Thursday's Headlines: As midterms near, fears grow that U.S. is not protected from Russian interference
Trump says Sessions should end Russia probe 'right now' ; Mueller offers to limit investigators' questions for Trump ; Manafort jury hears of lavish spending on luxury clothes
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Experts say the lack of administration leadership on the issue — with President Trump at times questioning conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community about Russia's disinformation and hacking campaign — renders less effective the efforts of agencies to mount a coordinated government action to protect the nation.
By Ellen Nakashima and Craig Timberg • Read more »
The proposal, the special counsel's latest effort to secure an interview with the president, comes as Trump has stepped up his attacks on the Russia investigation.
The first signs of trouble from President Trump's tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods — and Beijing's retaliatory levies — are just emerging in both countries, where some workers are bracing for economic turmoil. "I'll earn a little less for now," one Chinese merchant said, "but in a battle we will definitely win."
Mary Schiavo, former inspector general of the Department of Transportation and an aviation expert, called the proposal "completely nuts." "It's just bonkers. It's so crazy. It's confoundedly stupid," she said. The TSA said no decision has been made on the plan.
QAnon was spawned on 4chan, the mostly anonymous website where fringe ideas incubate and blossom. The movement's increasingly visible followers see President Trump as a heroic enemy of the "deep state."
By Marc Fisher and Isaac Stanley-Becker • Read more »
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders brought up this long-debunked claim while defending President Trump, saying he supports a free press but that there also is responsibility on the part of the media.
The president is under mounting pressure from the far right to fulfill his top campaign promise despite warnings from GOP leaders in Congress that a budget standoff would sow chaos just weeks before an already tenuous midterm election cycle.
The Buckeyes' head football coach was put on leave after the ex-wife of a longtime assistant called into question his claims that he was unaware of a 2015 allegation of domestic abuse against the assistant.
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