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White House lawyer Ty Cobb to exit in latest shake-up of Trump's legal team Cobb, who served as the White House point person in dealing with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, is expected to be replaced by veteran white-collar defense attorney Emmet Flood, according to senior administration officials. Flood represented President Bill Clinton during House proceedings to impeach him. By Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Mueller and Co. are playing hardball The president and his allies have done just about anything they can to undermine Robert S. Mueller III's probe and intimidate its leaders. But neither Mueller nor Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the investigation, seem cowed. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Trump calls Justice Department 'rigged,' threatens action In a tweet, the president suggested he may "get involved" amid fight over a memo about the Russia probe. By Devlin Barrett  •  Read more »   Cambridge Analytica shuts U.S., U.K. operations after Facebook scandal The political consultancy that worked for the Trump campaign said it was filing for bankruptcy, saying it had lost its clients because of revelations in March that it had improperly obtained the personal information of millions of Facebook users. By Tony Romm and Craig Timberg  •  Read more »   Feeling alone and forgotten, an elderly Chinese man put himself up for adoption Han Zicheng is emblematic of an entire generation of Chinese people who are aging without enough support. His wife had died, his sons were out of touch and his neighbors had kids to raise and elderly parents of their own. So Han, desperate for company, wrote out a pitch and taped it to a bus shelter in a busy neighborhood. By Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   Two black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $1 each In addition to providing the symbolic $1 settlement, the city of Philadelphia will donate $200,000 to a program to support young entrepreneurs. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were led out of Starbucks in handcuffs after they sat in the cafe without ordering anything as they waited for a business associate to join them. By Rachel Siegel  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Analysis We didn't know that much about Trump by Election Day. Turns out we know even less than we thought. The report that President Trump's doctor claimed that a letter he wrote was dictated by Trump himself is among a string of revelations that voters were unaware of on Nov. 8, 2016. Let's recap what we know — and still don't know. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Palestinian president says Jewish behavior caused the Holocaust, sparking condemnation President Mahmoud Abbas said books by Jewish authors conclude "that animosity toward Jews was not because of their religion but because of their social activities." By Siobhán O'Grady  •  Read more »   As Ryan prepares to leave, House Republicans openly question whether larger shake-up is necessary Speaker Paul D. Ryan is doubling down on his endorsement of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy as his successor, but interviews with dozens of lawmakers reveal a race that is more unsettled than the top leaders are publicly acknowledging. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Puerto Rico Air National Guard plane crashes in Georgia, killing at least 5 The WC-130 was performing a training mission when it crashed, the Air Force said. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   'I don't want anyone else to endure the pain': Survivors of gun violence try to turn their grief into action As their ranks grow, many survivors of shootings are telling their stories, hoping their experiences can help prevent others from being killed or injured. Many refer to themselves as the "walking wounded," and they increasingly have been finding one another. By Katie Zezima  •  Read more »   Macron calls Australian leader's wife 'delicious' — and demonstrates the perils of diplomacy in a foreign language The French word for "delicious" can mean "lovely" or "delightful," but that usage is fairly antiquated. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Kanye West seems ignorant on the realities of slavery. That's shockingly common. Many Americans seem to embrace some false ideas about the enslavement of black people. By Eugene Scott  •  Read more »

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