Today's Headlines

Bloomberg: 

• Japan’s Kuroda Says Strong Dollar a Sign of Economic Health: G-20 Update.

• What We Learned This Week Is That Stocks Are Still in a Bull Market.  

• Microsoft(MSFT) Surges to Record High as Wall Street Cheers the Cloud.

Wall Street Journal:

• New CEO to Replace Ailing Marchionne Atop Fiat Chrysler.

• Factory Towns, Once Solidly Blue, Are Now GOP Havens. 

• Trump Digs In Against Criticism on Multiple Fronts. 

• Air Taxis and Self-Driving Aircraft: Aviation Industry Faces Its Future. 

• Mnuchin ‘Wouldn’t Minimize’ Chance of Tariffs on All Chinese Goods.

• Boat Survivor Who Lost 9 Relatives Struggles With Why She Lived.  

• Legal Challenges Leave Sanctuary Policies in Limbo.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (BLK), (XEC), (DLPH), (ALV), (TROW) and (IVZ).

MarketWatch.com:

• Trump rips interest-rate hikes, but investors expect Fed’s Powell to stay the course.

• Here are the X-ray results for 11 popular stocks, including Netflix and Facebook.

Fox News:

• Republicans, Democrats look to use this as weapon in midterm election fight.

CNBC:

• Trade war risks becoming a dangerous currency war as China weakens yuan the most in 2 years.

• Here's why Tesla's Model 3 may face declining demand, despite Elon Musk's claims.

• A big overlooked flaw with health tech: Patients hate going to the doctor.

• China is waging a 'quiet kind of cold war' against US, top CIA expert says.

• This robot will draw and erase anything on your walls.

Zero Hedge: 

• "Agent Of A Foreign Power": In Historic First, DOJ Releases Carter Page FISA Application.

• Trump Responds To "Inconceivable, Perhaps Illegal" Cohen Tape Revelation.

• Disney Fires 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Director After Old Tweets About Pedophilia And Rape Go Viral.

• Big Brother Surveillance Begins: Cuomo Unveils Facial Scanning At New York Toll Plazas.

• Bloomberg Launches Twitter Feed For Trading Algos.

• It's Still "Too Quiet Out There" - VIX Shorts Resurgent Despite Spiking Crash Risk.

• As Democrats Panic Over "Rising Star" Ocasio-Cortez, "Abolish ICE" Beheads Fake Trump.

• Government's Already-Dismal Budget Forecast Just Got 106% Worse.

• This One FBI Text In The Russia Probe Should Alarm Every American.

• "It's Dire!" - Aussie Farmers Face Worst Drought In 100 Years.

• In Striking Twist, A War Of Words Erupts Between China's Central Bank And Ministry of Finance.

• Trump Slams Door On Putin's Offer For Referendum In Eastern Ukraine. 

• BofA: Central Banks Have Unquestionably Exacerbated The Gap Between Rich And Poor.

• "US Monitoring China Currency Manipulation" Mnuchin Confirms Trump's Concerns.

• Weekend Reading: Price Is What You Pay. 

• Dollar Dumps & Bond Yields Jump On Putin Panic, Trump Tantrum, Japan Jawboning. 

Business Insider:

• Trump demands NFL kick players out for a season or give them 'no pay' if they take a knee during national anthem.

• The dollar looks like its topping.