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Trump expels 60 Russian officers after poisoning of ex-spy in Britain The administration also ordered the closure of a consulate in Seattle in retaliation for the nerve-agent attack that left a former double agent and his daughter critically injured. More than a dozen European nations and Canada also said that they would expel Russian diplomats. By Philip Rucker, Michael Birnbaum and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more » Stormy Daniels accuses Trump attorney Michael Cohen of defamation The adult-film actress expanded her pending lawsuit against the president, alleging in court that his personal attorney defamed her by insinuating that she lied about an affair with Trump more than a decade ago. By Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Trump attorney denies threatening Stormy Daniels Within hours of the porn star's highly anticipated "60 Minutes" interview — during which she said threats made her agree to take $130,000 from Michael Cohen, Trump's attorney, to remain silent — a lawyer representing Cohen said he believed she had fabricated a story about being threatened in 2011. By Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers  •  Read more »   The Fix: Trump's silence on Stormy Daniels is deafening The president called women who accused him of sexual misconduct "liars" during the 2016 campaign and can't be bothered to stick to talking points. So why hasn't he said or tweeted anything about Daniels? By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Suburban voters angry with Trump threaten Republicans' grip on House If Republicans want to hold onto the House, they will have to compete in communities that had little to do with the working-class regions that sent President Trump to the White House in 2016: affluent, white-collar suburbs of Democratic cities. By Kari Lydersen and Michael Scherer  •  Read more »   Capital Weather Gang | Analysis In a record-shattering winter, we tracked every inch of snow that fell in the lower 48 Spring started on March 20, but winter landed a late punch in the Northeast that built upon an already-strong showing of snowfall around the country. See where and to what extent the snow accumulated throughout the continental United States. By John Muyskens, Laris Karklis and Tim Meko  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Congress wants to drag Google and Twitter into Facebook's privacy crisis A panel of Senate lawmakers aims to grill Mark Zuckerberg's peers next month, the latest indication that the controversy surrounding Facebook's data privacy practices now threatens to envelope the whole of Silicon Valley. By Tony Romm  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis After rejecting Trump's invitation to join his legal team, Ted Olson admonishes president The George W. Bush administration solicitor general cited the many administration staff changes as a reason he declined. "I think everybody would agree: This is turmoil, it's chaos, it's confusion; it's not good for anything," he said on MSNBC. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   In a brutal open letter, Jewish leaders in Britain accuse Jeremy Corbyn of anti-Semitism A five-year-old Facebook post from the Labour Party leader, who has been outspoken against Israel, attracted renewed attention and prompted an outcry. By Amanda Erickson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix | Analysis Trump has a secret plan to evade the Constitution and create a line-item veto, apparently Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested Sunday that Congress could install a line-item veto, and the White House doubled down today on his comments. But experts are perplexed. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Santorum suggested students learn CPR to prepare for gun violence. Rebukes mounted, including from surgeons. "Mr. Santorum, CPR doesn't work if all the blood is on the ground," one critic of the former senator said on Twitter. By Meagan Flynn and Herman Wong  •  Read more »   Americans who died in Mexico were probably killed by gas leak in water heater, official says Mexican authorities have stressed that the Iowa family were not victims of foul play. By Alex Horton and Marwa Eltagouri  •  Read more »   Shell just outlined a radical scenario for what would halt climate change The oil company's "Sky" scenario was designed to imagine a world that complies with the goals of the Paris climate agreement with far more electric vehicles. By Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Father of Orlando nightclub shooter was an FBI informant, court documents say Defense attorneys for the shooter's wife — on trial for aiding the attack that killed 49 people — want the charges against her dropped because they only recently learned of Seddique Mateen's role with U.S. officials. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Timing your meals may help with weight loss. That's what it seems to do in mice. Instead of focusing so much on what we eat, one biologist says we should pay more attention to when we eat. By David Kohn  •  Read more »

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