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The Republican senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday he was glad John Bolton will be Donald Trump’s national security adviser going into talks with North Korea, because of his “very healthy skepticism”. 'Dialogue of the deaf'? Iran deal talks persist as Trump looks poised to kill it Read more Bolton is a Bush-era United Nations ambassador and noted hawk who has advocated military strikes as the best way to stop North Korea developing a nuclear weapon that can reach the US mainland. In February, he wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he set out “the legal case for striking North Korea first”. News of Bolton’s appointment was greeted by widespread alarm. A US-North Korean summit is slated for May. Hopes have been raised that Kim Jong-un may discuss measures to reduce the threat of war, possibly in exchange for security guarantees and an easing of sanctions that have severely affected the already struggling North Korean economy. Earlier, on a visit to Beijing, the Democratic Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren said success from talks with Pyongyang would involve getting a commitment to discuss verifiable steps to reduce its nuclear threat. Trump last month fired secretary of state Rex Tillerson – whom he had previously derided for saying talks with North Korea might be possible. Like Bolton, Pompeo is a hawk regarding North Korea.

Brian Williams recaps a tumultuous week in Donald Trump’s White House… again. But was it the week that was? Or was it just another week in Washington. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth…

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss discusses Donald Trump's cabinet changes, including the possibility of Trump operating without a chief of staff to run the West Wing. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of…

Michael Avenatti tweeted an image of a DVD that he says contains "evidence" of Stormy Daniels' relationship with Donald Trump. Judd Legum says Avenatti's comments predict larger legal issues for Trump. Ruth Marcus weighs in on the Karen McDougal interview.…

"We cannot wait" for the 2020 elections to do something about Donald Trump, says Rep. Maxine Waters. "It is too dangerous." » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political…

Breaking news today - President Trump's National Security Adviser and lead personal lawyer on the Russia probe are both out, as chaos continues to dominate the Trump administration. The Washington Post's Robert Costa, NBC News’ Vivian Salama and Politico's Michael…

Mark Landler, White House correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump firing his second national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, and replacing him with extreme hawk John Bolton. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC…

Recode Executive Editor Kara Swisher says Mark Zuckerberg needs to "step up more" when it comes to making decisions about Facebook. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political…

The University of Massachusetts–Amherst is offering a course this semester titled “Feminist Health Politics,” which “will examine how health becomes defined, and will question whether health and disease are objectively measured conditions or subjective states.” “What is health?” asks the course description on the college’s website. “What makes health a matter of feminism?” “We will also consider why and how definitions and standards of health have changed over time; why and how standards and adjudications of health vary according to gender, race, sexuality, class, and nationality; and how definitions of health affect the way we value certain bodies and ways of living,” the description continues. It absolutely is true, for example, that issues such as “environmental conditions” can affect a person’s health, and that’s something worth studying. What’s not worth studying, however, is that ridiculous idea that a disease might somehow be a “subjective state.” I can’t even believe I have to write this, but having a disease absolutely is an objective thing. If someone has group A streptococcal bacteria, then she definitely has strep throat. Plenty of fields of study are completely subjective things — literature, art, music. For example, one scholar might believe that a particular author is wonderful and brilliant, another scholar might think that that same author is a hack, and there’s really no objective way to prove which one of these people is “correct.” After all, it’s all a matter of taste and judgment. Medicine is as objective as it gets. Of course, there may be situations where different doctors might disagree about what’s wrong with a particular patient, but there will still always be the existence of the objective truth of what that patient’s problem really is — and that objective truth is a reality that is not up for debate. This story was previously covered in an article at Campus Reform.

New details tonight that Donald Trump's lawyer used a Trump company email to communicate and plan payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Our panel discusses the legal questions and what it means for the president. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc…