Congratulations to Dr. Noor Abdalla and political prisoner Mahmoud Khalil, who welcomed their first child yesterday. Khalil sought a two-week furlough from detention in Louisiana so he could attend the birth. But out of an abundance of cruelty, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official named "Mellissa" said no. -Whitney

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4/22: It's News Day Tuesday! Today’s guest will be Brendan Benedict, antitrust lawyer and reporter for the blog Big Tech On Trial. He's covering the DOJ's Facebook antitrust case and will also discuss antitrust actions against Google and Apple.  

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Today you'll read about how obits of Pope Francis avoided discussing his ongoing support of Gaza, how Venezuela and El Salvador are bickering over human rights abuses, and how yesterday was another bad day on Wall Street.

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Pope Francis Dies at 88, Uses Last Appearance to Call For End of Gaza Genocide