Your Monday Evening Briefing

Bannon, North Korea, El Salvador | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, June 4, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Monday Evening Briefing]( By DANIEL VICTOR, JOUMANA KHATIB AND DAVID SCULL Good evening. Here’s the latest. Tom Brenner/The New York Times 1. President Trump is asserting [a broad view of executive power](. On Twitter, he called the appointment of the special counsel in the Russia investigation “totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” and said he had the ability to pardon himself. [Whether he has that power]( is unclear; no president has ever tried it. His comments followed [our report]( on a confidential memo in which his lawyers laid out their case to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, that Mr. Trump could not have obstructed justice because he has complete authority over federal investigations and could terminate the inquiry at any time. _____ KCNA, via Reuters 2. When Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, meets with President Trump in Singapore on June 12, infinitesimal details will be decided by [tricky diplomatic]( [negotiations](. Mr. Kim also plans to meet with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, [according to North Korean state media](. But if diplomacy is on the move, trade issues are growing thornier. Weekend talks between the U.S. and China [ended in an impasse]( and G-7 finance ministers meeting in Canada issued a rare rebuke to the U.S. for hitting even allies with tariffs. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in the unenviable position of [trying to be a voice of moderation](. _____ Tom Brenner/The New York Times 3. The Supreme Court [sided with a baker in Colorado]( who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012. Writing for the majority in the 7-2 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy said a state commission had “some elements of a clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs that motivated his objection.” At the same time, the decision strongly reaffirmed protections for gay rights, and left open the possibility that cases raising similar issues could have a different outcome. _____ Josh Haner/The New York Times 4. The results of California’s primary elections on Tuesday will echo across the nation, with Democrats hoping to flip several congressional seats there. We’ll have [live updates]( from 30 Times journalists throughout the state. National Democrats have [poured millions of dollars]( into the state, hoping to avoid disaster. Here are [the races to watch]( and an explanation of California’s unusual “[jungle primary]( system. Howard Schultz announced that he would [step down as executive chairman of Starbucks]( adding to speculation that he is considering a presidential run in 2020. _____ Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters 5. Facebook gave dozens of device makers, including Apple and Samsung, [access to vast amounts of user data]( our reporting team found. Facebook disputed some of their conclusions, including that the partnerships allowed device companies access to the data of users’ friends without their explicit consent. Our report shows you how pervasive the data sharing is. And at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference this week, Apple will likely tackle issues of privacy, digital security and tech addiction. [Here are today’s highlights](. _____ Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 6. The death toll jumped to 62 in Guatemala, where [a volcano erupted twice]( about 30 miles away from the capital on Sunday. The hunt for an unknown number of missing people continues. Ash spread over a nine-mile radius, affecting some two million people. Janine Krippner, a volcanologist, stressed the extreme danger of the Guatemalan eruption’s quickly moving avalanches. In contrast, the slow-and-steady lava flows at [Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano]( are exacting a largely economic toll. _____ William DeShazer for The New York Times 7. Tens of thousands of women with early-stage breast cancer can safely forgo chemotherapy, [a major study found]( sparing them a toxic treatment. Tests on tumor samples can show whether certain genes are more or less active. The study, which included women like Bari Brooks of White House, Tenn., above, raised the cutoff level so that many more women can skip chemotherapy, instead taking a drug that blocks the hormone estrogen or stops the body from making it. As one doctor put it: “I’ll be able to look people in the eye and say, ‘We analyzed your tumor, you have a really good prognosis and you actually don’t need chemotherapy.’ That’s a nice thing to be able to say to somebody.” _____ Luke Sharrett for The New York Times 8. Senior officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [regularly overrule their inspectors]( recommendations that gun dealers lose their licenses. Our report is based on interviews with more than half a dozen current and former law enforcement officials and a review of more than 100 inspection reports. Scrutiny of gun regulation and enforcement has been heightened by the frequency of school shootings. On Sunday, the families of four students killed in February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., [accepted diplomas]( on behalf of the students. Patricia Oliver, the mother of Joaquin Oliver, wore a shirt that read in bold letters: “This should be my son.” _____ Pauline Ballet/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 9. Serena Williams [withdrew from the French Open]( shortly before her match with Maria Sharapova, saying she was unable to serve because of an injury to her right pectoral muscle. It was the latest setback in her return from giving birth to her daughter in September. Tonight, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Las Vegas Golden Knights hope to even their series with the Washington Capitals. The puck drops at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBC. _____ Rick Loomis for The New York Times 10. Finally, happy birthday to Dr. Ruth. A Times reporter [sat down with the dynamo therapist]( who is hitting 90, to talk about everything from the royal wedding to her new TV show. She’ll celebrate tonight at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan, where she is a board member. 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