Trump vs. NBC News, Conservative Activists vs. Mitch McConnell, United States vs. No One: P.M. Links

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  President Trump lashed out at NBC News after they reported that he wanted a "tenfold" increase in America's nuclear arsenal, a report the president denied.

• A group of conservative activists is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to step down.
• The president is expected to nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, the deputy White House chief of staff, to Secretary of Homeland Security.
• The Boy Scouts of America will start to admit girls into its Cub Scouts program and begin to develop curriculum for older girls as well.
• The United States will miss its first World Cup since 1986.
• A hole the size of Maine has opened up in the Antarctic ice.