Thursday's Headlines: Trump, Kim abruptly cut short summit

In a first for North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong Un takes a question from a foreign journalist; Cohen drops ominous hint that Trump faces legal peril; Fact Checker: The...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Trump, Kim abruptly cut short summit Although North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had said he was ready in principle to denuclearize, he and President Trump ended their meetings. "Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn't do that," Trump said. By Philip Rucker, David Nakamura and Simon Denyer  •  Read more » In a first for North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong Un takes a question from a foreign journalist Kim said he has a "feeling good results will come." By John Hudson  •   Read more »   Cohen drops ominous hint that Trump faces legal peril In testimony to the House Oversight Committee, Michael Cohen alleged that President Trump manipulated financial records, paid to cover up extramarital affairs and reacted with glee when he learned in advance of a WikiLeaks dump of emails damaging to Hillary Clinton. By Matt Zapotosky, Rosalind Helderman, Karoun Demirjian and Rachael Bade  •   Read more »   Fact Checker: The House committee's questions and Cohen's responses Here's a round-up of claims and statements made during hearing featuring testimony by the former attorney for President Trump By Glenn Kessler and Salvador Rizzo  •   Read more »   Critic's Notebook: The Cohen hearing wasn't a hearing at all. It was cheap theatrics. A desultorily expanded version of "Twelve Angry Men" played out for hours on Capitol Hill. By Peter Marks  •   Read more »   As a Trump insider describes a 'con man' president, both sides see a liar Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime bulldog, turned on the man he long gave "blind loyalty." Republicans dismissed his conversion as proof of a craven man who's on his own side, while Democrats treated him as a redeemed truth teller. By Marc Fisher  •   Read more »   Republican focus on discrediting Cohen leaves little time to defend Trump "We're asking the questions that we think need to be asked," said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in defending the GOP strategy at the high-stakes hearing. By Rachael Bade  •   Read more »   How conservative media downplayed Cohen's explosive testimony As with other events with potentially negative repercussions for Trump, conservative media outlets seemed to soften the blow by painting Cohen in a negative light. By Eli Rosenberg  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   The most revealing insight of Michael Cohen's testimony By Karen Tumulty  •   Read more »   Michael Cohen is the monster Trump created By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   The U.S. is funding dangerous experiments it doesn't want you to know about By Marc Lipsitch and Tom Inglesby  •   Read more »   I'm a gay Methodist minister. The church just turned its back on me. By Will Ed Green  •   Read more »   Pop culture is no longer full of apocalyptic nuclear visions. That's too bad. By Charlie Jane Anders  •   Read more »   Michael Cohen's hearing was explosive — but not for what was new By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   WorldViews 'Serious and dangerous': U.S., China and other countries urge India and Pakistan to cease fighting After days of remaining silent on the tensions, several U.S. officials weighed in with carefully worded remarks that sought to avoid putting the blame on either of the sides. By Rick Noack  •  Read more »     D.C. attorney general subpoenas Trump inaugural committee The move by Karl A. Racine (D) is the latest of several requests from federal and state authorities looking into how money was raised and spent for the January 2017 gala. By Peter Jamison  •   Read more »   Surprise GOP win in House exposes divisions in Democratic leadership Republicans have embraced the use of a procedural tool to put swing-district Democrats in politically tight spots. Now Democrats are considering changing the rules. By Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   Judge blocks GOP effort to purge voting rolls in Texas, saying it is 'ham-handed' and 'threatening' The Wednesday ruling, a relief for voting rights activists, puts a temporary stop to the Secretary of State's search for noncitizens who may have voted illegally — a probe that proved deeply flawed just days after it began. By Reis Thebault  •   Read more »   Catastrophic flooding has turned a California town into an island, and the worst is yet to come "Good morning. Guerneville is officially an island," the Sonoma sheriff's office said in a Facebook post Wednesday. By Michael Brice-Saddler  •   Read more »   U.S.-funded broadcaster to fire 8 staffers over 'rogue' anti-Semitic reports disparaging George Soros Segments that described the philanthropist and prominent Democratic donor as a "Jew of flexible morals" were not the result of political influence from the Trump administration, a U.S. agency says. By Aaron Davis  •   Read more »   Post Reports | Listen Now 'I'm here to tell the truth about Mr. Trump' Michael Cohen, President Trump's former fixer and personal attorney, appeared before a congressional committee today. Post reporters Karoun Demirjian, Rosalind S. Helderman, David Fahrenthold and Aaron Blake guide us through his testimony. By The Washington Post  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. 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