Jun 21, 2019

Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissman inks a book deal

Special counsel Robert Mueller leaves a closed 2017 meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Andrew Weissmann, one of special counsel Robert Mueller's top prosecutors, is writing a book for Random House focused on his work during the Russia investigation, the New York Times reports.

The big picture: Weissman's book will be one of the first inside looks from Mueller's team, but the Times reports that it's not clear if it'll provide any new revelations or details about how the investigation operated. He worked on the team that prosecuted President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort — not on the obstruction inquiry against the president.

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Updated 13 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

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  1. Global: Total confirmed cases as of 11:30 a.m. ET: 20,126,452 — Total deaths: 737,285 — Total recoveries: 12,380,410 — Map.
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Sara Fischer
2 hours ago - Economy & Business

Exclusive: Facebook cracks down on political content disguised as local news

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Facebook is rolling out a new policy that will prevent U.S. news publishers with "direct, meaningful ties" to political groups from claiming the news exemption within its political ads authorization process, executives tell Axios.

Why it matters: Since the 2016 election, reporters and researchers have uncovered over 1,200 instances in which political groups use websites disguised as local news outlets to push their point of view to Americans.

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Ina Fried
2 hours ago - Technology

Nationalism and authoritarianism threaten the internet's universality

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Governments around the world, prompted by nationalism, authoritarianism and other forces, are threatening the notion of a single, universal computer network — long the defining characteristic of the internet.

The big picture: Most countries want the internet and the economic and cultural benefits that come with it. Increasingly, though, they want to add their own rules — the internet with an asterisk, if you will. The question is just how many local rules you can make before the network's universality disappears.

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