Today's Headlines: Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton

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Mr. Trump, the president's eldest son, arranged a meeting in June 2016 in New York with a Russian lawyer who has connections to the Kremlin.]( [Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton]( By JO BECKER, MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN Donald Trump Jr. is said to have arranged the meeting with the Kremlin-linked lawyer during the campaign after he was told he would be provided with details about Hillary Clinton. [Vice President Mike Pence onstage at the Department of Energy in Washington after President Trump made a speech there last month.]( [At Private Dinners, Pence Quietly Courts Big Donors and Corporate Executives]( By KENNETH P. VOGEL Vice President Mike Pence has undertaken extensive personal outreach to donors, fueling speculation that he is preparing for his own political future. [Friends and relatives of 43 missing students at a protest in Mexico City in 2015 to commemorate the first anniversary of their disappearance. The students from Ayotzinapa had clashed with the police.]( [Spyware Sold to Mexican Government Targeted International Officials]( By AZAM AHMED Investigators looking for 43 students who vanished after clashing with the police say the spying took place during a campaign to block them from solving the case. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Much of the old city of Mosul was destroyed in fierce fighting. Mosul was the largest city in Iraq or Syria held by the Islamic State.]( WORLD [Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives in Mosul to Declare Victory Over ISIS]( By TIM ARANGO and MICHAEL R. GORDON The monthslong battle led to about a thousand deaths among the Iraqi security forces and civilians. Officials must now confront a humanitarian crisis. [A cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India on a pro-Goods and Services Tax sign in New Delhi last month.]( OPINION | Contributing Op-Ed Writer [Modi's Strongman Economics]( By ADAM ROBERTS Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic promises are so extraordinary they must be taken with a deep slurp of salty lime juice. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "My dad has this saying: 'I live for the 12 centimeters of tongue in my mouth.'" [Radha Day]( a New Yorker who has been taking part in Restaurant Week since 2007, describing her love of food. Restaurant Week, an idea that has spread around the world, started in New York 25 years ago this summer. [] Today's Videos [President Trump arriving on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday night.]( [[Video] Video: Trump Sows Confusion Over Russian Hacking]( After his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the Group of 20 summit on Friday, President Trump sent mixed messages about Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. [[Video] Video: Studying Sharks, Up Close and Personal]( Join researchers from Nova Southeastern University in 360 degrees as they conduct shark tagging and genetic field work off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. [] World [President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, left, welcoming Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson for their meeting in Kiev on Sunday.]( [Tillerson Says Russia Must Restore Ukraine Territory, or Sanctions Stay]( By DAVID E. SANGER The secretary of state, on a visit to Kiev, appeared to set the same high bar for sanctions relief that the Obama administration did. [Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey's largest opposition party, the Republican People's Party, in Istanbul on Sunday at the end of a three-week demonstration called the March for Justice.]( ['March for Justice' Ends in Istanbul With a Pointed Challenge to Erdogan]( By CARLOTTA GALL Hundreds of thousands of people protested Turkey's continued crackdown on opponents after a failed coup last year. [Adel Dridi recuperating from his self-inflicted burns on the floor of his family's home in Tebourba, Tunisia. ]( [Self-Immolation, Catalyst of the Arab Spring, Is Now a Grim Trend]( By LILIA BLAISE The once-extraordinary act has become commonplace in Tunisia, whether compelled by anger, depression or bitter disappointment, or meant to challenge the authorities. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Angela Martano and Terrel Stokes]( [The Faces of Intermarriage, 50 Years After Loving v. Virginia]( By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG We asked you whether being in an interracial relationship united or divided your family. Here is a small sampling of responses. [Missouri's student center. The drop in enrollment last fall was strikingly higher among blacks, at 42 percent, than among whites, at 21 percent.]( [Long After Protests, Students Shun the University of Missouri]( By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS The college has had to close dorms and cut jobs because of plummeting enrollment, which officials attribute largely to fallout from protests in 2015. [Only scattered lights were visible on Saturday night in the Pacific Palisades area. About 140,000 Los Angeles residents lost power because of a fire at a receiving station.]( [Amid Heat Wave, Fire Causes Power Failure for Part of Los Angeles]( By MATT STEVENS About 140,000 residents were left without electricity late Saturday after a fire broke out at a receiving station. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Neomi Rao at her confirmation hearing last week as the nominee to lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.]( Trump Rules [The Scholar Who Will Help Lead Trump's Assault on Rules]( By STEVE EDER Neomi Rao will lead an obscure but powerful office that is a pivot point for President Trump's agenda to overhaul government rules and regulations. [The baseball field in Alexandria, Va., where Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the House majority whip, was seriously injured in a shooting last month. Republican lawmakers have sought looser gun laws since the attack.]( [After Scalise Shooting, a Twist: Lawmakers Want to Loosen Gun Laws]( By EMILY COCHRANE After a gunman opened fire on Republicans practicing baseball, lawmakers are pressing to lift regulations on silencers and allow members to carry guns. [Senator Luther Strange, Republican of Alabama, talking with reporters in Washington in May.]( [Alabama's Special Senate Election Is All About Wooing Trump]( By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS The Republicans squaring off for the Senate seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions know President Trump holds the key to victory. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Randall Stephenson, AT&T's chief executive, next to President Trump at a White House tech event in June.]( [AT&T's Blockbuster Deal for Time Warner Hangs in Limbo]( By CECILIA KANG and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED Eight months into its review, the Justice Department still has stumbling blocks in assessing the most significant business deal before the Trump administration. [Quality journalism, which is expensive to produce, is under economic pressure as never before.]( Mediator [News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook]( By JIM RUTENBERG A group of news organizations plans to ask Congress for the right to negotiate with the online giants, which are gaining greater shares of digital advertising and distribution. [Wimbledon efforts to only put logos in places that make sense. Evian, a major sponsor, only has logos on its bottles and on the door of a small cooler under the umpire's chair.]( On Advertising [Wimbledon in Style for Marketers, Bringing a Reverent Hush to Their Ads]( By BEN ROTHENBERG Wimbledon's commitment to its "tennis in an English garden" atmosphere means its technology and commercial partnerships must be very understated. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [A Lincoln making its way around MCity, an autonomous-car test track featuring simulated streets and storefronts, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.]( [Michigan's New Motor City: Ann Arbor as a Driverless-Car Hub]( By NEAL E. BOUDETTE Fostered by the University of Michigan, testing and research programs draw companies and even equip residents' vehicles to collect and transmit data. [Laura Clery, second from right, with fellow internet celebrities at the 2017 VidCon in Anaheim, Calif. As an early participant in Facebook's video revenue-sharing program, Ms. Clery has become one of the social network's first stars to make YouTube-like money.]( [Why Some Online Video Stars Opt for Facebook Over YouTube]( By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI The best-known video celebrities gravitate to the mass audience of YouTube. But some others are carving a niche on the worlds biggest social network. [A Volkswagen e-Golf electric car being charged in Dresden, Germany, in March. Volkswagen and Tesla each have plans to produce more than 1 million electric vehicles per year by 2025.]( [When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think]( By BRAD PLUMER A growing number of analysts say pessimism about plug-in cars could be becoming outdated, thanks in part to plunging battery prices. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Rafael Nadal of Spain during a practice session on Sunday. He will take on Gilles Müller In a fourth-round match on Monday.]( On Tennis [Truly 'Manic Monday' Awaits Amid Mad Scramble for the Women's Title]( By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY With all fourth-round singles matches to be played in one day, the women's draw is anyone's for the taking. [The rookie Lonzo Ball, who helped fill the seats in Las Vegas, impressed Lakers fans and officials with his passing prowess.]( [N.B.A. Summer League Produces Buzz (Lonzo Ball) and Panic (Markelle Fultz)]( By MALIKA ANDREWS The exhibition showcase usually has lots of empty seats. Not this time. [Kris Bryant of the Cubs, batting against the St. Louis Cardinals in Chicago on June 3.]( [This Season's First Half Was a Home Run Derby]( By TYLER KEPNER Major League Baseball is producing home runs at an unprecedented rate. One explanation is that analysis is changing conventional wisdom about hitting. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Chronixx in Prospect Park at a BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn festival event on Saturday night.]( [Chronixx Is Taking His Jamaican Reggae Worldwide]( By ROB KENNER This 24-year-old singer and his band, Zincfence Redemption, have played international festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella. [Marc Blitzstein, far right, and the cast of ]( ['The Cradle Will Rock' Returns With Its Brazen Politics Intact]( By JOSHUA BARONE Opera Saratoga is staging Marc Blitzstein's opera on its 80th anniversary, in a year when political messages onstage are under acute scrutiny. [Police officers on Friday near the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, where world leaders at the Group of 20 conference attended a concert.]( Critic's Notebook [At G-20, Beethoven Sends a Mixed Message to Trump]( By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM The Ninth, and its "Ode to Joy" finale, were featured in a concert in front of world leaders on Friday, but the work's meaning is far from clear. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [A mobile police command center on East 183rd Street in the Bronx.]( [An Officer's Death in 'One Square Mile of Danger']( By BENJAMIN MUELLER In the Bronx, Officer Miosotis Familia was shot on a block where guns, crack cocaine and hot tempers seem to pool. [Tribeca Grill was one of 94 restaurants that signed on for the first Restaurant Week in July 1992. It was conceived to entice delegates and media representatives who came to town for the Democratic National Convention.]( [The Siren Call of Restaurant Week, and How It All Started]( By PATRICK McGEEHAN Visitors and residents thrill to sit down for New York's fanciest dining at a discount, but it wasn't originally thought to be great for the restaurants. [Eli Miller, 84, on his last seltzer delivery run in Brooklyn last month.]( [Out of Fizz, Brooklyn's Senior Seltzer Man Passes the Torch]( By COREY KILGANNON After nearly 60 years on the job, Eli Miller, 84, Brooklyn's oldest seltzer man, has handed over his route to a young Brooklyn upstart. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( []Obituaries [Nelsan Ellis starred as Lafayette Reynolds on the HBO series ]( [Nelsan Ellis, 'True Blood' Actor, Dies at 39]( By LIAM STACK Mr. Ellis starred in "True Blood" from 2008 to 2014 as a scene-stealing diner cook and dealer of addictive vampire blood in rural Louisiana. [The artist José Luis Cuevas next to a bronze sculpture, ]( [José Luis Cuevas, a Dark Master of Mexican Art, Dies at 83]( By WILLIAM GRIMES One of Mexico's most celebrated artists, Mr. Cuevas brought an existentialist vision, influenced by Goya and Breughel, to unsparing depictions of human suffering. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [The Senate Health Care Charade]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Conscientious lawmakers should know that tinkering around the edges will not make this bill any less dreadful. [An oil field near Homs, Syria, in February.]( Editorial [The Spoils, and Profits, of Conflict]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It is not new to see private companies given roles in overseas hot spots, but Russia's deals in Syria seem particularly risky. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the G-20 summit meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Putin Meets His Progeny]( By CHARLES M. BLOW Trump is full of lies and Putin is full of tricks. Who to believe? [Protestors against the Republican health care bill in Kentucky last month.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Three Legs Good, No Legs Bad]( By PAUL KRUGMAN Obamacare versus the party of no ideas. [Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, at the Capitol last month.]( Op-Ed Contributor [Don't Leave Health Care to a Free Market]( By FARZON A. NAHVI I care for patients brought to me unconscious several times a day. In a truly free-market health care system, they might have died. [The Russian Imperial family with army officers outside the Catherine Palace.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Remains of the Romanovs]( By ANASTASIA EDEL Nearly a century after Czar Nicholas and his family were murdered, their fate still haunts Russia. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses. [See this Front Page]( | [Buy this Front Page]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android]( | [All]( [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »]( [.] Have questions? 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