Evening Edition: Trump attacks Danish prime minister over ‘nasty’ remark on Greenland

U.S. deficit to soar more than expected after budget deal, border spending, CBO says; Trump, in reversal, says he is not looking at a payroll tax cut; Where does President Trump stand on gun reform? Depends on the day.; I have always struggled to recognize faces. A diagnosis let me see life more clearly.; Hate crime reports have soared in the District. Prosecutions have plummeted.; Meet the victims of a record-setting year of hatred; Trump says that Jewish people who vote for Democrats are 'very disloyal to Israel' ; Administration moves to detain migrant children and parents longer

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.       Trump attacks Danish prime minister over 'nasty' remark on Greenland The prime minister had called the idea of selling the island to the United States "absurd," prompting President Trump to cancel a trip to Copenhagen. By Rick Noack and John Wagner ● Read more » U.S. deficit to soar more than expected after budget deal, border spending, CBO says The Congressional Budget Office also said that the impact of higher trade barriers, primarily President Trump's trade war, could hurt economic growth. By Jeff Stein ● Read more »   Trump, in reversal, says he is not looking at a payroll tax cut One day ago, Trump confirmed he is considering whether to push for a temporary payroll tax cut or other changes. By Rachel Siegel ● Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Where does President Trump stand on gun reform? Depends on the day. Josh Dawsey and David Nakamura on the dimming prospect of Trump-led gun reform. Pam Constable and Jon Gerberg track the U.S.-Taliban peace talks and their impact on violence in Afghanistan. And an animal love story from Luisa Beck and Rick Noack. Post Reports | Listen Now ●  By The Washington Post ● Read more »   I have always struggled to recognize faces. A diagnosis let me see life more clearly. The author learned she had a rare neurological disorder known as prosopagnosia, or face blindness — a discovery that led her to question the very fabric of her identity. From the Magazine ●  By Sadie Dingfelder ● Read more »   Hate crime reports have soared in the District. Prosecutions have plummeted. The number of crimes investigated by D.C. police as bias-motivated reached an all-time high of 204 last year. But a Washington Post analysis of 200,000 police and court records found that hate-crime prosecutions and convictions are at their lowest point in at least a decade. By Michael Miller and Steven Rich ● Read more »   Meet the victims of a record-setting year of hatred The District has the highest per capita hate crime rate of any major city in the United States. The Post examined all 204 incidents investigated by police as hate crimes in 2018, attacks that paint of portrait of pervasive bigotry and violence in the nation's capital. By Story by Michael E. Miller | Photos by Astrid Riecken ● Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump says that Jewish people who vote for Democrats are 'very disloyal to Israel' The president ratcheted up his attacks on Jewish Democrats on Wednesday, dismissing an outcry from both sides of the aisle as well as Jewish organizations. By Felicia Sonmez ● Read more »   Administration moves to detain migrant children and parents longer Officials plan to eliminate a 20-day cap for holding migrant children and create a licensing regime that would make it easier for federal officials to expand family detention. By Maria Sacchetti ● Read more »   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Post Most for the most popular and interesting stories of the day, from politics to opinions to world news, to keep you in the know. In your inbox, every day. Sign up »

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