Sunday, May 12, 2019

Evening Edition: Applying ‘maximum pressure,’ Trump faces burgeoning crises overseas

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Applying 'maximum pressure,' Trump faces burgeoning crises overseas
After President Trump ran for office vowing to extricate the United States from entanglements abroad, his administration now finds itself juggling national security crises with Iran, Venezuela and North Korea.
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Florida Republicans warn that Trump's Venezuela policy could backfire in must-win state
The president won early praise for his tough stance on Venezuela. But as President Nicolás Maduro clings to power, there is a danger that Trump could look weak.
 
Pentagon will pull money from ballistic missile, surveillance plane programs to fund wall
A Defense Department document obtained by The Post includes more details about a plan to shift $1.5 billion for President Trump's border wall that was originally designated by Congress for other projects.
 
Alyssa Milano's improbable journey from child star to A-list activist
How the "Who's the Boss?" actress harnessed her popularity to become a leading voice of the #MeToo era.
 
Alyssa Milano called for a 'sex strike' to protest anti-abortion laws. It didn't go over well.
"Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy," Alyssa Milano tweeted. "JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back."
 
 
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The protector, the multitasker, the holder of rocks: 10 moms define motherhood
How do you sum up something so extraordinary in 100 words or fewer? We asked readers to try.
 
Trump takes aim at McGahn, says he 'had a much better chance of being fired than Mueller'
The president's tweet came after reports that former White House counsel Donald McGahn had refused a White House request to say Trump did not obstruct justice.
 
Kudlow acknowledges U.S. consumers, not China, pay for tariffs on imports
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow was pressed about President Trump's repeated inaccurate claim that the Chinese foot the bill.
 
Texas teen sets a national record in 100 meters (although it wasn't a 9.98)
The star of a viral video in a race last month, whose April time was not considered for the record because of help from the wind, did not have that advantage this time.
 
 
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A reporter declined to reveal his source. Then police showed up at his front door with guns.
Bryan Carmody, a freelance reporter in San Francisco, said police arrived at his house with a sledge hammer and a search warrant on Friday morning.
 
'Who's going to take care of these people?' A rural hospital fights for its life.
More than 100 of the country's remote hospitals have gone broke and closed in the past decade, turning some of the most impoverished parts of the United States into what experts now call "health-hazard zones."
 
Constance Wu was 'literally crying' after 'Fresh Off the Boat' got renewed. Her apology made things worse.
The actress caused a fresh boatload of controversy by appearing to express almost existential unhappiness at the renewal of the popular sitcom in a series of expletive-ridden social media posts.
 
Passengers were waiting to board. Then the pilot was arrested in a triple homicide case.
Christian Richard Martin, a pilot for American Airlines subsidiary PSA Airlines, was taken into custody at Louisville International Airport on three counts of murder, and counts of arson, burglary and tampering with physical evidence.
 

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