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The News

July 20, 2017

Perry K. Wong
Jul 20, 2017 · 3 min read

It’s Thursday. In headline news, President Trump claimed in an interview with The New York Times that he wouldn’t have appointed Jeff Sessions attorney general had he known about Sessions’ meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. He went on to berate Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign while playing down the significance of his second discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In other top news, the White House announced that it would halt the CIA’s clandestine arms sales to rebel forces battling the Assad government in Syria; doctors to Senator John McCain discovered that the senator had a brain tumor and an aggressive form of brain cancer; and firefighters evacuated residents of communities near Yosemite National Park endangered by ongoing wildfires in the region.

Anyway, enjoy the day ahead and thanks for reading the newsletter.

Cheers,

The Wonks Team


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