Saturday's Headlines: In a diverse field, black voters ponder the best odds against Trump

'We're going in a tougher direction,' Trump says as he drops ICE nominee; 'Our country is full. ... So turn around,' Trump warns migrants

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In a diverse field, black voters ponder the best odds against Trump Some black voters want a candidate reflecting the nation's diversity and others perceive the white male contenders as potentially stronger against President Trump. By Sean Sullivan and David Weigel · Read more 'We're going in a tougher direction,' Trump says as he drops ICE nominee President Trump had vacillated on Ronald Vitello after hearing complaints from senior adviser Stephen Miller and others, according to aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity. By Nick Miroff, Seung Min Kim and Josh Dawsey · Read more   'Our country is full. ... So turn around,' Trump warns migrants Rhetoric during president's border tour continued days of escalating threats to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. By Seung Min Kim and Tony Perry · Read more   Trump lawyer calls on Treasury Dept. not to release tax returns until Justice Dept. weighs in Democrats in Congress have asked the Internal Revenue Service to turn over six years of President Trump's returns. By Jeff Stein and Josh Dawsey · Read more   The Fix: Trump's push to confirm IRS counsel fits suspicious pattern Trump is not a man in a hurry to fill many government vacancies. So why did he reportedly ask the Senate to fast-track his IRS commissioner pick? There's a very logical and suspicious explanation. By Aaron Blake · Read more   Israel's Netanyahu, a political Houdini, is facing his toughest escape act yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escaped many a peril in the quarter-century that he has been a dominant figure in Israeli politics. But the latest corruption cases have overshadowed this year's election campaign and left Israelis wondering whether he could be caught in that last shackle. By Loveday Morris and Ruth Eglash · Read more   Years of turmoil and complaints led the Southern Poverty Law Center to fire its founder, Morris Dees Dees's ouster last month marks a stunning fall for a man who had built a reputation over more than a half-century as a leader in the fight for equality. He denies any wrongdoing. By Neena Satija, Wesley Lowery and Beth Reinhard · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions Trump lost his main adversary. It's chaos as he shops for a new one. By Dana Milbank · Read more MBS is making Trump look timid and weak By Editorial Board · Read more Mary Cheh: D.C. was defrauded as it tried to feed the homeless. Is she right? By Colbert King · Read more The Impossible Burger is a wake-up call to the meat industry By David Von Drehle · Read more Sitcom or election? Ukrainians are trying to figure that out. By Anne Applebaum · Read more Yes, Kurt Cobain was a grunge icon. He was also a gay rights hero. By Aaron Hamburger · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News Threatened by Trump and exhausted by caravans, Mexico withdraws red carpet for migrants Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has cut the budgets for his country's migration agency and asylum program, and officials are considering a plan to effectively bottle up many migrants in southern Mexico. By Maya Averbuch and Mary Beth Sheridan · Read more   In Libya, fears of full-blown civil war as fighting nears capital Tripoli The U.N. chief left Libya "deeply concerned" after failing to halt an advance by renegade commander Khalifa Hifter. By Sudarsan Raghavan · Read more   NCAA Tournament Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale sparkles again, putting Fighting Irish back in title game The Huskies had no answer for the defending champion star's late surge in Notre Dame's 81-76 victory. By Ava Wallace · Read more   Trump's Fed choice Stephen Moore found in contempt of court for not paying ex-wife more than $333,000 The ruling against the president's planned nominee for the Federal Reserve board was made in 2013 because he didn't pay alimony and child support, court documents show. By Heather Long · Read more   Dozens have fallen ill during a five-state E. Coli outbreak, and nobody knows where it's coming from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to pinpoint the source to a specific food item, grocery store or restaurant chain. By Michael Brice-Saddler · Read more   Dan Robbins | 1925–2019 Paint-by-number inventor who made 'every man a Rembrandt' dies at 93 Dan Robbins's creations, a phenomenon of postwar America, adorned millions of American homes in the 1950s. By Emily Langer · Read more   'Shazam!' stars find themselves in a DC movie that actually has some fun Zachary Levi, who plays the movie's hero, doesn't think DC's darker and moodier past on film is all bad. But "Shazam!" has a different tone, he says. By David Betancourt · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now He fought for justice. Now he's facing misconduct allegations. Neena Satija and Wesley Lowery on the misconduct allegations against the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Sarah Ellison on Rupert Murdoch's son and the fate of Fox News. Plus, Peter Holley on the Bible designed for Instagram. By The Washington Post · Read more

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