It’s April 17, 2024

  1. Joseph Fischer spent about four minutes inside the capital building on Jan. 6th, and was charged with seven criminal charges, including a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding. Fischer has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial, but first his case will be heard at the Supreme Court, which on Tuesday will consider his claim that the obstruction of Congress charge is illegitimate. If the court agrees, it could reverse hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions—including Trump’s.

  2. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion Tuesday seeking to hold former President Trump in contempt for alleged violations of his partial gag order in the New York criminal case. Prosecutors in the Tuesday filing pointed to recent posts the former president made on his Truth Social account "attacking two known witnesses — Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels," per the filing. Additionally, 7 jurors have been selected with 11 more needed to cover the jury and alternates

  3. Whitey Herzog, former Cardinals, and Royals manager and Baseball Hall of Famer has died. Herzog, whose managerial work helped the Cardinals win the World Series in 1982 (and appear in two others), and whose name became synonymous with 1980s baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 92.

  4. The University of Southern California has canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian, a Muslim student who has expressed support for Palestinians, citing substantial security risks for the event that draws 65,000 people to campus.

  5. Despite her record-breaking performance in the NCAA and the energy that she’s generated for the sport, Clark’s base salary will be $76,535 as a rookie. In the NBA, meanwhile, the first draft pick is expected to make roughly $10.5 million in base salary their first year.

  6. In the NBA the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans to secure the 7th seed in the western conference of the nba playoffs. The Pelicans will next play the Sacramento kings for the 8th seed. The Kings defeated the San Francisco Warriors in the second game of the evening for the chance to play on.

  7. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, destroying about half of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange and collapsing its iconic dragon-tail spire. Passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables.

BONUS: on this day in 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in the Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro