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Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault; Trump joins the effort to pass a health-care bill, but another GOP senator is opposed; How can you still doubt Trump's intelligence?; Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years; Making America scared again won't make us safer; Six Nazi spies were executed in D.C. White supremacists gave them a memorial — on federal land.; Could Trump’s White House tapes ruse actually get him in legal trouble?; California just added four more ‘discriminatory’ states to its travel ban; Magic Johnson blasts D’Angelo Russell days after trading him to Nets; Experts agree: The gorilla in the kiddie pool is having a total blast; Rescuers dig for bodies after landslide wipes out village in southwestern China; Why 'Mattis in charge' is a formula for disaster; Trump is struggling to stay calm on Russia, one morning call at a time; ‘Fox & Friends’ propagates the most astounding piece of pro-Trump propaganda yet; CNN sent a courtroom sketch artist to cover a White House press briefing; Porn, Nazis and sarcasm: How these 3 old rules basically explain the entire Internet   Democracy Dies in Darkness     Most popular right now   Most Read Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault The White House debated various options to punish Russia, but facing obstacles and potential risks, it ultimately failed to exact a heavy toll on the Kremlin for its election meddling. By Greg Miller  •  Read more » Trump joins the effort to pass a health-care bill, but another GOP senator is opposed Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada announced he won't vote for the bill in its current form. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Opinion How can you still doubt Trump's intelligence? It takes a certain kind of smarts to spin a yarn so defiantly false that some people will believe it anyway. By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   Opinion Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years I couldn't be involved in leaving the Paris agreement. But I hope my former colleagues stay. By David Rank  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Six Nazi spies were executed in D.C. White supremacists gave them a memorial — on federal land. The memorial to the men sat in a field until 2010 when officials took a fork lift to it. By John Woodrow Cox  •  Read more »   The Fix •  Analysis Could Trump’s White House tapes ruse actually get him in legal trouble? Some have raised the prospect of witness tampering. Experts doubt that, but say it could feed into the obstruction of justice case. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   California just added four more ‘discriminatory’ states to its travel ban California now bars state-funded travel to eight other states. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   Magic Johnson blasts D’Angelo Russell days after trading him to Nets "What I needed was a leader … and also [somebody] that players want to play with," the Lakers team president said of the former No. 2 overall draft pick at a Friday news conference. By Jeremy Gottlieb  •  Read more »   Experts agree: The gorilla in the kiddie pool is having a total blast It all comes down to complex gorilla body language, experts say. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Rescuers dig for bodies after landslide wipes out village in southwestern China Six bodies have been found, but 112 people are missing in the village in Sichuan province, state media said. By Simon Denyer  •  Read more »   Why 'Mattis in charge' is a formula for disaster I respect the defense secretary, but let's not pretend that his leadership can substitute for the void in the White House. By Anne Applebaum  •  Read more »   Trump is struggling to stay calm on Russia, one morning call at a time The White House is laboring to adapt to the expanding Russia probe — and to the president's pugnacious outbursts. By Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   ‘Fox & Friends’ propagates the most astounding piece of pro-Trump propaganda yet Get this: The dodgiest president ever is keeping a man of proven integrity honest. This is possible only on one TV news program. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   CNN sent a courtroom sketch artist to cover a White House press briefing Sketching Sean Spicer seems like another way to highlight his reluctance to speak on camera. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Porn, Nazis and sarcasm: How these 3 old rules basically explain the entire Internet These three rules are ancient in Internet time, but they still explain a lot about online culture today. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Finance 202 Your daily guide to where Wall Street meets Washington. Sign Up »         Share The Post Most:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for The Post Most or because it is included in your subscription. 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