White House, Chris Cornell, Roger Ailes: Your Morning Briefing<br />_____ • In this week’s Australia newsletter, our new bureau chief takes a trip through<br />The New York Times archives, starting with our first mention of the country in 1853.<br />_____ • In Washington, President Trump said he was the target of a witch hunt, a day after the Justice Department<br />appointed a special counsel to investigate ties between his presidential campaign and Russian officials.<br />[The New York Times] • Animal rights groups claimed victory, saying officials agreed to<br />ban the sale of dog meat before China’s popular Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival.<br />• A man the police described as apparently drunk or on drugs plowed a car into pedestrians<br />in New York’s Times Square, killing one person and injuring nearly two dozen others.<br />[The New York Times] • A top Australian tax official faces charges after his son<br />and daughter were among nine people arrested in an investigation of the theft of $165 million from government coffers.
