The president said he did nothing wrong in his first remarks on Saturday following racial unrest in Virginia. President Trump on Tuesday made remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va., Confederate statues, his outlook on Stephen Bannon and more. The president defended his embattled chief strategist even as Washington waits for Mr. Bannon’s departure from the White House. President Trump, in a long, combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower, insisted that he did nothing wrong on Saturday when he declined to specifically condemn Nazi and white supremacist groups. Doug McMillon, Walmart’s chief executive, said the president “missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together.” We decode the symbols of hate that white supremacists, Nazis and alt-right groups display at their marches, including the violent gathering in Charlottesville, Va. Officials said they would punish perpetrators after a Confederate statue was toppled during a protest expressing sympathy with victims of the violence in Charlottesville. In remarks about Charlottesville, President Trump falsely equated “alt-left” violence with the killing of Heather D.Heyer. President Trump’s reluctance to single out the far right reflects a view widely held by conservatives that the news media willingly overlooks left-wing extremism. Terms like these are part of a far-right political lexicon that has become important to understanding American politics. President Trump’s fiery news conference left many on cable news networks searching for ways to describe what they had just seen, and partisan lines blurred in the process. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. If President Trump makes good on his promise to “let Obamacare implode,” premiums for the most popular plans would rise about 20 percent next year. 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The program was established in 2014 to deal with a surge of migrants fleeing violence and lets them live and work in the United States temporarily. A panel of three federal judges in San Antonio said the two districts were racially discriminatory, but upheld other districts that had been challenged. A web hosting firm is fighting a sweeping search warrant for information about visitors to an anti-Trump website used to organize inauguration protests. The president said he was streamlining regulations in order to speed construction of infrastructure projects like roads and bridges. Troubled domestic manufacturers say cheap Chinese products have undercut their own, but industry groups are urging a trade panel to reject sanctions. In more than 30 appearances, the future president tried out his talking points on a host who was among the first to treat him as a serious political thinker. There are fears that ambition and nationalism could lead China and India to war again, but now with more firepower at their disposal. The pop superstar gave blunt testimony in her case against a radio host in Denver, and provided a voice for others in similar situations. The coming solar eclipse will be a wondrous sight — if you get into viewing position in time, the clouds cooperate and you’re ready to have your mind blown. Thirty immigrants were sworn in atop One World Trade Center, in a ceremony that featured a speech by the former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara. Mr. Moore’s Broadway plan has made Donald J. Trump the target of his rumpled, moral ire. On Tuesday, he bused his audience to Mr. Trump’s door. At least six of the 49 people who were wounded were seriously hurt when the tree topped near the city of Funchal, where a religious celebration was being held. Despite some strong reviews, the musical, based on the popular 1993 movie, failed to draw large enough audiences to support its running costs. With hundreds dead and hundreds more missing after torrential rains and mudslides, residents of the country’s capital can’t find room for all the dead. The age-old practice in which ranchers in northwestern Spain corral the free-roaming animals is now under threat from activists and regulation. A Federal District Court judge in New York has ordered the discount warehouse giant to pay Tiffany for using the jeweler’s name to market diamond rings. The Miami chef grows produce in his backyard in Homestead, Fla. — the only part of the contiguous United States with a tropical monsoon climate. Exploring the world Wilson wrote about isn’t easy: many of the hubs of black life he chronicled are gone. But the changing world is what defined his works. 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