Today in News:
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- Anyone questioned by Robert Mueller’s team (FBI Director under George W. Bush & now independent investigator for Russiagate) may find that just having encrypted apps on their phones--which didn’t exist the last time there was a major Washington investigation of this kind—may raise suspicions that they’re hiding information. Under US Criminal Law, documents must be preserved once an individual is aware they may become relevant to an investigation, even if there’s no formal notice one has begun.
- The National Rifle Association (NRA) have motivated some gun owners to purchase insurance policies that could cushion their financial burden in the event that they shoot someone.
- Leaving for his first international trip,Trump left the USA amid tumult---his firing of the FBI Director, Jim Comey; and leaking of classified information to Russian diplomats the day after the Comey firing. Although the trip itself was free of catastrophic missteps, it does not alleviate the pressures that are crowding in at Trump at home---the appointment of Robert Mueller as a special counsel to look into allegations of collusion with Russia; approval ratings that are the worst of any president so early into his tenure; and an uncertain outlook for his major legislative priorities.
- Amid the Russian investigation, it is now known that Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and adviser, spoke with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak in early December of last year about setting up a "secure communications channel ... using Russian diplomatic facilities" in the U.S., according to the report.
- Trump's advisers are planning to establish a "war room" to combat mounting questions about communication between Russia and his presidential campaign before and after November's presidential election, while bringing new aides into the White House, administration officials and persons close to Trump told Reuters. Kushner and Bannon are instrumental in helping with the creation of this room.
- At the end of a G7 summit, "The entire discussion of climate was very difficult, if not to say very dissatisfying," German Chancellor Angela Merkal said. "There are no indications that the United States will stay with the Paris Agreement or not."
- U.S. President Donald Trump has told "confidants," including the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave a landmark international agreement on climate change.
- A white supremacist fatally stabbed two passengers aboard a Portland, Oregon, commuter train after they tried to stop him from harassing two young women who appeared to be Muslim, police said on Saturday.
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