Mueller Probing Trump for Possible Obstruction
Washington Post
The special counsel investigating Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials about whether President Trump tried to obstruct justice, unnamed officials said. The move by Robert Mueller to investigate Trump's own conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI inquiry. For Refugees in U.S., Freedom's Just Another Word for Self-Reliance
RealClearInvestigations/Columbia Journalism School
Many refugees new to America hold romantic ideas about life in a country where citizens are guaranteed so many rights and freedoms. But they soon learn, often the hard way, about the strong traditions of self-reliance in America - and how little time they have to adapt. A collaboration with the Columbia Journalism School. Another Death in Britain Looks Like a Kremlin Hit Job
BuzzFeed
Alexander Perepilichnyy, a Russian financier who fled to Britain, was found dead outside his home in Surrey after returning from a mysterious trip to Paris in 2012. An expert detected signs of a fatal plant poison in his stomach, but British police have insisted there was no evidence of foul play. Now evidence has emerged of a Kremlin assassination plot, and Theresa May's government is taking heat for not coming clean about it. The Man Who Spent 35 Years in Prison Without a Trial
Marshall Project
Finally free, Jerry Hartfield, accused of killing a woman, spent decades in prison in Texas without a valid conviction. His story is one of justice delayed and denied, and of a criminal justice system that failed to notice an untried prisoner grinding in the procedural gears. Trump May Be Turning Off Europeans to Right-Wing Populists
FiveThirtyEight
Data journalist Nate Silver makes the case that Donald Trump's election is not heralding a populist, nationalist boom in other countries. To the contrary, Trump may be dampening populism's appeal in Europe. True, candidates like Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders enjoyed brief popularity surges after Trump's victory, but election results across Europe are signaling that any buzz around candidates in that mold is momentary noise. Veterans Losing Out on Home Bids
News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
After returning from duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, Josh Williamson found his Veterans Affairs loan benefits of little help in establishing civilian roots. They thwarted home ownership. With few and underpaid appraisers, the VA often doesn't meet own guideline of 14 days to approve loans. So no surprise that sellers in hot markets like Washington's Puget Sound reject bids from veterans in favor of buyers with conventional financing. Hacking a Pacemaker Isn't Science Fiction
Arizona Republic
How do you stop a hacker from hijacking your heart? Digital connectedness of medical devices is a boon to both doctors and patients, but it also means that in-body devices are susceptible to the same attacks as hospital computer systems and elections software. | 
