Mon, Jun 29 2020

The Washington Post – Ellen Nakashima, Karen DeYoung, Missy Ryan, John Hudson – Jun 28, 5:00 PM

The intelligence was passed up from the U.S. Special Operations forces based in Afghanistan and led to a restricted high-level White House meeting in late March, the people said. The meeting led to broader discussions about possible responses to…

As countries begin to reopen their economies, face masks, an essential tool for slowing the spread of coronavirus, are struggling to gain acceptance in the West. One culprit: Governments and their scientific advisers. Researchers and politicians…

The Washington Post – Elizabeth Dwoskin, Craig Timberg, Tony Romm – Jun 28, 3:25 PM

To Facebook's executives in Washington, the post didn't appear to violate its policies, which allows leaders to post about government use of force if the message is intended to warn the public — but it came right up to the line. The deputies…

The Washington Post – Ashley Parker, Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey – Jun 28, 12:55 PM

But so far, the campaign has settled only on incremental changes — such as hiring and elevating a handful of operatives who worked on Trump's upset victory in 2016 — and has yet to settle on a clear message for his reelection.

WASHINGTON — United States intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to pay bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan…