Republican Party, London, Otto Warmbier: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

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Good evening. Here’s the latest.

1. The Congressional Baseball Game for Charity will go on as planned tonight, imbued with new meaning and amid heavy security, above, after the attack on the Republican team’s practice on Wednesday morning.

Representative Steve Scalise underwent a third operation. Republican lawmakers called for looser gun laws so people facing similar attacks could defend themselves.

The gunman, James Hodgkinson, who was killed in a shootout, began his day at an adjacent Y.M.C.A. and appeared to go about his normal routine before he opened fire. On our podcast, “The Daily,” lawmakers who were on the field at the time of the shooting described how the attack unfolded.

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2. On Capitol Hill,Senate leaders are writing legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act without a single hearing on the bill — and without an open drafting session. Their approach is creating distrust and concern on both sides of the aisle.

Republican leaders say the bill is a work in progress. Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, above, defended their approach.

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3. President Trump signed an executive order expanding federally funded apprenticeship programs, above.

He also taunted federal investigators for making up a “phony collusion with the Russians story” amid new reports that Robert Mueller, the special counsel, is looking into whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct justice in the case.

And our reporter examined Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s refusal to discuss his conversations with Mr. Trump during his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee this week.

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4. The death toll of the enormous blaze at a London apartment tower rose to 17 — and officials warned it is certain to climb higher. Many residents remain unaccounted for.

Prime Minister Theresa May ordered an inquiry as concerns intensified over fire safety and construction materials used in high-rises. Residents said an exploding appliance caused the fire, but officials have not verified that account.

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5. The father of Otto Warmbier, the college student released from detention in North Korea in a coma this week, said he was “brutalized” during his time as a captive.

Fred Warmbier, above, praised the Trump administration for working to free his son. He appeared at a news conference in the same jacket his son wore on state TV when he confessed to stealing a propaganda poster.

The 22-year-old remains hospitalized and is stable but unresponsive with “extensive loss of brain tissue.” In a one-sentence statement, the North said it had freed him on “humanitarian grounds.”

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6. No place in Europe is under greater threat from climate change than the waterlogged Netherlands. It’s also big business there. Like cheese in France or cars in Germany, water management has become a national specialization, and innovative Dutch firms dominate the global market.

Our correspondent and photographer traveled to Rotterdam, above, a city that is 90 percent below sea level, to learn more about their methods. The key is to manage the water, not fight it, in ways that also benefit communities, like lakes and parks that double as reservoirs.

And in another sign of the Trump administration’s retreat on global warming policy, the Energy Department closed its office working on climate change abroad.

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7. Our gender correspondent had some thoughts about “the universal phenomenon of men interrupting women.” (The latest high-profile examples: A wisecrack that led to the resignation of an Uber board member, and Senator Kamala Harris, above, being interrupted during the Sessions hearing.)

In other Uber news, a Texas woman who was raped by a driver in India filed suit against the company for mishandling her medical records. And our tech columnist has a proposal to fix Uber: He says consumers should think twice before using it.

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8. A parking space in Hong Kong sold for a record-breaking $664,000.

Yes, you read that right. Now consider this: The previous record wasn’t that much cheaper. (That was $615,000 last year, for a slightly smaller spot.) The astronomically expensive real estate market there is leading to fears that the bubble will burst soon. Above, the parking lot where the space is located.

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9. A friendly reminder: This Sunday is Father’s Day.

In honor of the holiday, we took a look at the way parents talk to little boys — often discussing emotions less than they do with girls, for example. Experts say that can limit boys, and that it’s healthier for them to learn to express their feelings.

“Get them talking. Show that you want to hear what they’re saying,” one Harvard psychologist recommended.

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10. Finally, yesterday was President Trump’s 71st birthday.

“Seventy-one candles on that cake,” Stephen Colbert quipped. “Although Trump later said it was ‘over a million candles. Most candles ever.’”

Have a great night.

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