KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Bersatu wants PM's powers curbed

Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin says his party will seek to impose limits to ensure that a prime minister cannot appoint or remove top officers for public institutions, such as the attorney-general, at a whim.

Malaysiakini explores the price former Johor Umno members paid when they decided to follow Muhyiddin into Bersatu.

Muhyiddin says the 14th general election will be a contest only between BN and Pakatan Harapan, and that those in between will be swept into the ocean.

DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang says his personal objectives for GE14 are for Harapan to win Putrajaya, Johor, and Malacca.

PM's thorny US visit

The White House Press Corps are expected to ask Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak pointed questions about the 1MDB scandal in the traditional post-meeting press conference during his Oval Office visit.

US President Donald Trump agreeing to meet Najib contradicts US authorities’ push to crack down on money laundering activities involving 1MDB monies, said an NGO leader.

The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar is among the issues Najib said he will raise in his meeting with Trump.

Other Kinibites

Malaysia is willing to take on more Rohingya refugees, but Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed expressed concern that militants might be allowed in.

Former MIC president S Samy Vellu is among three people who received the honorary title of 'tun' yesterday, while 51 others received a 'tan sri' title at the King's investiture ceremony.

A woman who allegedly threatened a Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) enforcement officer is being investigated by police.

The MACC said it will award civil servants who report attempted bribes with cash incentives.

Looking ahead

Amanah president Mohamad Sabu will officiate the party's Selangor annual convention.

Former prime minister's wife Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali will be leading a women's march against toxic politics which starts at Maju Junction this evening.