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Trump travel-ban waivers elusive for citizens of Muslim-majority countries The administration has said that the existence of the exemptions demonstrates that the ban is neither racist nor absolute because it allows the neediest to come to the United States. But the State Department declined to say who has received them. By Abigail Hauslohner  •  Read more » Trump says Kim is 'serious' about nuclear talks but suggests summit could fall through "We'll see what happens," said President Trump, who is meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House. Moon is expected to encourage Trump to follow through with the June meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   Schumer calls for removal of Kim Jong Un's face from commemorative coin The Senate minority leader says Kim Jong Un is a "brutal dictator" and should not be pictured. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   Trump congressional allies renew call for 2nd special counsel probe of FBI, Justice Dept. Conservative House Republicans said the agencies cannot be trusted to investigate accusations of bias and mismanagement in the investigations of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. By Karoun Demirjian and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Dolce and Gabbana are rich, extravagant and politically incorrect. You got a problem with that? The Italian kings of fashion — and Melania Trump superfans — have doubled down on their mission to delight the super-ultra wealthy. Go ahead. Tsk-tsk them. They don't really care. By Robin Givhan  •  Read more »   Navy prosecutors want to know: Where is 'Fat Leonard'? Leonard Glenn Francis, the central player in the worst corruption scandal in Navy history, was scheduled to testify in Norfolk next week about his crooked dealings with dozens of Navy officers. But federal authorities, who have kept him locked up for five years, won't give him clearance to attend the trial, or even reveal where the defense contractor is. By Craig Whitlock  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT A sale of NASCAR was once unthinkable. Now it may be overdue. Declines in attendance and television ratings over the past decade have many in the sport convinced the France family may put the entire enterprise on the market. By Liz Clarke  •  Read more »   EPA keeps three reporters out of meeting; one says guard shoved her Reporters from CNN, the Associated Press and the environmental publication E&E News were barred from the summit on water contamination, which included about 200 representatives of regulatory and industry groups. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis We asked all House members about Parkland students' agenda on guns. Only 2 Republicans support it all. Students are calling on Congress to pass five gun policy proposals, including universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. An overwhelming majority of Democratic lawmakers support all five. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Campaign 2018 Voters in four Southern states are headed to the polls today. Here's what to watch for. While the Democrats' race for governor of Georgia has earned the most attention, congressional contests in Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas may reveal more about the shape of the party in this year's midterm elections. By David Weigel and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Venezuela announces the expulsion of two top U.S. diplomats The move came two days after President Nicolás Maduro won another term in a widely criticized election. By Anthony Faiola and Rachelle Krygier  •  Read more »   Scientists just noticed giant predatory worms have been invading France for decades French citizens had known something was amiss in their yards for years but had no idea they were looking at hammerhead flatworms, which are native to Asia and grow to a foot or more in length. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   The U.S. doesn't have enough truckers, and it's starting to cause prices of about everything to rise Shipping costs have skyrocketed in the United States this year, one of the clearest signs yet of a strong economy that might be starting to overheat. By Heather Long  •  Read more »   Investigators insist MH370 crash was an accident, not a mass murder-suicide by the pilot The official who led the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's failed search for MH370 pushed back on a new theory posited on "60 Minutes." By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »

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