Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Tuesday's Headlines: With new West Wing cast, Trump calls the shots and aides follow

 
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Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
With new West Wing cast, Trump calls the shots and aides follow
Largely gone are the warring factions that dominated life at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in the first year of President Trump's term, replaced by solo players — many with personal connections to the president and their own miniature fiefdoms — laboring to do their jobs and survive.
Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-Va.) announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek reelection
A member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, he said that he is struggling with alcoholism and will devote time to focusing on recovery and his family. He becomes the 48th Republican expected to leave the House.
 
Europe is rejecting thousands of Afghan asylum seekers a year. But what awaits them back home?
During three decades of war and upheaval that ended with the fall of Taliban rule in 2001, millions of Afghans were accepted — if not always eagerly welcomed — by other countries. Hundreds of thousands reached the West and built new lives. But Western Europe has recently tightened borders, and now the migrants face deportation back to a nation little prepared to receive them.
 
Search for missing man continues as Ellicott City, Md., reels from a repeat of 2016 flooding
When a woman was trapped by rising flood water in her pet store in Ellicott City, Md., one man volunteered to help. As parked cars were dislodged and buildings were swamped amid the relentless downpour, Eddison "Eddie" Hermond ran to help her and was swept away. "He's an absolute hero for what he did," the woman said.
 
Stanley Cup Finals | Game 1
Golden Knights surge back against Capitals to win series opener
The action was riveting but unfortunate for the Capitals as they kept pace with the speedy Golden Knights until they couldn't, playing a game that wasn't to Washington's tight-checking identity. The high-scoring match-up yielded plenty of fodder for complaints about the officiating.
 
Perspective
The Capitals can't afford to play wide-open games against Vegas
In losing to the Golden Knights, Washington moved away from the tight-checking style that earned it the right to play for the Stanley Cup.
 
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Trump exposes the hypocrisy of Christian Republicans
 
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Top North Korean official believed to be on his way to the U.S. for meetings
Kim Yong Chol, who has been at the forefront of North Korea's diplomatic outreach, was seen at Beijing's airport. He would be the most senior North Korean to visit the United States in 18 years.
 
 
In Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn's embrace of Trump tests her standing with female voters
The Republican Senate candidate, one of the president's most vocal congressional surrogates, shares his hard-line views on immigration and often adopts a similarly pugilistic tone, calling herself "politically incorrect and proud of it." If elected, the longtime House member would be the first female senator from her state.
 
Ex-Playmate, Venezuelan political operative discussed selling story of alleged Trump affair
Model Karen McDougal and J.J. Rendón spoke for hours over two days in his Miami penthouse in May 2016, talking through whether she should sell her account of a decade-old relationship with the newly minted Republican presidential nominee.
 
NBA Playoffs | Analysis
Golden State defeats Houston, setting up a fourth straight rendezvous with Cleveland in the NBA Finals
The Rockets went cold from deep, missing 27 straight three-pointers during one stretch in which they went from up 13 in the middle of the second quarter to down 10 midway through the fourth.
 
Today's WorldView | Analysis
Italy's thwarted populists may have their revenge on Europe
Italy's president blocked the parties' choice for finance minister — citing his long-held opposition to the euro — but that may stoke an even greater anti-establishment backlash.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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