RSN: Oliver North Will Be Next President of NRA, Organization Says

09 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News TRYING HARD TO KICK-START MAY - Precious few donations so far for May. Who can help get us rolling? Thanks to all in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Oliver North Will Be Next President of NRA, Organization Says  Camila Domonoske, NPR News Domonoske writes: "Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, infamous for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s, will be the next president of the National Rifle Association, the organization says in a statement." READ MORE 'The fact is this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever have been made,' President Trump said Tuesday from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP) ALSO SEE: Trump's Decision to Scrap the Iran Deal Is Delusional and Dangerous Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal Brian Naylor and Ayesha Rascoe, NPR News Excerpt: "President Trump announced Tuesday that he has decided to exit a 2015 multinational agreement in which Iran agreed to limit its production of nuclear weapons material." READ MORE Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton secured the Democratic nomination for governor and lieutenant governor in Ohio on Tuesday. (photo: Maddie McGarvey/NYT) 6 Takeaways From Tuesday's Primary Elections Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin, The New York Times Excerpt: "Primary elections in four Republican-leaning states rattled Congress on Tuesday night, as voters ejected a sitting member of the House and set up intense campaigns for the Senate in several battlegrounds." READ MORE Gina Haspel arrives for a meeting in the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday, May 7, 2018. (photo: Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call) Haspel, Spies and Videotapes Tim Golden, ProPublica Golden writes: "Jose Rodriguez, the CIA official who ordered CIA officers to destroy a cache of videotapes that had documented the treatment of two terror suspects, says he told Gina Haspel what he intended to do. President Trump's pick to head the CIA said she had no idea he planned to act without approval from senior officials." READ MORE Planned Parenthood rally. (photo: NurPhoto/Getty Images) Cecile Richards on Attacks on Women's Health, From Iowa Abortion Ban to Rising Violence at Clinics Democracy Now! Excerpt: "This is one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country. It's clearly unconstitutional." READ MORE Self-employed Yuqui Morales sells produce from a cart in Havana, Cuba, April 14, 2018. (photo: Reuters) US Trade Embargo Has Cost Cuba $130 Billion, UN Says Reuters Excerpt: "A United Nations agency said on Tuesday an 'unjust' U.S. financial and trade embargo on Cuba had cost the country's economy $130 billion over nearly six decades, coming up with the same estimate as the island's communist government." READ MORE The Everglades wilderness has already been reduced by half by the construction of dams and canals and to accommodate a booming population. (photo: Getty Images) Everglades Under Threat as Florida's Mangroves Face Death by Rising Sea Level Oliver Milman, Guardian UK Milman writes: "Florida's mangroves have been forced into a hasty retreat by sea level rise and now face being drowned, imperiling coastal communities and the prized Everglades wetlands, researchers have found." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation