Stories and topics The Reid Report team thinks you should know about now.
- North & South Korea fire nearly 1,000 rounds of artillary into neighbor’s waters as tensions mount – “North and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s waters Monday in a flare-up of animosity that forced residents of five front-line South Korean islands to evacuate to shelters for several hours, South Korean officials said.” [New York Daily News]
- Report: Republican Insiders See Jeb Bush as the Next Great Hope For the GOP – “The Republican Party’s “most powerful insiders and financiers” who are trying to figure out who will be their best hope to win back the presidency in 2016, seem to have agreed they want another Bush in the White House.” [Slate]
- The ACA enrollment surge, by the numbers – “Although we won’t know for at least a few weeks how many people signed up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, one thing is clear: There clearly has been an uptick in enrollment in recent days.” [The Washington Post]
- Death Toll From Washington Mudslide Rises to At Least 21 – “The number of people confirmed dead in the Oso mudslide that devastated the Washington state town has risen from 18 to 21, Snohomish County authorities said Sunday evening.” [NBCNews.com]
- Hopes Frustrated, Many Latinos Reject the Ballot Box Altogether – “Across the country, immigrant-rights advocates report mounting disillusionment with both parties among Latinos, enough to threaten recent gains in voting participation that have reshaped politics to Democrats’ advantage nationally, and in states like Colorado with significant Latino populations.” [The New York Times]
- World Is Ill-Prepared for Global Warming Impacts, UN Says – “Global warming is depleting fresh water and crops, destroying coral reefs and melting the Arctic, the United Nations said today in a report that concludes the world is ill-prepared to face many new threats.” [Bloomberg News]
- Australia says no time limit on hunt for Malaysian jet – “No time limit will be imposed on the search for MH370 because the world deserves to know what happened, Australian premier Tony Abbott said Monday, as a ship equipped to locate the plane’s “black box” prepared to set sail.” [Yahoo! News]
- Paris elects its first female mayor – “Paris has elected Anne Hidalgo as their next mayor, in a “consolation prize” for the Socialists who were battered at the polls nationwide.” [The Telegraph]
Alexis Stodghill