Today In News: April 25, 2017

Today in News:
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• President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, appeared to violate federal law when he failed to seek permission or inform the U.S. government about accepting tens of thousands of dollars from Russian organizations after a trip there in 2015, leaders of a House oversight committee said Tuesday. 

• The Trump administration has denied a request from the House Oversight Committee for more information on payments that former national security adviser Michael Flynn received from foreign governments, including from the Kremlin-backed television station RT and other Russian firms. 

• U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick of San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring federal officials nationwide from carrying out the portion of a Jan. 25 Trump executive order aimed at cutting off grants to local governments that won't provide assistance to federal authorities in locating and detaining undocumented immigrants.

• Senators preparing to attend an unusual all-hands meeting on North Korea at the White House Wednesday said they are eager to hear President Donald Trump's views on the increasingly tense standoff with Pyongyang...the only problem: Trump isn't officially confirmed to attend the session, which will bring nearly all 100 senators to an auditorium on the White House campus for an update from top administration officials.

• Leaked budget documents show President Trump intends to strip funding from a state department bureau that promotes women's rights around the world. Trump will also destroy two-thirds of the Bureau for Food Security's resources, and 95% of funds for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

• In her first trip abroad, the First Daughter, Ivanka Trump, was booed and hissed by members of the audience in Germany when she described her father as “a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive." Needless to say, the crowds overseas are not as naïve as their US counterparts on discussions involving feminism.

• Al-Qaeda's, al-Zawahiri, calls for 'guerrilla war' in Syria against Assad and his government forces. 

• The UN has issued a statement on Yemen: "17 MILLION will face famine."