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Former U.S.

Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says he is stepping away from his public duties.

Summers is facing backlash over his email exchanges with late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

NPR's Giles Snyder reports.

The Trump administration is preparing to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

The announcement comes amid concerns that the sale could lead to China gaining access to U.S.

technology that's linked to the advanced weapons system.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to discuss that plan and other deals Tuesday during his first official visit to Washington.

Bin Salman is also expected to announce a multi-billion dollar investment in U.S.

artificial intelligence infrastructure.

For the past two months, the Trump administration has carried out deadly strikes on small suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

As NPR's Ryan Lucas reports, it is a huge change from decades-old U.S.

policy of intercepting drug boats, seizing the contraband, and prosecuting the crew.

A federal magistrate in Washington is criticizing the Justice Department's prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

Judge William Fitzpatrick cites what he calls fundamental misstatements of the law by the prosecutor who took the case to a grand jury.

Fitzpatrick has also expressed concerns about unexplained irregularities in the grand jury transcripts.

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An Indiana man charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a house cleaner who showed up at the wrong address.

62-year-old Kurt Anderson is facing up to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.