Friday's Headlines: GOP must bolster Affordable Care Act’s markets if Senate bill dies, McConnell says

A town hall meeting in Kansas shines a light on the GOP's struggles with its health bill; Analysis: GOP health bill is a mess because no one thought Trump would win; Questions swirl around Tesla as it approaches a cherished goal; Protesters seek to impede summit as G-20 gets underway in Hamburg; Here's what's at stake when Trump, Putin finally meet; As Trump sounds dire warnings for G-20, his peers sound optimistic; WorldViews: What the idea of civilization does (and doesn't) mean to Trump;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories GOP must bolster Affordable Care Act's markets if Senate bill dies, McConnell says If Republicans can't muster 50 votes for their measure to overhaul health coverage, they will have to draft a more modest bill with Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. "No action is not an alternative," he said in remarks that represent a significant shift for him. By Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein  •  Read more » A town hall meeting in Kansas shines a light on the GOP's struggles with its health bill Although Sen. Jerry Moran wanted to make himself clear as he met with constituents, the result was a polite but heated round of questions as he largely allowed skeptics of the Republican bill to frame the conversation. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Analysis: GOP health bill is a mess because no one thought Trump would win Republican leaders expected Hillary Clinton to become president, and that left them paralyzed about how to proceed when she didn't. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Questions swirl around Tesla as it approaches a cherished goal The first unit of Tesla's affordable, pure-electric car is expected on Friday. But ongoing production issues have observers wondering if the company is ready for the future it helped create. By Brian Fung and Hamza Shaban  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Protesters seek to impede summit as G-20 gets underway in Hamburg Left-wing activists keen on drawing attention to climate change, labor rights and the plight of refugees have vowed to interrupt the first day of summit proceedings and plan to blockade three principal sites around the city. By Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more »   Here's what's at stake when Trump, Putin finally meet The two leaders are likely to discuss Syria, Ukraine and the war of terror today during their much-anticipated get-together on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit. Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election could loom over the entire encounter. By David Filipov and Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   As Trump sounds dire warnings for G-20, his peers sound optimistic In his latest visit to Europe, President Trump brought a starkly populist and nationalistic message, characterizing Western civilization as under siege and putting the United States on a potential collision course with European and Asian powers that embrace a more cooperative approach to the world. By Abby Phillip, John Wagner and Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more »   WorldViews: What the idea of civilization does (and doesn't) mean to Trump Trump's idea of the West would be contested by many Western leaders. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   Opinions   Trump addresses an alternative world By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   We think North Korea is crazy. What if we're wrong? By Fareed Zakaria  •  Read more »   North Korea has one big advantage over its adversaries By Charles Lane  •  Read more »   The reason Republican health-care plans are doomed to fail By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more »   How to handle an unhinged president By Michael Gerson  •  Read more »   Trump wants us to defend 'our values.' Which ones? By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Murder of Kim's half brother sheds light on North Korea's formidable arsenal of deadly toxins and poisons Amid North Korea's recent flurry of provocative missile tests, Kim Jong Nam's killing by liquid VX now looks to many experts like a proving exercise for a chemical-weapons stockpile that Pyongyang is thought to have built over decades and kept carefully under wraps. By Joby Warrick  •  Read more » Judge rejects Hawaii bid to exempt grandparents from Trump's travel ban The case is likely to return for clarification to the Supreme Court, which ruled last month that the government could begin enforcing the ban, but not on those with "a credible claim of a bona fide relationship" with a person or entity in the United States. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » Wonkblog | Analysis Rick Perry offered a ‘little economics lesson.’ It didn’t go so well. "Put the supply out there, and demand will follow," Perry said at a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia. If the energy secretary was suggesting that no matter how much coal the industry produces there will be demand for it, he was clearly mistaken. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more » Trump voter commission to store data on White House computers under purview of Pence staff The disclosure came as part of a lawsuit by a watchdog organization that has asked a federal judge to block the requests for voter data until the impact on Americans' privacy can be fully assessed. By Spencer S. Hsu  •  Read more » Hobby Lobby's smuggling case casts cloud over Museum of the Bible Hobby Lobby President Steve Green chairs the museum's board and the Green family is its major funder. While the museum said items in the federal case were never in its collection, experts said the incident could dissuade scholars from using the institution. By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey  •  Read more » Airmen who surveil Islamic State militants never get to look away As the Air Force's video analysts spend their days viewing hours of live footage, the military worries about the long-term effects. Can repeated exposure to remote killing over a long career lead to moral exhaustion? As technology erases boundaries that once separated the war zone from home, officials wonder how they can rebuild them. By Greg Jaffe  •  Read more » U.S. hospital offers to admit Charlie Gard, the British baby at the center of life-support controversy A New York hospital said it would admit the terminally ill infant provided certain conditions were met, including expedited FDA approval of the experimental treatment that the baby's parents fought for in court. By Lindsey Bever and Alex Horton  •  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. 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