Politics: ‘Category 5 hurricane’: White House under siege by Trump Jr.’s Russia revelations

President Trump’s claim ‘billions and billions’ are ‘pouring into NATO’ because of his administration   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Patrick Semansky / AP 'Category 5 hurricane': White House under siege by Trump Jr.'s Russia revelations The president is enraged that the Russia cloud still hangs over his presidency and, now, over his family. By Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker  •  Read more » Analysis President Trump’s claim ‘billions and billions’ are ‘pouring into NATO’ because of his administration Trump's rhetoric goes way too far, earning him Four Pinocchios. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Analysis Exploring Sean Hannity’s defense of Donald Trump Jr.: Clinton and Ukraine did it, too A January report from Politico pales in comparison to what has been reported about Russian interference. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Donald Trump Jr. was told campaign meeting would be with 'Russian government attorney,' according to emails In response to Trump Jr.'s release of the emails, the president said in a brief statement, "My son is a high-quality person and I applaud his transparency." By Rosalind S. Helderman and John Wagner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Even in the take-no-prisoners world of opposition research, Trump Jr.'s meeting was highly unusual Some experts are also raising questions about the legality of the meeting with a Russian lawyer. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   Tested by the many chapters of the Russia story, Republicans stand by Trump Little evidence emerged Tuesday to support a popular Washington parlor game — asking when Republicans might finally turn on Trump. The Russia blowups have not moved long-term Republican opinion. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis The Senate health bill is almost an orphan with few real supporters McConnell bypassed the committee process to protect senators, but that meant no sponsors gave it the attention it needed to sell it to colleagues or the country. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   McConnell delays August recess to complete work on health-care bill, other issues The GOP leader is prepared to preserve two taxes in the Affordable Care Act that faced elimination under the previous Senate proposal. By Kelsey Snell, Sean Sullivan and Juliet Eilperin  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis A revelation unlike any other in the Russia investigation Donald Trump Jr.'s emails point to a willingness to deal with the Russians to defeat Clinton. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Analysis That’s that: The Trump campaign welcomed Russian meddling Trump Jr. was an agent of the campaign who embraced what he thought was Russian meddling. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Sen. Bernie Sanders to endorse Ben Jealous, former NAACP president, in Maryland governor's race Our Revolution, a progressive group, will also give its support to its former national board member who is seeking the Democratic nomination. By Ovetta Wiggins  •  Maryland Politics  •  Read more »   Analysis ‘Fox and Friends’ does what Trump won’t: It cops to a mistake The media voice of Donald Trump admits an error. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis Who’s who in the stunning Russia-conspiracy emails released by Donald Trump Jr. A quick guide to those mentioned in the email chain. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Perspective Why this GOP House member is bucking his party to oppose Trump’s retirement cuts for feds Rep. Rob Bishop's stance has brought praise from employee organization leaders who generally rate the Utah congressman low. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump administration wants to boost value of federal employee buyouts Congress asked to raise payments to encourage federal employees to resign or retire to $40,000 government-wide. By Eric Yoder  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics PM. 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