Less than 48 hours before a major tariffs deadline that could roil global markets, senior Trump administration officials are still internally divided over what to do. At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Trump is supposed to impose a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum on all the countries that got temporary exemptions in March. Those countries include some of America’s closest allies.
Why this matters: The temporary exemptions — the European Union, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and Argentina — account for almost half of steel imports to the U.S. If Trump slaps tariffs on all of them on Tuesday morning, it would disrupt global markets and throw international supply chains into uncertainty.
"Avengers: Infinity War" has shattered the record for opening weekends, raking in $630 million worldwide and $250 million in North America, per box office numbers cited by the Hollywood Reporter. And it hasn't even opened in the biggest market, China, yet.
In perspective: The previous domestic record holder — "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" — made $248 million. The world record was previously set by "The Fate of the Furious," which earned $542 million. [Go deeper: Check out our chart of the top 100 highest-grossing films in North America]
The White House Correspondents' Dinner ended with a barrage of vulgar anti-Trump jokes by comedian Michelle Wolf, who attacked the appearance of White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who was sitting with her at the head table.
What they're saying: White House officials in the audience thought Wolf's patter went too far, and thought the attacks on Sanders and Kellyanne Conway were too personal.
Comedian Michelle Wolf's roast of President Trump and his aides at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night has drawn sharp criticism from prominent journalists and political figures in Washington who say some of the jokes were off-color personal attacks that crossed the line.
The bottom line: The purpose of the dinner is to celebrate the accomplishments of journalists and the importance of the First Amendment. Those who are critical of Wolf's roast argue that her remarks have only widened the gap between the media and those who distrust it.
Schools in 39 of 50 states have seen decreases in funding for instructional materials for their students, according to data from the Urban Institute. These conditions have sparked a wave of teacher activism across the country.
Why it matters: Educators have had to pay for supplies themselves to provide new materials for students at times. Teachers' salaries aren't enough to pay for materials, either. In some cases they have to pay for materials for dozens of children.
MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid apologized on Saturday for "dumb" and "hurtful" homophobic comments in her old blog posts, the Associated Press reports.
The backdrop: Reid came under fire after posts resurfaced which contained anti-LGBT comments. She claims that she was hacked, but said on Saturday that security experts have not found proof of that. Per the AP, she said: "I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things because they are completely alien to me."
More than 60 current and former female staffers of NBC News, including Rachel Maddow and Andrea Mitchell, came to Tom Brokaw's defense on Friday, signing a letter that said he "treated each of us with fairness and respect," Variety reports.
The backdrop: A former NBC News correspondent, Linda Vester, says she was "groped and assaulted" by Brokaw, and was "deeply traumatized" by his unwanted sexual advances. The letter of support praises Brokaw as "a man of tremendous decency and integrity." Brokaw has denied the claims.
"More customers are dropping cable TV as they turn toward streaming services like Netflix Inc., a fundamental shift in consumer behavior that was on display this week in painful earnings reports from cable and telecommunications companies," The Wall Street Journal's Shalini Ramachandran writes on the front page.
Amazing stat: "The upheaval in the pay-TV economy is stark. From the beginning of 2015 through the end of last year, nine million Americans have either cut the cord or chosen not to buy a traditional cable package when moving into new households, according to estimates from MoffettNathanson."