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Top CNS stories for today including a lawyer for President Donald Trump made little headway with his argument that the power of Congress to investigate federal agency wrongdoing does not also cover the executive branch; Montana Governor Steve Bullock has thrown his hat into the ring for the 2020 presidential race, playing up his leadership of a red state to join a crowded field of Democrats looking to challenge President Trump; An ugly atmosphere tinged with hatred and anger hangs over Europe ahead of elections between May 23 and 26 to choose representatives for the European Parliament, and more.

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House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said the White House is in "open defiance" of his panel by defying a subpoena and indicating it will continue to do so. (AP file photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

1.) Vying to nix a House subpoena of financial records, a lawyer for President Donald Trump made little headway Tuesday with his argument that the power of Congress to investigate federal agency wrongdoing does not also cover the executive branch.

Attorney Jeff Anderson, left, accompanied by Manuel Vega, who says he was sexually abused by a priest, describes Vega's lawsuit against the Vatican at an Oct. 4, 2018, news conference in Los Angeles. Vega and four other men filed a new lawsuit against the Vatican on Tuesday demanding to know the names of thousands of predator priests they claim have been kept secret by the Holy See. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

2.) Three brothers who were sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest and two other alleged victims filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday demanding the names of thousands of predators they say are known to the Vatican but have been held secret for decades.

FILE - This July 16, 2018 file photo shows Montana Gov. Steve Bullock at the Capitol in Helena, Mont. Bullock and the state Department of Revenue are suing the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury over a decision last week to end the requirement that some tax-exempt groups disclose the identities of their major donors. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

3.) Montana Governor Steve Bullock has thrown his hat into the ring for the 2020 presidential race, playing up his leadership of a red state to join a crowded field of Democrats looking to challenge President Trump.

Regional

4.) Up against the Trump administration and the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier, California’s attorney general and a coalition of fishing groups are counting on a landmark environmental law to foil a plan to increase storage at the linchpin of the Golden State’s water delivery system.

Stony Rushing answers a question during a May 7, 2019, debate among Republican candidates for the 9th Congressional District, in Monroe, N.C. Republicans are deciding Tuesday, May 14 who should carry their party’s banner in a high-profile special election for a congressional seat vacant since last year’s election was deemed tainted by fraud. Rushing, who said he was named for a Flintstones cartoon character, produced an ad in which he donned rubber boots and wrapped a snake around his neck to underline his promise to “drain the swamp,” in Washington. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

5.) Republican voters in North Carolina returned to the polls on Tuesday for a do-over election to determine which candidate will face the Democratic contender for the state’s vacant 9th Congressional District seat.

6.) Gina Ortiz Jones, the former Air Force intelligence officer who came just 926 votes short of defeating Republican Congressman Will Hurd in last year’s midterms, launched a rematch on Tuesday, all but ensuring Texas’ 23rd Congressional District will again be one of the country’s most competitive races.

International

Protestors march with flags during a demonstration of the far-right party 'The third way' in Plauen, Germany, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)

7.) An ugly atmosphere tinged with hatred and anger hangs over Europe ahead of elections between May 23 and 26 to choose representatives for the European Parliament.

Brazil's Neymar, left, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Monday, July 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

8.) A Portuguese man acted in bad faith by trying to trademark the name of Brazil’s Neymar while also claiming that he did not grasp the soccer player’s stardom, the European General Court ruled Tuesday.

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