Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions
New York Times
The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department's civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to an internal announcement obtained by the New York Times. FBI Agents Call D.C. Death of Ex-Putin Aide a Russian Hit
BuzzFeed News
The death was officially ruled an accident, but two FBI agents say Vladimir Putin's former media czar was the victim of a Russian hit in a Dupont Circle hotel room on the eve of a meeting with the Justice Department. In the latest installment in a series on lethal Kremlin skulduggery, BuzzFeed reports that some American officials fear the threat has hit home. Ben Rhodes a Person of Interest in Unmasking Probe
Circa News
Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes is a person of interest in the House Intelligence Committee's unmasking investigation, according to a letter sent Tuesday by the committee to the National Security Agency. Rhodes joins Susan Rice, Samantha Power and John Brennan among Obama officials named in the probe. Trump Team Said to Work With Fox on Dead DNC Staffer Story
NPR
Fox News and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked together under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story, later retracted, about the death of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit. The plaintiff, a longtime paid Fox commentator, said the network and the Trump supporter intended to deflect public attention from the Trump-Russia story. Woman Serves 9 Years for Murder Because of Buried Evidence
New York Times
Noura Jackson was sentenced to decades in prison for the murder of her mother, who was stabbed 50 times. It later emerged that the prosecutor's office had withheld evidence, but by the time her conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. The case is not unique: This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished. Texas Police Holding Back Documents About ISIS Attack
Washington Examiner
Police in Garland, Texas, are refusing to release documents that could show an FBI agent allowed a 2015 terrorist attack on a "Draw Mohammed" contest to go ahead in order to avoid blowing his cover. A security guard injured in the attack wants answers: "60 Minutes" reported that an agent was right behind the terrorists' car and taking pictures of the men just before they opened fire. Dangerous, ‘Silent Reservoir' for Gonorrhea: The Throat
New York Times
Drug-resistant gonorrhea has been on the rise globally for years. Now scientists say the epidemic is being driven by a particular mode of transmission: oral sex. Only one commercially available antibiotic still consistently works against drug-resistant strains. But that's no match for so-called super gonorrhea. | 
