Andy Borowitz | House Republicans Say Japanese Did Not Meddle in Pearl Harbor

13 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NEED TO PRESS NOW FOR DONATIONS - If we are to have any chance of finishing the March funding-drive we need to press now and pick up the pace. So far for today we have 3 donations @ $110. That's horrible. I know we can do better than that. Can you help? / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | House Republicans Say Japanese Did Not Meddle in Pearl Harbor  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Reaching the opposite conclusion of many of their committee peers, Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday that the Japanese did not meddle in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941." READ MORE Civil rights advocates and secretaries of states are warning against a provision in a DHS reauthorization bill that would let the president dispatch Secret Service to polling places. (photo: Penn State/flickr/cc) "Unprecedented and Shocking": Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites Kristen Clarke, Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Excerpt: "A bipartisan group of secretaries of state is condemning a proposal to allow armed Secret Service agents at election polling stations. The proposal has already been approved by the House as part of the Homeland Security Department reauthorization bill." READ MORE ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan is seen at the agency's Washington headquarters in 2017. (photo: Salwan Georges/WP) ICE Spokesman Resigns, Citing 'False' Statements by Agency Chief, Sessions on Immigrant Arrests Meagan Flynn and Avi Selk, The Washington Post Excerpt: "The San Francisco spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resigned over what he described as 'false' and 'misleading' statements made by top-ranking officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and ICE Acting Director Thomas D. Homan." READ MORE Screengrab of Gina Haspel leading a toast to Ambassador Hugh Montgomery at an awards dinner in October 2017. (photo: YouTube) Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel Helped Lead US Torture Program Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News Stableford writes: "President Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, appointing CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson, and Gina Haspel, Pompeo's deputy director at the CIA, to take over for Pompeo. If confirmed, Haspel will be the first woman ever to lead the U.S. spy agency." READ MORE Ryan Zinke. (photo: Melina Mara/WP/Getty Images) Ryan Zinke's Trip to Pennsylvania May Have Violated the Hatch Act Mark Hand, ThinkProgress Hand writes: "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's visit to a small town south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, less than three weeks before a special election, is drawing scrutiny to determine whether the official trip was really an opportunity to throw his support behind the Republican hoping to fill the open congressional seat." READ MORE Yanghee Lee, the UN human rights rapporteur on Myanmar, says the government must be held accountable for the fate of the Rohingya. (photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images) UN Officials Point Finger at Myanmar for 'Crimes Under International Law' Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Guardian UK Ellis-Petersen writes: "UN human rights officials have said it is likely that 'crimes under international law' have been committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar and called for a body to collect evidence that could be presented in international criminal courts." READ MORE Karletta Chief takes samples of San Juan River water, November 2017. (photo: Science Friday) Toxic Spill in the Navajo Nation Emily V. Driscoll, Scientific American Driscoll writes: "In August of 2015, members of the Navajo, or Diné, Nation watched 'in horror' as a yellow plume of 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage rushed into their major water supply - the San Juan River." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation