“...candidates leveled blame on Trump, arguing that his aggressive and unpredictable tariff policies were prompting gloomy economic forecasts. Yet they also strained to avoid the appearance of cheering for a downturn” Via � @jpaceDC ⁩

"As global leaders gather on 2 continents...Factories are slumping, many businesses are paralyzed, global growth is sputtering and the world’s two mightiest economies are in the grip of a dangerous trade war."

"In the latest only-in-Trumpland episode skating precariously along the line between farce and tragedy, the president of the United States on Wednesday attacked the prime minister of Denmark because she will not sell him Greenland@peterbakernyt  @maggieNYT 

"But his ultimate aim appears to be dividing Democrats, peeling off Jewish support and shoring up his white evangelical Christian base" @colvinj  @eschor 

Stephanie Grisham’s Turbulent Ascent to a Top White House Role via @NYTLiz 

West Virginia U. President Gordon Gee and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are creating a nonprofit that will fight to steer cash from any national opioid settlement to hospitals, rather than to local and state governments"

APNewsBreak: Duo to push opioid settlement toward hospitals

On this day in 1950, Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour

"About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s overall job performance" according to a new AP-NORC poll" @sppeoples  @HFingerhut