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Pence prods Pyongyang as Trump stumps with bunny

Highway to the danger zone.
Highway to the danger zone. Photograph: Sean K Harp/Photoshot/Avalon/Avalon

1. Pence warns Pyongyang

On a visit to Seoul, vice-president Mike Pence said of Donald Trump: “North Korea would do well not to test his resolve.” North Korea’s UN ambassador accused the US of escalating tensions and said: “Thermonuclear war may break out at any moment.”

Pence abroad

Mike Pence’s daughters check out North Korea.
Mike Pence’s daughters check out North Korea. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

‘Era of strategic patience is over’

Pence: strategic patience era with North Korea over – video

2. The everlasting audit

Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said the president was still under audit and so he couldn’t release his latest tax returns. The president has been making that excuse about not releasing his taxes for 416 days.

Spicer claims audit

Sean Spicer telling the American people a made-up story.
Sean Spicer telling the American people a made-up story. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Crowd lustily boos ‘audit’ excuse

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4. Seasonal jollies

Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, presided over their first Easter egg roll as first couple. The first lady read a children’s story and the president blew a whistle and almost forgot to put a hand on his heart for the national anthem.

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Tweet tweet.
Tweet tweet. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Nudge nudge

5. Gorsuch talks head off

Less than 15 minutes into his first day of oral arguments as a supreme court justice, Neil Gorsuch started firing questions at lawyers, at one point apologizing: “Sorry for taking up so much time.” But was he really sorry?

Put a sock in it Neil

At his confirmation hearing, barely speaking.
At his confirmation hearing, barely speaking. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

6. Trudeau and Trump

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is a progressive media darling, “but when it comes to the defining issue of our day, climate change, he’s a brother to the old orange guy in Washington,” writes Bill McKibben in the Guardian.

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Seeing eye-to-eye.
Seeing eye-to-eye. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

7. Democratic hopes run high in a red-state election

How Atlanta’s conservative suburbs became a frontier of liberal resistance

Trump attacks Georgia Democrat

... and another thing:

... and another thing:

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