Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand is next in line if Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein recuses himself from the Russia probe — which he privately admitted he may need to do since he may need to serve as a witness on James Comey's firing.
It's "only a matter of time" before this becomes Brand's responsibility, says Matt Miller, justice and security analyst for MSNBC and former DOJ.
What it means: Whoever serves in this role makes decisions about resources for Special Counsel Bob Mueller's probe into Trump-Russia and has a final say over whether a prosecution can ultimately take place. That probe's significance can't be stressed enough — it just expanded to include an investigation into whether Trump obstructed justice, potential financial crimes of Trump associates, and Jared Kushner's business dealings.
As the Chinese bike-sharing craze continues, Mobike has raised $600 million in new funding led by Tencent. This comes just months after the company had raised $300 million.
Context: China currently accounts for around 67% of the global on-demand transportation market, according to Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker's latest Internet Trends Report.
Competition: In March, Mobike rival Ofo closed $450 million in funding, and smaller competitor Bluegogo announced $58 million a day prior.
Russia claimed Friday that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, was killed in a May airstrike just outside Raqqa, the group's capital city. In a later statement, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said they didn't have "100% confirmation."
Details, per AP: "The Defense Ministry said the air raid on May 28 that targeted an IS meeting held on the southern outskirts of Raqqa in Syria also killed about 30 mid-level militant leaders and about 300 other fighters."
The case for caution: "There had been previous reports of al-Baghdadi being killed but they did not turn out to be true."
The U.S. isn't commenting: "The spokesman for the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition said in a statement Friday he could not confirm the Russian claim."
This article has been updated to include more recent Russian hedging on their initial claims.
