Trump, Meet Pope: Oh god, oh god, oh god. He's at the Vatican. Take it away, New York Times:
Around 8:20 a.m., under a crystalline blue sky, the president’s motorcade rolled into the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, where ostrich-feather-plumed Swiss Guards saluted as Mr. Trump and his wife, Melania, stepped out of an armored limousine.
A few minutes before Mr. Trump’s visit, the pope arrived at the palace in a blue Ford Focus. He stepped out of the car and walked into a side entrance.
Trump Once Called Pope Francis "Not Pope-Like!" on Twitter: Why? Because Pope Francis insisted on paying his own hotel bill.
I don’t like seeing the Pope standing at the checkout counter (front desk) of a hotel in order to pay his bill. It’s not Pope-like!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 19, 2013
Here's Trump on the Manchester Bomber and Co.: "I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term," Trump said from Bethlehem on Tuesday. "They would think that’s a great name. I will call them from now on losers, because that’s what they are. They’re losers. And we’ll have more of them. But they’re losers. Just remember that."
Manchester Police Arrest 3 in Connection to Bombing: The police haven't released the names of the arrested, nor the charges. The arrests came after British Prime Minister raised the terror threat level to its highest setting.
Officials Say That Manchester Bomber May Have Had Help: Law enforcement is looking for the "factory" where Salman Abedi, the 22-year-old British citizen who set off a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert full of teenage girls and killed 22, sourced his weapon.
Trump's Austerity Budget Will Slam Rural Poor: The budget would strip $800 billion from Medicaid over the next decade, eliminate an Appalachian set of anti-poverty programs, reduce food stamp funding by $200 billion (over 10 years), and, in even the Daily Caller's words, "gut farm subsidies."
The Proposed Budget Also Takes $120 Million Away from Hanford: Even after proposing steep, existing cuts to the EPA program that oversees the Hanford cleanup. In the last two weeks alone, a tunnel collapsed at the nuclear cleanup site and one of Hanford's infamous double-walled storage tanks may have sprung a leak.
A Human Leg in a Fishing Boot Washed up on a Beach in Alaska: Officials haven't been able to determine race or gender. Juneau Police Lt. David Campbell says "bodies show up in Juneau every few years."
Washington Legislature Launches into Second Special Session: Governor Jay Inslee says that state lawmakers still haven't reached a deal to fully fund K-12 education, but "showed signs of compromise with Senate Republicans," the Seattle Times reports. Part of that compromise likely means eliminating a capital gains tax proposal from the budget.
Renee Davis Inquest Continues Today: Eight King County jurors are hearing testimony from the Sheriff's Office deputies who shot and killed 23-year-old Davis during a welfare check. She was five months pregnant. Yesterday, the father of Davis' unborn child and her boyfriend gave an emotional testimony about the day she died and how he found out.
(Even) the Seattle Times Editorial Board Thinks Banning Masks Is Dumb: "A proposal to prohibit protesters from wearing masks or hoods during demonstrations is so obviously unconstitutional, it’s a wonder state Sen. Jim Honeyford, R-Sunnyside, thought it was a good idea," they write.