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Very high stakes What’s behind — and at risk in — the deepening U.S.-Iranian conflict 11

Deportation vow With his eye on 2020, Trump unveils a push to kick out ‘millions’ 9

NBA draft picks With Ernie Grunfeld gone, it’s time for the Wizards to take risks 13

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Facebook plans to roll out a digital currency for its 2 billion global users — even as the social media giant battles widespread skepticism about its already massive reach 8

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Investigators in Athens, Ala., say a man kept a caged “attack squirrel” in his apartment and fed it methamphetamine to ensure it stayed aggressive.

The News Courier reports authorities are seeking Mickey Paulk, 35, on multiple charges. Department of Conservation officials recommended releasing the animal, which deputies did. A sheriff’s office spokesman says there was no safe way to test the squirrel for meth. (AP)

Police say a man faked a heart attack in a Malden, Mass., convenience store while his accomplice hopped over the counter to steal money from the register. Police said on Facebook they responded to reports of a theft at the store Sunday. Officers were told two men entered together. Witnesses told police one “faked a heart attack” while the other grabbed the cash. The suspects then fled.

Police are looking for them. (AP)

A United flight arriving at Newark Airport had to be taken out of service after ants from a carry-on bag appeared in part of the cabin. A passenger on the Venice-to-Newark flight Monday described the scenario in a series of tweets and photos. A United spokesman said the plane was sidelined once it reached Newark so it could be cleaned and exterminated. The airline notified airport customs and agriculture personnel. (AP)

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EDUCATION As a child, Mionna Smith’s dream was to work with animals when she grew up. Today, the 19-yearold from Fort Stanton in Southeast D.C. has an administrative role at the Smithsonian Institution’s office of finance and accounting, sorting mail and scanning invoices — no furry creatures in sight.

“I didn’t want to be in an office job,” she said. And yet, when she found out in April that the Smithsonian was offering her a role as an office automation clerk, she was so happy she doubled over with joy at her desk.

Smith is one of seven young adults who graduated from Smithsonian’s Project SEARCH program last week. The yearlong internship places high school students and recent graduates with learning and developmental disabilities at sites like the National Museum of Natural History and the Office of Protection Services.

“We want to diversify our workforce,” said Ashley Grady, a specialist at the Smithsonian

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Mionna Smith, left, a Project SEARCH intern recently hired by the Smithsonian, gets a hug from her supervisor, Eather Underwood.

who runs Project SEARCH at the institution. “We want to hire young men and women with disabilities who want to work and be included equally in society.”

Project SEARCH was founded in 1996 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center as a school-to-work transition program for young people with disabilities, a population that struggles with finding work.

Today, there are over 500 Project SEARCH host sites around the world. In the D.C. area, they

“It’s nice to see a flower that was closed now blossom. Now she speaks to us and gives us hugs.”

NORMA MYERS, a Smithsonian employee who supervised Project SEARCH intern Mionna Smith.

During the internship, Smith overcame shyness while working at the front desk.

include Embassy Suites and Capitol Hilton, the National Institutes of Health, and Montgomery County Government.

The goal of the Smithsonian is to prepare the interns for full-time or part-time employment afterward, either at the institution or elsewhere. Smith, a part-time employee, works 30 hours per week.

One of Smith’s challenges was shyness. “I wasn’t a talkative one,” she said. Yet, she was working at the front desk of one of the most trafficked offices at the institution.

Smith, who had never worked in an office before, turned to her colleagues for help and guidance.

“I just watched them to see how they greet other people, because I never greeted other people like that,” she said. “They greet people with, like — they have so much energy and excitement.”

Now, Smith participates in the social life of the office, feels comfortable speaking to strangers and writes notes of inspiration for her colleagues.

She even spoke at graduation on June 12. The message Smith delivered to the graduates?

“Stay focused” and “don’t give up,” she said. EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH

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Snyder uses $180M yacht to woo potential sponsor Page Six reported on Tuesday that Redskins owner Dan Snyder arrived at the Cannes Lions marketing festival in France with his $180 million yacht, fueling speculation that he is looking for a title sponsor for a new stadium for the team. The Redskins’ lease for FedEx Field in Landover, Md., expires in 2027. Page Six reported that Snyder hosted a dinner on board the yacht Monday night. (EXPRESS) ANIMALS

12 breeding facility dogs rescued, brought to D.C. Washington’s Humane Rescue Alliance has rescued 12 of the 188 dogs found in poor condition at a former Westminster Kennel Club breeder’s facility, officials said. The canines were rescued from a property in Stockton, N.J. Many suffered from skin infections and parasites. The dogs brought to the District on Monday evening will get medical treatment and eventually be available for adoption. (TWP)

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Council ends budget standoff POLITICS Nearly $24 million will be poured into repairing dangerously dilapidated public housing complexes in the nation’s capital after D.C. lawmakers voted Tuesday to redirect money that was originally in the reserves of the Washington Convention and Sports Authority.

The funding, which advocates said would likely pay for renovation of at least 400 units, was part of roughly $47 million the D.C. Council claimed in money originally in the convention authority’s accounts. It was a victory for lawmakers after a weeks-long showdown with the District’s chief financial officer, who had threatened not to certify the city’s budget, arguing the reserve money could not be redirected.

The details of that dispute consumed much of the council’s time and attention in the weeks before Tuesday’s passage of the $15.5 billion fiscal 2020 budget, as D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, D, and CFO Jeffrey DeWitt fought over what would become of the money.

Mendelson’s tactics ultimately paid off, with DeWitt signaling this week that he would not stand in the way of the budget’s approval. His spokesman confirmed after the council’s vote that DeWitt would certify the spending plan — a requirement before it can be submitted to

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D.C. finance chief will certify the revised plan with funds for housing

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, top, successfully defended his budget proposal amid concern from Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D, and Congress.

“I think the council did the right thing — this is their money to spend, and they spent it on a critical priority for the community,” said Amber Harding, staff attorney at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.

Harding said there are 2,500 public housing units in need of urgent repairs to deal with health hazards such as mold and lead. “We’ll need more” money,

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No NFL team for D.C. The D.C. Council included a provision in its annual budget, approved Tuesday, that prohibits the city’s sports and convention authority from purchasing the RFK soccer stadium from the federal government or bringing an NFL team to the city, according to a WAMU report. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson told WAMU he added the language to keep lawmakers focused on using those funds for urgent needs. (EXPRESS)

she said, “but it’s a really good first step.”

The rest of the $47 million appropriated by the council will be used to fund upgrades to the District’s 911 dispatch center, eliminating the need for a hotel room tax increase that was included in the mayor’s proposed budget.

A spokeswoman for Bowser did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

DeWitt initially argued that any alternate use of reserve funds from the convention authority could imperil the city’s credit rating and would violate obligations to bondholders whose investments funded the construction of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in 1998 and its hotel in 2010.

However, Mendelson and D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, D, found documents showing that the authority’s reserves were being kept at too high a level and that the authority should have transferred nearly $47 million to the city’s general fund since fiscal 2017.

DeWitt then said he was placing that money in reserves that offer a cushion of operating cash for emergencies, as well as accounts that fund the construction of affordable housing and other capital costs.

A spokesman for DeWitt said Monday that he no longer objected to the council’s use of those funds, since they were not being drawn directly from the convention authority reserves.

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POTENTIAL HURRICANE LOSSES

The amount that southeastern Virginia could lose if a major hurricane hits the area, according to a new study from professors at Old Dominion University and reported by AP. That’s 40% of the gross domestic product in the Hampton Roads region, including Virginia Beach, and 10% of the state’s overall GDP. A major storm could displace 200,000 residents and destroy 6,000 homes, according to the report, which underlines the urgency of preparation. (EXPRESS)

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Va. Republicans push for Fairfax to face hearings POLITICS Virginia House Republicans have renewed their call for legislative hearings into two sexual assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, D, a move that could, perhaps, deflect attention from an upcoming special session on gun control.

A letter sent Monday to the House’s Democratic leader, Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, said the hearings could take place as early as next month, when legislators gather July 9 for the special session Gov. Ralph Northam, D, called following a mass shooting in Virginia Beach.

“As you know, both women have stated that they will only participate in legislative hearings if the hearings are public and both Republicans and Democrats participate,” Bell wrote to House Minority Leader Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax. “I wish to renew my offer for truly bipartisan hearings.”

Filler-Corn said in a reply Tuesday that she wants to hear from accusers but fears a hearing would be a “political exercise.” “[W]e will not participate in House Republicans’ political games, nor will we turn such serious allegations into a partisan sideshow,” she wrote.

Republicans, who will try to defend a narrow House majority in November elections, have been pressing for hearings since early this year, when two woman said Fairfax sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. LAURA VOZZELLA (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Ohio man pleads guilty to defrauding state governments, including Virginia

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Schools get $3.47M to hire additional resource officers

Police: Armed man issues threats outside LGBT center

D.C. beer garden Dacha Navy Yard is facing legal and financial challenges after just two months in business, Washingtonian reports. The company was hit this month with a lawsuit over unpaid supply bills of over $277,000 as well as allegations of unpaid electrical bills and late and missed payments to employees, the magazine reported. The owners have disputed the claims. (EXPRESS)

Metro announced a new study Monday that will examine the Blue, Orange and Silver lines and recommend possible improvements by fall 2020, according to a WTOP report. Solutions to bottlenecks and capacity issues could include a new station in Rosslyn, more connections between existing tracks, or new tunnels and tracks, the study announcement said. (EXPRESS)

More than 50 localities in Virginia have been awarded over $3.47 million in grants to pay for new school resource and security officers. The grants will place new officer positions at 45 elementary schools, 17 middle schools and 31 high schools. Secretary of Education Atif Qarni said the grants will increase the number of resource officers in Virginia by 10%. (AP)

D.C. police are looking for a man who went to an outreach center for LGBT people Saturday in Northwest, demanded a sex act and threatened three transgender women with a gun, according to police and the center’s director. The incident comes amid national scrutiny of murders of black transgender women, including two in Maryland this year.

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Foundation would keep troubled D.C. campus from needing to close EDUCATION A troubled D.C. charter school slated for closure may get a second chance at life, as another charter operator proposes to take over and keep the campus open.

The board of Monument Academy Public Charter School voted this month to close the campus at the end of the academic year amid financial and safety concerns, informing parents they

should find new schools.

Monument, which opened in 2015, is a weekday boarding school in Northeast D.C. that has earned national attention for educating middle school students who have extensive learning and emotional needs.

But as staff and parents scrambled to find new campuses, Monument received a proposal Friday from the Friendship Education Foundation to operate the school next school year with fresh leadership. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Friendship Public Charter School, a charter

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Monument Academy Public Charter School voted this month to close at the end of the school year.

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The Monument proposal relies on private money. It is under capacity, with just 100 students.

The schools face a time crunch to determine how they should partner. Some takeovers require public comment and city approval, while others can be completed more quickly.

Charles Moore, chair of Monument’s board, said the panel would decide in the coming days. PERRY STEIN AND VALERIE STRAUSS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Interim schools chief selected to lead system On Tuesday, Monica Goldson was promoted from interim CEO of the Prince George’s County school system to its permanent leader — the second woman to hold the job. Her collaborative style is widely credited with helping ease tensions. “She has a 360-degree view of our system,” County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said. (TWP)

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Facebook’s currency gamble Tech giant to launch its own digital money as privacy worries persist

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TECHNOLOGY Facebook already rules daily communication for more than 2 billion people around the world.

Now it wants its own currency, too.

The social network unveiled a plan Tuesday to create a new digital currency similar to Bitcoin for global use, one that could drive more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its platforms.

But the effort, which Facebook is launching with partners including PayPal, Uber, Spotify, Visa and Mastercard, could also complicate matters for the beleaguered social network. Facebook is currently under federal investigation over its privacy practices and also faces a new antitrust probe in Congress.

Creating its own globe-spanning currency — one that could conceivably threaten banks, national currencies and the privacy of users — isn’t likely to dampen regulators’ interest in Facebook.

“It’s a bold and strategic move that has clear risks as well as opportunities tied to it,” said Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. “This could raise further yellow flags as more regulators focus on Facebook.”

David Marcus, the head of Facebook’s cryptocurrency operation, said in a tweet Tuesday that Facebook is creating a separate subsidiary, Calibra, to handle the new currency. He said feedback

Facebook says it expects to launch its new cryptocurrency, called Libra, in the next six to 12 months.

from customers has been “loud and clear” about keeping social media and financial data separate.

“We understand we will have to earn your trust,” he wrote.

The digital currency, called Libra, is scheduled to launch in the next six to 12 months. Facebook is taking the lead on building Libra and its underlying technology; its more than two dozen partners will help fund, build and govern the system. Facebook hopes to raise as much as $1 billion from existing and future partners to support the effort.

Company officials emphasized that Libra is a way of sending money across borders without incurring significant fees, such as those charged by Western

Not quite a Bitcoin clone Backing by familiar corporations might make Libra the first Bitcoin-like currency with mass appeal. Such “cryptocurrencies” have generally failed to catch on despite a devout following among curious investors and innovators. Bitcoin itself remains shrouded in secrecy and fraud concerns, not to mention wild value fluctuations, making it unappealing for the average shopper. (AP)

Union and other international money-transfer services. Fees typically start at a few dollars but can be much higher when paying with a credit card.

Libra could also open up online

commerce to huge numbers of people around the world who currently don’t have bank accounts or credit cards.

“If you fast-forward a number of years, consumers all over the world will have the ability to access the world economy,” Marcus said.

Libra will be different than other cryptocurrencies, Facebook says, in part because its value will be pegged to a basket of established currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, the euro, the yen and others.

Ives said how well it is received will boil down to execution and “how comfortable consumers feel around Facebook and cryptocurrency.” RACHEL LERMAN (AP)

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A glimpse of old Jewish life in Europe

Israel’s National Library has digitized a rare collection of communal ledgers from long-lost Jewish communities of Europe, offering the public a chance to study an era seen as a golden age of Jewish self-governance. The documents, known as pinkasim, were used from 1500 to 1800 to keep track of financial transactions, political happenings and relations with non-Jewish government bodies. They often mixed several languages, at times in a single sentence. (AP) Italian woman Giuseppina Robucci, oldest person in Europe and second-oldest in world, dies at 116

NEWTOWN, CONN. The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened — the latest victory for victims’ relatives who have been taking a more aggressive stance against conspiracy theorists.

The book, “Nobody Died at Sandy Hook,” has also been pulled from shelves to settle claims against its publisher filed

by Lenny Pozner, whose 6-yearold son, Noah, was killed in the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting.

“My face-to-face interactions with Mr. Pozner have led me to believe that Mr. Pozner is telling the truth about the death of his son,” Dave Gahary, the principal officer at publisher Moon Rock Books, said Monday. “I extend my most heartfelt and sincere apology to the Pozner family.”

A Wisconsin judge issued a summary judgment Monday against authors James Fetzer and Mike Palacek, a ruling that was separate from the settlement between Pozner and the book’s publisher. A trial to decide damages is set for October.

Pozner has pushed back for years against hoaxers who have harassed him, subjected him to death threats and claimed that he was an actor and his son never existed. He has spent years getting Facebook and others to remove conspiracy videos and set up a website to debunk conspiracy theories. PAT EATON-ROBB (AP)

Pakistani army helicopter saves 6 climbers hit by avalanche; 1 rescuer dies

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Trump vows to boot ‘millions’ as he launches his reelection campaign POLITICS President Trump could have a tough time making good on his threat to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally.

But maybe that wasn’t his point.

Trump tweeted Monday that starting next week his administration “will begin the process of

removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States.”

That was a pronouncement likely to excite his political base just as he was formally announcing his reelection bid Tuesday night. It also scared immigrants in the U.S. illegally — and could deter others from coming.

But it came at a cost. Trump blatantly exposed an upcoming enforcement operation, potentially jeopardizing the kind of

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President Trump’s reelection bid was announced Tuesday in Orlando.

sensitive effort that takes months to plan and relies on secrecy.

Though it helped carry him to election in 2016, Trump’s tough

talk hasn’t led to a drop in border crossings since he took office.

Trump has threatened a series of increasingly drastic actions as he has tried to stem the flow of Central American migrants, which has risen dramatically despite his hardline policies.

He recently dropped a threat to slap tariffs on Mexico after the country agreed to step up immigration enforcement efforts.

The “millions” referred to in Trump’s tweets referred to the more than 1 million people in the United States with final deportation orders, according to an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity to explain the president’s tweets.

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believe decisive shows of force — like mass arrests — serve as deterrents to those considering making the journey to the U.S. The new acting director of ICE, Mark Morgan, recently signaled a willingness to deport families during enforcement sweeps, though past Trump immigration officials hesitated over concerns about logistics and the public reaction.

U.S. officials with knowledge of the preparations say the operation wasn’t imminent; it was to begin in the coming weeks. But ICE officials were not aware Trump would make sensitive law enforcement plans public, and it’s unclear whether the operation now will go off as planned. COLLEEN LONG, JILL COLVIN AND ELLIOT SPAGAT (AP)

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U.N. calls for probe of Morsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death CAIRO The United Nations on Tuesday joined the chorus calling for an independent investigation into the death of Mohammed Morsi, Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first democratically elected president, who was buried in a closed funeral Tuesday.

By urging an impartial probe into whether the conditions of Morsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s detention had an impact on his death, the U.N. could bring more pressure on Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government to launch a proper inquiry. Morsi was held in solitary confinement for six years, largely denied access to family, friends and lawyers.

The calls for an independent investigation have, until now, come from Morsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters and human rights groups, which the government has dismissed as politically motivated.

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was elected president in 2012 and ousted a year later in a military coup, was interred in a public cemetery in Cairoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eastern enclave of Nasr City, a day after he collapsed and died inside a Cairo courtroom. Egyptian authorities refused to allow his family to bury him in his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graveyard in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, his son Ahmad Morsi said in a Facebook post.

Egyptian authorities and local media reports suggest Morsi, who suffered from diabetes and liver disease, died of a possible heart attack or stroke. The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public prosecutor said a report was being prepared on the cause of the death. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unclear if that was completed before Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burial, which for Muslims is usually within 24 hours of death. SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Sizing up the standoff

Hostilities are heating up between the United States and Iran, and while President Trump says he’s not looking to go to war with Tehran, it’s unclear how the standoff can be resolved. Here’s a look at what’s behind the mounting tension and what’s at stake for both sides, as well as for U.S. allies in Europe and elsewhere. DEB RIECHMANN AND MATTHEW LEE (AP)

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As tensions mount between the U.S. and Iran, both President Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have insisted that they don’t want war.

Is the U.S. on the brink of war with Iran?

What’s happened since the U.S. pulled out of the deal?

What has been the U.S. military response so far?

What’s to gain from the U.S. putting pressure on Iran?

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that Trump “does not want war,” and the president has said he’s open to negotiating with Tehran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also says his country doesn’t want to “wage war with any nation.” But Iranian officials have announced they will soon exceed caps on Iran’s uranium stockpile that were set by the 2015 U.S. nuclear deal with Iran. They also question whether Trump can be trusted to negotiate, given that the president pulled the U.S. out of the deal last year. Experts worry the current impasse could lead either side to misinterpret threats or aggressive moves. Trump says the U.S. will never allow Tehran to have nuclear weapons and that economic sanctions will stay in place until Iran not only gives up its nuclear ambitions, but ends its ballistic missile program and stops funding militants in the region.

Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal last year, arguing the restrictions would expire, giving Iran an opening to develop the bomb. The U.S. then reimposed heavy economic sanctions that had been eased under the Obama administration. Iran’s economy has been crippled and European nations have not yet found a way to do business with Tehran without running afoul of sanctions the U.S. reimposed when it left the nuclear pact. On Monday, Iran announced it will surpass the uranium stockpile limits set by its 2015 nuclear deal in the next 10 days, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal.

Hours later, the Pentagon announced it was sending about 1,000 additional U.S. troops to the Middle East to bolster security in the region. The U.S. has blamed Iran for multiple attacks on shipping vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military response to what the Trump administration says are threats from Iran has so far been a significant show of force across the region. Commanders have said they are focused on bolstering security for U.S. interests and allies, and gathering an increased amount of surveillance and intelligence across the region. In early May, the White House announced it was sending the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to the Gulf region ahead of schedule. At the same time, the Pentagon sent B-52 bomber aircraft and moved a Patriot missile battery back to an unspecified country in the area. In late May, the Pentagon sent a dozen fighter jets and a battalion of four Patriot missile batteries to the region and ordered a battalion of Patriots already there to stay.

Those deployments amounted to about 1,500 troops. This week, the Pentagon announced it will send another 1,000 troops to the region.

Trump has said repeatedly he is open to talks with Iran’s leadership to discuss a better deal. When the U.S. pulled out of the agreement, Pompeo laid out 12 steps that Iran would need to take to improve relations with the U.S. Those included many matters that were not in the nuclear deal, including ending its ballistic missile program that threatens Israel and the Gulf Arab states. The administration says the maximumpressure campaign is intended to force Iran to change its behavior and to return to negotiations to seal a deal that would permanently close a path to nuclear weapons. “What’s the goal? We’re not talking about regime change. … I don’t think it’s the administration position,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who discusses foreign policy issues with the president. “The bottom line is, we’re trying to get Iran to stop attacking ships and pipelines and turning the Mideast upside down.”

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POLITICS Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan withdrew from consideration to be confirmed as Pentagon chief on Tuesday, President Trump said, plunging the Pentagon into leadership upheaval for the second time in six months.

In a message on Twitter, Trump said that Shanahan, a former Boeing executive who has led the Pentagon on an acting basis since early this year, had “decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family.”

Trump thanked Shanahan for his “outstanding service” and said that Mark Esper, another former defense industry executive who now serves as Army secretary, would be the new acting defense secretary.

Shanahan, above, pulled himself out of the running as media organizations including The Washington Post published reports shedding light for the first time on details of Shanahan’s contentious divorce, including a 2010 domestic abuse allegation and his role in an incident in which his son attacked his ex-wife with a baseball bat.

In a statement, Shanahan said it was “unfortunate that a painful and deeply personal family situation from long ago is being dredged up and painted in an incomplete and therefore misleading way in the course of this process.” MISSY RYAN, DAN LAMOTHE AND PAUL SONNE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Jamaica’s central bank is using reggae music — an instantly recognizable symbol of the island — to share that the country’s economy is doing very well. In the bank’s latest video, reggae artist Tarrus Riley likens low, stable and predictable inflation to what the bass-line is to reggae music. “Music aids in advocacy, and the same is true for complex monetary policy,” Finance Minister Nigel Clarke said. (AP)

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The off-duty officer who shot and killed a man inside a Southern California Costco last week was attacked without warning as he held his toddler son, the policeman’s attorney said Monday. Attorney David Winslow said his client — a Los Angeles Police Department officer whom he wouldn’t name — was struck from behind without a word being spoken Friday night as he fed his son samples of teriyaki chicken in the warehouse store in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles. But a cousin of Kenneth French, the man who was killed, described him as a gentle man who didn’t speak because of a mental condition. (AP)

More than 100 children have died in an encephalitis outbreak in India’s eastern state of Bihar, authorities said Tuesday. Bihar health secretary Sanjay Kumar said 106 children had died and more than 430 others between the ages of 4 and 10 were being treated at hospitals in Muzaffarpur district, 50 miles north of Patna, the state capital.

Despite the deaths, Kumar said the mortality rate among children from encephalitis, which can cause swelling of the brain, a burning fever and vomiting, had dropped to 26.5% from 34% a year ago. Young children are particularly vulnerable to the disease. (AP)

More than 160 people have been killed in two weeks of intercommunal violence in several villages of Congo’s northeast Ituri province, the governor said Tuesday, while the United Nations said some 300,000 people have been displaced. Governor Jean Bamanisa said 161 bodies had been found and authorities were still trying to determine the extent of the violence.

Authorities believe the perpetrators were militia fighters from the Lendu community. Congo’s military believes they are linked to Mathieu Ngudjolo, who was acquitted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court in 2012. (AP)

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Shake things up: At draft, Wizards should get creative The Wizards will probably choose center Sekou Doumbouya of France in Thursday’s NBA draft. It would be a sensible selection with the No. 9 overall choice.

But the days of fired general manager Ernie Grunfeld taking European projects are over, and the Wizards need to make a bold move. Washington could offer Bradley Beal and its first-rounder for New Orleans’ fourth overall selection, but there are only three impact players in this year’s draft

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so that would be drastically overpaying.

The Wizards also need a second-round contributor. The best path for them to improve is to trade down to the late teens or low 20s and try to acquire another pick. Washington could then pick Maryland center Bruno Fernando in the first round to fill its inside need and find a forward in the second.

Maybe the Wizards would miss out on a franchise-maker by trading down for two potentially good players, but when was the last time Washington found a star player outside the top few overall picks?

It’s unfair to prejudge interim general manager Tommy Sheppard’s drafting ability given it’s his first chance since Grunfeld’s departure. And even though he’s not the permanent decisionmaker, it still should be up to Sheppard to make the pick.

Working a trade could be the best chance for him to impress Wizards owner Ted Leonsis.

Why not take a local player who will sell tickets and fill a need? Fernando is not the top big man on the board, but he proved to be a relentless competitor with the Terrapins.

Most likely, his best basketball is still to come.

If the Wizards move down and Fernando is gone when they get to pick, Plan B could be Bol Bol. The son of the late Washington center Manute Bol, whose stunning 7-foot-7, 200-pound frame made him more of a novelty, is a more polished player than his father.

The 7-2, 210-pounder can run the floor and hit outside shots.

The biggest risk in selecting Bol Bol is that the Oregon center appears to be injury-prone.

Still, Wizards fans would be interested in watching a second-generation Bol — and comparing him to his father.

UCLA small forward Kris Wilkes would be a solid second-round selection. A good defensive player who needs to improve his outside shot, Wilkes does the dirty work and the Wizards could use someone like that. After all, somebody has to heed coach Scott Brooks’ pleas to play defense.

It will be interesting to see if Sheppard makes the simple choice of Doumbouya or tries to impress the Wizards or future employers with some on-the-clock deal-making on draft night. Either way, Washington badly needs somebody who can elevate it back to respectability.

Rick Snider has covered sports in Washington since 1978. Follow him on Twitter @Snide_Remarks

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French police investigating whether corruption influenced the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar took former soccer superstar and top executive Michel Platini into custody Tuesday for questioning. As head of the UEFA, Platini was Europe’s top representative on the FIFA committee that awarded the event to Qatar, a country so hot in June and July that the matches will be held instead in November and December. (AP)

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Marta notches record 17th World Cup goal Marta set a record for men and women with her 17th career World Cup goal in Brazil’s 1-0 victory over Italy on Tuesday that advanced the Selecao to the knockout rounds for the sixth straight time. The 33-year-old forward, playing in her fifth World Cup, scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute. Marta is the only player, male or female, to score in five World Cups. (AP)

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Kerr scores 4 to lead Matildas to next round Sam Kerr scored four goals, one shy of the World Cup record and the most by an Australian, in a 4-1 victory over Jamaica on Tuesday that advanced the Matildas into the knockout rounds. Kerr tied American Alex Morgan for the tournament lead with five goals. Jamaica, the first Caribbean nation to make the World Cup, got its first goal of the tournament as Havana Solaun scored in the 49th. (AP)

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In total, 11 people have been detained, including the alleged gunman and the motorcycle driver who took him to the nightclub. The latest suspect arrested was Franklin Junior Merán, who’s accused of renting one of the cars used in the attack.

Among others reportedly arrested were two men, Jose Eduardo Ciprián and Carlos Alvarez, already in prison for other crimes. According to CNN, they helped coordinate the attack and distributed approximately $7,800 to a group that could carry it out.

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Court documents say that on the day of the shooting, Ciprián texted a photo of the intended target to Vizcaíno, who shared it with other suspects at a gas station shortly before the attack.

The alleged gunman, 25-yearold Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, reportedly claimed that he did not mean to shoot Ortiz, and that he got confused because Ortiz’s attire resembled that of the target he was instructed to find.

It is still unclear what the motive may have been for the attack.

Ortiz’s doctors upgraded his condition T uesday from “guarded” to “good.”

(THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

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The percentage of Bryce Harper’s plate appearances that end with him striking out, entering this week’s series against the Nationals. It’s the highest of his career and sixth-highest in the majors. With a swing-andmiss rate of 32.1%, Harper is failing to make contact on nearly 1-in-3 swings. (TWP)

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Flowers could be starting left guard REDSKINS When the Redskins signed former Giants offensive tackle Ereck Flowers in the winter, the idea was to move him to left guard. Though he had not worked out well as a tackle in New York, they believed that as the ninth overall pick in the 2015 draft, he had enough talent

and ability to be a starter inside.

Then the offseason workouts came and Washington was so short on tackles that Flowers had to play tackle again. The results, at least in the practices open to the media, were not good. But the team remains committed to playing him at guard this season.

Will Flowers open camp as the starting left guard?

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during minicamp.

It’s not always easy to find 6-foot-6 offensive linemen with the strength and quickness that Flowers has. Callahan imagined Flowers transitioning well to left guard, a position the Redskins have struggled to fill.

He said Flowers looked impressive the few times he was at guard in OTAs. “I think it gives us size, it gives us power, I think those are really good traits for the running attack and pass protection,” Callahan said. “He’s long, he’s square,

obviously he can play in the short area, so those are things we kind of identified during free agency that we liked and we are trying to fit him into that mode. So it’s been a work in progress. We got a long ways to go yet, but he’s made a nice transition.”

The challenge, Callahan said, will be getting Flowers to adjust to the faster pace at which guards often play. Since they have a smaller area to protect, the rush comes at them faster than at tackle, where players have more time to set their feet for the rush that usually starts on the outside of the defensive line. But he added that Flowers has the ability to make the adjustment well. LES CARPENTER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Blinded by ambition Madonna tries ies too hard on ‘Madame X,’’ her incoherent incoheren entt mess of a new ew record ord ALBUM REVIEW These days, Madonna is wearing an eye patch for dubious reasons.

But it’s her ears that seem to have failed her.

The shape-shifting Queen of Pop has missed badly with “Madame X,” a needy, tryingtoo-hard mess of an album that sounds like Madonna threw up on Madonna. Even she admits: “It’s a weird kind of energy.”

She used to thrill with endless new looks and an edge to her pop, but that was decades ago. Now she’s like that daffy aunt who shows up at the holiday party inappropriately dressed, slightly high and offering to buy beer for the teenagers.

The 13-track “Madame X,” Madge’s first LP since the underappreciated 2015’s “Rebel Heart,” sees her predictably collaborate with the hot young things of pop — Quavo, Swae Lee, Maluma,

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Why “Madame X”? She has told us: “Madame X is a dancer.

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A saint. A whore. A spy in the house of love. I’m Madame X.” In other words, everything and nothing. Perhaps she’s too exhausted to even construct a new persona. She leaves it up to us — and leaves behind a sonic jigsaw puzzle that even recycles from her past, referencing saying “a little prayer” several times.

Even her hammy attempt to push the boundaries in “Dark Ballet” starts promising enough but drifts into a computer-altered pile of jumbled, pointless slogans that eventually dissolves into Tchaikovsky.

Madonna has plenty to say but none of it is very coherent. She seems to be referencing Trump when she sings, “Get that old man / Put him in a jail / Where he can’t stop us” on “Batuka,” but it’s never clear.

Yet when it comes to the cloying “Killers Who Are Partying,”

she’s overly blunt: “I’ll be Islam / If Islam is hated,” she sings with a faux British accent. “I will be a child / If the children are exploited.”

She even steps on herself, needlessly. One of the album’s best songs is the last, “I Rise,” which she has said is about gay and marginalized people. But she samples a speech from Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez. So is it really about gun control? Madonna can’t even get that message straight.

Madonna here is sticking with the same gimmick that made her a mega-star: borrow cool stuff from others — voguing, Marlene Dietrich, Latin music, EDM — and adopt it as her own.

But these aren’t good days for Madonna. We are hungry for authenticity, and she’s hiding behind a bejeweled eye patch.

It’s plainly clear that X Ambassadors really haven’t missed a step on “Orion,” the followup to their impressive 2015 debut “VHS.” From the infectious rockers “Hey Child” and “Boom” to the acoustic-and-strings heart-tugger “History,” the new album, which came out Friday, bristles with interesting songs and textures.

Lyrics that deal with economic insecurity fuel the mid-tempo track “Quicksand,” and “Rule” is a little smoky piano ditty. After a strong first half, “Orion” drops off somewhat.

But the band pulls it together in time to deliver a final blistering tune, “Hold You Down,” an earworm of synth handclaps, quiet sections, explosive crests and electronic shards. M.K.

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Calexico, including Joey Burns, left, and Iron & Wine team for a new record.

‘Years to Burn’ gets its recipe just right ALBUM REVIEW Reuniting on “Years to Burn,” their first full-length project since 2005, Calexico and Iron & Wine remind audiences why they initially collaborated.

Sam Beam, better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, has been something of a sensation in the indie world since the early 2000s. Calexico, with main members Joey Burns and John Convertino, is a Southwestern rock band with influences from mariachi to jazz. Together, the two are perfectly complementary.

Differentiating itself from the “In the Reins” EP, on which the two acts first collaborated, “Years to Burn,” which came out Friday, feels more self-assured.

“The Bitter Suite” serves as the perfect example of this talent realized. The eight-minute track opens with a distinctively

Calexico Spanish couplet, followed by an instrumental jam and finishing with a section that sounds like ‘Years to Burn’ a separate song Calexico and Iron & Wine entirely.

The title track has all of Beam’s usual delicacy, yet there is more to explore, as soft trumpet pushes through the melding vocals of Beam and Burns.

“Midnight Sun” is one of the few songs written by Calexico, but it feels just as at home within the album, with a folklore theme and elusive, thoughtful lyrics.

The reunion feels a long time coming for two acts so wonderfully harmonious. Hopefully, audiences won’t have to wait so long for their next collaboration.

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1917: During World War I, King George V orders the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames; the family took the name “Windsor.”

1953: Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.

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