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Throwing a bomb into the insurance markets, Trump now owns the busted health-care system

Beyond his executive order to make it easier to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance with fewer benefits and weaker government protections, the president has been personally involved in undercutting the system. Many nonpartisan experts believe that these active measures are likely to undermine the pillars of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and hasten the collapse of insurance marketplaces.

By James Hohmann

White House to court: Affordable Care Act cost-sharing subsidies will stop immediately

The Health 202

Trump moves from firing shots at Obamacare to all-out war

It's abundantly clear the president is thirsty for a win. It has been 10 months since his first day in office —the day he promised to sign a law repealing and replacing his predecessor’s signature health-care law.

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

Trump sets new conditions for U.S. to stay in Iran deal

The president is “decertifying” the nuclear accord brokered by Barack Obama, charging that Tehran is “not living up to the spirit of the deal.” He said if Congress, U.S. allies and his administration cannot come up with way to strengthen the agreement, “it will be terminated.”

By Anne Gearan and Abby Phillip

Iran vows ‘crushing response’ to Trump’s labeling of Revolutionary Guard as a supporter of terrorism

Americans are pack rats. Swedes have the solution: ‘Death cleaning.’

While Japanese item-control diva Marie Kondo gave us strict instructions to keep only things that spark joy, 80-something Stockholm artist and author Margareta Magnusson shares how and why to declutter before you check out from this world.

By Jura Koncius

They’re now free after years as Taliban captives. But their mysterious tale raises new questions.

The family’s refusal to travel to the United States led some former U.S. officials to suggest that they may be trying to avoid tough questions from U.S. intelligence officials. Others played down that explanation.

By Greg Jaffe

Opinions

‘It’s not my war; this is our war’: Bannon threatens McConnell, Corker and Republican incumbents

The former White House chief strategist implored voters to join his vowed “war against the GOP establishment” and Senate leadership, threatening that campaign war chests will not protect incumbents from angry conservative voters.

By Wesley Lowery

The Fix: 5 reasons the GOP won’t dump Trump

Trump’s pick for DHS chief was at the center of the Katrina disaster 12 years ago

What Kirstjen Nielsen did — and didn’t do — in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane will probably come up in her confirmation hearing to lead the agency whose $40 billion budget includes managing catastrophes such as Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

By Nick Miroff

The Fix Analysis

Score one for Kellyanne Conway. The New York Times plans to toughen its Twitter policy.

The presidential counselor accused journalists of posting not-so-journalistic snark about President Trump that indicates bias. While not responding directly, Times editor Dean Baquet seems to think she has a point.

By Callum Borchers

Have dirt that could impeach Trump? Larry Flynt will pay you $10 million.

The “Hustler” publisher's offer, seeking information leading to President Trump’s removal from office, appears in a full-page ad in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post.

By Amy B Wang

Man held by Taliban-linked captors: They raped my wife, killed our baby

Joshua Boyle’s claim, which authorities have not confirmed, added another layer to the mystery surrounding the Canadian-American couple, who had children while in captivity and were rescued this week after five years.

By Antonio Olivo

WorldViews: What were Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle really doing in Afghanistan?

A man hailed a cab to flee a burning car — leaving a woman to die in the fiery wreck, police say

After crashing an Infiniti into a concrete barrier minutes earlier, the driver managed to escape the wreck, hail a cab and leave the scene while his passenger burned, police say.

By Avi Selk