Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in embrace. Photo: Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images
In a matter of months, Kim Jong-un and President Trump went from threatening nuclear destruction to planning a face-to-face meeting.
November 2016: Obama warns Trump about North Korea
November, 2016: When Trump visited the White House after his election, Obama told him North Korea was the biggest threat he'd face. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
February 2017: The first test of Trump's presidency
North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Trump at Mar-A-Lago. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesKim Jong-un inspecting the test-launch. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images
April 2017: Trump pressures China to step up on North Korea
...and North Korea displays its might
North Korea hosts a military parade and displays iapparent ballistic missiles in Pyongyang. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images
June 2017: Otto Warmbier dies
American student Otto Warmbier died in Cincinnati following 17 months of detention in North Korea. Photo: Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images
July 2017: Tests ramp up
North Korea's first-ever intercontinental ballistic missile test in July, 2017. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images
August: Trump threatens "fire and fury"
September 2017: Kim Jong-un launches most powerful nuclear test yet
“I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire."
— Kim Jong-un on Trump
...and Trump calls Kim "little Rocket Man"
January 2018: Kim tests diplomatic waters
Kim threatens the U.S. in a New Year's Day speech by noting he has a so-called "nuclear button" on his desk and then flips the script and says he is “open to dialogue” with Seoul. Photo: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images
...And Trump keeps the pressure on
Otto Warmbier's parents, Cindy and Fred, are honored at Trump's first State of the Union Address. Trump also honored a man who escaped North Korea. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
February 2018: North Korea launches charm offensive with sports diplomacy
North and South Koreans walk together with the Unity Flag at the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesMike and Karen Pence attend the Olympics. Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jung sat behind them. Photo: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images.
March 2018: Trump accepts Kim's invitation to meet
South Korea's national security advisor, Chung Eui-Yong, announces at the White House that Kim wants to meet with Trump, and Trump has accepted the invitation. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
March 2018: Kim Jong-un makes secret trip to China
Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping shake hands. Photo: Xinhua/Ju Peng via Getty Images
April 2017: Trump sends CIA Director to Pyongyang
Then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong-un during a secret visit to Pyongyang, allegedly over Easter weekend. Photo: The White House via Getty Images
...and Kim meets with Moon Jae-in in South Korea
Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in hug each other after saying they want to work towards peace and denuclearization on the peninsula. Photo: Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images
The CEOs of tech's four leading giants will defend their industry's growing concentration of power from critics on both right and left who view them as monopolists when they testify, most likely virtually, before Congress on July 27.
Why it matters: The joint appearance by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Google's Sundar Pichai will mark a historic collision between the leaders of an industry that has changed the world and political leaders who believe those changes have harmed democracy and individual rights.
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Why it matters: Storylines in Trump's populist sweet spot that carried the news cycle for much of his presidency — immigration, trade, a strong economy — have fallen away during the pandemic.
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Why it matters: As infections soar, deaths will inevitably follow. And infections are soaring.