Wednesday's Headlines: Mueller to testify before Congress about probe

House passes border aid bill with help for migrant children amid outcry over condition of facilities; How many migrants show up for immigration court hearings?

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Mueller to testify before Congress about probe The former special counsel will appear publicly before two committees July 17 — a made-for-TV moment that Democrats have craved for months.  By Rachael Bade, Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian · Read more House passes border aid bill with help for migrant children amid outcry over condition of facilities The bill's passage sets up a high-stakes negotiation with President Trump and Senate Republicans to deliver aid days before a looming deadline. By Mike DeBonis and Erica Werner · Read more   Fact Checker | Analysis How many migrants show up for immigration court hearings? Vice President Pence said 90 percent skip them, but even the Justice Department's preferred metric shows half that rate: 44 percent. By Salvador Rizzo · Read more   As insults fly, options for avoiding conflict between the U.S. and Iran narrow After a vitriolic round of threats and barbs, no new options emerged for avoiding a conflict that both sides say they do not want, and more doors appeared to be closing rather than opening. By Karen DeYoung · Read more   A foreign mafia has come to Italy and further polarized the migration debate The Nigerian mafia has built Italy into a European hub, smuggling cocaine and heroin and trafficking women by the tens of thousands. As Italy's politics swing to the right, the country is contending with a divisive question: Are long-held migration fears coming to fruition? By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions America must listen to E. Jean Carroll. It's clear Trump won't. By Editorial Board · Read more Trump demands subservience and gets incompetence By Dana Milbank · Read more The gender diversity in the debates will be unprecedented. Here's what it'll tell. By Kelly Dittmar and Debbie Walsh · Read more I was fired for being transgender. It should never happen to anyone else. By Aimee Stephens · Read more Trump was right not to strike Iran. His strategy is working. By Marc Thiessen · Read more There's no scientific consensus that humanity is doomed By David Von Drehle · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News NSA shuttered phone record collection program after repeated mistakes in gathering data The NSA experienced the second such instance last year of "over-collection," an event that helped influence its decision to end the program. By Ellen Nakashima · Read more   Oregon Republicans in 'undisclosed locations' as Senate leader suggests climate bill won't pass Some state leaders fear that the political chaos is a sign that Oregon's legislative process is descending into toxic partisanship. By Joel Achenbach and Maureen O'Hagan · Read more   Is Boris Johnson fit to lead Britain? He's certainly fit for its tabloids. Pretty much everyone expects Johnson to win the contest to be Britain's next prime minister, despite questions about his character and a slew of past and recent controversies. By William Booth and Karla Adam · Read more   Campaign 2020 Democrats gear up to take the debate stage, looking to learn from Trump's example Over the next two days, the debate participants will be looking to find ways to break away from the pack and win the show, much like the president did four years ago. By Ashley Parker · Read more   Campaign 2020 Democrats hope Stacey Abrams holds the key. But can anyone else use it? Stacey Abrams and Rep. Douglas A. Collins battle at a House hearing on voting rights, highlighting her emergence as a sage — and target. By Cleve Wootson and Vanessa Williams · Read more   Campaign 2020 DNC's Tom Perez tries to reimagine the debates. He's found anger at every turn. Perez took over the Democratic National Committee after the controversies of 2016 and has upset candidates and power brokers as he seeks to position it to boost a presidential nominee in 2020. By Michael Scherer · Read more   Today's WorldView | Analysis Forget peace. Trump and Israel want Palestinian surrender. The White House may seek to ply the Palestinians with economic handouts, but it wants the Palestinians' political capitulation. By Ishaan Tharoor · Read more   Women's World Cup | Perspective Megan Rapinoe isn't here to make you comfortable The U.S. women's soccer star is America, in all of its unapologetic complications. By Jerry Brewer · Read more   Voraciously Beyond Meat's latest plant-based burger is meatier, juicier and a big step closer to beef The company has reformulated its Beyond Burger, making it meatier and better looking, with "marbling" to emulate the fat in traditional burgers. It rolls out this week. By Maura Judkis · Read more   YouTuber Etika found dead in East River, following a series of erratic videos and police confrontations Desmond Amofah, known online as Etika, won hundreds of thousands of subscribers by making video-game reaction videos. His work took a disturbing turn in recent months. By Avi Selk · Read more

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