“President Trump wrapped up his six-day swing through Asia by touting trade deals and new investments in the U.S. But as he arrives back in Washington, the gold-plated receptions abroad are giving way to a shuttered government and deepening voter anxiety about the economy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The split screen sheds light on why Trump has turned much of his second-term attention to foreign policy.”

“On the world stage, meetings shift from dreary Washington offices to opulent palaces, deals get announced on a near-daily basis, and Trump engages with smiling foreign ministers, not scowling lawmakers. At home, Trump is grappling with slipping poll numbers, as well as a fight with Democrats that has kept the government closed for a month over surging health-insurance costs for millions of Americans.”

“Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, will be stripped of his title as prince, an extraordinary punishment — unheard-of in the annals of the modern British royal family — that caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein,” the New York Times reports.

“The palace also said Andrew, 65, would be evicted from his sprawling residence, Royal Lodge, and move to a private residence.”