Evening Edition: FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts

Omarosa Manigault Newman claims 'false imprisonment' during her firing; Banker: Manafort omitted two New York mortgages when applying for $16 million in loans

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FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts Strzok had helped lead the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending the texts. He is the third high-ranking FBI official involved in the Hillary Clinton email and Russia probes to be fired amid an intensely political backdrop. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » Omarosa Manigault Newman claims 'false imprisonment' during her firing The once-loyal aide to President Trump, who has written a new tell-all book containing explosive allegations about her former boss, said that the two-hour Situation Room meeting in which she was let go amounted to "false imprisonment" and that she thinks Trump was lying when he claimed he knew nothing about her dismissal." By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   Banker: Manafort omitted two New York mortgages when applying for $16 million in loans Prosecutors allege Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign chairman, failed to pay taxes on millions he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political party, then lied to get loans when the cash stopped coming in. They are expected to rest their case today. By Rachel Weiner, Lynh Bui, Michael Kranish and Tom Jackman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Graphic | Analysis These state-level elections could change the balance of power in Congress for years In many states, the winners of the 2018 races for governor and state legislative seats will wield considerable power — the once-per-decade responsibility to redraw congressional maps. Use our interactive feature to see how the process works in your state. By Brittany Renee Mayes and Kevin Uhrmacher  •  Read more »   'Immigration hypocrite': Stephen Miller's uncle lambastes him in scathing op-ed David S. Glosser, wrote that had the very same policies his nephew "so coolly espouses" as a key driver of President Trump's immigration agenda, been in effect at the turn of the 20th century, when the family's patriarch left the small village of Antopol to escape persecution of Jews, Miller's ancestors would have been "wiped out" before they could make it to the United States. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Trump praises Harley-Davidson boycott, escalating feud with company in the crosshairs of his trade war In response to President Trump's steel tariffs, the motorcycle company said it plans to move production of bikes destined for Europe to overseas facilities. By Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Perspective At Unite the Right, black-clad antifa again give peaceful protesters a bad name Moments of unrest at a counterprotest near the White House handed political manipulators a gift, undermining the very valid point the rest of the demonstrators are making. By Petula Dvorak  •  Read more »   TSA tests scanners to allow travelers to keep electronics and liquids in their bags during security screenings Fifteen airports, including two in the Washington area, have received the new 3-D technology. By Andrea Sachs  •  Read more »   Legendary singer Aretha Franklin is gravely ill, according to multiple reports The "Queen of Soul" last year announced she planned to retire from touring, and in March she had to cancel shows on doctor's orders. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more »   It turns out the rich really are different Scientists wanted to find out if rich people are more likely to lie, cheat and steal so they designed experiments that ultimately confirmed many of our worst assumptions about the corrupting power of wealth. In one experiment, researchers discovered that drivers with expensive cars — such as a new Mercedes — were four times as likely to ignore right-of-way laws than those in cheap cars. By William Wan  •  Read more »   Today's WorldView | Analysis Erdogan is fighting a losing battle with Trump Turkey and the United States are locked in a dispute over an American clergyman who has been in custody since 2016. On Friday, the Turkish lira suffered its biggest one-day devaluation in nearly two decades, dropping more than 14 percent against the dollar. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   Drone images capture the devastation of the Carr Fire The city of Redding, Calif., performed aerial surveys to assess the damage caused by the fire, which has destroyed more than 1,000 homes. Here is a sampling of what it found. By Joe Fox and Tim Meko  •  Read more »

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