Evening Edition: Three former Trump campaign officials charged in Russia probe

Papadopoulos met with Russian who sought to broker relationship with Trump campaign; With charges, Trump's 'fake news' claim is harder to defend

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Three former Trump campaign officials charged in Russia probe The charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his longtime business partner Rick Gates and former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos mark the first criminal allegations to come from probes into possible Russian influence in U.S. political affairs. By Matt Zapotosky, Rosalind S. Helderman and Carol D. Leonnig  •  Read more » Papadopoulos met with Russian who sought to broker relationship with Trump campaign Prosecutors say a Russian-connected professor whom George Papadopoulos met with in early 2016 said he had information on Hillary Clinton that included thousands of the Democrat's emails. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger  •   Read more »   The Fix • Analysis With charges, Trump's 'fake news' claim is harder to defend President Trump has consistently claimed that the Russia investigation is fake and a hoax. But today's revelations from the special counsel show it is very real. By Amber Phillips  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The indictment against Manafort and Gates, annotated There are 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and making false statements. Let's break it all down. By Aaron Blake  •   The Fix | Analysis   •   Read more » The plea deal and charges against Papadopoulos Papadopoulos, a former campaign adviser to President Trump, pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to federal officials. Read the criminal information, plea agreement and statement of the offense. Read more » Lawyers say charges send a message to other potential targets: Prosecutors aren't bluffing "This is the way you kick off a big case," a lawyer said after the one-two punch delivered today by the special prosecutor. By Devlin Barrett, Sari Horwitz and Ellen Nakashima  •   Read more »   Probe shakes both parties as Tony Podesta, whose brother led Hillary Clinton's campaign, leaves his lobbying firm The Podesta Group is not named in the newly released court documents, but Tony Podesta is resigning amid the indictments that cast a shadow on work his firm had done with Paul Manafort that may have benefited a Ukrainian regime friendly to the Kremlin. By Tom Hamburger and Carol D. Leonnig  •   Read more »   Why Manafort may have been ensnared by the Mueller inquiry What we know about Trump's former campaign manager and the charges announced today. By Philip Bump  •   Analysis   •   Read more »   Trump says Manafort allegations were from 'years ago,' insists there was 'NO COLLUSION!' The first White House comment about Monday's 12-count indictment came in a pair of tweets from the president. By Philip Rucker  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump expected to nominate former investment banker Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair Powell, a Republican, is widely viewed as a safe pick who is unlikely to make any dramatic changes to Fed's handling of the economy at a time when the stock market is soaring and unemployment is at a 16-year low. The White House intends to announce the selection on Thursday. By Heather Long and Damian Paletta  •   Read more »   Federal judge in D.C. blocks part of Trump's transgender military ban The proposal would have barred recruitment of transgender people into the military and would have forced the dismissal of current transgender service members. By Justin Jouvenal  •   Read more »   The Fix • Analysis John Boehner says he told Sean Hannity: 'You're nuts' The former House speaker goes off on a polarized media environment in which reality is optional. By Callum Borchers  •   Read more »   Trump's 'traitor' remarks about Bowe Bergdahl may lessen the soldier's punishment, judge says But the judge denied a defense motion to dismiss the case against the Army sergeant facing trial for abandoning his post in Afghanistan. Bergdahl faces the potential for life in prison. By Alex Horton  •   Read more »   NBC News terminates Mark Halperin's contract over harassment allegations The political journalist, who was a regular panelist on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," was taken off the air after the charges against him surfaced. By Paul Farhi  •   Read more »   How the prosperity gospel is sparking a major change in the world's most Catholic country Brazil is undergoing religious debates similar to those sparked 500 years ago by Martin Luther — over church riches and corruption, political power and the proper way to read the Bible. 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