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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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House Republicans are pledging tough questioning of special counsel Robert Mueller when he testifies before Congress this week as Democrats plan to air evidence of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump in a potentially last-ditch bid to impeach him.

In high-stakes Mueller hearing, there are big risks for everyone

Robert Mueller has vowed he won't go beyond what he's already written about Russia, President Donald Trump and obstruction of justice when he testifies on Wednesday, but there's a lot at stake in how much -- or how little -- he brings to life the dry specifics of his 448-page report.
In this July 16, 2019 photo, Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense nominee Mark Esper testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Esper, an Army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, won Senate confirmation Tuesday to be the Secretary of Defense. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate confirms Army veteran Mark Esper secretary of defense

It took 7 months, but President Donald Trump finally has a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense, Army veteran Mark Esper
President Donald Trump speaks Monday during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump says China is paying his tariffs, but U.S. companies keep getting the bill

Leading business organizations that support Trump's goals say tariffs are a costly and disruptive tool that should be shelved.
In this 1919 photo provided by Chicago History Museum, a crowd of men and armed National Guard stand in front of the Ogden Cafe during race riots in Chicago. Red Summer, as the summer of 1919 came to be known, saw white-on-black violence in big cities like Washington and Chicago and small towns like Elaine, Ark., and Bisbee, Ariz. (Chicago History Museum/The Jun Fujita negatives collection via AP)

Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered

Hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of white mobs during "Red Summer," but little is known nationally about this summer of violence 100 years later
Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada in an undated photo from the Council Bluffs Police Department.
A supermarket worker vanished 10 years ago. He was trapped behind a cooler the whole time.
The coolers made so much noise that Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada's cries for help were likely muffled, police said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at an event in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Two police officers fired for Facebook post that suggested Ocasio-Cortez should be shot
Two Louisiana police officers were fired Monday for a Facebook post that suggested Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., should be shot.
Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks after being announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party in London, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Brexit champion Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will become the country’s next prime minister. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, in his own colorful words
Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, had once said his chances of becoming the country's leader were "about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."
As reports surface regarding how Google tracks consumers, some people are trying to reclaim their online footsteps.
Never-Googlers: Web users take the ultimate step to guard their data
As reports surface regarding how the online advertising giant tracks consumers, some try to reclaim their online footsteps.
Sun-Times: Kankakee Democrats compare KKK hoods to 'MAGA' hats in Facebook post
The Kankakee County Democrats posted -- and since deleted -- an image to Facebook that compared President Donald Trump's signature "Make America Great Again" hats to hoods worn by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
CORRECTS AGE TO 90, INSTEAD OF 91 - In this Oct. 24, 2017, photo, former Chinese Premier Li Peng, places his hands around his neck during the closing session of China's 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Li Peng, a former hard-line Chinese premier best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, has died on Monday July 22, 2019 of unspecified illness. He was 90. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen crackdown, dies
Li Peng, a former hard-line Chinese premier best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, has died
Man dies following apparent fireworks explosion in Chicago
Authorities say a man has died following an apparent explosion involving fireworks in Chicago
In this July 20, 2019, photo, former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in an electrical workers union hall in Las Vegas. Biden is proposing a sweeping criminal justice agenda that would reverse key provisions of the 1994 crime bill he helped author and which rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination have blamed for mass incarceration of racial minorities. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Biden criminal justice plan reverses part of 1994 crime bill
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden plans to propose a criminal justice agenda that would reverse key provisions of the 1994 crime bill he helped write as a senator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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