Politics: Trump’s First 100 Days: What's next for Trump and Congress

Congress may give Trump legal authority to fight the Islamic State | Sponsored by the Coalition to Protect America's Health Care   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Trump's First 100 Days: What’s next for Trump and Congress Watch a spending bill, Trump's taxes, the Supreme Court nomination and the investigation into Russia's alleged election meddling. By Amber Phillips  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Trump shifts blame for health-care collapse to far right The president's attack serves as a warning shot that he will not hesitate to apply public pressure on those in his party he views as standing in the way. By Sean Sullivan, John Wagner and Amber Phillips  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Congress may give Trump legal authority to fight the Islamic State The weird thing: Trump already had that authority. By Andrew Rudalevige  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   The Mercers, Trump mega-donors, back group that casts doubt on climate science Robert and Rebekah Mercer were front and center at a Heartland Institute conference. By Matea Gold and Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump's First 100 Days: What’s next for Trump and Congress Watch a spending bill, Trump's taxes, the Supreme Court nomination and the investigation into Russia's alleged election meddling. By Amber Phillips  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Ivanka Trump plans to attend economic summit in Germany The first daughter was invited during Merkel's recent White House visit, an official said. By Catherine Lucey  •  Read more »   Trump taps Kushner to lead a SWAT team to fix government with business ideas Kushner to helm White House Office of American Innovation, an ideas factory and clearinghouse for business executives. By Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   With AHCA defeat, some Democrats see chance to push for universal coverage Liberal activists see a chance to push for universal coverage — and to sell it to Trump voters, who may be less wedded to the ideological arguments against a single-payer system. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ‘Saying no is easy, leading is hard’: GOP congressman resigns from Freedom Caucus after health-care drama The conservative group takes heat after Republicans failed to pass measure. By Amber Phillips  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ‘Bring it on!': Lindsey Graham and constituents shout over each other in latest town hall debacle "Your last term! Your last term!" the angry crowd chanted at the Republican senator. By Kristine Phillips  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property He has made 13 visits to his own golf courses since becoming president, likely playing golf on at least 12 of those occasions. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Fox News host calls on Ryan to step down, hours after Trump tweets about her show "Justice With Judge Jeanine" anchor said there was no coordination with the president. By John Wagner  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump goes after Freedom Caucus, but its leader doesn’t hit back The president took to Twitter to voice his frustration. But the head of the hard-right group did not engage. By Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   The GOP’s health-care failure is no one-off event. Welcome to our fragmented politics. There's no power center leading the legislative process. By Richard Pildes  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   White House aide Boris Epshteyn expected to leave communications post A regular surrogate for Trump during the campaign, Epshteyn will be moving on from his White House post. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   DemocracyPost Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. Sign Up »         Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics PM. 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. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071