Monday, July 15, 2019

Evening Edition: Trump steps up attack on minority lawmakers, says they ‘hate our country’

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Trump steps up attack on minority lawmakers, says they 'hate our country'
The president expressed no regret about his "go back" tweet: "It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me. And all I'm saying — they want to leave, they can leave."
Perspective
Tiptoeing around Trump's racism is a betrayal of journalistic truth-telling
The goal of impartiality shouldn't translate into euphemism — or avoiding reality.
 
The Fix | Analysis
GOP reactions to Trump's 'go back' tweets finally roll in. They're a mess.
After spending a day silently pretending that President Trump didn't say what he just said, Republicans have begun to respond to Trump telling nonwhite congresswomen to return to the countries they came from. They are making some bizarre contentions.
 
Interior to move one-fifth of Bureau of Land Management's D.C. staff out West in push to shift power out of Washington
The Trump administration's proposal to move nearly 80 employees from an agency managing more than 10 percent of the nation's land comes as officials are forcibly reassigning career officials and upending operations across the federal government.
 
Trump administration moves to restrict access to U.S. asylum system
The new rule, to take effect Tuesday, aims to curb Central American migration by requiring asylum seekers to request refuge in countries they reach before they get to the United States.
 
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Post Reports | Listen Now
The immigration policies causing further uncertainty for asylum seekers
Nick Miroff and Kevin Sieff report on the policies causing further uncertainty for asylum seekers. Plus, Amy Goldstein explains another threat to the ACA. And Rick Maese discusses the 10-year-old hoping to skateboard into the Olympics.
 
Trump tells Kellyanne Conway to ignore congressional subpoena, White House says
Conway had been asked to testify before House Oversight Committee about a government watchdog's findings that she violated the Hatch Act dozens of times.
 
White House presses for fallback plan on debt ceiling if budget talks fall through
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that time was running out to ensure that the government had enough money to pay all its bills.
 
From the Magazine
Is it okay to laugh at Florida man?
He's an American folk hero and one of the Internet's most durable memes. But maybe laughing at Florida — and its outrageous headlines — is more complicated than we've thought.
 
Deluge in Louisiana delayed but not denied as Barry's perplexing precipitation finally delivers
While dry air meant lower-than-predicted weekend rain, a Monday torrent has pushed some amounts over 15 inches.
 
For these members of Congress, the gun debate is personal
Two almost lost their lives, one lost her son: Members of Congress who have experienced gun violence tell us what they think gun reform looks like.
 
How the Epstein fortune may be up for grabs
The prosecution of moneyman Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges could dwindle his financial empire to nothing.
 
By The Way | A Post Travel Destination
Airfare is dropping — and you can enjoy the trend through September
Nice prices for domestic travel are forecast through summer, an overall calendar pattern that's typical. But rising oil prices could have an effect on costs a year from now, says a data scientist at a fare-prediction app.
 
Stop pretending you're having fun at this outdoor concert
Mosquitoes. Drunks. Traffic. Rain. And the audio is actually terrible. Maybe it's time to stay home.
 
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