The Morning Briefing: Terrorists, Nazis & Confederates and Much, Much More

Good Friday Morning.

Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today:

In the morning, President Donald J. Trump will depart Morristown, New Jersey, for Hagerstown Regional Airport en route to Camp David.
The President will then participate in a working lunch.
In the afternoon, the President will participate in a briefing with the National Security Council.
The President will then depart Camp David for Hagerstown Regional Airport, en route to Morristown Municipal Airport. The President will depart Morristown Municipal Airport to Bedminster, New Jersey.

Welcome to a condensed edition of the Morning Briefing

Picture of the day:

Workers use a crane to lift the monument dedicated to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney after it was removed from outside Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Md., early Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Maryland workers hauled several monuments away, days after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Here’s the buzz:

Spain attacks: Police shoot dead 5 suspects in 12 hours of terror

Work crew removes Taney statue from Maryland State House grounds

Confederate statue in Arizona vandalized with tar and feathers

Confederate leaders’ descendants say statues can come down

OkCupid bans crying Nazi for life

Michigan State refuses to rent space to Richard Spencer’s group

CNN commentator accuses trump of being a ‘white supremacist’

US digital rights group slams tech firms for barring neo-Nazis

Vandals spray-paint “Nazis” on New Hampshire GOP headquarters

Democratic congressman to introduce articles of impeachment

Kevin Durant says he won’t go to Trump White House