Trump careens toward a Christmas crisis with North Korea

President Donald Trump is pulling out all the stops to convince North Korea to return to nuclear talks – delaying military exercises, ambushing efforts to highlight the regime’s human rights abuses and sending a top envoy to the region to reassure jittery allies.

Democrats are calling on Trump to stick to diplomacy and even strive for a limited interim agreement, while lawmakers in both parties want the White House to be more transparent about what it knows about North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.