Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other goings-on in the United States, Latin America, and the diaspora—all in one quick digest.
Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:
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- The New York Times released a bombshell report this weekend that, through a review of tax documents, shows President Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income tax in 2016 and 2017 and no income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years. Trump has derided the report as “total fake news,” but still has not released his taxes himself. [NYT]
- Trump announced on Saturday that his nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat is Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a devout Catholic seen as a win for conservatives. During remarks this weekend, Trump spoke of Barrett’s “unyielding loyalty to the Constitution” who would rule “based solely on the fair reading of the law.” [CNN]
- A judge in Washington, D.C., granted the video app platform TikTok a last-minute reprieve, temporarily blocking Donald Trump’s executive order that would have banned TikTok from U.S. app stores. The injunction does not cover other restrictions on TikTok set to take place in November. [The Guardian]
- Authorities in Mexico have issued dozens of arrest warrants for policemen and soldiers who may have been involved in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, who were forcibly abducted and then went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. The case garnered international attention and sparked massive protests in 2014. [Reuters]
- According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, sites in Ponce, Puerto Rico and San Antonio, Texas are among 11 of the most endangered places in the United States, at risk for irreversible damage. The sites include Alazan-Apache Courts, the oldest existing public housing complex in San Antonio, and the historical district of Ponce, known for its late 19th and early 20th century architecture. [NBC Latino]
- In an Instagram post, Selena Gomez showed off the scars she got after receiving a kidney transplant from her close friend Francia Raisa in 2017. “When I got my kidney transplant, I remember it being very difficult at first showing my scar. I didn’t want it to be in photos, so I wore things that would cover it up,” she wrote in the caption. “Now, more than ever, I feel confident in who I am and what I went through … and I’m proud of that.” [HuffPo]