The days that followed the meeting with Vladimir Putin amounted to a scramble of corrections and clarifications from the West Wing. Each announcement, intended to blunt the global fallout of President Trump’s Russophilic performance, was followed by another mishap that fueled only more consternation.
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“That’s going to be special,” Dan Coats said when he learned during a TV interview that the Russian president had been invited to visit the White House this fall.
The president tweeted that it was “inconceivable” that his former attorney, Michael Cohen, would tape him. But New York is a “one-party consent” state — meaning it is generally legal to record a conversation as long as at least one party agrees.
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The youngest victim of the vessel that capsized in a lake during a storm was a 1-year-old girl. Her family had driven from Indianapolis to Branson, Mo.: “You don’t know how many times I wished they would’ve went to Florida,” one relative said.
Hogs are woven into the history and life of Smithfield, Va. So it has come as a shock that Smithfield Foods is closing the last smokehouse that produces the area’s signature product, the genuine Smithfield ham.
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Analysis The president inserted himself into the debate again, tweeting Friday night, “The $40,000,000 Commissioner must now make a stand.”
Michael Drejka was arguing with a woman about wrongly parking in a handicap spot. Then her boyfriend got involved.
The interior minister will be questioned over whether he mishandled the incident at a Workers’ Day protest in May.
Elephants have low rates of cancer even though they have long lifespans for animals and far more cells than humans. By studying the massive animals, researchers hope to find better ways of treating or preventing the disease.
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No one comes for the plot. But nearly every performance of Abba’s songs is joyless.
Retropolis
The Past, Rediscovered The sultan of Morocco gave Martin Van Buren a pair of lions, but a little known part of the Constitution — the same that threatens to ensnare President Trump — forced him to turn them over.
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Perspective The widespread notion that this was the brand of dishes to buy in the United States has made them a distinct physical representation of assimilation.
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The Post interviewed 52 young conservative leaders nationwide for clues to where conservatism as a whole is going.
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