On Tuesday, the son of the president of the United States suggested that an alt-right blogger who promotes conspiracies like "white genocide" and PizzaGate should "win the Pulitzer."

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted his praise of the media personality Mike Cernovich after crediting Cernovich with "breaking" the story that former President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, asked intelligence agencies to "unmask" the names of Trump transition officials caught up in foreign surveillance. Cernovich further alleged Rice then sent the unmasked names to a handful of top intelligence officials.

Cernovich is widely criticized, having also promoted the beliefs that "date rape does not exist," "misogyny gets you laid," and black women should be "slut shame[d]" to prevent them from getting AIDS. Additionally, Rice's alleged actions appear to be legal, and an unidentified "person close to Rice" told CNN on Monday night that Rice never "improperly sought the identity of Americans," adding: "There is nothing unusual about making these requests when serving as a senior national security official, whether Democrat or Republican."

Observers have slammed the Trump White House for promoting Cernovich's "story," with Kellyanne Conway tweeting a Cernovich blog post Monday and calling his appearance on 60 Minutes a "must-see ratings bonanza." Read more about the White House's ties to Cernovich at Media Matters here. Jeva Lange

"We think North Korea will be a tremendous place in a very short period of time," President Trump said at a press conference at the G7 meeting in Canada on Saturday. But he also issued a warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with whom Trump is due to meet Tuesday in Singapore, indicating his expectation of a total and immediate solution to U.S.-North Korea tensions.

"I feel that Kim Jong Un wants to do something great for his people and he has that opportunity and he won't have that opportunity again," Trump said. "It's a one-time shot and I think it's going to work out very well."

The president also spoke at length about trade policy, which has been a contentious issue at the G7 gathering. He said he proposed eliminating all tariffs among the assembled nations, but also threatened to completely sever trade relations if he does not get his way.

"[Other G7 countries] have no choice [but to lower trade barriers]. I'll be honest with you, they have no choice," Trump said. "We're going to fix that situation. And if it's not fixed, then we're not going to deal with these countries."

Watch Trump's comments in full below. He begins to discuss the North Korea summit around the 4:30 mark, and the trade threats come up around 8:30 and 19:30. Bonnie Kristian

The Taliban on Saturday agreed to a three-day ceasefire with local forces in Afghanistan, its first such agreement since 2001. The ceasefire is scheduled to honor the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which in Afghanistan will be held this coming week. Foreign troops will be excluded from the deal, and the Taliban said its fighters will defend themselves if attacked.

The announcement came several days after the Afghan government announced a unilateral ceasefire for the holiday. Government forces will continue fighting other militant groups active in their country, like the Islamic State.

"Hope the pleasure of shedding no Afghan blood in Eid becomes so overwhelming that rest of year is also declared as Afghan Eid," said Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal. The Afghan government, with U.S. support, has been making overtures to the Taliban for peace talks this spring. Bonnie Kristian

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday adopted a new rule that would exclude candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the runner-up of the party's 2016 presidential primary race. The rule says candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination must themselves be registered Democrats and must "run and serve" as Democrats. Sanders campaigned for the Democratic nod but is an independent.

Sources familiar with the rule change process told Yahoo News it was not intended to target Sanders personally, and that if he wishes to run in 2020, he can simply list himself as a Democrat to get on the ballot. Because Sanders runs for, but does not accept, the Democratic nomination for his Senate seat, the Democratic Party of Vermont considers him a de facto member. Other outsider candidates might have a more difficult time establishing their Democratic credentials.

Sanders' supporters slammed the rule change. "I really don't get the motivation for the resolution at all," said 2016 Sanders adviser Mark Longabaugh. "You know, Bernie Sanders got 13 million votes in 2016. Thousands, if not millions, of those votes were young people and independents he brought into the Democratic Party. And I'm just stunned that the Democratic Party’s rules committee would want to try to make the Democratic Party an exclusive club, for which we want to exclude voters and large segments of the American electorate." Bonnie Kristian

Singapore was chosen to host Tuesday's summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un primarily because it is one of few nations with diplomatic relations with both parties, the White House told CNBC.

But the city-state is also considered a convenient choice because its extensive surveillance apparatus makes for easier security preparations for the off-again, on-again talks. Singapore is known for its strict laws and harsh punishments governing personal behavior, including protests that otherwise would coalesce near the negotiations.

The venue for the talks is the Capella Hotel, a resort on Sentosa Island which has hosted high-level diplomatic meetings in the past. Locations that didn't make the cut include Switzerland, Mongolia, and the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea. Bonnie Kristian

A Friday attack in Jubaland, Somalia, that killed one U.S. soldier and injured four more was claimed Saturday by al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked extremist group that seeks to overthrow the Somali government. The American special operations forces were fighting with Somali and Kenyan troops to expel al Shabaab from villages in the area and "establish a permanent combat outpost."

President Trump tweeted his condolences later Friday:

The U.S. has about 500 troops in Somalia, a dramatic build-up over recent years. Read more about U.S. military activity in Somalia here at The Week. Bonnie Kristian

The Golden State Warriors bested the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 Friday night, winning their second NBA championship in a row and their third in four years. Led by point guard Stephen Curry, who scored 37 points, the Warriors bested the Cavs in four straight games for the title despite remarkable performances from LeBron James.

"Probably one of the greatest playoff runs we've ever seen from an individual," said Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue of James. "Sometimes you can give everything you got and still come up short."

Watch three iconic scenes from the game four win below. Bonnie Kristian

Some 1,768 immigrant families were separated by U.S. officials in the 17-month period from October 2016 to February 2018, Reuters reports, a span that includes time from both the Obama and Trump administrations.

Since February, the pace of separations has increased thanks to the Trump administration's new "zero tolerance" policy, but Reuters' source, an unnamed government official, could not provide more recent statistics. Congressional testimony from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official in May indicated 638 parents were separated from 658 children in a two-week span last month, indicating a rate well above the average of about 100 families separated per month in the 17-month span.

Once separated, children are often moved to shelters hundreds of miles away from their families. "The only thing that makes sense to me is to make it far more onerous to reconnect the adult with the child," Chris Carlin, a Texas public defender, told NPR. "Why else would you do this? Why would you take a child from the desert of west Texas and fly them to Manhattan?" Bonnie Kristian