Daily News Roundup: Aid Charities Report Scores of Harm Cases to Regulator

Top News

Humanitarian Groups Report 80 Harm Cases to British charity watchdog (Guardian). Plus: Aid Charities Ordered to Improve Standards Following Oxfam Scandal (Guardian)

Rider to Roll Back Limits on Nonprofit Politicking Attached to Must-Pass Budget Bills (Washington Post) Plus, see Chronicle articles on last year’s congressional attempt to undo the Johnson Amendment via tax legislation and on President Trump’s executive order aimed at weakening its restrictions on politicking by religious groups.

Family That Pledged $100 Million to U. of Chicago Sues to Get Money Back (Chicago Maroon)

Companies Court Lawmakers With Charitable Giving but Don’t Always Disclose Funds (Center for Public Integrity)

More Women Come Forward to Report Sexual Harassment by Harvard Professor (Chronicle of Higher Education)

More News and Opinion

Opinion: Melinda Gates on How ‘Everything Changes’ When Women Are Economically Empowered (Quartz)

Plus, see Chronicle coverage of the Gates Foundation’s new $170 million commitment to gender-equality work in India and Africa.

Victims’ Fund Started on GoFundMe to Pay $275,000 to Family of Each Person Slain in Vegas Shooting (Associates Press)

Philando Castile Charity Wipes Out Kids’ Lunch Debt in Minn. School District Where He Worked (CNN)

Boston Symphony Finds Sexual-Misconduct Accusations Against Guest Conductor ‘Credible’ (New York Times)

California Nonprofit Hospitals Seek Reduced Charity-Care Requirement (Compton Herald)

Obama Foundation Launches Master’s Program for Public-Policy Scholars (Associated Press)

6-Year-Old Ga. Girl Scout Supercharges Cookie Sales With Viral Video (WABE)

International News

Atlantic Philanthropies Quietly Closes Doors in Ireland After 30 years of Giving (Irish Times)

U.N. Halts Aid Work in Nigerian Town After Humanitarian Workers Killed (Reuters)