Politics: Rep. John Conyers Jr. resigns over sexual harassment allegations after a half-century in Congress

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Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   J. Scott Applewhite Rep. John Conyers Jr. resigns over sexual harassment allegations after a half-century in Congress The 88-year-old yielded to mounting pressure from Democratic leaders to step aside. By Elise Viebeck and David Weigel  •  Read more » Analysis Roy Moore, and the Republican Party's persecution complex A perfect, Trumpian storm has revealed a Republican Party uniquely drawn to candidates like Roy Moore. By Aaron Blake  •   Read more »   Analysis This explains how social media can both weaken — and strengthen — democracy. The new power of the democracy activists and of the trolls are two sides of the same technology. By Joshua Tucker, Yannis Theocharis, Margaret E. Roberts and Pablo Barberá  •   Read more »   'I don't like men': Lawmaker brings meeting to a halt after male colleague touches his arm Pennsylvania Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R) stunned committee members after suggesting the Democratic colleague who touched his arm is gay. By Marwa Eltagouri  •   Read more »   Once a populist, Trump governs like a conservative Republican The onetime Democrat is reversing Obama administration policies and reshaping the federal judiciary. By John Wagner and Juliet Eilperin  •   Read more »   Analysis Does the Senate tax bill really offer a tax break for private jets, as key Democrats claim? Several Democratic leaders claim the bill offers a tax write off for private jets, but they're blowing the provision way out of proportion. By Nicole Lewis  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT House Intelligence Committee chairman aims to hold top FBI, DOJ officials in contempt Rep. Devin Nunes is planning on filing the contempt resolution "as quickly as possible," complaining that top law enforcement officials withheld information he subpoenaed from the committee. By Karoun Demirjian  •   Read more »   Perspective Despite Trump, federal employee morale improves under Trump The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings released Wednesday indicate that, with notable exceptions, the federal government is a better place to work since Trump took office. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •   Read more »   Bannon rails against Romney in Alabama speech: 'You hid behind your religion' to avoid Vietnam "Judge Roy Moore has more honor and integrity in that pinkie finger than your entire family has in its whole DNA," Bannon said. By David Weigel  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Conyers faced mounting sexual misconduct allegations as he weighed his future New accusers were coming forward as Conyers deliberated whether to resign. By Kimberly Kindy  •   Read more »   Conyers's accusers described sexual advances and inappropriate remarks From a $27,000 settlement to a meeting held in his underwear, lawmaker's behavior had brought complaints from women who worked for him. By Kimberly Kindy  •   Read more »   Ukrainian pundit says Paul Manafort did not 'ghostwrite' his pro-Manafort opinion piece The former Ukrainian government official denied charges made by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in a court filing. By Rosalind S. Helderman  •   Read more »   With shutdown approaching, Democrats also divided on what to push for in spending bill Some Republicans want to push the next spending deadline back further, while some Democrats want to force a fight over immigration as soon as this week. By Ed O'Keefe and Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   House GOP's gun bill vote could fracture bipartisan coalition on background checks The House is lumping a bipartisan bill to improve background checks reporting compliance with an NRA-approved measure expanding concealed-carry rights, as senators of both parties cry foul. By Karoun Demirjian and Katie Zezima  •   Read more »   Trump breaks another party norm with renewed support for Roy Moore Many Republicans followed the president's lead — or didn't protest. The RNC is now helping Moore again, signaling that Trump is fully in charge of the GOP. By Michael Scherer, Sean Sullivan and David Weigel  •   Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the DemocracyPost newsletter Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. 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