The other 19 world leaders formed a unified front against President Trump. The “world has never been so divided,” France’s Emmanuel Macron said. Germany’s Angela Merkel said she “deplores” the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. Top European leaders said they have little faith that any trade agreement forged today could hold tomorrow.
“I feel as though my answers satisfied him,” the Russian president said of his closed meeting Friday with President Trump.
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Analysis
Who is this president? His overseas trip underscores the gap between the scripted and unscripted leader.
The presence of the president’s daughter and adviser at the high-level meeting was somewhat unusual, given that government ministers are typically the ones called to stand in for heads of state at such sessions.
Ridgeway in 1973, shortly after his release from a POW camp. (Family photo)
Ridgeway in 1973, shortly after his release from a POW camp. (Family photo)
Ridgeway’s name had been added to a gravestone. (AP)
Ridgeway’s name had been added to a gravestone. (AP)
Ridgeway now lives in Hallettsville, Tex. (Matthew Busch for The Post)
Ridgeway now lives in Hallettsville, Tex. (Matthew Busch for The Post)
Ronald Ridgeway was presumed dead on Feb. 25, 1968, after he was shot in the shoulder during a savage firefight. Dozens of Marines from what came to be called “the ghost patrol” perished. Ridgeway’s saga is one of a young man’s perseverance through combat, imprisonment and abuse.
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Analysis
The bargaining table has been reset ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, especially in states where Trump won. And Republicans will be pressured to work across the aisle.
Although a Virginia man is not accused of handing classified documents to Chinese intelligence agents, prosecutors noted that his access to the material to highlights the seriousness of potential breaches.
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The Delta Air Lines plane was an hour out of Seattle when a man lunged for the exit door, according to the FBI.
President Trump, Vice President Pence and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intend to single out individual senators and escalate a broad defense of the evolving proposal, according to Republicans familiar with their plans.
WorldViews
Analysis
The country might seem isolated, but it imported expertise from Russia and has had relationships with Iran and Pakistan.
Following a push from the president's daughter, the World Bank program will help women in developing countries who face uneven access to loans and shaky property rights.
Bob Romanik doesn't know if the man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others at an Alexandria ballpark listened to his show in Belleville, Ill., "but he probably did," he said.
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The Past, Rediscovered
In 1915, more than 40 years after President Ulysses S. Grant annihilated the Klan, D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” became a propaganda tool for the group.
Bakari Henderson was in a bar with friends in the tourist village of Laganas when a confrontation quickly escalated to a fight that continued outside. Greek police have arrested eight people in connection with Henderson's death.
There is so much quite likable, even lovable, about the GLC300 4Matic.
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