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President Trump, while resisting calls from many top aides to oust the Environmental Protection Agency chief, has complained privately about him for days, White House advisers said. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and Josh Dawsey 9 hours ago Why Trump went after Bezos: Two billionaires across a cultural divide President Trump’s recent tweets attacking Amazon.com and its founder highlighted a fracture in American society that is as much philosophical as it is economic. It also stems from Trump’s rivalry with those who surpass him on lists of the world’s wealthiest men, aides and allies say. By Marc Fisher 14 hours ago Analysis: Washington Post stories that preceded Trump’s tweets about Amazon Video: The history of Trump and Amazon’s long-standing feud
People taking part in a march last month in Budapest against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban flash their cellphone lights. (AP) In Eastern Europe, the E.U. faces a rebellion more threatening than Brexit The triumph of liberal democracy is being attacked from within by E.U. members that openly deride the bloc’s values, principles and rules, while wayward leaders, such as Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, threaten to pull their countries closer to the edge of autocracy. By Griff Witte and Michael Birnbaum 1 day ago Today’s WorldView: How Viktor Orban became the real threat to the West ‘Whose city is it?’: San Francisco’s mayoral race has echoes of its demographic changes
Any of the leading candidates would be a “first” — the first African American woman, the first Asian American woman or the first openly gay man to serve as mayor. And San Francisco's shifting dynamics around race, ethnicity and sexuality may decide which of them goes on to lead a relatively small city with national influence. By Scott Wilson 9 hours ago
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Disgraced former South Korean president gets 24 years in prison on corruption charges Park Geun-hye, who maintains her innocence after being impeached last year, was found guilty of charges including bribery, coercion and abuse of power. The prison term is tantamount to a life sentence for the 66-year-old. By Anna Fifield 1 hour ago
Trump says he didn’t know his attorney paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels The president also said he didn’t know where his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, got the money for the payment to Daniels, who says she was paid to keep quiet about her affair with Trump. By Jenna Johnson, Emma Brown and Frances Stead Sellers 13 hours ago The Fix: Trump still hasn’t denied paying Stormy Daniels. Not really.
For Trump and his generals, ‘victory’ has different meanings President Trump believes wars should be waged and won with overwhelming firepower, but American generals have found their own lessons from years of combat — a difference in opinion causing tension between the military and the commander in chief. By Greg Jaffe 16 hours ago Trump’s hope to withdraw quickly from Syria would be a ‘disaster,’ Kurds warn
Mexico’s president delivers public rebuke of Trump over border threats The national address was remarkable because President Enrique Peña Nieto has endured, with diplomatic courtesy and sometimes stony silence, about two years of insults and threats from President Trump. By Joshua Partlow 12 hours ago Trump says he wants to send 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
Death toll in Gaza protests climbs to 22 as both sides brace for more clashes Health officials in Gaza prepared for more casualties as protesters gathered along an Israeli border fence for demonstrations dubbed the “Friday of Tires.” By Loveday Morris 1 hour ago
Retropolis The Past, Rediscovered In 1968, cities were burning after MLK’s death. Could James Brown keep Boston from erupting, too? Brown’s band feared for his safety. But Boston officials begged him to take the stage. By Terence McArdle 23 hours ago ‘That stain of bloodshed’: Robert F. Kennedy’s speech calmed an angry crowd in Indianapolis Read more coverage from ‘1968: The D.C. Riots’
Kevin Williamson loses Atlantic job after controversy over abortion rhetoric The conservative writer, who called for women who get abortions to be hanged, is the latest columnist fired after a social-media outrage. By Paul Farhi 13 hours ago The Fix: Conservative writers cry foul after Williamson’s ‘chilling’ firing Criminalizing abortion is back in the news. Here’s what research says on potential dangers for women. Visual Stories Visual Stories (Image courtesy of the artist and TBW Books)
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