1. Mick Mulvaney fired all 25 members of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's advisory board days after some of the members criticized his leadership as acting director of the watchdog agency. The CFPB plans to revamp the Consumer Advisory Board in the fall by hiring all new members. "The outspoken members of the Consumer Advisory Board seem more concerned about protecting their taxpayer funded junkets to Washington, D.C., and being wined and dined by the Bureau than protecting consumers," said a spokesperson for the agency. (Washington Post)

  2. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the U.S. has signed a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end the crippling sanctions against the company. The deal includes a $1 billion penalty against ZTE and requires that U.S-chosen compliance officers be placed inside the company. ZTE will also be required to change its board of directors and executive team within 30 days. (CNBC)

  3. France has joined with Germany in refusing to sign a deal at the G7 summit without major concessions from the U.S. on tariffs, the Iran nuclear deal, and the Paris climate accord. French president Emmanuel Macron also urged the other members of the G7 to stand up to the U.S. over Trump decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs against the European Union, Canada, and Mexico. The G7 summit is scheduled for June 8-9 in Quebec. (Bloomberg)

  4. The Justice Department agreed to brief lawmakers next week on additional details and documents related to the FBI's investigation into connections between Russia and Trump's campaign advisers. The new offer is a concession to Republican demands for more information about the probe and ongoing political battles over how the FBI handled the early days of the Russia investigation. The briefing will allow lawmakers "to review certain supporting documents that were made available during the prior briefing." (Washington Post)

  5. Sean Hannity sarcastically told witnesses in the Mueller probe to "follow Hillary Clinton's lead" by destroying their personal phones before handing them over to prosecutors. Hannity told Mueller's witnesses to "delete all your emails and then acid-wash your emails and hard drives on the phones, then take your phones and bash them with a hammer to little itsy bitsy pieces." Hand them over to Robert Mueller, Hannity continued, "and say, Hillary Rodham Clinton, this is equal justice under the law." Hannity later insisted that he was kidding. (The Hill)

  6. Colin Kaepernick's attorneys are expected to seek federal subpoenas to compel testimony from Trump, Pence, and other administration officials who are familiar with Trump's agenda on NFL protests and the national anthem. The goal is to expose Trump's political involvement with NFL owners during Kaepernick's time as a free agent and explore allegations that Trump had direct talks with owners about players kneeling during the anthem. One of Kaepernick's attorneys recently claimed that an unnamed NFL owner admitted under oath during a deposition that he decided not to offer Kaepernick a contract after Trump called for the firing of players who refused to stand for the national anthem. (Yahoo! Sports / USA Today)