In the day's other news: President Trump's choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency,
Gina Haspel, moved one step closer to confirmation.
The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 10-5 behind closed doors to approve her nomination.
Democratic Senators mark Warner and Joe Manchin added their support to the eight Republicans
already backing Haspel.
She's come under criticism for her role in the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques of
terrorism suspects.
A full Senate vote could come as early as this week.
A new footnote has been added to President Trump's financial disclosure report from last
year.
This is a filing required by the Office of Government Ethics.
What is new is a reimbursement in an amount ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 for his
personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
In the weeks before the 2016 election, Cohen paid $130,000 to adult film actress Stephanie
Clifford to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Mr. Trump.
The president denies the allegation.
President Trump may have modified his calls to ease sanctions against the Chinese telecom
giant campaign ZTE.
Mr. Trump had tweeted on Sunday that he'd ordered the U.S. Commerce Department to give
the company a way to get back into business fast.
Today, Mr. Trump wrote that "Nothing has happened with ZTE, except as it pertains to the larger
trade deal."
But FBI Director Christopher Wray separately told senators today that he's deeply concerned
about the Chinese company gaining ground in the U.S., because it gives them the capacity
to conduct undetected espionage.
European Council leader Donald Tusk had harsh words for President Trump today and what Tusk
called his capricious policies.
European leaders are scrambling to keep Iran in the nuclear multination agreement, now
that the U.S. has withdrawn.
At an E.U.
summit in Bulgaria, Tusk rebuffed warnings from the U.S. that it may sanction E.U.
countries for doing business with Iran.
DONALD TUSK, European Council President: Looking at the latest decisions of President Trump,
someone could even think, with friends like that, who needs enemies?
He has made us realize that if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end
of your arm.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said today that Tehran will not surrender
to U.S. sanctions pressure.
And an aide to Ayatollah Khamenei said that he doubts the deal can be salvaged.
Back in this country, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had a thinly veiled criticism
of the president and a warning for Americans.
Tillerson delivered the commencement address today at the Virginia Military Institute in
Lexington.
He said that the country faces a growing crisis in ethics and integrity.
REX TILLERSON, Former U.S. Secretary of State: If our leaders seek to conceal the truth,
or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no long grounded in facts,
then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom.
JUDY WOODRUFF: President Trump fired Tillerson as secretary of state in March after the two
had clashed over key foreign policy issues.
The Senate voted to preserve so-called net neutrality rules today.
Three Republicans joined Democrats to pass the measure, reviving the Obama era policy
aimed at maintaining equal access to the Internet.
The FCC under President Trump has rolled back those protections, saying they hamper innovation.
The vote was largely symbolic, as the bill is expected to stall in the House.
The whistle-blower who uncovered Facebook's data-mining scandal warned Congress today
of a -- quote -- "new cold war online."
Christopher Wylie, a former Cambridge Analytica employee, told a Senate panel that the firm
used people's Facebook profiles to stoke paranoia and racial biases.
The firm, which was employed by the Trump presidential campaign, has announced plans
to close.
In North Carolina, thousands of teachers flooded the state capital demanding better pay and
protesting cutbacks.
Educators marched through Raleigh, as the Republican-controlled state legislature began
its annual session.
Classes were canceled in dozens of school districts.
In several other states, like West Virginia and Oklahoma, similar protests won teachers
more funding.
And Michigan State University has reached a $500 million settlement with the women and
girls abused by former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
Over 300 of Nassar's victims sued the university for failing to protect them.
Nassar is serving a decades-long prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting
patients while working at Michigan State.
On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 62 points to close at 24769.
The Nasdaq rose 46 points.
And the S&P 500 was up 11.
Still to come on the "NewsHour": what North Korea is signaling ahead of a planned meeting
with the U.S.; the key takeaways from a slew of documents released in the Russia investigation;
on the ground in the war-torn nation of Yemen; and much more.