Trump Endorses Brian Kemp Over Casey Cagle in Georgia Governor’s Race
Either Mr. Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, or Mr. Cagle, its lieutenant governor, will face Stacey Abrams in the November election.
Fact Check of the Day: Kudlow Overstates American, Chinese and European Tariffs
Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s top economic adviser, cherry-picked and exaggerated statistics about Chinese and European tariffs and claimed that the United States is the world’s “lowest-tariff country.”
Is Russia Targeting the U.S.? Trump Appears to Say ‘No.’
Hours later, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said that President Trump was answering a different question.
Suspect in Houston Crime Spree Is Charged With Capital Murder
Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, has been linked to three killings and other violent crimes. He was a registered sex offender on parole who had cut his ankle monitor, the police said.
Consumer Bureau Nominee Could Face ‘Bumpy Ride’ Over Lack of Experience
Kathleen Kraninger, who has little experience with the consumer finance products and businesses that the watchdog agency was created to police, will be grilled by lawmakers on Thursday.
Overlooked No More: Beatrice Tinsley, Astronomer Who Saw the Course of the Universe
An insurgent who challenged the academic establishment and became a foremost expert on the aging of galaxies, she was eventually forced to choose between family and career.
Maria Butina, Suspected Secret Agent, Used Sex in Covert Plan, Prosecutors Say
Ms. Butina was arrested over the weekend in Washington and was in contact with Russian intelligence, prosecutors said.
U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Uranium Imports in Sign That Trade War Is Spreading
The Trump administration cited national security concerns in announcing that it was starting an investigation into imported uranium ore, a key ingredient in America’s nuclear arsenal.
New Owners See Hope for California Ghost Town They Bought for $1.4 Million
Cerro Gordo, in the Inyo Mountains of California, became a ghost town after decades of disuse. Its new owners plan to spend about $1 million to make it boom again.
California Today: California Today: Will a Representative’s Views on Russia Affect His Re-election Campaign?
Wednesday: Dana Rohrabacher’s Russia ties are scrutinized, Highway 1 reopens, and critics praise “Blindspotting” and its portrayal of a friendship in Oakland.
In His Latest Account of His Meeting With Putin, Trump Says He Laid Down the Law
But that statement was at odds with how the president had earlier has characterized the meeting and contradicted an answer he appeared to give earlier in the day.
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