Evening Edition: Sessions pushes back on Trump, says Justice Dept. won’t be influenced by politics

Trump sought lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says; Lone holdout on Manafort jury blocked conviction on all counts, juror says

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Sessions pushes back on Trump, says Justice Dept. won't be influenced by politics The statement came hours after President Trump lashed out anew at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying he had failed to take control of the Justice Department and was given his job only because of his loyalty during the 2016 campaign. Two Republican senators, Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) and Charles E. Grassley (Iowa), also suggested that Sessions might be replaced. By John Wagner, Devlin Barrett and Seung Min Kim  •  Read more » Trump sought lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says The subject came up while Paul Manafort was on trial and President Trump was expressing his anger at how federal prosecutors had "beat up" and mistreated the former Trump campaign manager, Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said. By Carol Leonnig  •  Read more »   Lone holdout on Manafort jury blocked conviction on all counts, juror says A juror in the trial of President Trump's former campaign chairman said she and most of her peers wanted to convict him on every charge. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Fact Checker: Trump team's narrative on hush money is not just misleading. It's a lie. This week's guilty plea by Michael Cohen, President Trump's former attorney, offers indisputable evidence that the president and his allies have been deliberately dishonest at every turn in statements about hush-money payments to silence two women. Here is the definitive story of a Trump lie. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   The Switch | Review We tested Apple's new Screen Time parental controls — triggering frustration and tears We borrowed a 9-year-old kid to help us compare an iPad running Apple's iOS 12 to Amazon's Fire Kids Edition. Parents, beware: Apple's defaults let kids access NC-17 movies and the whole Web. By Geoffrey Fowler  •  Read more »   Hurricane Lane edges closer to Hawaii, unleashing 'potential flooding disaster' The Category 4 hurricane has already begun unloading excessive amounts of rainfall on the Big Island and Maui. Water from both torrential rainfall, exceeding 30 inches in some places, and battering waves, up to 25 feet on the south side of the islands, are likely to pose the biggest threat. By Jason Samenow  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT As Ireland awaits Pope Francis, abuse survivors battle to heal scars from a dark past Four decades ago, Pope John Paul II toured Ireland to huge acclaim. Today, Francis faces a nation deeply battered by the church's abuse crises. By Chico Harlan  •  Read more »   State Department issues updated travel advisory after 8 bodies found in streets of Cancun Mexican officials said some victims were dumped on the streets, dismembered and stuffed into plastic bags, or left inside an abandoned taxi in a city that is a magnet for American tourists. By Amy Wang  •  Read more »   HPV-related cancer rates are rising. So are vaccine rates — just not fast enough. Cancers linked to the human papillomavirus have increased significantly over the past 15 years in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. By Laurie McGinley  •  Read more »   Visual Story Life after Harvey: Homes gutted, neighbors gone Bear Creek Village in Houston was a place families moved to and never left. A year after Hurricane Harvey, about 400 of 1,974 houses remain empty. Here are the stories of those who stayed. By Ricky Carioti, Katie Mettler, Nick Kirkpatrick and Jayne Orenstein  •  Read more »   Perspective Why was Rep. Duncan Hunter's wife better than him at creatively explaining that $250,000 in allegedly misused money? Margaret Hunter appeared to be the brains behind the alleged operation to plunder her husband's campaign finances. Nobody questions a society woman and her gift baskets. By Monica Hesse  •  Read more »   How Urban Meyer dodged facing questions about deleting his old text messages When the Ohio State football coach learned that the ex-wife of his former longtime assistant was accusing him of ignoring her domestic violence claims, he discussed with an assistant how to delete old text messages, according to an investigation. By Will Hobson  •  Read more »

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