nytimes.com • Politics
• Rick Gates, the former right-hand man to Paul Manafort, President Trump’s campaign chairman, is being cross-examined by defense lawyers in Mr. Manafort’s trial on bank and tax fraud charges in Alexandria, Va.
cnn.com • World News
University of Southern California President C. L. Max Nikias stepped down from his role effective Tuesday, according to a statement released by the school.
politico.com • Politics
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to remove asylum protections for victims of domestic and gang violence.
wsj.com • Politics
Republican Troy Balderson claimed a razor-thin victory Tuesday night in an Ohio House district that President Trump won by 11 percentage points in 2016—however, the Associated Press says the race is too close to call.
reuters.com • Business
Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday he is considering taking Tesla Inc private in what would be the largest deal of its type, moving the electric car maker out of the glare of Wall Street as it goes through a period of rapid growth under tight financial constraints.
bloomberg.com • Business
Snap Inc.’s second-quarter revenue topped analyst projections, signaling a pickup in demand for mobile advertising even as a controversial redesign of the Snapchat mobile app continued to hinder user growth.
cbsnews.com • Interesting
California Gov. Jerry Brown has called the devastating wildfires tearing through Northern California "part of a trend — a new normal." But one climate scientists says "it's actually worse than that."
foxnews.com • Interesting
A long-anticipated study into the cancer risks of New Mexico residents living near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test likely will be published in 2019, the National Cancer Institute announced.
people.com • Entertainment
Brad Pitt has paid “easily millions” of dollars towards supporting his children, a source says, despite his ex Angelina Jolie’s new court filing claiming he has “paid no meaningful child support” since their split in September 2016.
eonline.com • Entertainment
Kourtney Kardashian and Younes Bendjima have called it quits after nearly two years of dating.
bleacherreport.com • Sports
Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports reported Anthony has agreed to terms on a contract with the Houston Rockets. According to Charania, Anthony told the Rockets he would sign with them after returning from Africa.
sportingnews.com • Sports
Jim Brown is nothing if not consistent. In 2017, the Pro Football Hall of Famer said he would never disrespect the flag and honor his country. He once again made that point before the premiere of Hard Knocks Tuesday.
apnews.com • World News
When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual identities, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.
bbc.com • World News
South Africa will push ahead with plans to amend the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation, its president says.
apnews.com • World News
An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico on Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact then catching fire, but officials said everyone on board escaped alive.
cnn.com • Politics
Special counsel Robert Mueller has referred a collection of cases to New York federal prosecutors concerning whether several high-profile American lobbyists and operatives failed to register their work as foreign agents, according to people familiar with the matter.
politico.com • Politics
Bob Woodward, the legendary Washington Post journalist, was sitting on the couch in press secretary Jay Carney’s office, presenting Obama administration officials with an offer they couldn’t refuse.
washingtonpost.com • Politics
President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort went on trial Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., where prosecutors charged that his personal fortune was propped up by years of lies to tax authorities and banks.
wsj.com • Business
Facebook Inc. said it discovered a new group of accounts that engaged in coordinated political agitation and misinformation efforts ahead of November’s midterm elections, in an echo of Russian activities on the platform during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
reuters.com • Business
The Trump administration plans to propose slapping a 25-percent tariff on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods after initially setting them at 10 percent, in a bid to pressure Beijing into making trade concessions, a source familiar with the plan said on Tuesday.
bloomberg.com • Business
Apple Inc. shares jumped 4 percent in extended trading after the company projected sales suggesting consumers are continuing to snap up the company’s high-end iPhones even as updated models are on the horizon.
huffingtonpost.com • Interesting
A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked the planned release of 3-D printed gun blueprints hours before they were set to hit the internet, siding with states that sued to halt publication of designs to make weapons that security screening may not detect.
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