Tuesday's Headlines: ‘Honorary’ job at for-profit college paid Bill Clinton millions

Trump dismisses questions about improper gift to Florida attorney general; Without conservative majority in Supreme Court, voter-law challengers score big wins; Phyllis Schlafly, conservative activist who helped move GOP to the right, dies at 92; Colombia's war displaced 7 million. But peace won't bring back their homes.;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories JAVIER SORIANO / AFP/Getty Images 'Honorary' job at for-profit college paid Bill Clinton millions A close examination of the deal reveals how the former president leveraged the Clintons' connections to enhance their personal wealth — potentially providing another avenue for supporters to gain access to the family. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more » Trump dismisses questions about improper gift to Florida attorney general Donald Trump's charity violated federal rules in 2013 with a $25,000 contribution to a group connected to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was then considering whether to open a fraud investigation against Trump University. By Jose A. DelReal and David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   Without conservative majority in Supreme Court, voter-law challengers score big wins Civil rights groups, Democratic lawyers and the Obama administration have made gains in overturning strict voting laws, highlighting how Antonin Scalia's death has removed the Supreme Court as a conservative backstop for such measures. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   Phyllis Schlafly, conservative activist who helped move GOP to the right, dies at 92 The lawyer and author is credited with almost single-handedly stopping the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and helped push the Republican Party toward the religious, family-values right wing. By Patricia Sullivan  •  Read more »   Colombia's war displaced 7 million. But peace won't bring back their homes. Forced to flee their farms and villages, rural residents poured into cities to escape bombings, massacres and kidnappings. They see peace with the FARC as a remedy for only one source of violence. And they don't trust the government to protect them. By Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Trump's 'get even' program By Richard Cohen  •  Read more »   The ugliest, most appalling spectacle in American politics By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   America's melting pot is under assault — from the left as much as the right By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more »   Brown University president: A safe space for freedom of expression By Christina Paxson  •  Read more »   Virginia Republicans' essentially racist project By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump's mind-boggling history of corruption By Paul Waldman  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Obama cancels meeting with Philippine president, who now expresses regret over obscenity flap Rodrigo Duterte had threatened to curse out the U.S. president if he raised the issue of extrajudicial killings by Philippine authorities in a sweeping crackdown on drug trafficking. By William Wan and David Nakamura  •  Read more » Kabul is shaken by attacks on international charity and Defense Ministry The 11-hour standoff at the CARE International headquarters followed a double bombing against the Defense Ministry that killed 35 people. By Sayed Salahuddin and Paul Schemm  •  Read more » Congress returns with one goal: No government shutdown After a summer break, lawmakers have four weeks to hammer out a spending deal before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. But some are already warning the task will not be easy. By Kelsey Snell  •  Read more » Trump says he'll do debates, though the moderators have tripped him up in the past The Republican presidential nominee had previously said "certain moderators would be unacceptable." Apparently the ones handling this fall's debates weren't among them. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more » Guess who's taking aim at Fox News now? Conservatives. They complain that the network's "echo chamber" boosted Trump — and is killing their own movement. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more » Fact Checker: 4 Pinocchios for claim that Clinton was fired during Watergate inquiry An Internet meme claims that Hillary Clinton was fired from the Watergate inquiry. Here's the proof that it's bogus. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more » The geographic divide in American creativity The Great Creative Divide isn't between the coasts and the center, but rather between North and South. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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