John McCain, Donald Trump, North Korea: Your Monday Evening Briefing
The U.S. government’s top ethics watchdog chief, who is stepping down Tuesday, said the country is "pretty close to a laughingstock at this point." President Trump’s
repeated trips to his family’s business properties — including 40 to a family golf course — "creates the appearance of profiting from the presidency," he said.
The South’s overture comes as the U.N. Security Council is discussing a new set of sanctions against the North over its recent ICBM test, and as a South Korean-born American peace activist, Christine Ahn, was denied entry by the South on the grounds
that she might "hurt the national interests and public safety." _____ 5.
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Despite the setback, Mr. Trump laid claim to having signed more bills "than any president, ever." Our analysis is that, in fact, he is slightly behind the pace of the last six presidents, and
that about half the bills he signed were minor and inconsequential.
South Korea reached out to North Korea, offering to hold military
and humanitarian talks at their heavily armed border, above, this Friday and even to arrange reunions for families divided decades ago by the Korean War.
The godfather of zombie movies, who died Sunday at the age of 77, introduced filmgoers to a new type of mainstream
monster through "Night of the Living Dead," pictured above, but he never left the living off the hook, either.
The new South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has proved more interested in engaging with the North than President Trump’s advisers.