Evening Edition: Trump asserts his ‘complete power to pardon’ as he again attacks ‘fake news’

Why it was not normal for Sessions to meet with the Russian ambassador; House to vote on measure preventing Trump from lifting Russian sanctions; A car crash topples a Confederate statue and forces a Southern town to confront its past; In revised filing, Jared Kushner reveals dozens of previously undisclosed assets; Oligarch drives Trump's Russia connection; After latest police shooting, Minneapolis mayor faces calls to resign: ‘You have failed us’; Philippines’ Duterte vows not to come to the U.S.: ‘I’ve seen America, and it’s lousy’; Dean of Washington anchors had a career that spanned more than 45 years at NBC4; Florida’s education system — the one Betsy DeVos cites as a model — is in chaos; After 31 rounds of 63 in major golf history, a 62 came by Grace; Poland's long march toward democracy is threatened by quick steps away from it;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Trump asserts his 'complete power to pardon' as he again attacks 'fake news' If the president pardoned himself in the face of the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the election, it would set off a legal and political firestorm — first around the question of whether a commander in chief can use the constitutional power in that way. By Ashley Parker and David Nakamura  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Why it was not normal for Sessions to meet with the Russian ambassador Facing questions about contact with Russians, members of the Trump campaign team argue that it's common to meet with foreign officials. But former U.S. intelligence officials and security experts find these meetings troubling. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   House to vote on measure preventing Trump from lifting Russian sanctions Congressional leaders broke a weeks-long impasse on a bill to slap sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea and agreed to vote Tuesday on an expanded version of the bill after incorporating a roster of measures aimed at freezing North Korea's nuclear program.  By Mike DeBonis and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   A car crash topples a Confederate statue and forces a Southern town to confront its past As cities around the country wrestled with whether to take down their Confederate monuments, the half-white, half-black town of Demopolis, Ala., suddenly faced a dilemma: Should it put its soldier back up? By David Montgomery  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   In revised filing, Jared Kushner reveals dozens of previously undisclosed assets The records, which come as the White House adviser faces increasing scrutiny as part of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign, show the vast and varied wealth of the president's son-in-law. By Jonathan O'Connell, Matea Gold, Drew Harwell and Steven Rich  •  Read more »   Oligarch drives Trump's Russia connection Aras Agalarov, an eager-to-please tycoon who helped bring bling to Russia, has built political capital in the Moscow region and in the Kremlin itself by acting as a consummate fixer and reliable executor. By Andrew Roth  •  Read more »   After latest police shooting, Minneapolis mayor faces calls to resign: ‘You have failed us’ After three officer-involved fatal shootings over the past two years, residents' frustration crescendoed as Mayor Betsy Hodges announced the resignation of the city's police chief in the wake of the July 15 killing of an Australian woman who had called 911. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Philippines’ Duterte vows not to come to the U.S.: ‘I’ve seen America, and it’s lousy’ President Trump previously praised the Filipino leader's bloody drug war and invited him to come to the White House. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Jim Vance | 1942–2017 Dean of Washington anchors had a career that spanned more than 45 years at NBC4 The broadcast stalwart, who was diagnosed with cancer this spring, was among the first black anchors in a major media market. He presided over the D.C. area's top-rated newscasts and delivered pointed commentaries on sensitive racial topics. By Matt Schudel  •  Read more »   Analysis Florida’s education system — the one Betsy DeVos cites as a model — is in chaos Traditional public school districts are trying to absorb the loss of millions of dollars that now must be shared with charter schools after the governor signed a new education bill into law. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   British Open After 31 rounds of 63 in major golf history, a 62 came by Grace Branden Grace just set the record for lowest score ever in a major golf tournament, but he didn't know the significance until after his final putt dropped. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more »   Poland's long march toward democracy is threatened by quick steps away from it Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and leader of Solidarity, railed against the swift offensive by the Law and Justice party to bring the nation's independent judiciary under its control. By Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  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