| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
U.S. immigration officials are planning a series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally. This is the second such sweep this year by the Obama administration. A similar drive over two days in January focused on Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina.
Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed in an attack in Syria, the Lebanese Shi'ite group said. Badreddine, 55, was one of the highest ranking officials in the group. The U.S. government believes he was responsible for Hezbollah's military operations in Syria, where it is fighting alongside Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Apple invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing. The tech giant's rare investment gives it a stake in two burgeoning waves of technology – the sharing economy and car technology – as the iPhone business that propelled it to record profitability shows signs of maturing.
Around the country - Donald Trump and Washington Republicans held hands around a campfire, toasted marshmallows, sang "Kumbaya" and reveled in their newfound understanding. Well, no, they didn't. But for a day, Republican leaders left behind what divides them – Trump's stated positions on Mexicans, Muslims and the economy – and Trump said nice things about the people he spent 11 months skewering on the campaign trail.
A girl walks past protesters outside the Republican National Committee where Donald Trump was meeting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - The Obama administration will tell every public school district to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. The letter, signed by officials from the Education and Justice departments, does not have the force of law but contains an implicit threat that schools that do not abide by the administration's interpretation of the law could face lawsuits or a loss of federal aid.
Quote of the day: "There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including discrimination against transgender students on the basis of their sex." – Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney general - Congressional Republicans scored a victory in their challenge to Obamacare, when a Washington judge ruled that the Obama administration overstepped its constitutional powers relating to government spending. The ruling will not have an immediate effect on the healthcare law because the judge put the decision on hold pending an expected appeal by the administration.
Around Wall Street - Three hacking groups "are still lurking" in the network of Bangladesh's central bank, putting the bank at risk of further attacks after it lost $81 million in a cyber heist, according to a report by U.S. computer security firms investigating the theft. The malicious software used in the Bangladesh hack is linked to the 2014 attack on Sony's Hollywood studio.
- Meanwhile, SWIFT, the global financial messaging network that banks use to move billions of dollars every day, warned of a second malware attack similar to the one that led to Bangladesh hack. The hackers managed to alter the SWIFT software to hide evidence of fraudulent transfers, but it says the messaging system itself was not compromised.
- Facebook is trying to get out in front of accusations that it buries conservative news stories by outlining its policies at length in the service's media relations section. The post explains how certain topics emerge in Facebook users' trending feeds. Potential trending topics are identified by an algorithm, or formula, Facebook said, then reviewed by a "Trending Topics" team.
Around the world - Since forging its democracy in 2011, Tunisia is learning that it's tricky business protecting the security of its citizens, while also protecting their civil rights. That process is even more difficult in a country where the security services themselves are trying to emerge from a history as abusers. As they take on the Islamists, there is a risk that police abuse will undermine the country’s democratic progress.
- Brazil's interim president, Michel Temer, tried to instill confidence that the country would overcome a severe recession, political instability and a sprawling corruption scandal. Temer, a 75-year-old centrist now moving to steer Latin America's biggest country toward more market-friendly policies, replaces leftist Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended pending a trial for breaking budget laws.
Digits of the day: Grim totals - Syria: 16 Nusra militants
- Turkey: Eight government soldiers and 21 Kurdish militants
- Iraq: At least 12 in a café that was sprayed by machine gun fire.
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