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Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. To edit or delete this email alert, please go to [Manage My Alerts](. Compiled: April 17, 2017 3:48 AM [The New York Times]( [NYTimes.com/MyAlerts »]( [My Alerts]( Daily Update Compiled: April 17, 2017 3:48 AM [Frank Bruni, a Times Op-Ed columnist, and Jennifer Steinhauer, a congressional correspondent, wrote a meatloaf cookbook. Here they reflect on the dish.]( [Six Things You Want to Know About Meatloaf]( By FRANK BRUNI and JENNIFER STEINHAUER Frank Bruni, a Times Op-Ed columnist, and Jennifer Steinhauer, a congressional correspondent, wrote a meatloaf cookbook. Here they reflect on the dish. [Op-Ed Columnist]( [Don’t just hold a sign. Experts share how to resist and get results.]( Todd Heisler/The New York Times [How to Stand Up to Trump and Win]( By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Don’t just hold a sign. Experts share how to resist and get results. ADVERTISEMENT [Op-Ed Contributor]( [The long and bloody history of fighting over dictionary definitions.]( Matt Chase [America’s Uncivil War Over Words]( By KORY STAMPER The long and bloody history of fighting over dictionary definitions. [President Trump’s comments, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox Business, came as Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson was in Moscow for meetings.]( Doug Mills/The New York Times [Trump Says Putin Is Partly to Blame for Syrian Crisis]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS President Trump’s comments, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox Business, came as Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson was in Moscow for meetings. [The Stone]( [The president and his allies have used strategies similar to those we’ve used to challenge common sense.]( Damon Winter/The New York Times [Has Trump Stolen Philosophy’s Critical Tools?]( By CASEY WILLIAMS The president and his allies have used strategies similar to those we’ve used to challenge common sense. [Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, encountered some heated pushback at a town hall event on Monday.]( Sean Rayford/Getty Images [Congressman Who Shouted ‘You Lie’ at Obama Hears the Same From Constituents]( By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, encountered some heated pushback at a town hall event on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT [The administration’s statement, despite a House Republican lawsuit against the payments, sends a potentially significant signal to insurers, encouraging them to stay in the exchanges.]( Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times [Trump Administration to Pay Health Law Subsidies Disputed by House]( By ROBERT PEAR The administration’s statement, despite a House Republican lawsuit against the payments, sends a potentially significant signal to insurers, encouraging them to stay in the exchanges. [Mr. Pompeo’s attack on WikiLeaks was the latest sign that the Trump administration does not see itself beholden to past statements or stances.]( Eric Thayer/Reuters [Mike Pompeo, Once a WikiLeaks Fan, Attacks It as Hostile Agent]( By MATTHEW ROSENBERG Mr. Pompeo’s attack on WikiLeaks was the latest sign that the Trump administration does not see itself beholden to past statements or stances. [To potential adversaries, the bombing could signal deterrence. For the U.S. public, it underscored the Pentagon’s more aggressive stance under President Trump.]( Aref Karimi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images [A Giant U.S. Bomb Carries an Even Bigger Message]( By ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER and C. J. CHIVERS To potential adversaries, the bombing could signal deterrence. For the U.S. public, it underscored the Pentagon’s more aggressive stance under President Trump. [Op-Ed Columnist]( [Woe to the Washington aide unschooled in self-effacement.]( Ben Wiseman [Steve Bannon Was Doomed]( By FRANK BRUNI Woe to the Washington aide unschooled in self-effacement. [Op-Ed Columnist]( [All he did was make a bizarre and disgusting comparison between Assad and Hitler. Why is everyone so upset?]( Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images [Sean Spicer’s Teeny Little Slip-Up]( By ANDREW ROSENTHAL All he did was make a bizarre and disgusting comparison between Assad and Hitler. Why is everyone so upset? [President Trump’s Twitter posts capture his quandary in dealing with the nuclear threat from North Korea: Only China can realistically force a change in the behavior of Kim Jong-un.]( Doug Mills/The New York Times [Trump Says China Will Get Better Trade Deal if It Solves ‘North Korean Problem’]( By MARK LANDLER President Trump’s Twitter posts capture his quandary in dealing with the nuclear threat from North Korea: Only China can realistically force a change in the behavior of Kim Jong-un. [Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois visited the island nation as part of intelligence committee’s investigation into Moscow’s involvement in the American election.]( Mitchell Layton/NHLI, via Getty Images [House’s Inquiry Into Russia Points a Congressman to Cyprus]( By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ADAM GOLDMAN Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois visited the island nation as part of intelligence committee’s investigation into Moscow’s involvement in the American election. [There were nearly 15,000 searches at border crossings and airports from October to March — up from 8,383 a year before, Customs and Border Protection said.]( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images [Border Officers Nearly Double Searches of Electronic Devices, U.S. Says]( By RON NIXON There were nearly 15,000 searches at border crossings and airports from October to March — up from 8,383 a year before, Customs and Border Protection said. [Hundreds marched near Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and thousands gathered in Washington and other cities across the country.]( Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images [As Tax Day Approaches, Protesters Demand to See Trump’s Returns]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and EMILY BAUMGAERTNER Hundreds marched near Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and thousands gathered in Washington and other cities across the country. 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