Prosecutors say longtime Manafort colleague has 'ties' to Russian intelligence; Supreme Court allows travel ban's full enforcement as challenges continue; Hospitals find asthma hot...
| | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors | | | | | New defense by Trump's counsel is dismissed by legal scholars, leaves White House officials baffled | The brazen assertion that a president cannot obstruct justice signaled a controversial defense strategy in the Russia probe as the president's political advisers are increasingly concerned about the legal advice he is receiving. | By Sari Horwitz and Philip Rucker • Read more » | Supreme Court allows travel ban's full enforcement as challenges continue | The justices approved a request from the President Trump's lawyers to lift restrictions on the order — which bans most travelers from eight nations, most with Muslim majorities — that had been imposed by lower courts. The court gave no reason for its decision but said it expected lower-court review of the executive orders to proceed quickly. | By Robert Barnes • Read more » | | | | | Hospitals find asthma hot spots more profitable to neglect than fix | Like other hospitals across the country, Baltimore's prestigious medical centers have done little to address the root causes of asthma attacks — solutions that are relatively easy and inexpensive. But they have collected millions to treat acutely ill Baltimore asthma patients as inpatients or in emergency rooms, records show. | By Jay Hancock, Rachel Bluth and Daniel Trielli • Read more » | | | | | Woman shares new evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17 | Debbie Wesson Gibson, who says she dated Roy Moore in 1981, recently found a high school graduation card she says he gave her at the time and inscribed to her. Moore, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, said in a campaign appearance last week, "I do not know any of these women, did not date any of these women and have not engaged in any sexual misconduct with anyone." | By Stephanie McCrummen • Read more » | | | | | RNC resumes support for Moore after Trump's endorsement | President Trump's backing of the Republican Senate nominee prompted the Republican National Committee and a pro-Trump super PAC to re-enter Alabama a week before voters to the polls, boosting a candidate who had been largely cut off by his party. | By Sean Sullivan, Michael Scherer and David Weigel • Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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