Friday, April 6, 2018

Evening Edition: As Trump and China lob trade threats, calls grow to halt escalating rhetoric

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As Trump and China lob trade threats, calls grow to halt escalating rhetoric
Many in the business community are urging President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to reach a settlement before any threatened tariffs go into effect. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers also want Trump to back down.
U.S. stocks post across-the-board losses to close bruising week
Leading the Dow down were companies that are considered the most vulnerable to a U.S.-Chinese trade feud.
 
U.S. imposes sweeping new sanctions on Russian elite
The measures, which target senior politicians, companies and business leaders, are likely to provoke a strong response from the Kremlin.
 
 
Facebook's Zuckerberg long resisted going to Congress. Now he'll face a 'reckoning,' lawmakers say.
When Mark Zuckerberg testifies to the U.S. Congress next week, the Facebook chief executive will face off with lawmakers who have long been itching to confront him
 
Facebook's new rules aim to thwart the kind of ads bought by Russian trolls during the election
As the social-media giant looks to prevent malicious actors from secretly spreading disinformation on its site, new guidelines for "issue ads" will require greater disclosure.
 
Visual Story | 1968
The 1968 riots shattered neighborhoods in D.C. Here's how they look today.
In 1968, when riots erupted in Washington neighborhoods after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Post photographers captured images of a city angry and burning. Sections of the city that once thrived were crippled. Some recovered quickly. Some still haven't.
 
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The Fix | Analysis
Scott Pruitt is under fire, but he was smart to appear on Fox News
Going on President Trump's favorite network might have been the Environmental Protection Agency administrator's best opportunity to capture attention in the White House and regain favor.
 
Backpage.com taken offline 'as part of an enforcement action,' federal officials say
The classifieds website has been the focus of intense scrutiny over the issue of its sex ads, which have included those involving children being trafficked by adults.
 
A law Trump signed could have the federal government paying Amazon a lot more money
Federal agencies would soon be able to spend significantly more money on all sorts of commercially available products — without having to go through cumbersome procurement regulations.
 
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Analysis
Three months into the Trump tax cuts, significant wage gains seem elusive
The cuts were supposed to be "rocket fuel" for the economy, giving businesses a big break that would result in increased wages for their employees.
 
How did a former Russian spy and his daughter survive military-grade poison?
The recovery of Sergei and Yulia Skripal from an attack with a nerve agent on British soil could help the investigation, which has caused a diplomatic falling out between Moscow and the West.
 
Analysis
Federal officials refuse to meet about Park Police slaying of Bijan Ghaisar
The U.S. attorney's office in the District sent a letter last month to Arlington County's emergency communications department urging it not to release the 911 phone call by an Uber driver that started the chain of events that led to Ghaisar's shooting.
 
 
Jay-Z opens up to David Letterman about cheating on Beyoncé and his mother's sexuality
On the fourth episode of Letterman's free-ranging interview show on Netflix, the rapper was strikingly candid about his family.
 
Each morning, a bus driver braids the hair of a girl whose mother died
The father of 11-year-old Isabella Pieri said, "I originally just gave her a crew cut because I didn't know how" to fix her hair.
 
About US | Perspective
We can't ignore race in the tragic story of Devonte Hart and his white adoptive mothers
Authorities believe that his body may have washed out to sea after one of his mothers intentionally plunged the family's SUV off a 100-foot cliff in California. Since then, a decade-long timeline of suspected abuse has emerged.
 
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