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Kim Jong Un’s threat to Trump, why McCain opposes the Graham-Cassidy bill, the price of romantic freedom, and more
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Escalating Threats: Kim Jong Un issued a personal reply to President Trump’s threat to “totally destroy North Korea,” promising to “surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” North Korea’s foreign minister hinted his country’s next move could be testing a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean—an act that could have devastating environmental consequences, on top of raising tensions between North Korea and other nations to an extreme. The threats, writes Adam Mount, make a strategy change on Trump’s part more urgent than ever.

Senator John McCain the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal Obamacare—becoming the third Republican senator its potential effects. One would-be consequence, however, seems certain: The legislation’s removal of protections for maternity and contraceptive care would of all ages and income levels.

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