Honey, I shrunk the base.

Satellite images show North Korea has begun dismantling its main missile launch test sites, though probably not due to negotiations with the US. According to one analyst: "This is consistent with North Korea's public line, which is that its successful test program is now transitioning to mass production of nuclear and missile systems." 1/23

While Trump's CAPS-TWEETING at Tehran felt similar to his taunting of Pyongyang, Iran is a savvier opponent with more public politics, and Trump won't be able to exaggerate claims of success in any sort of deal that emerges. 2/23

The White House says Trump is considering revoking the security access of former national security officials that have caught the president's ire over their criticism of him. 3/23

Donald Trump has his vocal supporters. But their staunch commitment overshadows the reality: a shrinking base for a president who won by the skin of his teeth, reliant on a small group of voters in just a handful of states. While Republican support for Trump hasn’t lessened, the overall number of Republicans has. 4/23

To maintain control, immigration shelters coerce teens to take psychotropic drugs—without parental consent. 5/23

I began to listen for these parallels: where the experiences, thought patterns, and stories of Border Patrol agents and nuns, migrants, and attorneys converged and overlapped. Hondurans talk about the “slow-motion disaster” at the US border. 6/23

A transparency monitor says Mexico's election was cleaner than expected, and effectively broke with one-party rule. 7/23

Now essentially sovereign, Facebook must be kept in check through regulation, nationalization, or a constitution. 8/23

Clinton’s interlocutor is billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs...a primary investor in Ozy Media, whose name comes from the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem “Ozymandias,” which is about, uh, the dusty remains of a fallen empire. Attendees may not know what Ozy Fest is, but the Washington Post calls it a “progressive alternate reality.” 9/23

The FDA approved a new medication to treat the recurring form of malaria, which sickens 8.5 million people a year. 10/23

An explanation of CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the past decade—as well as the foreseeable future. 11/23

Brewers in Canada create a new twist on edibles: nonalcoholic beer infused with cannabis. 12/23

“When I’m accused of sexual assault (assault) / Thanks for finding the victims at fault (fault).” R. Kelly releases emotional new song thanking fans for continued acceptance of sex crimes. 13/23

Related: He kind of did. 14/23

A haunting essay on the cruelty experienced by women and children under Ireland’s religious authority in the 1960s and ’70s. 15/23

Vexed with Germany's press using his Turkish roots to doubt his dedication, Mesut Özil quits international soccer. 16/23

With scooters hot once again in tech, recalling the scooters that were the accessories of choice for dot-coms. 17/23

Painted fabric installations in ancient ruins bridge the gaps between the analog and digital, the past and present. 18/23

The forgotten color-theory masterpiece from 1901 by watercolorist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel. 19/23

Onetime Bowie bandmate finds the musician's first-ever demo recording stashed in an old bread basket. 20/23

Readers share annotations found in used books. 21/23

Librarians and library-goers slam viral article that proposes replacing libraries with Amazon bookstores. 22/23

Photos of midcentury Los Angeles architecture, by Marvin Rand. 23/23

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