Evening Edition: Number of fatal shootings by police on track to hit nearly 1,000 for third year

How state officials explain why they didn't release voter details; Trump proves an unreliable ally to GOP in the health-care fight; When Dad's the president: A look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world; White House salary list confirms that some of the best-known faces are also the highest paid; Trump lashes out at 'dumb as a rock Mika,' calls CNN 'garbage journalism' and defends Greta Van Susteren; 'It has to be something, but it could be infinity': Trump ponders space in strange ceremony; Hunt for suspects continues after at least 25 are shot at Little Rock nightclub; The nation's opioid crisis is overwhelming foster homes — sometimes with entire families; White student made 'co-valedictorian' with black student, despite having a lower GPA, lawsuit claims; Founder of disastrous Fyre Festival arrested, charged with fraud; Donald Trump’s very affectionate tweet about Justin Trudeau, explained;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   SPECIAL REPORT Number of fatal shootings by police on track to hit nearly 1,000 for third year The Washington Post began tracking all fatal shootings by on-duty police in 2015 after the 2014 death of Michael Brown, who was unarmed and had an altercation with the officer who shot him in Ferguson, Mo. Police nationwide shot and killed 492 people in the first six months of this year, a number nearly identical to the count for the same period in each of the prior two years. By John Sullivan, Reis Thebault, Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins  •  Read more » Wonkblog | Analysis How state officials explain why they didn't release voter details The bipartisan officials have been forthcoming about their reasons for withholding registration data — including Social Security numbers and military status — from the presidential commission investigating claims of voter fraud. By Philip Bump and Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   The Take | Analysis Trump proves an unreliable ally to GOP in the health-care fight The president offers little substantive input, no political cover and sometimes unwelcome advice. The tweets don't help, either. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   When Dad's the president: A look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world She does not necessarily appreciate daily schedules. Neither does her father. When Ivanka needs to see the president, she stops by. When he needs to see her, he calls. When he wants her opinion, he asks for it and she gives it — but without expectation that it will be followed. She sees her role as not to persuade, but to inform and support. By Monica Hesse and Krissah Thompson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   White House salary list confirms that some of the best-known faces are also the highest paid Adviser Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Sean Spicer are among the Trump administration employees receiving the top salary of $179,700. The list mandated by Congress also shows that Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, are unpaid for their roles. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Trump lashes out at 'dumb as a rock Mika,' calls CNN 'garbage journalism' and defends Greta Van Susteren The president took time out from his vacation to escalate his ongoing feuds with television news networks. By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   'It has to be something, but it could be infinity': Trump ponders space in strange ceremony At an event where he revived the National Space Council, the president made baffling remarks about the cosmos and failed to mention the only female astronaut in attendance. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   Hunt for suspects continues after at least 25 are shot at Little Rock nightclub "Some sort of dispute broke out between people inside," and police were searching for multiple people believed to be involved in the shooting, police said. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The nation's opioid crisis is overwhelming foster homes — sometimes with entire families Foster-care experts say that as the drug epidemic has intensified during the past two years, a crush of children has entered the system. State budgets are stretched, social workers are overloaded, and not enough families are willing to provide children with temporary homes. By Perry Stein and Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   White student made 'co-valedictorian' with black student, despite having a lower GPA, lawsuit claims The 2016 graduation at Cleveland High School in Mississippi came days after a federal judge ordered the district to fully integrate the town's schools, nearly 50 years after initially being ordered to. By Justin Wm. Moyer  •  Read more »   Founder of disastrous Fyre Festival arrested, charged with fraud What was promised to be a "luxury" music festival in the Bahamas collapsed spectacularly in April. Investigators said the event was a deliberately orchestrated scheme to defraud investors. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   WorldViews | Analysis Donald Trump’s very affectionate tweet about Justin Trudeau, explained After an awkward beginning and then a nasty fight over trade and tariffs, is there a budding bromance between the two leaders? 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