The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News budget for Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The editors are Tom Lachman and John Romero. All stories have moved unless otherwise noted. For questions about stories, photos or graphics, please call 202-334-7666.

First 31 stories added since 2 p.m. budget

LEXUS-POST – Carmaker Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus rushed to fix a software bug Wednesday that had caused a malfunction in vehicles’ GPS, climate control and “infotainment.” 490 words, by Jacob Bogage (Post special).

ANIMALTEST — A big victory for lab rats: Congress moves to limit chemical testing on animals. 615 words, by Karin Brulliard (Post).

IRAQ-HACK — Hack targets Iraqi parliament website: ‘Idiots are leading the country’. 330 words, by Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim (Post).

COLOMBIA-ASSASSIN — Pablo Escobar’s favorite assassin is now a YouTube sensation. 704 words, by Max Bearak (Post).

CATHEDRAL-CONFEDERATE — Washington National Cathedral announces it will remove Confederate battle flags that are part of two stained-glass windows honoring Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. 520 words, by Michelle Boorstein (Post). One photo.

ISRAEL-SCROLLS – NAHAL TZE’ELEM, Israel – Israeli archaeologists rush to dig at Cave of Skulls before looters take everything. 1,325 words, by William Booth (Post). Four photos.

LUNCH-WITH-ALI _ Remembering when Muhammad Ali joined a flamboyant Saudi royal for lunch in Evanston, Illinois. 900 words, by Tamara Lytle (Post special).

ALI-MUSLIMS-COMMENT _ How Muhammad Ali became a champion for Muslims in America. 1430 words, by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith (Post special).

CEOS-COMMENT _ Business leadership is not a popularity contest: The best companies are run by enlightened dictators. 980 words, by Vivek Wadhwa (Post special ).

TRUMP-LIBEL-COMMENT _ Trump got one thing right about the law. 925 words, by Cass Sunstein (Bloomberg).

RITHOLTZ _ Fintech is ending money management as we know it. 840 words, by Barry Ritholtz (Bloomberg).

GOP-CALIFORNIA-COMMENT _ If the arc of Hispanic and immigrant voters mimics that of the activist groups that champion them, and the consolidation of black voters before them, discussions of the GOP’s end may not seem academic. 800 words, by Francis Wilkinson (Bloomberg).

RUSSIA-ARTIST-COMMENT _ The system can neither crush nor digest radical Russian artist Petr Pavlensky. He will never be rich, but making fools of Putin’s security apparatus is a reward in itself. 1140 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).

CLASS-ACTION-COMMENT _ How the class-action system works (and doesn’t). 990 words, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg).

NKOREA — TOKYO – North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technology has been well demonstrated so far this year, with January’s nuclear test and numerous launches of missiles designed to deliver such weapons. 885 words, by Anaa Fifield (Post).

PERSONAL-FINANCE – How to keep your cash from leaving the nest when your kids do. 1,230 words, by Jonnelle Marte (Post).

EUROPE-SOCCER – Europe’s top soccer teams reflect the power of multiculturalism. 1,070 words, by Ishaan Tharoor (Post).

SANDERS-WHY – Sanders’ rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning. 1,080 words, by John Wagner (Post). One video.

CHINA-ANALYSIS — China doesn’t care about what some Dutch court thinks about the South China Sea. 1,170 words, by James Crabtree (Foreign Policy).

BREXIT-VOTERS — Website debacle meant British millennials almost missed Brexit vote. 340 words, by Henry Johnson (Foreign Policy).

COLOMBIA-SURGERY — Colombia cracks down on plastic surgery for teens. 400 words, by Megan Alpert (Foreign Policy).

MIGRANTS-ANALYSIS — How to end the migrant massacre in the Med. 1,500 words, by Matteo Garavoglia (Foreign Policy).

TRUMP – In an extended interview with Bloomberg, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump distances himself from his own fundraising estimate of $1 billion and talks about his VP selection process. 1,235 words, by Michael C. Bender and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg).

VENEZUELA — Venezuela’s opposition is divided on which is the best path to remove President Nicolas Maduro. 680 words, by Noris Soto (Bloomberg).

BEER — Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $107 billion acquisition of SABMiller is nearing Chinese approval. 485 words (Bloomberg).

VALEANT – Valeant’s decision to use generally accepted accounting principles in compiling its quarterly earnings report followed months of prodding by U.S. officials. 790 words, by Neil Weinberg (Blomberg).

FANNIE — Major housing trade groups are opposing a recent call to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac build capital in the absence of housing-finance legislation. 400 words, by Joe Light (Bloomberg)

UNDER-ARMOUR — The sportswear company is preparing its debut bond offering. 440 words, by Claire Boston (Bloomberg).

LEXUS — Toyota asks owners of its 2014-2016 Lexus luxury vehicles in the United States to go to dealerships to fix a computer issue that can disable navigation, audio and climate control systems. 290 words, by John Lippert (Bloomberg).

BURGERKING — Burger King’s parent needs to add women to its all-male board, says a Vancouver-based investor. 825 words, by Jeff Green and Leslie Patton (Bloomberg).

HUFFINGTON — Arianna Huffington is poised to expand her media empire with a digital-publishing startup focused on health and wellness. 320 words, by Olivia Zaleski and Gerry Smith (Bloomberg).

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Politics

CLINTON-ANALYSIS — How Hillary Clinton won California: Quieter, grinding work and attention to the mechanics of the primary that most likely made the difference. 1,050 words, by Abby Phillip (Post).

CLINTON-OBAMA – President Obama’s role in the Clinton campaign is likely to change dramatically in the coming days and weeks — and Clinton’s team can’t wait. 1,500 words, by Juliet Eilperin and Anne Gearan (Post).

CLINTON-TRUMP – Hillary Clinton’s campaign seizes the high ground Tuesday night but is ready to do what it takes to defeat Donald Trump. 1,265 words, by Margaret Talev and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg). One photo.

DEMS – Next for Democrats: the delicate business of brokering peace between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. 1,640 words, by Philip Rucker and Dan Balz (Post). Three photos.

CLINTON-LATINO — California’s most Latino congressional districts broke for Hillary Clinton. 570 words, by David Weigel (Post).

CLINTON-GENDER-ANALYSIS — Soaring rhetoric met with pragmatism on a historic night. 1,085 words, by Janell Ross (Post).

PRIMARIES-WINNERS-LOSERS – Winners and losers from the final 2016 primaries. 865 words, by Chris Cillizza (Post).

SANDERS-DEMS-ANALYSIS – How Bernie Sanders changed the Democratic Party. 700 words, by Jim Tankersley (Post).

SANDERS-ANALYSIS – Bernie Sanders has run out of arguments for how he can win. 1,230 words, by Philip Bump (Post).

SANDERS-FUTURE-ANALYSIS — Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? What 2008 can tell us about today. 575 words, by Scott Clement and Emily Guskin (Post).

SANDERS-DEMS-BG – Top Democrats have a message for Bernie Sanders: it’s time to get behind Hillary Clinton. 835 words, by Steven Dennis (Bloomberg).

CAMPAIGN-SANDERS – Looking for early victories, Bernie Sanders lost his chance to expand his base. 1,870 words, by Arit John (Bloomberg). Two photos.

CLINTON-SANDERS – The Daily 202: Primary wins show Hillary Clinton needs the left less than pro-Sanders liberals think. 1,550 words, by James Hohmann (Post).

CALIFORNIA – Kamala Harris takes the lion’s share of the vote to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer. 840 words, by Vanessa Williams and Catherine Ho (Post). Moved Tuesday.

TRUMP-SPEECH – The GOP’s presumptive nominee tells his supporters he will never let them down. 520 words, by Jose A. DelReal (Post). Moved Tuesday.

TRUMP-GADHAFI – Donald Trump wanted Moammar Gadhafi’s money. But the American businessman wasn’t alone in seeking business with the Libyan dictator. 1,120 words, by Adam Taylor (Post).

National

STANFORD-ASSAULT-SWEDES – The Swedish Stanford students who rescued an unconscious sexual assault victim speak out. 1,070 words, by Lindsey Bever (Post).

AIRBNB – Airbnb host who worried a trans woman could cause ‘discomforts’ was just banned – a year later. 930 words, by Peter Holley (Post).

PUERTORICO – Legislation to pull Puerto Rico out of debt includes a provision that has some experts scratching their heads: The board overseeing the restructuring can accept gifts. 940 words, by Saleha Mohsin (Bloomberg).

PENTAGON-LGBT — Pentagon celebrates LGBT pride while changes to its transgender policy are stalled. 1,000 words, by Dan Lamothe (Post).

YALE – Yale University finds itself on both sides as an employee fights to stay in his home. 1,930 words, by Janet Lorin (Bloomberg). One photo.

LUNCH-WITH-ALI _ Remembering when Muhammad Ali joined a flamboyant Saudi royal for lunch in Evanston, Illinois. 900 words, by Tamara Lytle (Post special).

ALI-MUSLIMS-COMMENT _ How Muhammad Ali became a champion for Muslims in America. 1430 words, by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith (Post special).

OIL-LOBBY – Cash-strapped oil and gas companies have less room in their budget for advocacy in the nation’s capital. 1,160 words, by Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg).

FEDERAL-INSIDER – WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to change regulations so VA hospitals can provide gender confirming, or gender reassignment, surgery. 640 words, by Joe Davidson (Post).

CALIF-HOMELESS – A brutal slaying in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park stokes the city’s ongoing debate about homelessness. 1,570 words, by Michael E. Miller (Post).

MCCLENDON (1STLD) – Investigations into the death of Aubrey McClendon, co-founder of Chesapeake Energy, are now closed, with police having found no evidence of suicide and the Oklahoma state medical examiner ruling his death an accident when his car struck a wall March 2. 510 words, by Jim Polson and David Wethe (Bloomberg).

ALABAMA – An ex-astronaut is charged with two counts of murder after a crash in Alabama. 1,040 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).

KALAMAZOO – Five are dead, four injured after a pickup truck rams into group of bicyclists near Kalamazoo, Mich. 540 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).

FEDS-COMMUTE – WASHINGTON – The government is urging federal offices to change their employees’ work schedules during extended Metro repairs. 445 words, by Lisa Rein (Post)

GWU-PRESIDENT – Steven Knapp announces that he’ll leave George Washington University’s presidency in 2017. 625 words, by Nick Anderson (Post). Moved Tuesday.

CHEMICALS – A sweeping overhaul of the nation’s chemical-safety laws clears the final legislative hurdle. 650 words, by Juliet Eilperin (Post). Moved Tuesday.

PENTAGON-SILICON _ One of Washington’s biggest and most ponderous bureaucracies does business with Silicon Valley’s agile entrepreneurs. What could go wrong? Plenty. 1,130 words, by Nafeesa Syeed (Bloomberg).

BRUNER-OBIT – Jerome S. Bruner, influential psychologist of perception, dies at 100. 1,095 words, by Matt Schudel (Post). Moved Tuesday.

LAMB-OBIT – David Lamb, reporter who captured the human drama in global events, dies at 76. 1,020 words, by Harrison Smith (Post). Moved Tuesday.

Foreign

CHINA-SPYPLANE – BEIJING – A U.S. spy plane is buzzed by Chinese jets as it flew over the East China Sea, with one of the fighter planes approaching in an “unsafe” manner, the U.S. military says. 510 words, by Simon Denyer (Post).

INDIA-POLICY (2NDLD) – WASHINGTON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, denied a visa to enter the United States for nearly a decade, addresses a joint meeting of Congress, declaring that India and the United States are “natural allies.” 1,100 words, by Steven Mufson and Karoun Demirjian (Post).

KENYA – Kenya’s main opposition party rejects a government ban on political protests and says it will intensify rallies calling for changes to the East African nation’s electoral body. 650 words, by Felix Njini (Bloomberg).

NKOREA-MILITARY – TOKYO – North Korea’s military buildup isn’t limited to its nukes. 890 words, by Anna Fifield (Post).

SAUDI – Saudi Arabia is considering taxing millions of foreign residents as the kingdom seeks to reduce its reliance on oil revenue after the plunge in crude prices. 640 words, by Vivian Nereim, Wael Mahdi, Zainab Fattah and Ahmed Feteha (Bloomberg). One photo.

TURKEY – One day after a deadly bombing in Istanbul, a massive explosion blows the front off a five-story police headquarters in eastern Turkey, killing at least three people. 315 words, by Firat Kozok (Bloomberg).

ISRAEL-RUSSIA-BG – At the conclusion of a visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there’s a “decent chance” Israel can reach a deal to repair relations with Turkey. 815 words, by David Wainer (Bloomberg).

WESTBANK – JERUSALEM – Israeli minister wants to annex half of West Bank and kick out the Palestinians. 570 words, by William Booth (Post).

CROATIA – Opposition parties file a motion to dissolve parliament and trigger early elections. 710 words, by Jasmina Kuzmanovic (Bloomberg).

BOMB-THREAT – MOSCOW – An EgyptAir passenger plane flying from Cairo to Beijing makes an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after threats there was a bomb aboard the Airbus A330. 270 words, by Andrew Roth (Post).

BLAIR – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says he expects Britain to vote to stay in the European Union. 660 words, by John Micklethwait and Robert Hutton (Bloomberg). One photo.

CYPRUS – The government of Cyprus is pushing for the island to be reunified in the next six months. 565 words, by Paul Tugwell and Georgios Georgiou (Bloomberg).

FRANCE-SOCCER — ISIS has threatened Euro tournament. Have French authorities done enough to fend off another attack? 1,100 words, by James McAuley (Post).

PERU — Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a former central banker and veteran of Wall Street, is getting closer to winning the tightest presidential race in Peru’s history as the count nears its conclusion. 425 words, by John Quigley (Bloomberg). One photo.

Health, Science and Environment

OBESITY — New studies published in the journal JAMA this week present an alarming picture of the shifting demographics of the country’s obesity problem; more women are becoming fatter faster. 375 words, by Ariana Eunjung Cha (Post).

BABIES – The sneaky ways babies get inside our heads. 1,050 words, by Rachel Feltman (Post).

BISON – How did the first people migrate to the Americas? Bison fossils could help settle the debate. 825 words, by Sarah Kaplan (Post).

FOOD-ORIGINS – How the world’s most popular foods have traveled all over the planet. 1,060 words, by Chelsea Harvey (Post special).

GENE-DRIVE – National Academies: Too soon to release ‘gene-drive’ organisms into nature. 910 words, by Joel Achenbach (Post).

MOSS – Moss is a master of mechanical engineering. 750 words, by Sarah Kaplan (Post). One video.

SEALS – These elephant seals just taught scientists why Antarctica is melting so fast. 1,020 words, by Chris Mooney (Post).

Financial

POVERTY – The big problem with one of the most popular assumptions about the poor. 1,490 words, Roberto A. Ferdman (Post).

CABLE-SPEEDS — New York attorney general says cable company misleads consumers about internet speeds. 600 words, by Brian Fung (Post).

PHARMA — A top pharmaceutical lobbying group is planning a counteroffensive against scrutiny of industry pricing practices. 655 words, by Caroline Chen and Doni Bloomfield (Bloomberg).

GAMING – The Electronic Entertainment Expo, gaming’s main event, is losing its luster. 710 words, by Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg).

DRIVERLESS-NHTSA — Self-driving cars must increase safety at least twofold to make a real dent in the 38,000 lives lost on American roads last year, the U.S. auto-safety chief says. 585 words, by Keith Naughton (Bloomberg).

CORN-BRAZIL — Brazil’s enormous chicken industry isn’t buying American grain because of concerns that Brazil’s stringent regulations on GMOs threaten to hold up shipments. 495 words, by Tatiana Freitas (Bloomberg).

FIAT-UBER — Fiat Chrysler is discussing a partnership with Uber sources say. 570 words, by Tommaso Ebhardt and Eric Newcomer (Bloomberg).

BLACKROCK-ILLINOIS — BlackRock calls for a muni market strike in budgetless Illinois. 390 words, by Brian Chappatta (Bloomberg).

LULULEMON — Lululemon forecasts that second-quarter profit will be below analyst estimates. 325 words, by Lindsey Rupp (Bloomberg).

CHINA-MARKETS _ The 2015 crash that erased $5 trillion from stocks has sobered China’s 106 million individual investors, many of whom piled into shares just as prices peaked. 740 words (Bloomberg).

Features

TWITTER-STALKERS – Why Twitter gave a woman’s home address to her cyberstalkers. 915 words, by Caitlin Dewey (Post).

WEST-PROWSE-COMMENT – Why do fans love the actor who played Batman but not Darth Vader? 885 words, by Michael Cavna (Post). One photo.

SAYING-GOODBYE – My uncle’s death made me see how big his life really was. 2195 words, by Nana-Ama Danquah (Special to the Post). Seven photos.

GENDER-MARKETING – The end of “shrink it or pink it”: A history of advertisers missing the mark with women. 1,265 words, by Jessica Contrera (Post). Three photos.

Commentary

TRUMP-RACE-COMMENT – Trump finally dropped his racist attacks on Judge Curiel. Here’s what this episode tells us. 1,135 words, by Paul Waldman (Post special).

TRUMP-JUDGE-COMMENT _ Trump’s attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel poison the social compact of America. 770 words, by Cruz Reynoso (Post special).

SANDERS-COMMENT – WASHINGTON – Top supporters of Bernie Sanders gently tell him: It’s time. 485 words, by Greg Sargent (Post).

MEDIA-COMMENT – Did the media overstep by crowning Clinton the nominee? 700 words, by Margaret Sullivan (Post).

POLITICS-WOMEN-COMMENT – As Clinton makes history, remember the women whose talents America wasted. 945 words, by Alyssa Rosenberg (Post).

CLINTON-GENDER-COMMENT – Hillary Clinton’s victory speech, translated. 1,300 words, by Alexandra Petri (Post).

CALIF-ASSAULT-COMMENT — In Brock Turner’s home town, we’re raising kids who are never told “no.” 1,040 words, by Kate Geiselman (Post special).

PLANES-COMMENT _ How a data revolution can solve plane mysteries. 630 words, by Adam Minter (Bloomberg).

DECLASSIFIED _ Usually politicians defend a candidate they’ve endorsed. For Republicans getting behind Trump, the opposite is happening. 690 words, by Eli Lake (Bloomberg).

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