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Trump to threaten Mexico with new tariffs in attempt to force migrant crackdown; Trump to push Congress to vote on North American trade deal

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Evidence suggests citizenship question crafted to benefit white Republicans Files discovered by the estranged daughter of a late GOP redistricting strategist indicate that plans to add the citizenship question to the census date to 2015 and then were pushed after President Trump took office. By Tara Bahrampour and Robert Barnes · Read more Trump to threaten Mexico with new tariffs in attempt to force migrant crackdown The president is planning to announce the move Friday but some aides are trying to talk him out of it, arguing that such a threat would rattle financial markets and imperil passage of the USMCA trade agreement, officials said. By Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey · Read more   Trump to push Congress to vote on North American trade deal The decision heightens tensions with Democrats who have said they need more time to review the deal and work for changes. By Damian Paletta, Erica Werner and Josh Dawsey · Read more   Trump attacks Mueller after ex-special counsel speaks on probe President Trump also seemingly acknowledged for the first time that Russia had helped him win in 2016 — but later strongly pushed back against that notion. By John Wagner · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now Why Nancy Pelosi is reluctant to impeach the president Rachael Bade on the impeachment divide among Democrats. Loveday Morris reports on why Israel will hold a second parliamentary election. Plus, Brady Dennis explains why dead puffins in Alaska may be a sign of climate change. By The Washington Post · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Extreme weather is pummeling the Midwest, and farmers are in deep trouble A historically delayed planting season is causing an amount of stress and angst in farm country that "cannot be overstated." By Katie Mettler · Read more   Republicans block $19.1 billion disaster aid bill It's the third time a lone Republican objected as House Democrats tried to advance long-delayed legislation. By Erica Werner · Read more   Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died Millions of Rock 'n Play sleepers were sold, illustrating how the product safety system relies heavily on companies to monitor themselves. By Todd Frankel · Read more   Trump calls effort to obscure McCain warship 'well-meaning,' denies involvement The president said he had no advance knowledge of a White House directive to the Navy to obscure the USS John S. McCain during his recent visit to Japan. By John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz and Dan Lamothe · Read more   Retailers face a choice: Stop selling semiautomatic weapons or lose access to a tech giant's software The change in policy by Salesforce shows how a company that is mostly unknown to the general public is trying to influence what U.S. retailers sell and alter the dynamics of a charged social issue. By Jay Greene · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Thad Cochran | 1937-2019 Former U.S. senator who brought Washington largesse to the South dies Cochran, who represented Mississippi for nearly four decades, was a chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. By Emily Langer · Read more   Faced with an officer's gun, a black man showed his hands and hit 'record' Video of the Arkansas incident has garnered thousands of views online and raised questions about the officer's intentions. By Michael Brice-Saddler · Read more   After another child is struck by a foul ball, does baseball need to do more? Fan safety at baseball games is everyone's priority, but there's no clear consensus on how responsibility should be shared between teams and fans. By Dave Sheinin and Sam Fortier · Read more   Voraciously | Perspective Mini Brands are the latest bizarre toy craze, and they're filling me with existential dread Is there anything that exemplifies late-stage capitalism better than this? By Maura Judkis · Read more   TV Review 'When They See Us' is a powerful, overdue telling of the injustices endured by the Central Park Five Ava DuVernay's Netflix series borrows the look of true-crime drama but discards the genre's tropes. By Hank Stuever · Read more

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