In other news, ABC reports that Scott Pruitt's ridiculous security detail once broke down the door of the lobbyist condo because wasn't answering his phone. I wonder who paid for the damage.
Meanwhile, special prosecutor Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating the exact circumstances that led to anti-Russian language being removed from the 2016 RNC platform.
And in related news, former Russian spy Boris Karpichkov says he told his friend Sergei Skripal (who was recently poisoned with a nerve agent) that he's on Russia's hit list. Also on the list: Christopher Steele.
I missed a lot of stories this week because I've been sick (and I still am) so here are some of them:
After everything the Trump regime has done, Wyoming added a total of just 5 coal jobs in 2017. Five!
The NAACP has filed its own lawsuit against the 2020 census, but for different reasons. They say the census is underfunded and understaffed.
Russia has ordered nearly 60 diplomats from over 20 countries to leave the country.
Noor Salman, the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, was acquitted by a jury today. Here's a really detailed account of how she was smeared and possibly coerced by FBI agents.
Channel 4 reports that Facebook data harvested by Cambridge Analytica is still circulating. Of course it is.
One of Trump's fundraising buddies is suing the nation of Qatar for allegedly hacking his email and releasing it to the media. The shoe is on firmly on the other foot, isn't it?
Consumers have filed a lawsuit against BMW for installing emission cheat devices in their diesel vehicles just like Volkswagen did.
Firms that recently purchased oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve say the supply is contaminated. This probably deserves to be on the front page.
An international arbitration court has ruled against the Trump organization's claim for the Panama tower.
Militiamen charged with plotting to massacre Somali refugees in Kansas are reportedly planning to argue that the FBI is biased and corrupt.
Japan's SoftBank and Saudi Arabia have signed a deal to build the world's largest solar power project, a 200 gigawatt facility that will cost $200 billion. This is a very big deal.
Investigators working for the United Nations say the number of war crimes committed in Syria is so overwhelming they'll never be able to prosecute all of them.
And finally, American commanders in Syria who spoke NBC News anonymously say they don't know if the White House is even paying attention.
"We’re on the two-yard line. We could literally fall into the end zone. We’re that close to total victory, to wiping out the ISIS caliphate in Syria,” one U.S. special forces commander told NBC News. “We’re that close and now it’s coming apart.”
"We send memos. We tell them [the White House] what is going on. I’m not sure they’re listening, or if they even know what we’re doing out here," another commander said. "I don’t think anyone is home right now."
Trump arrived at his golf club in Florida before 10 a.m. this morning.
Have a good weekend and happy Easter if you celebrate it.