International News

North Korea’s threat casts doubt on Trump-Kim nuclear summit  The Hill North Korea is dismantling its nuclear site, but is it abandoning its arsenal or hiding evidence?  Reuters How rival agendas threaten Trump’s summit with Kim  BBC News Is Trump’s Summit with North Korea About to Fall Apart?  RollingStone.com ‘Diplotainment at its pinnacle’: Critics […]

‘Things could have gone much worse’: Ex-student shot by officer during gunfire exchange at Dixon High  Chicago Tribune Former Dixon High School student exchanges gunfire with school resource officer, police say  WLS-TV ‘It could have been a lot worse’: Officer confronts armed 19-year-old at Illinois high school  Washington Post Dixon High School shooting: […]

Ten kids allegedly tortured by their parents were waterboarded, shot with crossbows  New York Daily News California mother charged with 9 counts of felony child abuse in torture case  NBCNews.com Prosecutors: 10 “tortured” children were waterboarded, shot with crossbow  CBS News Full coverage

Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’ in Rant  New York Times Trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants: ‘These aren’t people. These are animals.’  USA TODAY Trump Refers To Immigrants As ‘Animals.’ Again.  HuffPost What does the future hold for Trump vs. California? We predict a long, strange year  Sacramento Bee Full coverage

Cambridge Analytica ran voter suppression campaigns, whistleblower claims  CNN Big proxy adviser ISS does not support Facebook’s Zuckerberg in proxy vote  Reuters Bannon and Cambridge Analytica planned suppression of black voters, whistleblower tells Senate  TechCrunch letter – Parliament UK  Parliament UK Justice Department and FBI Are Investigating Cambridge Analytica  New York Times Full coverage

54 things Donald Trump Jr. couldn’t ‘recall’ or ‘remember’ in his testimony  Washington Post Russian social media giant offered pro-Trump effort during campaign  ABC News Senate testimony on Trump Tower meeting with Russians details ties with campaign  Yahoo News Trump Tower transcripts give Mueller more fodder  CNN Full coverage

NYT: Investigation into Trump’s campaign kept quiet and cautious before 2016 election  CNN FBI probe into Trump and Russia was codenamed ‘Crossfire Hurricane’  The Hill What Is “Crossfire Hurricane”? The FBI Trump & Russia Probe Got Its Name From A Rolling Stones Song  Bustle New York Times acknowledges it buried the lead in […]

Giuliani: Mueller’s team told Trump’s lawyers they can’t indict a president  CNN Mueller Won’t Indict Trump if He Finds Wrongdoing, Giuliani Says  New York Times Lawyer for Russian Firm Hits Back at Mueller’s Probe  Wall Street Journal Mueller’s investigation isn’t going to ‘wrap up’ soon — and Trump is still in peril  Los Angeles […]

Senate approves bipartisan resolution to restore FCC net neutrality rules  Washington Post Senate Approves Overturning FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal  NPR Senate Democrats score net neutrality win in bid for midterm momentum  Politico The Senate net neutrality vote is just Democratic campaign bluster. And that’s OK  Los Angeles Times Full coverage

In new financial disclosure, Trump reports apparent payment through his personal attorney to adult-film star  Washington Post Giuliani says he revealed Trump’s Stormy Daniels repayment to beat upcoming financial disclosure  CNN Cohen asked Qatari government for $1 million in exchange for access to Trump: report  The Hill (blog) Novartis announces changes to the […]