Evening Edition: Trump insists ‘trade wars are good, and easy to win,’ after vowing steel tariffs

The Fix: Trump just started a trade war, all right — with his own party; China grumbles at Trump's tariff move, but Europe takes aim at Harleys, bourbon

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Trump insists 'trade wars are good, and easy to win,' after vowing steel tariffs President Trump continued to buck his advisers and GOP leaders by acknowledging for the first time he could be triggering a global trade war by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum. By Damian Paletta  •  Read more » The Fix: Trump just started a trade war, all right — with his own party One of Trump's closest allies in the Senate, Orrin G. Hatch, likened the president's tariff plan to a tax hike. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   China grumbles at Trump's tariff move, but Europe takes aim at Harleys, bourbon European officials have not minced words in recent months regarding the U.S. president and his policies. By Rick Noack  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT U.S. stocks take more losses in sell-off triggered by fears of a trade war Investors across the globe signal high anxiety about President's Trump pledge to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum By Thomas Heath  •  Read more »   Nor'easter slams East Coast with violent winds, heavy rain; scores lose power The late-winter storm began pummeling a swath of states stretching from Maine to Virginia overnight, and was predicted to bring damaging winds — up to hurricane strength in some areas — along the Atlantic. Portions of New York saw more than a foot of snow. By Karen Weintraub, Amy B Wang and Bill Hewitt  •  Read more »   Thousands of flights canceled across U.S. because of nor'easter Amtrak said high winds have also disrupted train service across the Northeast. By Dana Hedgpeth and Luz Lazo  •  Read more »   FBI interviewed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin after saying probe of her boss had concluded The interview is important because it shows that even after the bureau had intimated publicly that its probe into Hillary Clinton was over, the FBI knew it still had work to do with one of her close aides. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Report to allege ex-FBI deputy director McCabe approved an improper media disclosure Andrew McCabe, who served as the No. 2 official in the FBI before stepping down, will also be accused of misleading investigators about his actions, according to people familiar with the inspector general's report. By Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Their 6-year-old daughter was dead, killed by the flu, but the worrying was just beginning The worst flu season in a decade has hospitalized at least 21,000 people, killed thousands — including at least 97 children — and by the time it passes, probably will have hit poor families like Heather and Brandon Murray's the hardest. By Terrence McCoy  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT This deadly flu season has peaked, but a late bump could loom Another 17 child deaths from influenza were reported across the country last week. Officials warn of increasing illness from a secondary flu strain. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   'Jared has faded': Inside the 28 days of tumult that some say could mark the fall of the House of Kushner Once the prince of President Trump's Washington, Kushner is now stripped of his access to the nation's deepest secrets, isolated and badly weakened inside the administration, under scrutiny for mixing business and government work and facing grave legal peril in the Russia probe. By Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   Kushner's concerns include an impending $1.2 billion company debt Meetings that Kushner had with foreign financial figures are coming under scrutiny after a report that officials in other nations saw his family's financial needs as a potential means of manipulating him. By Michael Kranish and Jonathan O'Connell  •  Read more »   Trump touted the 'strongest' sanctions ever against North Korea. But some had argued for even harsher penalties. For months, the Trump administration had been considering cutting off North Korea's access to world banking by cracking down on Chinese banks believed to have enabled the regime to conduct international transactions. By Peter Whoriskey  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Sarah Huckabee Sanders clarifies: Trump said lots of stuff this week he might not mean What the White House press secretary said bore little resemblance to what President Trump has said this week. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   After NRA boycott backlash, Delta Air Lines will end discounts for 'politically divisive' groups "Our objective ... was to remove Delta from this debate," airline CEO Ed Bastian wrote to employees. By J. Freedom du Lac and Marwa Eltagouri  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Evening Edition or because it is included in your subscription. 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