What We're Following This Afternoon
Paul Ryan isn’t running for president: Or is he?
NEWS: Ryan aide: Speaker Ryan will make a statement at RNC this afternoon to to rule himself out (POTUS) & put this to rest once & for all
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) April 12, 2016
Deutsche Bank freezes expansion plans in North Carolina: The decision was prompted by HB2, the state law that ends certain protections for gays, lesbians, and transgender people. PayPal announced similar plans last week.
A monument for women’s equality: President Obama designated the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum in Washington, D.C., a national monument. Marina reports the museum will be renamed “the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, in honor of Belmont and Alice Paul, who founded the National Women’s Party in 1917 and would become the key strategist of the campaign for the women’s vote in the 1910s.”
News from the morning here