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Ryan splits with Trump, says he sees 'no evidence' FBI spied on campaign House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) joined others disputing President Trump's claim that federal law enforcement planted a spy inside his campaign. He also threw water at Trump's assertion that he could pardon himself: "No one is above the law." By Karoun Demirjian and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » Giuliani: Mueller's team is 'trying very, very hard to frame' Trump The president's lawyer made his provocative comments at a conference in Israel on June 6. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Winners and losers from the biggest primary night of the year Democrats survived disaster in congressional races in California, but it wasn't a great night for senators who have been accused of corruption or Republicans who ditched President Trump in 2016. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Schumer seeks Obama's help for Senate Democrats in midterms The minority leader dismissed concerns about Sen. Robert Menendez's lackluster primary performance in New Jersey. By Seung Min Kim and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Democrat Newsom urges Trump to campaign for GOP opponent 'as much as possible' Gavin Newsom, the top vote-getter in California's nonpartisan primary, taunted the president on Twitter. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   A girl makes the most of life while battling a brain tumor She was 13 and didn't want to be remembered as that girl who died. Her name is Lola. Photos by Moriah Ratner | Text by Susan Levine  •  Read more »   Trump plans to confront world leaders at economic summit The White House also is discussing ways to impose more economic penalties against Canada, the host nation for the summit. By Damian Paletta and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Trump commutes sentence of woman whose case was championed by Kim Kardashian The case of Alice Marie Johnson is the latest in a string of pardons and other acts of clemency from the president. By John Wagner and Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   SPECIAL REPORT Murder with impunity: Where killings go unsolved The Post has mapped more than 50,000 homicides in major U.S. cities over the past decade and found that the nation's urban areas contain pockets of impunity — places where killings routinely go unpunished. The analysis goes beyond what is known nationally about unsolved homicide, revealing block by block where police fail to make arrests. By Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly, Ted Mellnik and Steven Rich  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT SPECIAL REPORT Explore The Post's homicide database Out of 52,179 homicides in 50 cities over the past decade, 51 percent did not result in an arrest. Read more »   White House is fighting a plan to fund veterans health-care bill even as Trump signs it into law The VA Mission Act authorizes new health-care programs for veterans, but the bill does not reserve federal money to pay for those programs. Behind the scenes, the White House is encouraging lawmakers to back off a plan to fund the $50 billion veterans health law. By Erica Werner and Lisa Rein  •  Read more »   Obama administration misled Congress on possible Iranian access to U.S. bank system, GOP probe finds The State and Treasury departments in early 2016 helped Iran try to recoup sanctioned oil revenue stranded in an overseas account after the nuclear deal went into effect and actively misled Congress on those efforts, according to the results of a Republican investigation. By Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   'Utter chaos': ICE arrests 114 workers in immigration raid at Ohio gardening company It was one of the largest workplace immigration raids in recent years, and local activists said it left dozens of the workers' children stranded at day-care centers and with babysitters. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Melania Trump appears before cameras for first time in weeks The first lady accompanied the president at a FEMA briefing, marking her first media appearance since May 10 and capping the end of an unusual absence from public sight, even for a first lady who is known for prizing her privacy. By Emily Heil  •  Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis Nebraska has an amazing job market, but nobody is moving there. What gives? Average weekly earnings have grown fast as employers raise wages, but workers can't find homes there. There seems to be an obvious solution, but it won't work. By Andrew Van Dam  •  Read more »

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