Global News 4/4/19 – How corporations write laws in your state's legislature, Guiadó stripped of immunity, and Syria kills at least 12 in bombardment

This Thursday, read an exposé from USA Today, The Arizona Republic, and the Center for Public Integrity on how corporations write many of the bills passed by state legislative bodies. Also, catch up on the latest in Venezuela’s political upheaval, the Syrian civil war, and more below.

• You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead. (USA Today, The Arizona Republic, The Center for Public Integrity)

• Venezuela: Juan Guaidó stripped of parliamentary immunity (The Guardian)

• Syrian government forces shell rebel-held northwest, kill 12 (Reuters)

• Myanmar villagers, lawmaker say 'helicopter attack' kills five Rohingya, wounds 13 (Reuters)

• Brexit: MPs back delay bill by one vote (BBC)

• Libyan tensions rise as warlord Haftar closes in on Tripoli (Bloomberg)

• Nigeria to close most of its embassies (BBC)

• Eritrea angry at Turkey, Qatar and Sudan over ‘subversion’ of peace process (BBC)

• MIT terminates funding and research links with China's Huawei and ZTE (CNBC)

• New report asserts that a Russian businessman mentioned in the Panama Papers is helping Putin associates get around U.S. sanctions (Meduza)

• The snap decision society (Axios)

• Scientists thought they had measles cornered. They were wrong. (NY Times)

• The nuclear "dread" zone and climate (Axios)

• The climate case for rail vs. trucks (Axios)

• China has turned a city into a prison (NY Times)