Sunday, March 11, 2018

Sunday's Headlines: Trump’s tariffs forge rare common ground in Pa. steel country

 
Democracy Dies in Darkness
 
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Trump's tariffs forge rare common ground in Pa. steel country
The reaction stands in sharp contrast to how the tariffs have played in Washington and around the country. President Trump's surprise move has scrambled party loyalties, upsetting GOP leaders fearing a trade war and attracting the support of Democrats determined to win back working-class voters in the midterms. And yet, there are limits to Trump's support.
At rally for struggling Pa. candidate, Trump again suggests executing drug dealers
The president also delivered a profane attack on the news media at the event and veered off into other topics, including North Korea, tariffs, Mexico and his election victory.
 
Video: At rally, Trump calls NBC's Chuck Todd a 'sleeping son of a bitch'
President Trump called NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd a "sleeping son of a bitch" during a rally in Pennsylvania on March 10.
 
Trump celebrates winning 52 percent of women in 2016 — which is only how he did among whites
The president's boast about how women liked him excluded all nonwhite voters.
 
After once predicting quick end to Mueller probe, White House now looks to expand legal team
The White House reached out to a Washington lawyer with experience assisting presidents under investigation to see if he would help President Trump deal with the probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
 
Russia's young people are Putin's biggest fans
They have no memory of life before Putin, who first took power as president 18 years ago. Some have protested his authoritarian rule, but social scientists say many more accept him. To Western eyes, young Russians who espouse some liberal values but back Putin live in a world of contradictions. In fact, their readiness to accept those contradictions helps explain Putin's grip on power.
 
BREAKING NEWS
China approves plan to abolish presidential term limits, clearing way for Xi to stay on 
China's National People's Congress vote on Sunday makes it possible for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely. It is seen as the strongest evidence yet that Xi plans to rule beyond the end of his term in 2023, taking China back to the era of one-man rule.
 
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Opinions
 
Some patients are in pain. Some just want drugs. How do I tell them apart?
 
The other opioid crisis: Pain patients who can't access the medicine we need
 
School shootings are extraordinarily rare. Why is fear of them driving policy?
 
Why it's so difficult to kill a populist movement
 
Women's friendships aren't dysfunctional — they're essential
 
Lawmakers put Metro on firmer footing — at last
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Five months after the Las Vegas mass shooting, this is what it means to survive
On Oct. 1, the Melanson family was caught in the crosshairs of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Rosemarie, 54, has been hospitalized for all but two days since — her excruciating recovery from wounds to her lungs, liver, spleen and stomach a testament to the all-consuming devastation a single high-velocity bullet can cause.
 
 
This lung disease is killing dentists and the CDC can't figure out why
A dying dentist being treated at a Virginia facility gave health officials a warning: There was a suspiciously large number of other dental professionals at the clinic.
 
Analysis
Numbers did the talking. Education got lost in noise.
Data suggested that the D.C. Public Schools was a national model in the decade after the city dissolved its elected school board and turned management of the schools over to the mayor. But numbers can mislead.
 
Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered
Sex and power: Stormy Daniels and the female pioneers of the porn industry
Daniels is the latest in a long line of shrewd, savvy businesswomen in the porn trade, one of the few fields where women stars command more money than men.
 
A nun begged Katy Perry not to buy her convent — then collapsed and died
"Katy Perry, please stop," were among the 89-year-old nun's final words in a Los Angeles courtroom.
 
Lost for decades, original manuscript for Alcoholics Anonymous expected to sell for millions at auction
The Big Book, written by AA founder William "Bill W." Wilson, has sold 30 million copies and is considered one of the most influential tomes in U.S. history.
 
Flying with your pet the proper way can come with a steep cost
As airlines tighten rules for allowing emotional-support animals on board planes, shipping pets as cargo remains expensive, complicated and — in some cases — emotionally harrowing.
 
Restaurant Review
Noma in Denmark is worth the trip
Chef Rene Redzepi reinvents his influential destination with tastes of the future — like snail broth.
 
Home & Garden
A tiny rowhouse is made just right
With two kids, it was move or renovate. So this family stretched their 19th-century home to the max.
 
On Parenting
What to do about a child's whining?
Sometimes, they're just born with a negative temperament. Other times, we need to step back.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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