Links To Text Your Friends 11-18-15

1. With statutes of limitations for misdeeds related to the 2008 recession about to run out, federal prosecutors are actively pursuing criminal cases against executives from Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. for allegedly selling flawed mortgage securities. (Wall Street Journal)
2. Several new countries, including India and South Korea, expressed interest in joining the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. (AP)
3. President Obama said he’s looking at “a few more” executive actions onguns, and that lawyers are scrubbing them to make sure they are “as defensible as possible legally” to withstand NRA challenges. He made the comment in an interview with GQ Magazine, which named him “Man of the Year.” (Juliet Eilperin)
4. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said there is “no data” showing police have reduced their efforts in the wake of Ferguson, a rebuke of the FBI director. (Sari Horwitz)
5. The House Oversight Committee wants the Secret Service director to explain why his agency is hunting for whistleblowers so aggressively while struggling to clean up its own act. (Carol Leonnig)
6. DHS, OMB and OPM pulled out of a cybertheft briefing with the House Armed Services Committee because they didn’t want the meeting to be transcribed, even though this is standard practice. (Eric Yoder)
7. A resolution to honor the anniversary of 9/11 at the University of Minnesotawas rejected by the student government after some students complained that it could foster “Islamaphobia.” (Susan Svrluga)
8. Gawker will drop its coverage of pop-culture gossip to concentrate on covering politics. (Paul Farhi)
9. Senate Republicans will move ahead with a plan to include language cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood in an Obamacare repeal package, despite concerns that the provision will damage GOP moderates up for reelection in 2016. Leadership wants to force a post-Thanksgiving Obama veto. (Kelsey Snell)

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