Sunday's Headlines: A restive, active and aggressive base is a gift — and a challenge — for Democrats

Trump says U.S. backs Japan '100 percent' after Abe condemns North Korean missile test; How the 31-year-old behind Trump's travel ban forged his conservative identity in liberal Southern California; Greenland needs money. Is a uranium mine the answer?; How Kellyanne Conway became Trump’s spin-master;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories A restive, active and aggressive base is a gift — and a challenge — for Democrats Three weeks into President Trump's term, Democrats have almost entirely adopted the demands of their base, which has rallied against Trump with fervent intensity. They're hopeful that the new activism more closely resembles the Tea Party movement, which embraced electoral politics, than the Occupy Wall Street movement, which did not. But will it lead the party to electoral gains? By David Weigel and Karen Tumulty  •  Read more » Trump says U.S. backs Japan '100 percent' after Abe condemns North Korean missile test It was the country's first launch since Donald Trump was elected U.S. president. Speaking at a joint appearance in Florida with Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the missile test "absolutely intolerable" and urged Pyongyang to "fully comply with the United Nations Security Council resolutions." By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   How the 31-year-old behind Trump's travel ban forged his conservative identity in liberal Southern California Stephen Miller, a top adviser to President Trump, was one of the leading advocates of the executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, and he wrote some of Trump's most strident campaign speeches. By Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   Greenland needs money. Is a uranium mine the answer? While the world focuses on the potentially disastrous effects of Greenland's melting ice cap, Greenlanders themselves are struggling to solve a very different problem: how to tap their wealth of natural resources without inviting the environmental and political problems that have devastated other developing nations. By Michael Oneal  •  Read more »   How Kellyanne Conway became Trump’s spin-master Whether it's arguing for "alternative facts" or simply attempting to spin the news in ways that are positive for the administration, Conway has become the undisputed cable news voice of the Trump White House — and, in a way, Trump's voice on cable networks. By Peter W. Stevenson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Why does the United States still let 12-year-olds get married? By Fraidy Reiss  •  Read more »   Putting ‘America First’ isn’t the problem. Trump’s version of it is. By Anne-Marie Slaughter  •  Read more »   Crime stats should inform the public. Trump is misusing them to scare us instead. By Philip M. Stinson  •  Read more »   If the press skips the White House correspondents’ dinner, we'd prove Trump's point By Major Garrett  •  Read more »   I never cared much about politics. Then Trump nominated Betsy DeVos as secretary of education. By Elizabeth Wade  •  Read more »   Living in fear of deportation is terrible for your health By James S. Gordon  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump's 'deportation force' Federal officials insist they have not made fundamental changes in enforcement actions, but activists say the rules of engagement have changed. "The bottom line is, overnight, people are terrorized," the executive director of Casa de Maryland said. By Janell Ross, Aaron C. Davis and Joel Achenbach  •  Read more » Florida GOP official in viral town hall video is known for sharing misleading stories, bigoted jokes The county-level Republican Party official in Florida has shared jokes on social media comparing African American rioters to monkeys and accusing Hillary Clinton of murder. By David Weigel  •  Read more » Melissa McCarthy returns to SNL as an even more frustrated Sean Spicer The late-night comedy show doubled down on having women portray the men of the new administration, while Trump impersonator Alec Baldwin was back as host. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more » The Islamic State's latest recruits — young, lonely children — often slip under the radar Even as the militant group suffers setbacks on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria, it is cultivating adolescents in the West. Officials lack the legal authority to track children the same way they monitor adults, creating a major counterterrorism challenge. By Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet  •  Read more » Family describes mysterious killing of former World Bank economist for first time Nearly 11 months after the murder of 83-year-old Johan de Leede, his family said that it makes no more sense today than it did that night when he was killed. Who would target an elderly man quietly living out his golden years? By Justin Jouvenal  •  Read more » Green-card holder who voted illegally in Texas gets 8 years in prison Rosa Maria Ortega, a registered Republican, had been voting for more than a decade. Her attorney is arguing that the sentence is unusually harsh and meant to appease those "swept up in the Trump hysteria." By Amy B Wang  •  Read more » News quiz: A Russian term to remember and more We're back with 10 fresh questions to test how closely you paid attention. The faster you correctly answer, the higher you can score. By Tiffany Harness  •  Read more » Solo-ish The IUD rush: Birth control in Trump era With health-care coverage in flux and abortion access uncertain, women are "Pence-proofing" their uteruses. By Lisa Bonos  •  Read more » Wellness Not all processed foods are bad for you Not all processes are detrimental. Here's how to tell the difference. By Cara Rosenbloom  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071