1. President Trump defended his weekend remarks over the protests in Charlottesville, laying “blame on both sides” for the violence that ended in the death of a woman after a car crashed into a crowd.

In a long and combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower in New York, Mr. Trump criticized “alt-left” groups for being “very, very violent” in confronting Nazi groups in the small Virginia town. Protests over the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue brought white nationalists from around the country.