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Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Melina Mara / The Washington Post Franken announces he will resign from the Senate as harassment issue rocks Congress A once-rising Democratic star takes a fall amid sexual misconduct allegations, while a GOP congressman resigns. By Ed O'Keefe and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more » Perspective Top federal civil servants honored with presidential awards The Senior Executives Association (SEA) honored the 2016 and 2017 Presidential Rank Award winners Thursday. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •   Read more »   Analysis Exactly how male-dominated are central banks? Here are the numbers. It's bad. But the Fed is less unequal than the ECB. By Cristina Bodea and Tara Iseneker  •   Read more »   Analysis Black lawmakers are stumping for Doug Jones in Alabama. But is it too late? The Democratic Party is sending some of its most high-profile black lawmakers to the state, just days before the election. It might not be enough. By Eugene Scott  •   Read more »   Analysis Congress just averted a government shutdown — but maybe not for long Here's what comes next. By John Sides  •   Read more »   Can the president obstruct justice? Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sari Horwitz guides us through Trump's lawyers' comments on the president's immunity when it comes to obstruction of justice. Plus, legal experts weigh in on differing legal perspectives and how presidential pardoning may play a role in obstruction. By Allison Michaels  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Analysis Seven weeks in winter: Flynn, Trump and Comey President Trump, former FBI director James B. Comey and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's stories are entangled, to say the least. By Meg Kelly  •   Read more »   Russian social media executive sought to help Trump campaign in 2016, emails show An executive at VK, Russia's equivalent of Facebook, urged Trump to set up a page on the site. By Rosalind S. Helderman, Anton Troianovski and Tom Hamburger  •   Read more »   Congress passes short-term deal to stave off shutdown, setting up late-December spending fight The House and Senate Thursday sent Trump a bill that would fund the government for two more weeks. By Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, who asked staffers if they would bear his child as a surrogate, says he will resign Conservative Republican is a member of the hard-right Freedom Caucus. By Mike DeBonis and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •   Read more »   House Ethics Committee revives investigation into Rep. Farenthold The House Ethics Committee is resuming its investigation into Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), in light of new information that surfaced about a 2015 settlement agreement he reached with his former aide. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •   Read more »   Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes cleared of wrongdoing in House ethics probe The Republican would not say whether he would now seek to resume his full responsibilities as chairman over the panel's Russia inquiry. By Karoun Demirjian  •   Read more »   Jones warns of disaster if Moore wins in Alabama Senate race The Democrat says that his Republican opponent will cause Alabama to 'lag behind' the rest of the nation. By David Weigel  •   Read more »   Paul Manafort says he edited Ukraine op-ed, is silent on colleague's alleged ties to Russian intelligence Ex-Trump campaign chair says prosecutors seek to unconstitutionally muzzle his self-defense By Spencer S. Hsu  •   Read more »   Analysis Al Franken's political career began with an apology to women. It ended without one. Al Franken's past jokes as a comedian about lusting after and raping women threatened to sink his first Senate campaign. He reluctantly said sorry. By Avi Selk  •   Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the Fact Checker newsletter Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up  »         Share Politics:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Politics or because it is included in your subscription. 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