Evening Edition: Putin orders 755 personnel cut at U.S. missions in Russia in response to sanctions

U.S. displays military firepower after Pyongyang's latest ICBM test; Venezuela defiantly holds election that could mint dictatorship after ignoring international outcries ; The battle over Essure: A contraceptive breakthrough or a dangerous device?; Joe Biden still wants to be president. Can his family endure one last campaign?; Nearing 100 days in office, Macron starts showing his true ambitions; Australian police say they thwarted elaborate terrorist plot to bomb an airplane; In GOP's failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats find a potential game plan; Philippine mayor and more than a dozen others killed in police raid; Ousted by high court, Pakistan's disgraced prime minister roars back; Why Americans are fighting over a gorgeous monument called Bears Ears; Scotland just made it much harder for Trump to expand his golf empire there;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Putin orders 755 personnel cut at U.S. missions in Russia in response to sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin's action is the single largest forced reduction in embassy staff since 1917 and a dramatic escalation in the Kremlin's retaliation to sanctions over its meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. It also indicates that Russia has apparently abandoned its hopes for better relations with the U.S. under the Trump administration. By Andrew Roth  •  Read more » U.S. displays military firepower after Pyongyang's latest ICBM test In a sign that tensions are spiraling upward rapidly, the U.S. flew two supersonic B-1 bombers over the Korean Peninsula and conducted a successful missile defense test over the Pacific Ocean. On Friday, North Korea launched a missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. By Carol Morello  •  Read more »   Venezuela defiantly holds election that could mint dictatorship after ignoring international outcries The vote began unfolding at dawn under the watchful eye of 326,000 troops and amounted to a dark turning point for this oil-rich nation after four months of intensifying repression. By Anthony Faiola  •  Read more »   The battle over Essure: A contraceptive breakthrough or a dangerous device? In 2002, the FDA approved a much-heralded, permanent, nonsurgical method of female contraception. But after thousands of adverse-event reports, the addition of a "boxed warning" about side effects raised a number of questions: How did this device come to market? What made it so popular? And should women continue to use it? By Jennifer Block  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Joe Biden still wants to be president. Can his family endure one last campaign? With Washington in chaos, Joe Biden is arguably the most popular former vice president in history. Conventional political wisdom says that Joe, now 74, is too old to run. But American voters, it seems, don't really care about conventional wisdom anymore. By Roxanne Roberts  •  Read more »   Nearing 100 days in office, Macron starts showing his true ambitions He won the French presidency against all odds. Now, he seems to seek another office: leader of the free world. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   Australian police say they thwarted elaborate terrorist plot to bomb an airplane Investigators released little information about the alleged plot or the four men arrested after raids in multiple Sydney suburbs. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   In GOP's failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats find a potential game plan For many younger activists and legislators, the push to undo Obamacare is less a cautionary tale than a model of how to bring about universal coverage. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Philippine mayor and more than a dozen others killed in police raid Reynaldo Parojinog, the mayor of Ozamiz City in the southern Philippines, and at least 14 others died in the early morning operation. Parojinog became the third mayor killed in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on illicit drugs. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Ousted by high court, Pakistan's disgraced prime minister roars back Even as opponents were celebrating victory and heralding the demise of Pakistan's dynastic, corruption-stained political elite, Nawaz Sharif paved the way over the weekend for his brother to replace him in national elections next year. By Pamela Constable  •  Read more »   Why Americans are fighting over a gorgeous monument called Bears Ears Utah residents who live near the site regard the monument as a federal intrusion in a state where the U.S. government owns more than 60 percent of the land. Supporters argue for protection of the area, the only monument designated at the request of a coalition of Native American tribes. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Scotland just made it much harder for Trump to expand his golf empire there Government agencies said the organization's plans breach strict rules on sewage pollution, environmental protection and groundwater conservation. 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