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Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump wants a federal judge to re-establish the investigatory “red line” that is his financial records from Deutsche Bank; House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said his panel will recommend an investigation into Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince for lying to Congress; Health care activists told lawmakers a Medicare for All plan is necessary to truly reform the health care system, and more.

Your Tuesday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump wants a federal judge to re-establish the investigatory “red line” that is his financial records from Deutsche Bank; House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said his panel will recommend an investigation into Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince for lying to Congress; Health care activists told lawmakers a Medicare for All plan is necessary to truly reform the health care system, and more.

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National

1.) President Donald Trump previously declared his financial records from Deutsche Bank to be an investigatory “red line.” Congressional Democrats crossed it earlier this month, and now, Trump wants a federal judge to re-establish it.

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017 file photo, Blackwater founder Erik Prince arrives for a closed meeting with members of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

2.) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Tuesday that his panel will recommend an investigation into Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince for lying to Congress.

In this March 10, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addresses a rally during a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. "Medicare for All" legislation has two provisions that could make it even more politically divisive for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates: It lifts curbs on government health insurance for people in the country illegally and revokes longstanding restrictions on taxpayer-funded abortions. Embracing these will give Democratic candidates a boost with the party's liberal base in the primaries. But that could complicate things for an eventual nominee seeking support from voters in the middle (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

3.) Lining up what is likely to be a fixture of the 2020 presidential election, health care activists on Tuesday told lawmakers a Medicare for All plan is necessary to truly reform the health care system, as right-leaning economists cautioned them on the legislation’s price tag and the fundamental changes it would bring to the U.S. insurance industry.

Regional

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2012, file photo, tactical team members move towards a spa where police say multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire, near the Brookfield Square Mall in Brookfield, Wis. Wisconsin's Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday, April 30 2019, alleging a firearms website that enabled a man to illegally purchase the pistol he used in a mass shooting at a suburban Milwaukee spa six years ago is liable in the killings, ruling that federal law grants the site operators immunity. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

4.) The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared a website that brokers gun sales of liability for a mass shooting, finding that facilitating firearm sales between third parties is not the same as selling guns.

Boats on Lake Calhoun, also known as Bde Maka Ska, in 2017. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)

5.) The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources lacked authority to change the controversial name of one of the most popular lakes in Minneapolis, the state appeals court ruled.

A bump stock is attached to a semiautomatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah, in 2017. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

6.) A 10th Circuit panel decided Tuesday to deny a Utah man’s request to keep his bump stock while his appeal over the federal government’s ban on the firearm device is heard.

International

7.) Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and its 239 passengers mysteriously disappeared while flying over the southern Indian Ocean in 2014. The plane has never been found, but a new mathematical approach could help discover its location, according to a new study released Tuesday.

8.) An EU magistrate recommended defeat Tuesday for an attempt by Paris prosecutors to regulate Airbnb with strict rules meant to govern real estate agents.

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