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NRA warns Trump after he signals he is open to extensive background checks

The NRA's chief executive told President Trump that such a move would not be popular among his supporters.

Trump attacks local leaders as he visits El Paso and Dayton

President Trump vowed to tone down his rhetoric and help the country heal — but then laced his visits with a flurry of vitriol against local leaders.
Campaign 2020
Analysis

Elizabeth Warren is surging. One big question looms over her.

Electability might be her biggest hurdle in the primary, but it might be oversold.
Fred Trump, Jr. in an undated photo. (Annamaria Forcier)
Fred Trump, Jr. in an undated photo. (Annamaria Forcier)

Trump pressured his alcoholic brother about his career. Now he says he has regrets.   

In an interview about Fred Trump Jr.’s death from alcoholism, the president admitted mistakes and said he is applying lessons to the nation’s fight against opioids.   
Critic's Notebook

An art critic shares the place he experienced a strong dose of beauty — and became undone

Was it Stendhal Syndrome or low blood sugar? I know it happened. I don’t need to know why.
Twitter locked the Senate majority leader's campaign account as punishment for its sharing of a video of protesters screaming obscenities outside his home.
The Fix
Analysis
The crisis President Trump won’t stop talking about — migration — is fueled by something he won’t address.
The wave of arrests in six cities was the largest single-state immigration enforcement action in U.S. history, officials said.
Tech Review
Apple’s first software update designed specifically for iPad lets fingers do many complicated computer tasks. But students deserve a computer that does it all.
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A Post Travel Destination
We interviewed professional photographers to figure out how to improve travel snaps without going to art school.
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Retropolis

Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize, a terrifying staircase and the king who rescued her

In 1993, teetering on Manolo Blahnik heels, Morrison descended marble steps on the arm of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize in Literature.
(Jay Paul for The Post)
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From the Magazine

Meet the Trump appointee who’s putting white supremacists in jail

Two years after the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., this Republican prosecutor is pioneering a new approach to convicting racist rioters.
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(Post illustration; iStock)
(Post illustration; iStock)
By The Way

Sitting on Rome’s famous Spanish Steps can now cost you a serious fine

After years of planning, Rome has implemented rules prohibiting people from sitting on major attractions.
(Erin Patrick O'Connor, Jon Gerberg/The Washington Post)
Dayton protesters tell Trump to go home
Dayton protesters tell Trump to go home
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Family remembers Raul and Maria Flores, who were killed in El Paso shooting
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How Fox News has referred to migrants as an ‘invasion’ that is ‘replacing’ Americans
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What does Samsung’s big, new Galaxy Note10 add — and take away?
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