Article snippet: Robert Francis Kennedy, slain in Los Angeles 50 years ago this week, seems oddly alive today. His ideas and legacy remain fresh, vibrant, unsettling, and challenging. In another time, the shocking death toll in Puerto Rico, and the way it was long obscured, might prompt shame, and soul-searching, in this country. Trump’s lawyers claimed in a confidential letter that the president has unfettered authority over all federal investigations. The president likes to suggest that his predecessors left him the “mess” of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Farmers, dairy producers, distillers, and the employees of Harley-Davidson and Levi Strauss are in the line of fire. Zakim topped Galvin with 55 percent of the delegates’ votes at the state Democratic Convention, but both will be on the Sept. 4 primary ballot. The Republican newcomers stunned Washington back in 2010 when they seized the House majority. The assertion by President Trump’s lawyers is legally problematic, analysts say, because it would essentially mean the nation’s commander in chief is above the law. News analysis The president likes to suggest that his predecessors left him the “mess” of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Trump’s lawyers claimed in a confidential letter that the president has unfettered authority over all federal investigations. <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. Thi... Link to the full article to read more