Evening Edition: Congress passes spending deal to keep government open another week

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Now they're suing to clear their names. ; The complete and utter disaster that was the celebrity-backed Fyre music festival; How multiracial Americans reflect the broader state of U.S. race relations;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Congress passes spending deal to keep government open another week The short-term spending agreement to keep the federal government open for another week was approved overwhelmingly. House and Senate negotiators are expected to work through the weekend to finalize a longer-term deal that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year in September. By Kelsey Snell, Robert Costa and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more » The Daily 202 | Analysis This is how Trump looks out for the people who voted for him It wasn't pleas from foreign leaders or CEOs that prompted the president to change his mind about NAFTA. It was a map of the United States that apparently proved decisive in the tug of war between the populists and the globalists inside the administration. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   'I am going to come through for you,' Trump vows to NRA President Trump, the first sitting president to address the NRA since Ronald Reagan, delivered a fiery speech in which he recounted his administration's actions that are friendly to the gun rights group and promised more to come. By John Wagner and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered ‘Burn, baby, burn’: What I saw as a black journalist covering the L.A. riots 25 years ago A Post editor who was a Time correspondent in 1992 remembers the worst unrest in U.S. history — a time before Black Lives Matter — triggered in Los Angeles by the acquittal of four white police officers in the brutal, videotaped beating of Rodney King. By Sylvester Monroe  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   First 100 Days Alone in the White House, Trump is enjoying the perks of his new home He enjoys leading guests on trivia-filled tours. He brags about the specialties of the White House chefs. But the fact that Trump entertained a dinner party, which included Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin, for four hours last week may indicate his hunger for company. By Krissah Thompson  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump now agrees with the majority of Americans: He wasn't ready to be president At no point over the course of the 2016 campaign did a majority polled think that Donald Trump would be qualified on Day 1. "This is more work than in my previous life," he said this week. "I thought it would be easier. ... I do miss my old life." By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Tillerson calls for 'painful' measures to punish North Korea Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's push at a special session of the U.N. Security Council came as the Trump administration signaled it is willing to bargain directly with North Korea over ending its nuclear weapons program — but under strict conditions. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Court freezes lawsuit against Clean Power Plan, signaling likely end to Obama's signature climate policy President Trump had instructed the EPA to rewrite rules limiting carbon emissions from power plants, and he ordered the attorney general to ask a federal court to suspend litigation. The court has now granted the request. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Judges take Trump at his word — and that has not been good for the president In both the "sanctuary cities" and travel-ban cases, federal judges used the president's own comments against him. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Wonkblog | Analysis The latest bad economic news isn't Trump's fault, but he has made it his problem The downside for Trump is that though the economy may be sound, it's not roaring, and a host of longer-term factors mean it's unlikely to hit rocket growth any time soon. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   EXCLUSIVE 'I was all set to terminate': Inside Trump's sudden reversal on pulling out of NAFTA In an Oval Office interview with The Post, President Trump said he had "looked forward" to announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the trade deal on the 100th day of his presidency. But his impulsive turnabout was the latest in a series of abrupt shifts in the frenzied lead-up to his 100th day. By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Damian Paletta and Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   U.S. military probes deaths of two Army Rangers, who might have been killed in 'friendly fire' The elite soldiers were killed on a nighttime raid in Afghanistan during a three-hour firefight with Islamic State militants. By Dan Lamothe and Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   They were kicked out of college for sexual misconduct. Now they're suing to clear their names. The legal pushback from some men has emerged in response to a wave of campus activism in recent years and a shift in federal enforcement of Title IX. By T. Rees Shapiro  •  Read more »   The Intersect The complete and utter disaster that was the celebrity-backed Fyre music festival People paid thousands to attend a luxury music festival organized by Ja Rule. Instead, they got "a tent on a rocky outcropping near a Sandals resort." By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   'Other: Mixed Race in America' How multiracial Americans reflect the broader state of U.S. race relations Starting Monday, hear a new episode of The Post's five-part podcast each morning: five stories about families, inheritance and who is really "American." Listen to this introduction — and subscribe to get each new episode as soon as it's available. By Alex Laughlin  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you 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. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071