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Outlook •  Perspective Putin wanted to interrogate me. Trump called it ‘an incredible offer.’ Why? When foreign affairs are, literally, personal. By Michael McFaul  •  Read more » Post Nation A bloody brawl erupted over Trump’s Hollywood star hours after it was destroyed with a pickax Two YouTubers showed up at the president's defaced star with a cardboard cutout of Trump. It took half an hour for violence to break out. By Avi Selk  •  Read more » How white supremacists split a quiet Rust Belt town A village in Pennsylvania has become a meeting place for neo-Nazis and the KKK, prompting one mixed-race couple to flee the county. By Gabriel Pogrund  •  Read more » Trump threatens again to shut down federal government over border-wall funding The threat raises the stakes ahead of a Sept. 30 government funding deadline, a political showdown before the November midterms that Republican leaders had hoped to avoid By Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, and Damian Paletta  •  Read more »

Post Nation A woman gave birth early — after an off-duty officer allegedly kicked her in the stomach "I saw red," the off-duty officer told responding police after the encounter, which appears to have caused an early birth. By Alex Horton  •  Read more » New Veterans Affairs chief plans to reassign, sideline Trump loyalists now in power Robert Wilkie faces a deep-seated and ongoing morale crisis at the agency he is set to lead. By Lisa Rein  •  Read more » Trump says he called media ‘enemy of the people’ in meeting with N.Y. Times publisher The White House said Trump, who routinely attacks the news media as “fake news,” met with A.G. Sulzberger on July 20. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more » White House uses foreign aid agency to give jobs to Trump loyalists Political appointments now dominate agency once known for technocratic successes. By Robert O'Harrow Jr.  •  Read more »

Post Nation ‘Get out with your life’: California’s Carr fire kills 3 more, in addition to 2 firefighters The raging wildfire doubled in size between Thursday and Friday and threatened thousands of buildings. By E. Aaron Williams, Ally Gravina, Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more » Post Nation ‘We didn’t let girls do it in the old days,’ a judge said. ‘Inappropriate,’ a higher court ruled. A Texas appellate court scolded a federal judge for sexist comments directed at a woman in his courtroom. By Deanna Paul  •  Read more » ‘Deleted’ families: What went wrong with Trump’s family-separation effort The Trump administration did not anticipate the strength of the backlash or have a specific reunification plan in place. By Nick Miroff, Amy Goldstein, Maria Sacchetti  •  Read more » Post Nation Immigrant girl hides in auto shop after escaping attendants from Florida detention facility The 15-year-old Honduran girl begged not to be returned to the facility, where she said she had been held for three weeks. By Lori Rozsa  •  Read more »

As Venezuela crumbles, its fleeing citizens are becoming Latin America’s new underclass Venezuelans facing an economic crisis often wind up exploited or in menial jobs. By Jahi Chikwendiu, Chloe Coleman, Lauren Tierney, Anthony Faiola, Brianna Schroer  •  Read more » Post Partisan • Opinion The ghost of MySpace haunting Facebook and Twitter One potential reason the markets panicked over Facebook and Twitter this week implicates the very business model that made these companies so successful. By Megan McArdle  •  Read more » PowerPost • Analysis ‘A different level of intensity’: Collins and Murkowski find pressure over Supreme Court lacks emotional pleas on health care Liberals are targeting the two moderate GOP senators who stopped the repeal of the Affordable Care Act last year, hoping they will break ranks and defeat high court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. By Paul Kane  •  Read more » A black woman says Wells Fargo didn’t want to cash her check. She’s suing for discrimination. When the branch refused to give back her identification, the 78-year-old called the police. By Erin B. Logan  •  Read more »