Politics A.M.: Trump vows to cancel or walk out of meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un if it’s not ‘fruitful’

The NRA sees a bleak Hobbesian world. So why does it want to arm individuals with guns?; McConnell, the Senate's decider, discovers the limits of his control

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Trump vows to cancel or walk out of meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un if it's not 'fruitful' Pressure is mounting on the president to deliver tangible results in his diplomatic efforts with Pyongyang after CIA Director Mike Pompeo's secret meeting with the Kim regime. By David Nakamura and Anne Gearan  •  Read more » Monkey Cage • Analysis The NRA sees a bleak Hobbesian world. So why does it want to arm individuals with guns? If humans are violent and dangerous, we need a strong government protecting us, Hobbes argued. By Christopher R. Hallenbrook and Ryan Reed  •  Read more »   PowerPost • Analysis McConnell, the Senate's decider, discovers the limits of his control His fragile majority allows just one senator to derail the most routine action. And that means he may not be able to suppress a bill protecting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Fact Checker • Analysis Larry Kudlow's claim that the Obama stimulus was 'all spending' President Trump's new economic guru needs to brush up on basic facts about the Obama-era stimulus. By Salvador Rizzo  •  Read more »   Kobach helped lead Trump's election panel. A judge just found him in contempt in a voter ID case A judge said the Kansas secretary of state had a pattern of "misleading the court" in a case regarding whether proof of citizenship is required during voter registration. By Eli Rosenberg  •  Read more »   Trump allies press Rosenstein in private meeting in latest sign of tensions The meeting came just days after a warning that House Republicans could impeach Rosenstein if he does not meet GOP demands. By Robert Costa and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT PowerPost GOP enlists Trump, leadership to stave off Democratic challenge in Arizona Trump has been making robo-calls since earlier this month, and Republicans have spent more than $500,000 on the special election in a strongly Republican district By David Weigel and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » Trump suggests he is not rushing to fire Mueller, Rosenstein At Florida summit with the Japanese leader, the president notes that federal officials he's criticized are "still here." By Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   PowerPost Senate votes to allow babies on the floor after Sen. Duckworth's delivery Duckworth, 50, last week became the first senator to give birth while serving in the Senate By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Ex-Playboy model who alleged Trump affair reaches settlement with Enquirer publisher Karen McDougal's deal ends a suit over the rights to her account of the alleged relationship a decade ago. By Emma Brown and Beth Reinhard  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump's assessment of the political views of Californians is incorrect People who live with the policies he opposes generally support them. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Trump calls Stormy Daniels's story of 2011 threat 'a total con job' The president for the first time tweeted about allegations made by the adult-firm actress, who says she was threatened in a Las Vegas parking lot. By John Wagner and Mark Berman  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the 5-Minute Fix newsletter Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up  »

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