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Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall President Trump, who told advisers he was spurned when lawmakers recently appropriated only $1.6 billion for a wall along the southern border with Mexico, has begun suggesting the Pentagon could fund the project, citing a "national security" risk. By Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » Why adding a citizenship question to the census launched a political firestorm The Justice Department says the question is necessary because it requires specific data to identify violations of the Voting Rights Act. But others fear it will dampen participation in the count.  By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   California, New York sue over citizenship question on Census The California suit, filed shortly after the Commerce Department said it would add a citizenship question to the 2020 population survey, was followed by an announcement from New York's attorney general that he will lead a multi-state lawsuit to preserve what he said was a fair and accurate Census. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   State Department braces for Bolton's return  The exit of Rex Tillerson and the rise of Trump's new national security adviser trades one agency critic with no government experience for another with years of it. By John Hudson  •  Read more »   1968 America Many thought D.C. was riot-proof. But no one had ever looked at the lives of black people in the segregated city. The anger and alienation of Washington's black community only became clear after corridors were destroyed. By Leonard Downie Jr.  •  Read more »   Mother blames herself as son, branded an 'alt-right killer,' faces murder charges in couple's death The Virginia mother is facing a reckoning after police said her son killed his girlfriend's parents after they accused him of being an "outspoken Neo-Nazi." "I wish it would have been us, not them," the teen's mother said of the Frickers in her first public comments about her son and his mental-health challenges. By Justin Jouvenal  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix | Analysis John Paul Stevens's supremely unhelpful call to repeal the Second Amendment The former justice's words lend credence to the argument that Democratic appointees who could decide the future of the amendment want to get rid of gun ownership. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Is Kim Jong Un in Beijing? Arrival of mystery train causes a stir. The White House could not confirm. The South Koreans were quiet. And a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said she had "no information" about who was aboard the armored train that arrived under tight security. By Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   NFL approves new catch rule, putting an end to a decade of confusion Team owners unanimously approved the competition committee's catch-rule proposal that was ordered up by Commissioner Roger Goodell during Super Bowl week. By Mark Maske  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Military veterans with PTSD turn to service dogs for help. But does it work? "I wouldn't be here without him," one vet says of his dog. But the practice faces growing scrutiny from researchers and debate among veterans groups, politicians and the Department of Veterans Affairs. By Karin Brulliard  •  Read more »   TV Review In its final season, 'The Americans' asks the eternal question: Can this marriage be saved? The acclaimed FX show will return Wednesday for its sixth and final season with a fraught episode that represents everything the series has been about, especially its underlying sense of doom for its main characters. By Hank Stuever  •  Read more »   Tech firms, government officials put the brakes on tests of self-driving vehicles after fatal Uber crash Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey this week banned Uber's self-driving cars from the state's roads after one of the company's self-driving cars fatally struck a pedestrian in Tempe. Separately, Uber also agreed to stop testing autonomous vehicles in California. By Faiz Siddiqui  •  Read more »   Archaeologists discover 81 ancient settlements in the Amazon A growing body of research suggests that the "pristine" rain forest was actually carefully managed by indigenous people for hundreds of years. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Stormy Daniels's lawyer cries 'thug' 20 times on live TV in proxy war with Trump attorney "All the testosterone was washing over me," CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said afterward. By Alex Horton  •  Read more »

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