Evening Edition: N. Korea remains defiant on nuclear weapons, threatens to retaliate for U.N. sanctions

President renews attack on Sen. Blumenthal, calling him a 'Vietnam con artist' ; The Fix: How the Russia investigation is getting more real by the day; Trump says his political base is ‘stronger than ever’ despite polling to the contrary; Chicago sues Justice Department over new police grant rules targeting sanctuary cities; How the Trump hotel has become a sort of White House annex; Chefs say a dishwasher can make or break a restaurant. What is the job really like?; Democrats are shifting left. That won't necessarily hurt them in 2018.; Trump TV’s ‘real news’ sounds more like real propaganda; The savage fight for Guadalcanal: Jungle, crocodiles and snipers during World War II; Stephen Miller blasted a reporter as ‘cosmopolitan.’ But he lives in a $1 million CityCenter condo.; Doctors had no idea what was devouring an Australian teen's legs ; British model feared for her life ‘second by second’ as kidnappers allegedly plotted online ‘auction’; More whiffs, walks and long balls: Baseball faces an existential crisis; The Arctic's fabled Northwest Passage is opening up. This is what it looks like.;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   N. Korea remains defiant on nuclear weapons, threatens to retaliate for U.N. sanctions The foreign minister said Pyongyang would use nuclear weapons only against the United States or another country that might join it in military action against North Korea. And he dismissed stiff new Security Council sanctions as illegal. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had said the U.S. is willing to talk if Pyongyang will stop testing ballistic missiles. By Carol Morello  •  Read more » President renews attack on Sen. Blumenthal, calling him a 'Vietnam con artist' The tweets came after Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal voiced support for continuing the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year's election. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   The Fix: How the Russia investigation is getting more real by the day President Trump keeps calling the inquiry "fake news," but people should pay attention because the probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller III is expanding in scope and size — and Congress is taking it seriously. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Trump says his political base is ‘stronger than ever’ despite polling to the contrary In a series of tweets from Bedminster, N.J., where the president is on what aides describe as a 17-day "working vacation," he listed factors that he said have "driven the Trump base even closer together." By John Wagner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Chicago sues Justice Department over new police grant rules targeting sanctuary cities Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that federal rules regarding grants would require "federalization" of local jails and would abridge local residents' rights. By Sandhya Somashekhar  •  Read more »   How the Trump hotel has become a sort of White House annex For the first time in presidential history, a profit-making venture touts the name of the commander in chief in its gold signage. The Post sent reporters to the hotel every day for a month to see how business and politics are adjusting to the new culture of Washington influence. By Jonathan O'Connell  •  Read more »   Chefs say a dishwasher can make or break a restaurant. What is the job really like? The Post's restaurant critic rolls up his sleeves and joins the ranks of the kitchen crew's unsung heroes — a role that tends to be the lowest paid with the highest responsibility. Diners rely on them for clean dishes, flatware and glasses. Chefs rely on them for everything else. By Tom Sietsema  •  Read more »   The Daily 202 | Analysis Democrats are shifting left. That won't necessarily hurt them in 2018. Their Better Deal has largely built on the left-wing platform that emerged from the 2016 convention. The party now endorses a $15 minimum wage, backs $1 trillion in deficit-financed infrastructure spending and wants to create new agencies that could cancel lopsided free-trade deals. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Trump TV’s ‘real news’ sounds more like real propaganda Former CNN pundit Kayleigh McEnany's debut feels a lot like state TV. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered The savage fight for Guadalcanal: Jungle, crocodiles and snipers during World War II On the 75th anniversary of the battle, it is remembered as the first real test for the Greatest Generation, historians say. By Michael E. Ruane  •  Read more »   Stephen Miller blasted a reporter as ‘cosmopolitan.’ But he lives in a $1 million CityCenter condo. The White House senior adviser calls home a condo in one of Washington's poshest addresses and a complex that proudly proclaims it offers residents an upscale, urbane lifestyle. By Emily Heil  •  Read more »   Doctors had no idea what was devouring an Australian teen's legs It wasn't until Sam Kanizay's father went back to the same spot in the ocean where the teen had been standing that he discovered the culprit: thousands of flesh-eating sea bugs. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   British model feared for her life ‘second by second’ as kidnappers allegedly plotted online ‘auction’ The captors planned to sell the women to the highest bidder on the dark Web, police say. She was freed when the kidnappers apparently discovered she was a mother. By William Booth  •  Read more »   More whiffs, walks and long balls: Baseball faces an existential crisis Batters are taking a base on balls, striking out or hitting homers — the three true outcomes — more than ever. It's changing how the game is played, and how long it takes. By Dave Sheinin  •  Read more »   The Arctic's fabled Northwest Passage is opening up. This is what it looks like. A Canadian research ship is using a sophisticated multibeam sonar device to map the Arctic seafloor in high resolution, and pulling up cores of mud to learn about the geologic history of the area. Post reporters are on board. 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