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ant Normal e: Sign up for this newsletter Read online The Washington Post The Daily 202 Intelligence for leaders. Warne By James Hohmann with Mariana Alfaro Hohma Email Trump poised to accept GOP nod in Jacksonville, Fla., on 60th anniversary of `Ax Handle Saturday' On Aug. 27, 1960, a mob of 2OO wh

s ago in Charlottesville, where a counterprotester was killed by an avowed neo-Nazi who rammed his car into a crowd. Trump's own defense secretary, Mark Esper, said earlier this week that he would consider proposals for renaming bases. Several of the country's most prominent former military figures, inclu

e Care Act when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who choose not to buy insurance. (Gerald HerbertfAP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday over the future of the Affordable Care Act foreshadowed the massive impact that President

, or what concessions Tehran wants from Washington." -- The Pentagon's transition plan underscores an upheaval in leadership. Missy Ryan reports: "Mark Esper, who became acting defense secretary on June 24 after his predecessor, then-acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan, abruptly stepped aside, is

ld signs that read "We Vape! We Vote!" outside President Trump's rally in Dallas on Oct. 17. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: President Trump is spurning the women who have his ear to side with male advisers as he kowtows to a pressure campaign orchestrated

ts 'failed to observe the conditions' of the swap and caused 'the disruption of the exchange process.' He did not elaborate." -- Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced the U.S. and South Korea postponed a joint military exercise, bowing to saber- rattling by North Korea. From the AP: "The move comes even

ron's hangar in Pensacola, Fla., on Nov. 5. He was forced out on Sunday as secretary of the Navy. I Schunnaker/Navy/EPA-EFE/Rex) BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: What makes America exceptional isn't any arsenal. It's moral authority. That's the upshot of Richard V. Spencer's Sunday letter to P

a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq. (Gregory BuIVAP) Page 17621 EFTA00047132 -- Pentagon spokespeople said Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Spencer's resignation after losing confidence in him. Their explanation is that Esper became "deeply troubled" when he discovered Spence

y Leader Mitch McConnell, visits the Capitol in March for a lunch with the Republican caucus. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Mitch McConnell told President Trump privately last month that no politician has ever lost an election for spending more money. That

murder in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq. (Gregory Bull/AP) -- Pentagon spokespeople said Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Spencer's resignation after losing confidence in him. Their explanation is that Esper became "deeply troubled" when he discovered Spencer