Monday, May 20, 2019

Monday's Headlines: States take steps to strengthen environmental regulations, widening rift with Washington

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Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
States take steps to strengthen environmental regulations, widening rift with Washington
The growing patchwork of policies is creating uncertainty for U.S. businesses as state lawmakers enact rules that under previous administrations were more likely to be set at the federal level.
U.S.-China tensions over trade could extend into other areas
For years, Washington relied on economic interdependence with Beijing as a stabilizing force in relations between the nations. But as President Trump escalates his trade dispute with Chinese President Xi Jinping, there is a realization that those days are gone.
 
Campaign 2020
Democrats were said to be furious and hungry for change. Then Joe Biden joined the race.
Biden's candidacy, in which he has refused to play to his party's liberal wing, is challenging assumptions about what Democratic voters want in the era of President Trump.
 
In Fox News town hall, Buttigieg calls out Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham
Pete Buttigieg also defended his decision to appear on the Fox network, days after Elizabeth Warren spurned it.
 
In commencement speech, billionaire pledges to pay off Morehouse College Class of 2019's student loans
The surprise announcement during the address by Robert F. Smith in Atlanta on Sunday left the graduates crying and jumping for joy.
 
From the Archives
Meet Robert Smith, a quiet billionaire who made some noise with his $20 million gift to the African American museum
With a mind for math and music, Smith has built a fortune. Now he hopes to see African American stories and culture shared in a digital age.
 
A CIA suicide sparks hard questions about the agency's Memorial Wall
Of 129 fallen employees honored with engraved stars, Ranya Abdelsayed alone took her own life.
 
 
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Opinions
'Game of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 6 review: 'The Iron Throne' melts
Why I'm rooting for James Holzhauer on 'Jeopardy!'
Alabama shows we need a different abortion dialogue
They come to Washington in search of help fighting repression. They find a vacuum.
Democrats will pick a fight with Trump over Iran at their 2020 peril
Trump owes the public answers about its restrictions on Huawei
 
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More News
In Fox News interview, Trump expresses concern about E-Verify
The tool, which checks workers' legal status, could be overly burdensome for some employers, the president said.
 
TV Review
The 'Game of Thrones' finale, while lacking, goes out on an important note: Stories matter
The show of the decade grew too big to satisfy everyone, but it did find a noble way out.
 
TV Review
How did it end for Daenerys, Jon Snow and 'The Iron Throne'?
The fallout from Daenerys's destruction of King's Landing and the answer to who sits on the Iron Throne.
 
A guide to how Daenerys went from Khaleesi to Mad Queen
Still surprised by her fiery rampage at King's Landing? Let's go to the tapes and revisit how Daenerys got here.
 
Sailors ranked female crew and the sex acts they wanted to perform with them, Navy report says
One list contained Yelp-like star ratings on the women and another had "lewd and sexist comments" beside each woman's name.
 
Fact Checker | Analysis
Trump says he was not warned about Flynn. The Mueller report disagrees.
Many red lights were blinking about the potential problems with tapping Michael Flynn as national security adviser. The president chose to ignore them.
 
Today's WorldView | Analysis
Trump places the Middle East on 'a knife edge'
The president's mixed-messaging over Iran has only added to the risk of a dangerous escalation.
 
An objective in this popular mobile game? Kill a journalist.
"A journalist bribed a cop and will pick up a briefcase from the cop," the mission says. "Make him famous in a different way." (In reality, journalists' codes of ethics ban them from paying sources for information or material.)
 
Brooks Koepka holds off Dustin Johnson to win his second PGA Championship
With the victory in Farmingdale, N.Y., the 29-year-old Koepka became the first male player to hold back-to-back titles in two majors concurrently.
 

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