The Washington Soap Opera Continues After These Messages
U.S. News – Attorney General Jeff Sessions Interviewed by Mueller Team in Russia Probe

A Hard Won Audience
Huffington Post – Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Online Town Hall Draws 1 Million Live Viewers

Would You Like Some Spin With That Surgery?
U.S. News – Kentucky to Offer Course Option for Medicaid

Deadly Explosion in Oklahoma
Houston Chronicle – Oklahoma drilling rig explosion deadliest in years

Access to Financial Institutions Is A Key Facet of A Safe and Viable Cannabis Market
Press Release – Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Urges Equal Banking Access for State-Licensed Marijuana Businesses

Puerto Rico’s Government Forced to Spin Off Assets While the Rest of the Country Turns a Blind Eye
NPR – Puerto Rico’s Governor Announces Plan To Privatize Island’s Troubled Electric Utility

The Web of Empire Is Intricate and Sticky
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Suspected U.S. Drone Strike Kills Haqqani Militants In Pakistan

A Deeper Examination of Turkey’s Military Campaign in Syria (Operation Olive Branch)
BBC – How historical Afrin became a prize worth a war
Vox – 2 US allies are killing each other in Syria. It might be America’s fault.
Al Jazeera – What is Russia’s end game in Afrin?
Washington Post – AP Explains: Turkey’s ‘Operation Olive Branch’ in Afrin
Anadolu Agency – Qatari defense minister backs Turkey’s Afrin operation

Erdogan Flexes Trade Muscles
Der Spiegel – Arms for Hostage? Berlin Weighs Tank Deal with Turkey to Free Journalist

Canada To Sign Revised TPP. Job Losses Already On Horizon.
Reuters – Canada to sign Pacific trade deal, labor and auto sectors fume