Friday's Headlines: Washington dives into options, consequences in North Korea crisis

China warns North Korea: You're on your own if you go after the United States; How does the U.S. launch a nuclear attack? The president gives the order — and that's it.; How much power does a president have to lead us to nuclear war?; 'When you put this guy in a cage ... things like this happen': Trump's off-the-cuff sessions with reporters; Is 'Detroit' a masterful piece of cinema or a betrayal by a white filmmaker?;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Washington dives into options, consequences in North Korea crisis In this moment of heated rhetoric, planners in and out of government are examining decades of research and projections, playing out war games, and estimating death tolls. The paths forward for President Trump fall into four main categories, experts say: Keep the status quo, create tougher sanctions, push for talks and war. By Marc Fisher and David Nakamura  •  Read more » China warns North Korea: You're on your own if you go after the United States The statement came in a state-owned newspaper's editorial. But China will step in, the newspaper wrote, if the U.S. tries a preemptive strike to force regime change.  By Simon Denyer  •  Read more »   How does the U.S. launch a nuclear attack? The president gives the order — and that's it. The nuclear weapons system is designed to be deployed within minutes of a president's command. If Trump orders a preemptive strike, senior military advisers must carry it out or resign. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   Can He Do That? How much power does a president have to lead us to nuclear war? To assess the president's actions on North Korea, White House reporter Jenna Johnson joins an expert in North Korean history and a professor who has worked on counter proliferation and nuclear arms control. By Allison Michaels  •  Read more »   The Debrief 'When you put this guy in a cage ... things like this happen': Trump's off-the-cuff sessions with reporters After a week of seclusion at his Bedminster golf club, the president weighed in on a far-reaching array of topics with neither his new chief of staff nor his press secretary able to control what he might say next or how long he would keep talking. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Critic's Notebook Is 'Detroit' a masterful piece of cinema or a betrayal by a white filmmaker? The film has been hailed by many for plunging viewers into an event that crystallizes white supremacy and impunity. But for others, it's a dispiriting example of a white artist undertaking self-examination using the spectacle of suffering and desecration of the black body. By Ann Hornaday  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   The secret agreement John Kelly must make with Trump By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   Someone needs to distract Trump with a shiny object By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   Trump has been making ominous threats his whole life By Fareed Zakaria  •  Read more »   The NFL cowards who aren't signing Colin Kaepernick By John Feinstein  •  Read more »   In dealing with North Korea, Trump needs allies — not bombast By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   The Trump Justice Department joins the GOP crusade to shrink the vote By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   CNN cuts ties with pundit Jeffrey Lord for use of Nazi phrase on Twitter Lord, a reliable defender of President Trump, tweeted "Sieg Heil!" in an escalating dispute with liberal group Media Matters, which he has labeled "fascist" for its boycotts of media figures. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more » Trump deports fewer immigrants than Obama, including criminals One former official attributed part of the decline to a sharp drop in illegal border crossings since President Trump took office. Also, immigration officials arrested more people with no crimes on their record, making it harder to focus on criminals. By Maria Sacchetti  •  Read more » 'We think of the Jews just like the Nazis did': Muslim refugees face German past at Holocaust site Germany's integration efforts for newcomers include teaching them about Holocaust history. But some observers worry that hostility toward Israel in the Arab world translates into anti-Semitism among Mideast migrants. By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Alexandra Rojkov  •  Read more » U.S. investigates whether diplomats in Cuba were victims of an attack by a 'covert sonic weapon' A U.S. official confirmed that embassy employees suffered hearing damage and neurological symptoms that remain unexplained. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more » Cable channels find themselves addicted to 'all Trump, all the time' Relying heavily on topics related to President Trump has worked well for cable news networks, which are seeing the highest audience totals in their history, exceeding even last year's campaign.  By Paul Farhi  •  Read more » 'I helped create a monster': Facebook's aggressive mimickry discourages competition When venture capitalists hear pitches from entrepreneurs, one of the first questions they ask is how easy would it be for Facebook to copy the idea. It is increasingly the reason they decline to invest. By Elizabeth Dwoskin  •  Read more » Trump D.C. hotel turns $2 million profit in four months The figure dramatically beat the Trump Organization's expectations and gave the first hard number to critics who charge that Trump is profiting from his presidency. By Jonathan O'Connell  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? 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