAR – TOKYO – Analysis: North Korea channels Lincoln, chastises President Obama for not ridding the world of nukes. 675 words, by Anna Fifield and Yoonjung Seo (Post).

CHINA-GREECE – With Greece’s sale of the Port of Piraeus, a Chinese company aims to turn a once-sleepy port into the “dragon’s head” of the New Silk Road. 825 words, by Keith Johnson (Post).

CHINA-TRANSGENDER – A transgender man who claims he was fired for wearing men’s clothing to work gets a court hearing that could be landmark for China’s LBGT movement. 730 words, by Emily Rauhala (Post).

JAPAN-BOARS – Thousands of radioactive boars are overrunning farmland in Fukushima. 610 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).

INDIA – NEW DELHI – Frantic families searched for bodies of missing relatives a day after a massive fire that killed at least 110 people and left nearly 400 wounded. 890 words, by Rama Lakshmi (Post).

BRAZIL – Security forces are deploying thousands of troops and erecting barricades in the Brazilian capital as Congress holds key votes on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. 695 words, by Raymond Colitt and Arnaldo Galvao (Bloomberg).

BRAZIL-IMPEACH _ Impeaching a Brazilian president is complicated: A quick guide. 455 words, by Arnaldo Galvao (Bloomberg).

PERU – Keiko Fujimori tops Peru’s presidential election but will face pro-market Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a June runoff, a partial vote count indicates. 645 words, by John Quigley (Bloomberg). One photo.

MALAYSIA-NAJIB – Malaysian parliamentary transcripts highlight Prime Minister Najib Razak’s involvement in decisions on questionable transactions by a troubled state fund. 890 words, by Shamim Adam (Bloomberg).

TAIWAN — Taiwan accuses Chinese authorities of “illegally abducting” eight of its citizens facing deportation from Kenya. 310 words, by Debra Mao (Bloomberg).

Financial

GOLDMAN — Goldman Sachs will pay $5.1 billion to resolve US allegations that it failed to properly vet mortgage-backed securities before selling them to investors as high-quality debt. Developing, by Tom Schoenberg (Bloomberg).

MISSING-INVESTOR _ Among the many troubling questions swirling around Chilean investor and Miami personality Alberto Chang-Rajii, the most pressing one is this: Where is he? 1500 words, by Camila Russo (Bloomberg).

OFFSHORE-COMMENT _ The consequences of the ‘Panama Papers.’ 850 words, by Mohamed El-Erian (Bloomberg).

RAIL-MERGER-2NDLD — Canadian Pacific ends efforts to buy Norfolk Southern Corp. 705 words, by Thomas Black (Bloomberg). Three photos.

FED-OVERHAUL — A former aide to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen issues a blueprint for a sweeping reform of the U.S. central bank. 780 words, by Craig Torres (Bloomberg).

FED-INFLATION – The Fed is now convincing investors that the steep drop-off in inflation in the past year was just a short-term blip. 1,080 words, by Liz Capo McCormick, Anchalee Worrachate and Susanne Walker (Bloomberg).

PUERTORICO — Puerto Rico reduced the amount of potential losses for creditors in a revised debt-restructuring proposal. 580 words, by Michelle Kaske (Bloomberg).

GERMANY-ECB — German discontent toward the European Central Bank is rising — and the feeling seems to be mutual. 905 words, by Jeff Black and Birgit Jennen (Bloomberg).

CHESAPEAKE — Chesapeake Energy Corp. pledges almost all of its natural gas fields, real estate and derivatives contracts to maintain access to a $4 billion line of credit. 480 words, by Joe Carroll (Bloomberg).

GAZPROM — Rosneft surpasses Gazprom to become Russia’s most valuable company. 540 words, by Stephen Bierman (Bloomberg). One photo.

OIL-TRADERS – Traders were the invisible money makers who thrived in 2015 depressed oil market. 840 words, by Javier Blas, Andy Hoffman and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg).

PULTE — PulteGroup Inc.’s founder and largest shareholder calls for the immediate removal of Chief Executive Officer Richard Dugas. 540 words, by Prashant Gopal (Bloomberg).

MARKETS-FEAR — Credit Suisse Group’s Fear Barometer hits a new high. 345 words, by Luke Kawa (Bloomberg).

GREECE – Greece says it’s aiming for an agreement with creditors on the next tranche of emergency loans by the beginning of May. 750 words, by Nikos Chrysoloras, Antonis Galanopoulos and Rainer Buergin (Bloomberg). One photo.

OIL – Hedge funds betting that oil’s rally was over missed an 11 percent gain after U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly fell. 495 words, by Brian Wingfield and Moming Zhou (Bloomberg). One photo.

INTELCORP – Intel Corp.’s CEO recruits an outsider from Qualcomm, producing upheaval in senior management. 1,200 words, by Ian King (Bloomberg). One photo.

FORD-DRIVERLESS – Watch a car drive itself in total darkness. 350 words, by Brian Fung (Post). One video.

MCDONALDS – Analysts may find no shortage of things to fret about, but investors love McDonald’s. 880 words, by Leslie Patton (Bloomberg). One photo.

STANDARD-CHARTERED – London-based Standard Chartered is seeking to sell at least $4.4 billion of assets in Asia. 780 words, by George Smith Alexander (Bloomberg). One photo.

YAHOO _ The publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper is interested in buying Yahoo! Inc.’s media and news properties, according to a person familiar with the matter. 635 words, by Kristen Schweizer (Bloomberg).

GE-CZECH _ General Electric Co. plans to sell most of its Czech banking unit in an initial public offering that could reinvigorate the Prague equity market whose value has shrunk by 70 percent in the past seven years. 590 words, by Krystof Chamonikolas (Bloomberg).

Health, science and environment

OPIOIDS-DATA – Prescription drug monitoring programs track patients and can alert prescribers if someone appears to be doctor-shopping, but they often go neglected by physicians. 740 words, by John Tozzi (Bloomberg).

ELEMENTS – A look of how scientists will name the newest elements. 725 words, by Ryan F. Mandelbaum (Post special).

SCIENCE-REGULATORY — Regulatory science degrees help researchers think outside the lab. 450 words, by Beth Lubrecki (Post special). One photo.

DRUGS-COSTS – WASHINGTON – Study: An Obama administration effort to reform the drug industry would lower doctors’ drug earnings while making generics more lucrative. 1,290 words, by Carolyn Y. Johnson (Post).

Commentary

POPE-COMMENT – The “People’s Pope” is not trying to build an inclusive Catholic Church; he’s ruthlessly making it liberal. 1,420 words, by Steve Skojec (Foreign Policy).

SALVADOR-COMMENT _ El Salvador grasps to put an end to its gang wars. 800 words, by Mac Margolis (Bloomberg).

COLLEGES-COMMENT _ To save state colleges, free them from the states. 1040 words, by Ronald Daniels (Bloomberg).

UKRAINE-COMMENT _ Despite leadership changes, it’s the same old Ukraine. 1120 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).

DISSIDENTS-COMMENT _ Campus dissidents win in court while losing. 900 words, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg).

WOMEN-WAGES-COMMENT _ The real reason women still get paid less. 830 words, by Cass Sunstein (Bloomberg).

ZIMBABWE-COMMENT – The untold story of a brazen land grab in Zimbabwe shows why naming-and-shaming the corporate world’s worst offenders no longer works. 4,175 words, by Michael Hobbes (Foreign Policy). One photo.

THIESSEN-COMMENT – What Trump can learn from Reagan and the ’76 delegate fight. 920 words, by Marc A. Thiessen (Post special).

PORTLAND-MUSLIMS-COMMENT – Muslims in Oregon’s largest city have faced suspicion, entrapment, and targeting. Now here comes Trump and Cruz. 1,900 words, by Lawrence Pintak (Foreign Policy). One photo.

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