Nightly Brief

Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump’s prison-bound former personal attorney Michael Cohen will appear before a House committee Wednesday to testify publicly about the president’s business plans in Russia and potential campaign finance violations; The D.C. Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment and upheld a contempt order for a former assistant of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone; The possibility of pushing back the fast-approaching March 29 deadline for Britain’s exit from the European Union grew as Prime Minister Theresa May offered to allow lawmakers to vote on delaying Brexit, and more.

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Michael Cohen walks down the sidewalk in New York on April 11, 2018. Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer who is under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, told his Twitter followers on July 1 that he sat down for an interview with ABC News and his "silence is broken." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

1.) Before President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen begins serving his prison sentence in May, he will appear before a House committee Wednesday to testify publicly about the president’s business plans in Russia and potential campaign finance violations.

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2.) With preparations underway in Vietnam for President Donald Trump’s meeting this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a House subcommittee gathered Tuesday to discuss what can be accomplished at the summit to make Americans safer.

Pharmaceutical executives prepare to testify in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on drug prices on Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

3.) Executives from some of the most lucrative pharmaceutical companies in the world were grilled by lawmakers Tuesday over their role in the increasingly burdensome cost of prescription drug prices.

4.) The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the constitutionality of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment and upheld a contempt order for a former assistant of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone.

California Sen. Kamala Harris appears at a fundraiser for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., of which she is a member, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 in Columbia, S.C. Sen. Kamala Harris returned to South Carolina on Friday, using her first visit to this early-voting state as an official presidential contender to tap into a sorority network that could prove crucial as she develops her campaign. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

5.) With the 2020 Democratic field taking shape, it appears California’s switch to an early primary could play right into the hands of its junior U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, who’s already picked up some major endorsements after only a month on the campaign trail.

International

Demonstrators protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May bowed to intense political pressure Tuesday and handed control of Brexit to Parliament, telling lawmakers they will get to choose between leaving the European Union on schedule — with or without a divorce deal — and asking the EU to postpone departure day. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

6.) The possibility of pushing back the fast-approaching March 29 deadline for Britain’s exit from the European Union grew Tuesday as Prime Minister Theresa May offered to allow lawmakers to vote on delaying Brexit, after another tense and raucous session in Parliament.

7.) Rejecting a magistrate’s recommendation, the EU’s highest court ruled Tuesday that halal beef from cows that are not stunned prior to slaughter cannot be marketed with an “organic farming” label.

FC Barcelona´s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Leganes at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

8.) Considered the best soccer club in the world, F.C. Barcelona persuaded the European General Court on Tuesday to annul a finding that Spain’s tax scheme benefitted it unfairly.

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