Mueller complained that Barr's letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe  —  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William P. Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into President Trump …

Clashes erupt in Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaidó, with troops, announces ‘final phase’ against President Maduro  —  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Tuesday with troops at a Caracas military base to announce a “final phase” to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.

Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore has a 25-year track record of criticizing gender advancement  —  Trump Fed pick: Critics are ‘pulling a Kavanaugh’ on me  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump's pick to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, once dismissed the Violence Against Women Act as the …

Schumer says Trump and Democrats agreed to $2 trillion figure on infrastructure  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Trump and Democrats agreed to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure over 25 years in a “constructive” White House meeting, and will meet again in three weeks on how to pay for it.

A Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism  —  By publishing a bigoted cartoon, The Times ignored the lessons of history, including its own.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

Schiff Hires Ex-Chief of FBI Financial Crimes Section as House Intel Probes Trump's Finances  —  Patrick Fallon jumps from the upper echelon of the bureau to Congress as Democrats ramp up investigations of president's finances.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman …

47 percent of black women say they'd back Biden: poll  —  Nearly half of black women say they would support former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary, according to a new Morning Consult poll.  —  Forty-seven percent of black women surveyed for the poll said Biden …

At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours without pay  —  HILLSDALE, N.Y. — His bosses at the Trump country club called it “side work.”  —  On some nights, after the club's Grille Room closed, head waiter Jose Gabriel Juarez …

Congressional Democrats' emoluments lawsuit targeting President Trump's private business can proceed, judge says  —  The decision sets the stage for lawmakers to possibly begin seeking documents and depositions from the Trump Organization.  — Jonathan O'Connell, Ann E. Marimow, Carol D. Leonnig -

The hiring spreadsheet and the clash at The Markup  —  There are things about the recent implosion of The Markup that make it unique—in particular, that it raised $23 million with nothing but a trio of co-founders and a brief description of the product they wanted to create.

We Asked All Of The 2020 Presidential Candidates Their Thoughts On Vaccines.  Here's What They Said.  —  Measles, an extremely contagious and potentially dangerous disease, continues to spread in the US, with more than 700 cases so far this year in outbreaks that public health officials …

Announcing Slow Burn Season 3  —  Slow Burn, Slate's critically acclaimed narrative podcast, will return for a third season this year.  Once again Slow Burn will retell the story of one of the biggest crimes of the 20th century.  But this time we're turning our attention away from political scandal …

Barack and Michelle Obama Set Expansive Film and TV Slate at Netflix  —  The seven projects, in various stages of development, include three features and four TV series.  —  Barack and Michelle Obama's Netflix-based production company Higher Ground has set an expansive first slate of projects.

Kentucky's 2019 teacher of the year shuns White House visit in protest of Trump  —  Kentucky's 2019 teacher of the year skipped a formal ceremony at the White House on Monday — a snub Jessica Dueñas said was in protest of the Trump administration's embrace of school-choice policies.

Trump Wants to Block Deutsche Bank From Sharing His Financial Records  —  Over two decades, Deutsche Bank lent Donald J. Trump billions of dollars, even as his tarnished financial record put him off limits for most of Wall Street.  —  “You are a great friend,” Mr. Trump wrote to his Deutsche Bank contact in 1998.

Dear Republicans: Stop using my father, Ronald Reagan, to justify your silence on Trump  —  Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Wrong Side of Night” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.  —  Dear Republican Party,  —  I have never been part of you, but you have been part of my family for decades.