Monday's Headlines: Republicans’ internal feuds threaten legislative goals of Trump and the party

Trump's new team offers muddled messages on sanctions, pardons; Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors; A desperate request for water and a worker's suspicions led to discovery of a 'horrific tragedy' in a truck in Texas ; Local governments keep using this security software — but it might be a back door for Russia;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Republicans' internal feuds threaten legislative goals of Trump and the party The president's allies on Capitol Hill have described the dynamic between the White House and GOP lawmakers as a "disconnect" between Republicans who are finding it difficult to accept that he is the leader of the party that they have long controlled. By Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa  •  Read more » Trump's new team offers muddled messages on sanctions, pardons The debut of the president's retooled communications team on the Sunday political talk shows was a rough one. At one point, one of Trump's lawyers appeared to contradict his new top spokesman Anthony Scaramucci on whether the president has been discussing his power to issue pardons. By David Nakamura and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors Trump's son-in-law has become a key figure in the Russia probes. By Devlin Barrett  •  Read more »   A desperate request for water and a worker's suspicions led to discovery of a 'horrific tragedy' in a truck in Texas Nine are dead among dozens of people whom authorities found packed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in a suspected immigrant smuggling operation. It is not known how long the victims, who were as young as 15, had been in the trailer. The truck's driver was arrested and is expected to be charged. By Eva Ruth Moravec, Todd C. Frankel and Avi Selk  •  Read more »   Local governments keep using this security software — but it might be a back door for Russia The General Services Administration removed Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab from its list of approved vendors on July 11, but it offered no additional information to local and state government agencies from coast to coast about the risks of sticking with the company. By Jack Gillum and Aaron C. Davis  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Americans deserve better than the GOP agenda, so we're offering a better deal By Nancy Pelosi  •  Read more »   'Game of Thrones' Season 7, Episode 2 review: 'Stormborn' By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Read more »   How health care controls us By Robert J. Samuelson  •  Read more »   The Trump election commission exists solely to justify a Trump lie By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   Why a referendum won't solve Iraqi Kurdistan's problems By Jackson Diehl  •  Read more »   The Trump team is repeating Obama's mistakes in Syria By Josh Rogin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   New hope for HIV cure as child remains virus-free years after final treatment The case establishes that HIV may be controllable in some way other than a daily, lifelong regimen of antiretroviral drugs. By Ariana Eunjung Cha  •  Read more » Months after 'the mother of all bombs,' the fight against ISIS goes on in Afghanistan The U.S. military pledged to "annihilate" the group's contingent in that country by year's end. But four months in, some sense that this may be an indefinite mission. By Max Bearak  •  Read more » In France, murder of a Jewish woman ignites debate over the word 'terrorism' The nation is grappling with profound questions — as political as they are existential — following Sarah Halimi's vicious slaying. The suspect is her neighbor, a Franco-Malian Muslim. By James McAuley  •  Read more » Michael Phelps didn't actually race a real shark on TV, and viewers aren't happy Discovery Channel's much-hyped 'Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White' special was missing one key ingredient. By Emily Yahr  •  Read more » TV Review ‘Game of Thrones’ recap: In ‘Stormborn,’ the battle for the Seven Kingdoms truly begins Season 7's second episode, was satisfyingly overstuffed with everything you could want — scheming, fighting, threatening, killing, even graphic surgery. By David Malitz  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are 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