Tuesday's Headlines: Republicans on House panel find no proof of collusion; input from Democrats excluded

Trump blocks Singapore firm's $117 billion bid for U.S. mobile chipmaker, citing national security concerns; Three packages that exploded at Austin homes are connected, police say;...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Republicans on House panel find no proof of collusion; input from Democrats excluded A draft report from House Intelligence Committee Republicans on their year-long Russia probe is expected to be met with backlash from Democrats. Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-Tex.) noted that the worst the panel uncovered was "perhaps some bad judgment." President Trump responded to the findings by reiterating on Twitter his stance that there was "NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION." By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more » Trump blocks Singapore firm's $117 billion bid for U.S. mobile chipmaker, citing national security concerns Experts say the government's investigation into Broadcom's hostile bid for Qualcomm has been unusual in its speed and intensity, a sign that the United States is concerned about putting mobile technology into the hands of an Asian company. By Hamza Shaban  •   Read more »   Three packages that exploded at Austin homes are connected, police say One package bomb attack on Monday and another earlier this month killed a 17-year-old male and a 39-year-old man — both of them from prominent African American families. Authorities are exploring whether the blasts could be hate crimes. By Eva Ruth Moravec, Mark Berman, Amy B Wang and Matt Zapotosky  •   Read more »   Critic's Notebook An NRA video violated more than a copyright by featuring this artist's sculpture — and he's calling it out Anish Kapoor fought with the NRA to have a scene featuring his Chicago sculpture "Cloud Gate" removed from a video it produced. He slammed the gun advocacy group for trying to rebrand "emblems of liberal America" as "foreign" and thus threatening. By Philip Kennicott  •   Read more »   Sessions says gun buyers who lie on background checks to face aggressive prosecution The Justice Department also will increase the presence of law enforcement officers at schools, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said while outlining part of the Trump administration's response to last month's school shooting in Parkland, Fla. By Sari Horwitz  •   Read more »   Stakes are high for the GOP in a special House election in a Trumpian slice of Pennsylvania Tuesday's contest between Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb could be a harbinger of November's midterms. A loss in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District could shatter hopes that Trump's core voters will turn out this fall and save the GOP's House majority. By David Weigel and Robert Costa  •   Read more »   Analysis: The district in play will be split in four come November. But Tuesday's election still matters. The winning candidate won't get to vote on much before the district disappears this fall. But the race still means a lot to both parties. By Kevin Uhrmacher and Reuben Fischer-Baum  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   The unappreciated genius of Betsy DeVos By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   Trump's surrender By Eugene Robinson  •   Read more »   Hey, Putin: Don't pin this on the Jews By Catherine Rampell  •   Read more »   Trump evangelicals have sold their souls By Michael Gerson  •   Read more »   Don't forget: 'Dreamers' are being bartered for a wall By Richard Cohen  •   Read more »   Who's afraid of the NRA? Trump. By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   The Fix | Analysis Hillary Clinton takes her 'deplorables' argument for another spin Clinton suggested this weekend that President Trump's supporters "didn't like black people getting rights" and "don't like women, you know, getting jobs." By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »     The Metropolitan Opera's James Levine, once on the cover of Time, has been fired for alleged sexual abuse Levine, 74, music director of the Met for 40 years, is one of the world's best known conductors. By Travis M. Andrews  •   Read more »   WorldViews | Perspective What a brave Russian scientist told me about Novichok, the nerve agent identified in the spy attack The Russians had been working on it for years, before word got out in 1992. By Will Englund  •   Read more »   'This visit is a political stunt:' Trump's California trip draws criticism from state leaders President Trump's plans to visit San Diego on Tuesday and see prototypes for his long-promised wall are expected to draw protests on both sides of the border. By John Wagner  •   Read more »   Trump speaks with Larry Kudlow about joining White House as economic adviser The media personality and advocate of low taxes and free trade has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Gary Cohn, who left after the president announced tariffs on steel and aluminum, as director of the White House's National Economic Council, people briefed on the process said. By Robert Costa, Damian Paletta and Josh Dawsey  •   Read more »   Doctors find air pocket where part of man's brain should be Doctors were "very perplexed by the images," which were published in the medical journal BMJ Case Reports. By Amy B Wang  •   Read more »   Winner of a $560 million Powerball jackpot can keep the money and her secret, judge rules New Hampshire woman does not have to publicly disclose her name, but must reveal her hometown. By Marwa Eltagouri, Eli Rosenberg and Cleve R. 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