This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (July 20, 2018).

The White House said it had invited Putin to Washington for a follow-up meeting, even as it remained unclear what Trump and the Russian leader discussed in Helsinki.

Trump rejected a Putin proposal to allow Russian investigators to question a number of Americans.

The number of Americans claiming new unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nearly five decades.

Weak oversight at the local, state and federal level contributed to and slowed the response to the Flint, Mich., water crisis, the EPA inspector general reported.

Senate Republicans were cool to a House GOP bill to extend tax cuts that are due to expire after 2025.

South Carolina is defending the construction of a plutonium-disposal plant the federal government wants to abandon.

The EU said it would retaliate if Trump imposes tariffs on automobile exports to the U.S.

The EU will take Hungary to court over Budapest's treatment of asylum seekers, citing European treaties.

The U.S. launched an intensive diplomatic effort to free an American pastor still detained in Turkey.

Israel's parliament passed a law defining the country as a Jewish state, a step opponents said discriminates against Arab citizens.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 20, 2018 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.