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Disinformation, seeded by bots and trolls, invades Mexico's election
A message on social media earlier this year set off a low-level panic on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms in Mexico. It wasn't true.
- by Kirk Semple and Marina Franco
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Justice Department 'won't be extorted' by Congress over Trump probe
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein lashed out at Republican allies of President Donald Trump who have drafted articles of impeachment against him.
- by Eric Tucker
Crime
White supremacist gangs arrested in Texas
Gang members arrested included four accused in a kidnapping in which a hatchet was used to chop off a victim's finger.
Immigration
Migrants in caravan start seeking US asylum
Central Americans who travelled in a caravan through Mexico to the border with San Diego have begun turning themselves in to US authorities.
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The questions Robert Mueller wants to ask Donald Trump
Special counsel Robert Mueller has at least four dozen questions he wants to ask President Donald Trump. Here they are.
- by Matt Apuzzo and Michael S. Schmidt
China
White House mulls restricting Chinese researchers over espionage fears
The Trump administration, concerned about China's growing tech prowess, is considering laws to block Chinese citizens from doing sensitive research in the US.
- by Ana Swanson and Keith Bradsher
Breaking
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Donald Trump grants temporary extension on steel tariffs for Australia
President Donald Trump has reached an agreement in principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil, a source familiar with the decision said on Monday.
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Stormy Daniels sues Donald Trump over one of his tweets
The adult film actress Stormy Daniels on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing US President Donald Trump of defamation for one of his tweets.
- by Jonathan Stempel
Courts
Bill Cosby juror reveals Cosby's own comments led to conviction
It was one comment that the actor-comedian made in a 2005 deposition that sealed his fate, the 22-year-old juror revealed.
Good Weekend
Generation Z: politicised by necessity and already changing the world
Barely at voting age, post-Millennials are proving potent advocates for change, outstripping generations before them politically. Their role model? Harry Potter.
- by Amelia Lester
USA
A Yellowstone geyser has experienced unusual eruptions lately, and scientists can't explain why
The Steamboat Geyser has erupted three times in the past six weeks in an unusual pattern that hasn't occurred since 2003.
- by Alex Horton