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Today marks the end of the seventh round of NAFTA talks, with just 3 of 30 chapters (negotiation topics) closed this round.

Where things stand: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says that time might be running out to get a NAFTA deal on the books, with elections coming up this year in all three countries. Most significantly, the campaign for Mexico’s July presidential election will kick off in a few weeks.

The Baltimore Sun is the alma mater of some of history's most famous political journalists, and had its agenda-setting coverage featured on "The Wire." ... The Denver Guardian has published fictional stories and isn't a newspaper. ... National Review is provocative and consistently conservative.

The big picture: Those thumbnail descriptions, provided first to Axios, are examples of the consumer-friendly online guides (with green, yellow and red ratings) coming from NewsGuard, co-founded by journalists and media entrepreneurs Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz.

ESPN has named Disney executive James Pitaro as its new president, more than two months after John Skipper suddenly resigned to focus on his substance abuse.

Bottom line: Pitaro had been widely considered a front-runner for the job, due to his close relationship with Disney boss Bob Iger and his strong performance running Disney's consumer products and interactive business units. But Iger had kept his cards close to his vest, and was not asked about the ESPN opening during Disney's most recent earnings call.

President Trump's proposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will increase U.S. employment in those sectors by 33,000 jobs, but cost 179,000 jobs in other areas of the economy, according to a new report by The Trade Partnership, a consulting firm. This isn't accounting for any potential retaliation from other countries.

Between the lines: Republicans' best argument for why they should remain in power is that the economy is doing well under their leadership. The last thing they need is job losses — or retaliation from trading partners.

Rare.us, the viral content site launched by Cox Media in 2013 to take on the ever-evolving digital landscape from a right of center lens, will shut down at the end of the month, according to Facebook posts by its top editors.

Why it matters: It's another example of a viral website built on Facebook traffic that is shutting down after Facebook announced it would be making changes to its News Feed algorithm to weed out publisher content.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's office has blasted out a CNBC story about President Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs spooking the stock market.

Why it matters: There are still a number of senior officials, both inside the administration and on Capitol Hill, who hold out hope that continued declines in the stock market could spook Trump out of broad-based tariffs. They hope he'll narrow them and exempt allies such as Canada. They know Trump's fetish for the stock market, and hope that the president sensing an end to his record-breaking run will get him to reconsider.

AshLee Strong, Ryan’s spokeswoman: “We are extremely worried about the consequences of a trade war and are urging the White House to not advance with this plan. The new tax reform law has boosted the economy and we certainly don't want to jeopardize those gains.”

President Trump signaled in a Monday morning tweet that he is open to axing his newly announced tariffs on steel and aluminum if the U.S. successfully negotiates a new NAFTA deal with Mexico and Canada.

Quick fact check: Trump said the U.S. has large trade deficits with both Canada and Mexico, but the trade of U.S. goods and services with Canada in 2016 (the most recent year listed) was actually a trade surplus of $12.5 billion. [Go deeper: The effect of Trump's tariffs; Trump fudges NAFTA trade facts]

Vanity Fair's Oscar Party, which starts when the telecast ends, is a paradise for power people-watching: Chelsea Handler, winners toting their statuettes, Jon Hamm, James and Lachlan Murdoch, Preet Bharara, Tyler Perry, Danny Glover, Jeff Bezos chatting with Jared Leto, Evan Spiegel, Robert Kraft, and on and on.

Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair's new editor, continued the tradition, and Axios takes you inside the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Hollywood and Madison Avenue embraced the historic #MeToo movement on Sunday, blanketing the 90th Academy Awards with ads, speeches and tributes around women's rights, racial equality and social good.

Why it matters: A year of reckoning around these issues has awakened the conscience of the country, and particularly the entertainment industry, which has publicly parted ways with dozens of executives and several shows due to sexual harassment accusations.

This culminated last week. But the war — between Peter Navarro’s economic nationalist camp and Gary Cohn’s free trader-cohort — has been roiling the White House for months.

• It came to a head in the Oval Office in January of this year, when Cohn, Navarro, Rob Porter, Wilbur Ross and John Kelly sat in chairs around the Resolute Desk for another standoff.

Zhang Yesui, China's vice foreign minister and former ambassador to the United States, sounded a clear warning in response to the steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum that President Trump is expected to announce soon.

China does not want a trade war with the US ... [But] we will not sit idly by and will take necessary measures if the US hurts China’s interests.

The latest: The tariffs will hurt U.S. allies like Canada and the UK, who Trump's top trade advisers have said will not be exempt.

Ahead of tonight's 8pm ET show, read a debate in today's L.A. Times Calendar section on whether Hollywood's biggest night still matters.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with President Trump Sunday morning and expressed "deep concern" regarding the 25% steel and 10% aluminum tariffs that the president is expected to announce, per her office.

The backdrop: Trump's top trade advisers said today that no U.S. allies would be granted exemptions from the tariffs.

Sen. Lindsey Graham urged President Trump to reconsider his decision to issue steel and aluminum tariffs in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation."

His case: China is causing the problem Trump wants to solve, but this policy will hurt allies and U.S. consumers far more than China.

But, but, but: The next guest on Face the Nation was Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat. Manchin said he generally supports Trump's move because it will protect American jobs — a sign of how this issue cuts across party lines.

Peter Navarro, President Trump's top adviser on trade, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump will sign tariffs on steel and aluminum this week, or the following week at "the latest," and "at this point in time there's no country exclusions."

Why it matters: These tariffs could hit allies like Canada, South Korea and the U.K. hard, and they're hoping Trump will make exceptions in their cases. According to Navarro, that's not the plan.

Aides describe Trump as "uncontrollable" ... and "see a president isolated and on edge" — WashPost front-pager by Phil Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey:

• "Trump’s friends are increasingly concerned about his well-being, worried that the president’s obsession with cable commentary and perceived slights is taking a toll on the 71-year-old. 'Pure madness,' lamented one exasperated ally."