Tuesday's Headlines: Trump shakes up legal team with hiring of lawyer who sees FBI conspiracy

Trump's lawyers turned over documents to Mueller to try to limit interview scope; The Fix: Trump hired a deep-state conspiracy theorist as his lawyer. Here's what Joe diGenova has...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Trump shakes up legal team with hiring of lawyer who sees FBI conspiracy Joe diGenova, a TV pundit and combative former prosecutor, is joining an already fractious group. The hiring prompted fears President Trump is preparing for bigger changes as he faces the Russia inquiry and Stormy Daniels case. By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Robert Costa  •  Read more » Trump's lawyers turned over documents to Mueller to try to limit interview scope Recognizing the extraordinarily high stakes, President Trump's legal team is seeking to curtail his exposure to the special counsel, whom Trump recently attacked in a series of tweets. By Carol D. Leonnig  •   Read more »   The Fix: Trump hired a deep-state conspiracy theorist as his lawyer. Here's what Joe diGenova has said. Joe diGenova seems to have been auditioning for this on Fox News for months. By Aaron Blake  •   Read more »   Trump prepared to hit China with $60 billion in tariffs If implemented, the tariff package would be one of the broadest sets of economic actions imposed by a modern U.S. president against China. By Damian Paletta, Steven Mufson and Josh Dawsey  •   Read more »   Be rational, not emotional, China tells Trump as trade war looms China's premier responded to President Trump's threat of tariffs by promising to open up his country's markets further. By Simon Denyer  •   Read more »   Facebook's rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica The social media giant changed its policies in 2015, but not before apps such as FarmVille and Tinder — as well as the Obama campaign — accessed the network's information trove. By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Tony Romm  •   Read more »   Cambridge Analytica CEO appears to talk about using bribes and sex workers to sway elections on video A British television station's undercover video did not offer evidence that such methods were used during the firm's work for President Trump's 2016 campaign. By Craig Timberg, Tony Romm and Karla Adam  •   Read more »   A black female politician was gunned down in Rio. Now she's a global symbol. Councilwoman Marielle Franco was hit by nine police-issue bullets while in her car. If the goal was to silence a fast-rising black politician who had taken on corrupt officers, Franco's apparent assassination has done the opposite. Her slaying has galvanized debate about racial oppression in Brazil. By Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopes  •   Read more »   How Jared Kushner forged a bond with the Saudi crown prince In courting the royal, who is visiting the United States this week, the president's son-in-law has displayed an un­or­tho­dox approach to diplomacy that has unsettled national security and intelligence officials. By Carol D. Leonnig, Shane Harris, Josh Dawsey and Greg Jaffe  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Stormy Daniels — not Robert Mueller — might spell Trump's doom By Richard Cohen  •   Read more »   All hail Ryan Zinke, our imperial viceroy By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   We are not 'globalists.' We're Americans. By Michael Gerson  •   Read more »   It's not your imagination. Trump is getting worse. By Eugene Robinson  •   Read more »   Trump is bent on destroying one of our winningest exports By Catherine Rampell  •   Read more »   Trump's attacks are escalating. Here's how Republicans could protect Mueller. By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania The 2018 elections are likely to be held under a map much more favorable to Democrats. The 2011 map that has been used this decade has resulted in Republicans consistently winning 13 of the state's 18 congressional seats. Under the new map, analysts say Republicans start with an edge in 10. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »     Mississippi governor signs nation's toughest abortion law, banning the procedure after 15 weeks The law and a lawsuit challenging it set up a confrontation sought by abortion opponents, who are hoping federal courts will ultimately prohibit abortions before a fetus is viable. Some experts said a change in the law is unlikely unless the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court changes. By Jeff Amy and Sarah Mearhoff | AP  •   Read more »   Austin on edge after fourth blast shifts worries from targeted attacks to public space Anxious Texans huddled inside their homes as investigators scrambled for clues at the scene of the city's fourth mysterious explosion, which marked an escalation in both the tactics and skills displayed by the bomber or bombers, police said. By Eva Ruth Moravec, Mark Berman, Devlin Barrett and Meagan Flynn  •   Read more »   Analysis After a public shaming, this young-adult author rewrote her book Keira Drake's debut, "The Continent," was slammed for using racial stereotypes for her characters. Unlike many authors, she overhauled the book. The Post compared the old advance copy with a newly revised copy and spoke with Drake about changes she made. By Story by Everdeen Mason | Photo by Marvin Joseph  •   Read more »   Congressional negotiators race to finalize $1.3 trillion spending bill before shutdown deadline Bipartisan congressional leaders remained locked in negotiations on several issues, including immigration and health care, and the eleventh-hour wrangling threatened to delay the bill's release. By Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, has died, putting his species on the brink of extinction The species can now only be saved by in vitro fertilization, a costly and unprecedented intervention. By Max Bearak  •   Read more »   Brother of Parkland shooting suspect trespassed onto Marjory Stoneman Douglas High to 'soak it in,' police say Despite previous warnings by school officials to stay off the property, Zachary Cruz, 18, told deputies he skateboarded through the school grounds because he wanted to "reflect on the school shooting," according to his arrest report. By Marwa Eltagouri and Mark Berman  •   Read more »   There's a small chance an asteroid will slam into Earth in 2135. NASA is working on a plan. Forward-thinking astrophysicists and people who specialize in blowing things up with nuclear weapons have come up with a way to stop it. An engineer insists it is just theoretical. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. 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