Evening Edition: Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer said to have been set up by family with Kremlin ties

The Fix: Trump Jr. contradicted previous White House denials of Russian contacts; Trump accuses Comey of 'illegal' leak after misleading Fox News clip; Trump aides learn the perils of speaking for a president who changes his story; Bernie Sanders's wife pushed for a loan that crippled a Vermont college. A federal probe is gathering steam.; North Korea's surprising, lucrative relationship with Africa; Democrats' internal dispute over the white working class may be coming to a head; Iraq's prime minister announces victory against the Islamic State in Mosul; A drug company tried to make opioids harder to abuse. It backfired.; New research reinforces theory that Arctic climate change can cause extreme weather in North America; Are Americans moved by Trump's media-as-enemy war cry? The opposite may be true.; Ivanka Trump’s unlikely defender in G-20 controversy? Angela Merkel.; 'It went straight towards him': Shark bites fleeing Florida swimmer;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russian lawyer said to have been set up by family with Kremlin ties A publicist who represents the pop star son of a Moscow real estate developer confirmed that Emin Agalarov requested the meeting. Agalarov's father helped sponsor the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant in Russia in 2013, and the family previously signed a preliminary deal to build a tower with the Trump name in the Russian capital. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more » The Fix: Trump Jr. contradicted previous White House denials of Russian contacts For an administration and campaign that have repeatedly denied contact with Russians and had their denials blow up in their faces, it's yet another dubious chapter. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump accuses Comey of 'illegal' leak after misleading Fox News clip A "Fox & Friends" segment accused the former FBI director of "putting our national security at risk." The president followed up quickly with his thoughts on Twitter. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Daily 202 | Analysis Trump aides learn the perils of speaking for a president who changes his story Many senior administration officials have sacrificed their personal reputations by making dubious or even false statements — only to be undercut by the president himself hours later. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Bernie Sanders's wife pushed for a loan that crippled a Vermont college. A federal probe is gathering steam. Jane Sanders led the purchase of more than 32 acres for Burlington College. Trustees said they were misled about how a $6.7 million loan would be repaid, and the 160-student school was forced to close last year. A spokesman for Sanders and her husband, the senator and former Democratic presidential candidate, said the inquiry is driven by the GOP and "right out of the Benghazi playbook." By Shawn Boburg and Jack Gillum  •  Read more »   North Korea's surprising, lucrative relationship with Africa The continent is dotted with buildings and statues built by Pyongyang, which has for years used African nations as financial lifelines in the face of mounting sanctions. But the infrastructure deals and military equipment sales are only part of the problem, as many African leaders maintain close ties to the regime. By Kevin Sieff  •  Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis Democrats' internal dispute over the white working class may be coming to a head The party is unified in opposition to the president but split over an agenda of its own — particularly when it comes to bringing back the voters who flocked to Donald Trump in 2016. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Iraq's prime minister announces victory against the Islamic State in Mosul The nine-month battle to recapture Mosul was the deadliest and most difficult in the ongoing campaign against the extremist group. By Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Wonkblog | Analysis A drug company tried to make opioids harder to abuse. It backfired. Chemists are looking for new ways to make pain medications safer, but one early attempt made the product more dangerous and led to the FDA requesting it be pulled from the market. By Keith Humphreys  •  Read more »   New research reinforces theory that Arctic climate change can cause extreme weather in North America The study found that a rapidly warming Arctic Ocean is followed by colder temperatures across North America. And that's bad news for agriculture. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Perspective Are Americans moved by Trump's media-as-enemy war cry? The opposite may be true. The media's negative poll numbers, although high, haven't changed in a year. But positive views of the press are on the rise with some segments of the public. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   WorldViews | Analysis Ivanka Trump’s unlikely defender in G-20 controversy? Angela Merkel. The president's daughter was burdened by scandal after she filled in for her father during a meeting of world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more »   'It went straight towards him': Shark bites fleeing Florida swimmer Lifeguards north of Miami spotted the animal and signaled for swimmers to get out of the water, but the five-foot-long bull shark grabbed one man by the legs. He is expected to survive his injuries, authorities said. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. 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