Article snippet: Why does the latest bombshell story in the Russia investigation matter? One of the reasons becomes clear when you look at a timeline of events. Bush was a model of gentlemanly public service that has, in some ways, been abandoned. The former president will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda next week. The former Massachusetts governor lost to Bush in 1988 after a nasty campaign. Yvonne Abraham He’s a brilliant retail campaigner, but this is a far different — and larger — electorate from the one in which he rose to prominence. President Trump’s former personal lawyer admitted to making false statements to a Senate committee about a plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. President Donald Trump called his ex-lawyer a ‘weak person’ after news of a new guilty plea broke Thursday morning. A Mexican restaurant in Westerly is getting backlash for its sale of T-shirts that it says advocated impeaching President Trump. President Trump is canceling his G-20 summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, Trump announced in a tweet on Thursday. Opinion | Philip Heymann and William Ruckelshaus There is clear legal and political framework forbidding the president’s selection of Matthew Whitaker to supervise the Mueller investigation. Editorial Make no mistake, Trump chooses his battles carefully, and his choice to disparage yet another institution critical to a well-functioning democracy is no idle rant. &... Link to the full article to read more