LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: “So, yesterday Britain’s liberal newspaper The Guardian reported that Paul Manafort — just before he became Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016 — had met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Manafort denied it, but WikiLeaks went much further. The Guardian altered their story shortly after publication, weakening the language.”

Tyler is filling in for Liz today.