Evening Edition: Trump keeps U.S. allies on edge ahead of steel tariffs deadline
Wonkblog: Tonight we'll find out if Trump wants a trade war with Europe; WhatsApp founder plans to leave after clashes with parent Facebook over privacy, strategy
The U.S. has until midnight to decide whether to push ahead on tariffs on steel and aluminum exports — and risk antagonizing the E.U., Japan, Canada, Mexico and other key trading partners.
Despite the smiles and many warm embraces last week between Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, the E.U. and United States have fundamental disagreements on trade.
Jan Koum disagreed with the parent company over the strategy for the popular messaging service and Facebook's attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption.
"There's no evidence whatsoever that the money's been massively poured back into the American worker," the Republican senator from Florida told the Economist.
Thomas Homan championed the president's policies but grew frustrated with the internal politics of the Department of Homeland Security, telling friends and co-workers he felt increasingly sidelined by his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, according to three people close to Homan.
After filling runways with models in protest T-shirts, designers go back to basics: bringing the wearer joy. Because happy fashion can be mental salvation — and perhaps it can even alter behavior.
America's movie theaters are having a few good months, with record-setting showings. But that encouraging news conceals a more disruptive set of forces that threatens to undermine theaters' business model.
At a critical time for the 2015 nuclear deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the tens of thousands of documents and discs show that Iran lied about the history of its weapons when it signed the agreement.
The government is facing blowback over its treatment of migrants, both legal and illegal. Amber Rudd resigned as Britain's home secretary following accusations that she lied to Parliament last week about deportation targets for illegal immigrants.
The porn star accused the president of defaming her by dismissing as a "con job" her claim that she was threatened in 2011 after giving an interview about their alleged affair.
Photos that Christopher Wilson took at a medical center in Salt Lake City circulated across social media over the weekend, prompting an apology and triggering an investigation.
David Goodall plans to travel from his home in Australia to Switzerland, where he intends to end his life. "An old person like myself should have full citizenship rights including the right of assisted suicide," he said.
The deal, if approved, would create the nation's second-biggest wireless carrier, controlling roughly 100 million customers. Here's how the plan could affect prices, competition and your service.
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