Thursday's Headlines: Trump’s trade war with China is about to begin. Analysts say it won’t be pretty.

Liberals hoping to block Trump's pick for high court target two GOP senators ; This Christian legal powerhouse keeps winning at the Supreme Court; 'They use remains as bait':...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Trump's trade war with China is about to begin. Analysts say it won't be pretty. President Trump's first tariffs are set to hit $34 billion of Chinese imports on Friday, and Beijing plans to respond swiftly with levies on an equal amount of goods. So would begin an unprecedented commerce battle between the world's two largest economies — a conflict analysts fear could rattle markets and cripple trade. By Danielle Paquette and Emily Rauhala  •  Read more » Liberals hoping to block Trump's pick for high court target two GOP senators Political strategists will go back to the tactics they used last year to defend the Affordable Care Act, with ads and grass-roots activism focused heavily on convincing Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine), to buck the president again. By Michael Scherer  •   Read more »   This Christian legal powerhouse keeps winning at the Supreme Court Alliance Defending Freedom has won nine times at the Supreme Court in the past seven years, including cases involving gay weddings and contraceptive coverage. The group could have even more reason to celebrate soon, as President Trump makes his choice for a new justice. By Jessica Contrera  •   Read more »   'They use remains as bait': Recovering war dead in North Korea has frustrated U.S. President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un committed to recovering more American remains from the Korean War, raising hopes that some could be collected in the coming days. But past efforts point to a process fraught with pitfalls. By Dan Lamothe and Paul Sonne  •   Read more »   'An All-American city that speaks Spanish': Immigration isn't a problem for this Texas town — it's a way of life On the border with Mexico, McAllen has become synonymous with the zero-tolerance immigration policy that its residents oppose. By Kevin Sullivan  •   Read more »   Alarm in Britain as authorities investigate new nerve-agent poisoning Officials are scrambling to establish how a British couple came into contact with the same type of Soviet-era chemical weapon used in an attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter. By Karla Adam and William Booth  •   Read more »   'Just a normal day': Teammate of trapped Thai boys recalls the hours before they vanished Authorities are battling the clock, and the boys are being taught how to dive, even though none of them knows how to swim. Meanwhile, their friend hopes they will be freed soon, and he looks forward to telling them what they missed in the World Cup. By Shibani Mahtani  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   The Trump Supreme Court pick who'd pose the biggest danger to abortion rights By Ruth Marcus  •   Read more »   The centrist heavenly chorus is off-key By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •   Read more »   Trump's summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin By George F. Will  •   Read more »   Conservatives will always call socialists hypocrites. Ignore them. By Elizabeth Bruenig  •   Read more »   Why isn't Trump bragging about his NATO successes? By Derek Chollet  •   Read more »   The White House tries to extend its cruel crusade against migrant families By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Public enemy or savior? An Iraqi city could reveal the true Moqtada al-Sadr. The performance of his militia suggests Sadr, who is in a strong position to shape Iraq's next government, has shed his earlier sectarianism. But the brigades' conduct in the city of Samarra also shows he may not have been so fast to relinquish his autocratic tendencies. By Tamer El-Ghobashy and Mustafa Salim  •  Read more »     Wonkblog | Analysis Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world. A new report finds that America's unemployed and at-risk workers get very little support from the government, and their employed peers are set back by a weak collective-bargaining system. By Andrew Van Dam  •   Read more »   Protests erupt in French city after a 22-year-old was stopped by police — then shot and killed Violence broke out across the city of Nantes, which saw cars and buildings set on fire. The shooting came amid a growing debate around the use of firearms by French police. By Rebecca Tan  •   Read more »   Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered 'Turn out your dead!' In America's War for Independence, POWs paid a terrible price. An estimated 30,000 Americans were taken prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary War. Many of them didn't survive the harsh conditions, especially on prison ships moored near what is now the Brooklyn Navy Yard. By Harrison Smith  •   Read more »   Perspective Plastic straws aren't just bad for the environment — they can be bad for your body Your digestive tract, your teeth and even your face can be adversely affected by this common utensil. By Christy Brissette  •   Read more »   World Cup 2018 The World Cup final will include one of these teams — England, Croatia, Sweden, Russia. Really. The four teams on one side of the bracket collectively have only two appearances in the final, and none in more than 50 years. That's a departure from the tourney's penchant for featuring titans in the championship game. By Chuck Culpepper  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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