Monday, March 12, 2018

Monday's Headlines: White House vows to help arm teachers and backs off raising age for buying guns

 
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Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
White House vows to help arm teachers and backs off raising age for buying guns
The Trump administration endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background check system and rolled out policy proposals that focus largely on mental health and school safety initiatives. The idea of arming some teachers has been controversial and has drawn opposition from the country's largest teachers lobby, among other groups.
Fertility clinic informs hundreds of patients their eggs may have been damaged
The incident at a long-established San Francisco fertility clinic is the second such admission in a matter of days, coming on the heels of a similar malfunction at an unrelated clinic in Cleveland.
 
Catholics in rural China fear for the future of their religion as Vatican, Beijing near a deal on bishops
A deal in the works between Beijing and the Vatican over who appoints clergy strikes critics as a catastrophic sellout that would put Communist Party cadres in charge of communities that fought to worship without government control.
 
'Still his little girl': Ivanka Trump tries to strike balance as president's daughter and adviser
Ivanka Trump likes to be in complete control — in contrast to her freewheeling father — but at this moment of turmoil in the West Wing, she controls increasingly little. She has faced challenges shifting from an executive running her own business to a West Wing staffer carrying the public messages of an administration with which she does not always agree.
 
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The U.S. separates a mother and daughter fleeing violence in Congo
 
The needy salesman in chief
 
Trump's abuses of power may not matter
 
The liberal international order mounts a comeback
 
The optimists are striking back. Good.
 
Let's have a good-faith argument about socialism
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A beloved restaurant owner was deported. A town was in uproar. Then it moved on.
Few people in mostly conservative Granger, Ind., had known that restaurateur Roberto Beristain was an undocumented Mexican immigrant. His deportation changed how his customers felt about America — but their rage didn't last.
 
 
WorldViews | Analysis
Will Trump's North Korea gamble actually pay off?
A meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be a breakthrough, but there are many pitfalls ahead.
 
The Answer Sheet | Analysis
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stumbles during pointed '60 Minutes' interview
Leslie Stahl challenged the education secretary repeatedly. At one point, DeVos said she is "not so sure exactly" how she became, as Stahl described her, "the most hated" member of President Trump's Cabinet.
 
Analysis | Analysis
The 68-team field is set. Now it's time to get to work on your brackets.
Virginia, Villanova, Kansas and Xavier received No. 1 seeds. Will the top overall seed Cavaliers break through for their first Final Four appearance since 1984? Which underdogs have the best chance of playing the role of Cinderella?
 
Charles Barkley and Dick Vitale rip into Oklahoma's selection for NCAA tournament
Barkley grilled the selection committee chairman over the 10 seed handed to the Sooners, who stumbled badly down the stretch, while Vitale couldn't believe Oklahoma State was snubbed in favor of its in-state rival.
 
Perspective: What the selection committee got right — and wrong
In a year of many firsts, some things never change.
 
Stormy Daniels uncertain about fate of her '60 Minutes' segment as reports suggest Trump's lawyers are trying to block it
"We will see what happens," Daniels wrote in an email to The Post on Sunday. CBS said the interview with the porn star who allegedly had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006 has not yet been scheduled.
 
This Life
He has autism. He's willing and able to work. Can he find the right fit?
Tom Whalen is chatty, outgoing and engaging, quick to win over strangers and ask for opportunities. Then, in short order, he loses them. "He's able to do stuff," his mother said. "We just have to find a place that's good for him."
 
Analysis
Taylor Swift has disappeared from public view. Her 'Delicate' music video may hint at why.
If there's one thing we know about the pop superstar, it's that she always has a hidden message.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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