We’re also planning to send a special edition of the Morning Briefing email later today. Attorney General William Barr plans to hold a news conference at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the report before its release. Mr. Barr determined last month that President Trump did not illegally obstruct justice and said that the special counsel had found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. But some members of Mr. Mueller’s team have told associates that the report was more troubling for Mr. Trump than Mr. Barr has indicated. North Korea says it tested a new weaponIn what appeared to be a warning from Kim Jong-un to President Trump, North Korea said today that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon.” There was no evidence that the test involved a nuclear detonation or an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 09:42 UTC