Flattery or Discipline? The Difficult Task of Managing Trump.
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney deployed both methods on the first day of the Group of 7 summit in Alberta to keep Mr. Trump focused and avoid drama.Read More
Senate Proposal Ends Tax Cuts for Clean Energy, Disappointing Climate Advocates
A Senate tax package softens some blows imposed on renewables by a House version of the bill. But it still terminates many credits for clean power.Read More
Senate Bill Would Make Deep Cuts to Medicaid, Setting Up Fight With House
The proposal would salvage some clean-energy tax credits and phase out others more slowly, making up some of the cost by imposing deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed bill would.Read More
Trump’s Choice on Israel-Iran: Help Destroy Nuclear Facility or Continue to Negotiate
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.Read More
Minnesota Suspect Traveled to 4 Lawmakers’ Homes on Night of Attacks
Officials said a man charged with shooting two lawmakers and their spouses was apparently thwarted at two other politicians’ homes.Read More
Iran’s Best-Protected Nuclear Site Is Deep Underground
Only the U.S. military has the 30,000-pound bomb capable of reaching the facility and the bomber that can carry it.Read More
Trump Mobile Phone Company Announced by President’s Family, but Details Are Murky
The new company says it will manufacture its Android phone in the United States but it has not said how it could do that.Read More
36 More Countries May Be Added to Trump’s Travel Ban
The administration gave the nations 60 days to fix concerns, according to a State Department cable. The president already imposed a full or partial ban on citizens of 19 countries.Read More
Trump Will Not Sign G7 Statement on Iran and Israel, Official Says
A White House official said President Trump had decided not to sign onto a statement drafted for Group of 7 allies that urges restraint from both Israel and Iran, which have been trading attacks for days.Read More
Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Minnesota Assassination on Far Left
The Republican senator from Utah suggested in social media posts that the killings were the work of “Marxists,” and mocked Minnesota’s Democratic governor. He later issued a more sober condemnation of the violence.Read More