Prosecutors said in a court filing Wednesday that certain material in the Mueller report about Roger Stone's case will be redacted, as the longtime Trump adviser won't go to trial until November,
Details: Attorney General Bill Barr has said he will redact information that falls into 4 categories, one of which includes "material that could affect other ongoing matters." In the court filing, prosecutors also said that once the redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the public Thursday morning, the Justice Department will provide "a limited number" of members of Congress with a version of report that does not include "certain redactions."
China recently declined to issue a visa to Michael Pillsbury, an informal adviser to President Trump on China policy, in an unusual move that comes as the Trump administration steps up its scrutiny of Chinese experts attempting to travel to the U.S.
Why it matters: Trump has praised Pillsbury, a hawkish former Pentagon official and author, as "the leading authority on China." Pillsbury regularly discusses China with Trump, including during an Oval Office meeting about a month ago. Pillsbury told Axios he has visited China over 50 times since the 1970s and this is the first time his visa request hasn't been approved.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, who is leading President Trump's "peace team," said in a briefing to foreign ambassadors today that the White House will "start unveiling" its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan after the month of Ramadan and after the new Israeli government is formed, according to people who attended the meeting.
Why it matters: Ramadan ends on June 5, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government is expected to be formed around then. It is unclear if the entire plan will be released at one time or in stages. A possible scenario is that the economic component will be published first, followed by the political plan at a later stage.
The newly formed Brexit Party, founded in February by former U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, is leading all other parties in the U.K.'s latest European Parliament election poll by YouGov.
Why it matters: Prime Minister Theresa May promised European leaders that the U.K. would participate in next month's elections in order to secure a Brexit extension, though the country can still avoid that fate if the House of Commons is able to pass a deal before May 23. If Brits who favor remaining in the European Union thought holding European elections might bolster their position and undermine a push toward Brexit, this latest poll suggests they could be very, very wrong.
Satellite images of North Korea’s main nuclear site show railcar activity that could be associated with the reprocessing of radioactive material into bomb fuel, the Center for Strategic and International Studies said Tuesday.
"In the past these specialized railcars appear to have been associated with the movement of radioactive material or reprocessing campaigns. The current activity, along with their configurations, does not rule out their possible involvement in such activity, either before or after a reprocessing campaign."
The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia argued in a court filing Monday that the Washington Post's request to release sealed and redacted records related to Paul Manafort's case should be rejected because of the existence of several "ongoing investigations."
"The redactions at issue were undertaken and approved recently — from December 2018, through March 2019. No material changes have occurred in these past months. Although the Special Counsel has concluded his work, he has also referred a number of matters to other offices. The ongoing investigations that required redactions — many of which were already being conducted by other offices — remain ongoing."
