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Post Nation Dana Boente, former top Justice Department official now at FBI, has been interviewed by Mueller and turned over notes The interview is significant because it shows how Mueller is exploring whether the president obstructed justice and keying in on conversations he had with his former FBI director James Comey. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » The Fix • Analysis Trump's flimsy case for firing Rod Rosenstein After the FBI raid on Trump's personal lawyer, the deputy attorney general is directly in the line of fire. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   PowerPost Bipartisan senators expected to release compromise special counsel bill The joint legislation comes in the wake of President Trump's latest tirade against special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. But it is not clear whether Republicans will put it to a floor vote. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Senate Republicans express concerns about Trump's choice to lead Veterans Affairs Several GOP senators have joined Democrats in questioning whether Ronny L. Jackson has the needed management experience to run the agency. By Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »   PowerPost • Analysis Congress shows some might on military authority after years of inertia Senators are close to drafting a new war resolution, nearly two decades after Sept. 11 and years of allowing Bush, Obama and Trump to operate without many congressional limits. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Monkey Cage • Analysis Nearly 4 million black voters are missing. This is why. Early death and incarceration are distorting U.S. politics. By David Cottrell, Michael C. Herron, Javier M. Rodriguez and Daniel A. Smith  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Fact Checker • Analysis Did a hedge fund 'bankrupt' a Wisconsin town? Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) claims a hedge fund shut down a factory. But the investors didn't even have control of the company. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   PowerPost Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Trump 'asked me to switch parties' The centrist Democrat said the two talked about it at Trump Tower in late 2016 By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Federal probe into Trump's lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved the move to seek a search warrant that led to Monday's raids on Michael D. Cohen's office and home. By Ashley Parker, Devlin Barrett, Carol D. Leonnig and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigns His resignation is the latest in sweeping changes of the president's national security team. By Josh Dawsey, Greg Jaffe and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   Firing Rosenstein would pose a major threat to Mueller's investigation Giving someone else authority over Mueller could quietly tie his hands. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   PowerPost Senate Republican leaders warn Trump but reject calls to pass legislation to protect Mueller GOP leaders issued blunt warnings, but did not embrace passing a law to shield the special counsel. By Sean Sullivan, Seung Min Kim and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis 7 takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's marathon congressional testimony For one thing, Facebook is cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Analysis The evisceration of the Trump administration, by the numbers Half of his "A Team," a quarter of his Cabinet and 60 percent of his initial White House staff left or are in new roles. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis We may soon learn a lot more about that $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels The FBI is apparently trying to determine whether Cohen's story about the Daniels payment checks out. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get The Finance 202 newsletter Your daily guide to where Wall Street meets Washington. Sign Up  »

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