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Are you obsessed with President Trump? Case in point: Conversation with my son today: MY SON: “Mom, when’s dinner?” ME: “He just landed in Tuscaloosa.” MY SON: “Mom, I didn’t ask about Trump… I asked about dinner.” ME: “Oh… yes… okay. Um, dinner is at 5:00 PM!” MY SON: “Mom, do you realize that you live and breathe President Trump every day? Do you wake up in the morning thinking about what he’s doing?” ME [putting hands over my face]: “Actually, yes. I do!” MY HUSBAND: “It’s WMAL 24/7 (our local conservative news talk radio station) and Trump 24/7. I...

President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on imported cars is working, sending foreign leaders from Mexico to Japan racing to the negotiating table to make deals. But their offers may not satisfy a president who has shown a willingness to embrace trade tensions in an effort to extract more from American trading partners. The European Union on Thursday made one of the most significant concessions, saying it would cut its existing penalties on automobiles to zero, provided the United States dropped its own tariffs. Although the president has called for something similar, Mr. Trump said he wanted Europe to go...

An attorney for Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, is backing away from confident assertions he made that Cohen has information to share with investigators that shows Trump knew in 2016 of Russian efforts to undermine Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Lanny Davis, a spokesman and attorney for Cohen, said in an interview this weekend that he is no longer certain about claims he made to reporters on background and on the record in recent weeks about what Cohen knows about Trump’s awareness of the Russian efforts. Davis did not rule out that his claims were correct but expressed regret that...