Politics: Senate Democrats seek new allies in effort to scuttle Obamacare overhaul: Republican governors

The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Timothy D. Easley / AP Senate Democrats seek new allies in effort to scuttle Obamacare overhaul: Republican governors The development comes as discord continues among Republicans over whether they can pass health-care legislation before the August recess. By Juliet Eilperin, Sean Sullivan and Ed O'Keefe  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Analysis The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen One degree of separation to the Kremlin. By James Hohmann  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis McConnell’s claim that Senate GOP health bill would not ’cause anyone currently on Medicaid to come off it’ McConnell pushes the envelope with this claim, playing down the impact of the Senate GOP health-care overhaul proposal. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump Jr. is now at the center of the Russia controversy — and always ready to fight The president's eldest son acknowledged meeting with a Russian lawyer shopping dirt on Hillary Clinton. By John Wagner and Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Russia sanctions stall in the House as Democrats object to being frozen out of restraining Trump Last-minute changes to the bill create a partisan divide on the Hill. By Karoun Demirjian and Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump voting panel tells states to hold off sending data while court weighs privacy impact Separately, the ACLU and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights file suits to block the panel's July 19 meeting. By Spencer S. Hsu  •  Local  •  Read more »   Analysis The galaxy of lawyers defending Team Trump on the Russia probe gets another star A look at the lawyers already called into service. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis Why is Trump more worried about coal miners than department store employees? Sears announced the closure of another 43 stores this weekend. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis One hint that the GOP is struggling on health care: Democrats tweet about it a lot more Democrats in Congress tweeted about health care three times as often as Republicans over the past two weeks. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   DNC invests earlier in state parties, voter persuasion The Democratic National Committee is launching a State Partnership Program to deliver brick-and-mortar rebuilding of local parties that shriveled in the Obama years. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis The new culture war targeting American universities appears to be working A new poll shows Republican confidence in colleges plummeting. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis Here are the times that Trump allies have denied or obscured links to Russian agents Donald Trump Jr. isn't the first to mislead the public on a Russia-linked meeting. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis Trump accuses James Comey of breaking the law — based on a misleading Fox News report The Hill's report doesn't say what Trump alleged. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Health 202: Cruz picks government health care subsidies as lesser of two evils Some think his language is the key to a compromise. By Paige Winfield Cunningham  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis The Finance 202: Trump economy could be boosted by uptick in job hunters But it's unclear how much credit the president would get. By Tory Newmyer  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Energy 202 Your daily guide to the energy and environment debate. 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