The News Roundup

The News Roundup

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It was a stormy week at the White House — Gary Cohn resigned, Stormy Daniels sued, and Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act. In other domestic news, Florida lawmakers passed new gun restrictions and the West Virginia teachers strike ended after nearly two weeks of no school. Abroad, North Korea announced a plan to meet with the U.S. to achieve permanent denuclearization, an ex-Russian spy was poisoned with a nerve agent in the UK, and a Belgian criminal court convicted a man of “sexism in the public space.“