Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Tuesday's Headlines: Prosecutors accuse Paul Manafort of tampering with witnesses

 
Democracy Dies in Darkness
 
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Prosecutors accuse Paul Manafort of tampering with witnesses
Prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III say President Trump's former campaign chairman and an associate repeatedly contacted two members of a public relations firm and asked them to falsely testify about secret lobbying they did at Manafort's behest.
Trump's legal team readies for showdown with Mueller, even as the president touts powers
President Trump's attorneys are strategizing over how to handle a subpoena and prepare him for a sit-down with the special counsel.
 
In the White House, the truth comes out after vigorous denials
In a memo revealed over the weekend, Trump's lawyers said the president dictated a statement on behalf of his oldest son — something he denied doing last year. The statement proved to be inaccurate.
 
Senate Republicans warn Trump not to pardon himself
With his claim of "absolute" power, the president once again forced members of his own party into an uncomfortable position.
 
Trump disinvites Philadelphia Eagles from White House visit, citing national anthem dispute
The move opens a new salvo in the president's culture war over football players standing for the national anthem. Several players had been expected to boycott the event, creating a meager Super Bowl celebration that the president deemed unsatisfactory, aides said.
 
Robert F. Kennedy's final flight: The storied journey of the ride from California to New York
The assassination brought together three powerful widows — Coretta Scott King, Jacqueline Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy — for a shared flight over a grieving, troubled country. Little about the journey was ever preserved, but, 50 years later, glimpses of that day have surfaced.
 
Front-runner for Mexico's president vows to fight corruption by slashing perks of power
Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he would turn the grounds of the presidential palace into a public park, sell government aircraft and cut salaries and pensions. Experts see this approach as naive and misguided.
 
Stanley Cup Finals | Game 4
Capitals hammer Golden Knights 6-2, move to one win away from the Stanley Cup
The Capitals got goals from six different players to take a 3-1 lead in the championship series. Washington can claim the title in Game 5 Thursday in Las Vegas.
 
Perspective
This Capitals team is different. It is methodical, calm and ruthless.
Forget about the old Capitals. This group has created a new identity. And with a 3-1 Stanley Cup finals lead, its just one win away from winning the Stanley Cup
 
Perspective
Seeing Ovechkin's reaction shots is the best part of these playoffs
There is nothing better than watching Alex Ovechkin living and dying with every shift.
 
Stanley Cup Finals | Game 4
A Vegas shot hit the post — and the Golden Knights never recovered
The Golden Knights were pressing the Capitals early in the game, but after forward James Neal hit the post with a wide-open net in front of him, Las Vegas was never the same.
 
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His Majesty Czar Donald I claims imperium
 
Faced with the free market, Trump takes out the shackles
 
How Bill Clinton cleared a path for Donald Trump
 
Trump's trade policy violates almost every strategic rule
 
The likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant
 
Health care is still a mess. Republicans are making it worse.
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Suspect in six Arizona shootings attacked victims tied to his divorce, police say
Six people, including a prominent forensic psychiatrist involved in the JonBenét Ramsey case, were shot and killed in the past few days in Scottsdale.
 
 
Fact Checker | Analysis
Parsing Bill Clinton's meltdown on NBC's 'Today' show
The former president's claims about how much he owed when he left the White House and implementing a sexual harassment policy in Arkansas do not pass scrutiny.
 
Guatemala's 'Volcano of Fire' erupts, killing 62 and burying an entire village
The volcano erupted with no warning, sending hot rivers of rock and gas into the surrounding villages at astonishing speed. Among the dead were two children who burned to death on a bridge as they watched the eruption.
 
'She wouldn't miss this for anything': Melania Trump holds first White House event after 24-day absence
The first lady reemerged at a reception for military families but did not speak.
 
Patient's own immune-cell 'army' deployed to battle aggressive cancer
A Florida woman who had advanced breast cancer joins a small number of patients who have seen stunning results with a therapy that uses their own immune cells to target advanced cancers, researchers said.
 
Former DIA officer charged with trying to pass secrets to Chinese intelligence
Authorities said Ron Rockwell Hansen was arrested by the FBI in a sting operation Saturday near the Seattle airport as he was headed toward a China-bound flight.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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