Trump, Kim Agree to Meet | High Tariffs Made Official

+Plus: UN Convoy Enters Besieged Syrian Suburb Despite Delays [| The Presidential Daily Brief | ](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/114e0078/561cad43ac44af66df0446dea42197a1/-8/) 5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/114e0078/561cad43ac44af66df0446dea42197a1/-8/ 5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/bb93b40a/00f1c1737df605cc312cdd2e4d6d031f/-8/ 5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2af19981/25e6cb2ad9718c1c9bdaed77828e6974/-8/ 5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2af19981/25e6cb2ad9718c1c9bdaed77828e6974/-8/ IMPORTANT March 9, 2018 5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ad7f8eef/da47aadd6b1f2d9df1c29ac699515678/-8/ [President Trump spoke in the Roosevelt Room of the White House yesterday before signing new high tariffs on metal imports. Source: Getty](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f454bf65/b0c0f174fdc72370cf4f9f82c7782381/-8/) [Kim Jong Un and Trump Agree to Meeting](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f3930634/ef6a04f947ef7ca5972063b029c58a5c/-8/) President Donald Trump is set to be the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean leader, the White House confirmed yesterday. The two have had a volatile relationship in the past, trading insults like “[rocket man](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ff8afe7a/6c8c71f5fca895dec0396fb721c4ae56/-8/)” and “dotard,” but North Korea has pledged to stop missile tests until talks are held this spring, even as U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang continue. South Korea, which will hold its own summit with Kim in April, has said total denuclearization is the goal — and that North Korea is open to such terms. Sources: [Reuters](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c8488ea6/36bc69e020920b4a26cfc905118d69a9/-8/), [NYT](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/111bfa5b/c43de78c7b860f6220896e60352894a0/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4ee8416c/f5d1f4f25d1136ce3160e8acbc7fd6df/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d61b9d3e/4a2f57ffdb5943eb657aad4ca0724270/-8/) [Trump Formally Signs Controversial Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7f5de637/aa1c6da6a5c8804ef1b6009deb9b54de/-8/) He’s put the pedal to the metal. Risking almost certain retaliation from major trading partners like the EU and China, President Trump signed proclamations Thursday imposing [high tariffs](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/063b1a72/4d351f1b3d7ef8a181c93c8e811f5ab3/-8/) on metal imports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi responded, “If you put tariffs against your allies, you wonder who your enemies are.” Exemptions for Canada and Mexico were added to Trump’s plan, but are contingent on renegotiation of NAFTA. Meanwhile, 11 countries signed a revised Pacific trade pact — which Trump abandoned last year, heightening the sense of U.S. isolation. Sources: [WSJ (sub)](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fa733060/2e96cad4f9a6f9187a1be39df8680dc2/-8/), [FT (sub)](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7328fbb9/8612b81e2381c099e6305d208a180788/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/70b2b124/fa27f59c6828ac91575d114e969071bb/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d47a0ea1/79ab7cfc3f0e0f636fb5bc061d76b308/-8/) [UN Convoy Enters Besieged Syrian Suburb Despite Delays](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9d30ce46/3364a17707ff062feea4f581cd34600d/-8/) Airstrikes and shelling killed 90 people overnight in eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held area near [Damascus](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e4597f0d/6f6f2a30532e8c2cb9bd86402d268a9f/-8/), as President Bashar Assad’s government continued its all-out assault for the third week. Aid convoys were forced to turn back under bombardment, but one has reportedly now entered the besieged area carrying food and medical supplies — though not enough for the estimated 400,000 people in desperate need. Doctors say they’ve treated multiple civilians who appear to be victims of chemical weapon attacks, echoing previous gas attacks on villages by Assad’s government. Sources: [The Guardian](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7dc7c1d1/f4caca68e86875aa00769a8ba4b2eb6b/-8/), [BBC](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a4183546/a4080347d722a570b47a2fd1d529aae5/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/cf281180/1c45abff2a9da191717383faf718d111/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d3748f66/ee9ce8ced3484163b9fc5bfe53ea68cd/-8/) [Idaho Warned Over Inadequate Health Coverage Plans](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/91f3a4f0/380495da58b67263c56fb763d4da6075/-8/) He Otter know better. In January, [Idaho](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f1b416a1/6c98dc9fb539967e3629da344ab890ea/-8/) Gov. Butch Otter issued an executive order calling for health plans that contravene Affordable Care Act provisions — such as charging higher rates for pre-existing conditions or refusing to cover maternity care — and changed state rules to let insurers offer such plans if they have at least one that meets ACA requirements. Now, despite the Trump administration’s longstanding hostility toward Obamacare, the government’s warned Idaho it must comply with federal law, while Idaho hopes new ACA revisions could allow it more leeway. 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A lawsuit from a [porn actress](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d21b341a/f23512f064df521ac2ecb32055b893aa/-8/) who says she was paid to keep quiet about her alleged affair with President Trump could go to public trial — and if it does, that could mean Trump may have to testify, potentially opening himself up to wider allegations about campaign finance. And [Serena Williams](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d475cc65/a3f83968e7c0ad8a3ba303458a16afb5/-8/) has won her first singles match after a 14-month hiatus from tennis to give birth to her daughter. Try This: Feeling presidential after a week of briefings? Prove it with the [PDB Quiz](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/312e71b0/92e7161c8a1730823267828f3cecc913/-8/). 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President Trump’s practice of blocking critics on Twitter — rendering them unable to see his timeline — sparked a lawsuit claiming he was violating users’ First Amendment rights by restricting participation in a [public forum](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8dcd0465/587365700baeb6897ab92058a121724d/-8/). Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald is recommending a compromise: Trump should mute his critics, so he won’t see their posts, but they can see his tweets, which are “official statements” according to the White House. Buchwald says if no settlement is reached, she’ll make a precedent-setting ruling. Sources: [The Hill](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fb25bdd2/215b2bc7e429437e78787f53aed5fd86/-8/), [Newsweek](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a1a5d7dc/eceeec5eb4eec2cec55cebc2347886ea/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6ddfb08e/c3dd195144daa20c6b5e4568589a3db2/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f978297e/854dba7d3168e1b5acbfeb2fde97d84a/-8/) [Opioid Crisis Surges in America's Black Communities](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4aa6f0fb/ecab92c0ec7fe0cc88e617cd28a2ebfe/-8/) While the opioid [epidemic](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ece44013/fad9f406714820b90b28f716cf8f2939/-8/) began in America’s rural and suburban white communities — partly because Black patients are less likely to be prescribed painkillers like OxyContin — statistics say that’s changing. Opioid overdose deaths among middle-aged Black men in Washington, D.C., surged 245 percent between 2014 and 2017, while nationwide African-American drug deaths in urban counties rose 41 percent in 2016 alone. Meanwhile, new data released by the CDC shows that emergency room visits for opioid overdoses jumped 30 percent last year, indicating the crisis isn’t slowing. Sources: [NY Post](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/238105c3/b4375a582fa9a9a41c1542044a9673c7/-8/), [NPR](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d5617554/a343ca8b9a97e830b33a57ac20f01a50/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b93f6c48/c0af2607d96ff61ce957f6afa2888105/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f364e192/a7e5f600f0ca86118dac551cbef3af1e/-8/) [Study: False Tweets Spread Furthest, Fastest](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/263deb61/140649dfd11d7d4ce0564a74d184addb/-8/) Don’t blame the bots. New research shows that inaccurate information passed off as truth is 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than factual reports. A team at MIT, inspired by fake news generated after the Boston Marathon bombing, analyzed 126,000 news stories tweeted by 3 million people over 11 years, and found that humans are far more likely to spread [fake news](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3570e96f/73f93966dd2edd0a02329154098c495d/-8/) than robots. But with further data showing that even fact-checking sites can’t change people’s minds about fake stories, it’s not clear what, if anything, can be done. Sources: [The Atlantic](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/91a3c41d/d07a0a480a9e49f03de5afe28ecea57a/-8/), [Scientific American](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/35546f61/df400a6c10b68371060dc7d6217e8423/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/46b6e1c4/e70f1dcb4ca8b3b2d5a72365369c1913/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1c169cfa/e06fedc99d003ca9fe8881de158fff9f/-8/) [Report Says Obamas in Talks With Netflix](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a427962d/71b982c396d512942987b3afe1851b76/-8/) Though the deal isn’t yet finalized, Barack and Michelle [Obama](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4802970b/f7f04b8ee848ac5bfb0f28d2174819df/-8/) are reportedly in late-stage negotiations to produce an exclusive series of shows for the streaming service. The deal would mark a departure from the traditional post-presidency book contract — although the Obamas have those too. Rather than serve as a platform to rebut President Trump’s policies, the shows plan to highlight inspirational stories. They’ll also allow the former president unfiltered access to Netflix’s 118 million subscribers worldwide — in addition to his current 101 million Twitter followers. Sources: [THR](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/144c2934/5681ad9a2cb77303e6002e661f985b78/-8/) [Facebook](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8d8e4fe1/1154f00160f5f4650363e476adff14f1/-8/) [Twitter](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/072d1bc9/63c1a3ebabc3c4ec32b554c61584c9d6/-8/) [NFL Investigates Intrusive Questions During Recruitment](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/91dd1a1e/5b0e00435dcc5e751232d9fa569e80e5/-8/) LSU running back Derrius Guice says that during NFL recruitment, he was asked whether he was gay — “just to see my reaction” — and whether his mother is a prostitute. The league says it’s “looking into” Guice’s case, noting that personal questions, though some say they help get a sense of a player’s personality, are against NFL policies. But this isn’t a first: In 2010, the Atlanta Falcons asked a potential draft pick if he was gay — and while the [NFL](5aa26a958dc360171bcba941:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e1366145/d9da51891449902b2ceed4ee20757c18/-8/) called it “clearly inappropriate,” the league took no disciplinary action. 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