Subscribe View in browser 1. WHAT DRONE? Iran Rejects Trump’s Claim That U.S. Destroyed Its Drone Iran says it has no idea what Trump is talking about, and suggests the U.S. shot down its own drone. 2. LIFTING THE DRAWBRIDGE Trump Officials ‘Want Zero Refugee Admissions’ Next Year An administration representative presented the plan at a meeting of security officials last week, according to Politico. Did you know you can still get the full Cheat Sheet in your inbox as a Beast Inside member? LEARN MORE 3. NEW OASIS Amazon’s Top-Tier Kindle Is Getting a Serious Upgrade It’s available for pre-order right now and comes with six full months of Kindle Unlimited for free. 4. BACK AT IT White House Tweets Fox Guest Mark Levin’s Attack on Omar The official White House account has typically been more staid than Trump’s own feed—until Thursday night. 5. TAKE COVER 100+ Local U.S. Heat Records Set to Be Broken This Weekend It could feel as hot as 110 degrees in New York City on Sunday. 6. REALLY GOP State Lawmaker: ‘Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist’ New Hampshire State Rep. Werner Horn claims it was merely a shrewd “business decision.” 7. TAMP DOWN House Democrats Delete Angry Tweets and Vow to Stop Feuding All three sub-caucuses of the Democratic Caucus issued a joint statement calling their united ranks a “diverse, robust, and passionate family.” 8. IF YOU SAY SO Alan Dershowitz Boasts of ‘Perfect Sex Life’ on Fox News “He has an abnormal amount of chutzpah to attack me and challenge my perfect, perfect sex life during the relevant period of time,” Dershowitz said of lawyer David Boies. 9. FAMILIAR NAME Trump to Name Justice Scalia’s Son as Labor Sec “He will be a great member of an Administration that has done more in the first 2 ½ years than perhaps any Administration in history!” Trump wrote on Twitter. 10. OUT 4 Chicago Cops Fired for Alleged Coverup of Teen’s Murder Three officers and a supervisor who signed off on their police reports were fired for lying to protect Jason Van Dyke. 11. SPIDER-MAN? Man Scales Down 19-Story Building on Fire in Philadelphia He climbed down at least 15 floors in a seemingly nonchalant manner before making it to the ground safely. 12. CRUEL Border Officials Detain U.S. Citizen Kids at Chicago Airport One of the children reportedly told their undocumented mother that officials would not release them until she or their father picked them up. 13. MYSTERY Members of All-Female Afghan Orchestra Vanish in Slovakia Two teenagers and two young adults vanished from their hotel on Sunday, police said. 14. BRING BACK THE CROWN U.K. Conservatives May Involve Queen in Brexit: Report Senior Tory officials are reportedly considering the plan out of fear that the new prime minister will ignore the will of Parliament. 15. EYE FOR AN EYE Three Get Death Penalty in Beheading of Scandinavian Hikers Two of the men were found to have beheaded the two women, while another man filmed the murders. Read More © Copyright 2019 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe. |