Politics A.M.: Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA chief despite scrutiny of her role in interrogation program

Teachers' unions may not raise pay — but they do bolster the Democratic Party; Pay freeze, retirement cuts trump discussion of president's management agenda

Democracy Dies in Darkness

The most important politics stories today

Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA chief despite scrutiny of her role in interrogation program A career CIA operative, she is the first woman to head the spy agency. By Shane Harris and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more » Monkey Cage • Analysis Teachers' unions may not raise pay — but they do bolster the Democratic Party Teachers have helped sustain the liberal coalition. By Chris Baylor  •  Read more »   PowerPost • Perspective Pay freeze, retirement cuts trump discussion of president's management agenda Even President Trump can have a decent thought now and then. Take his President's Management Agenda, which outlines ideas to improve the federal government.  The chapters cover general themes that any administration could endorse, such as "Improving Customer Experience with Federal Services," "Getting Payments Right" and "Sharing Quality Services." Decorated with color photos of happy […] By Joe Davidson  •  Read more »   Fact Checker • Analysis Comey's claim he didn't tell Congress that FBI agents thought Flynn was not intentionally lying The former FBI director's claim is rebutted by contemporaneous records kept by the House and Senate. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   'Bigger than Watergate': Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source The dispute pits the president and the GOP chairman of the House Intelligence Committee against the Justice Department and intelligence agencies. By Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   The Fix Kellyanne Conway hears 'Laurel' but says she's willing to tell others 'Yanny' in White House video The video begins with Ivanka Trump — she of the "laurel" camp — and includes appearances by deputy press secretary Raj Shah, Vice President Pence, and President Trump. By Eli Rosenberg  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Lawyer who threatened to call ICE about Spanish speakers is now target of complaint Two New York officials identified the man in the video as lawyer Aaron Schlossberg and submitted a formal complaint that accused him of misconduct for his rant. By Eli Rosenberg and Marwa Eltagouri  •  Read more »   White House, House GOP leaders reopen talks on immigration The election-year uprising by Republican moderates forced Ryan and the White House to revive talks on the divisive issue. It was unclear if any compromise could secure the votes. By Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »   Canadian firm in talks to bail out troubled Kushner building The company rescuing the Manhattan tower says its Qatari money won't go into the project started by Trump's son-in-law. By Michael Kranish, Jonathan O'Connell and Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Probe of leaked banking records related to Michael Cohen expands after New Yorker report The Treasury Department's inspector general will examine the uncorroborated allegation that records were removed from a government database of suspicious transactions. By Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown  •  Read more »   PowerPost 'Year of the Woman Candidate'?: Democratic voters have welcomed a surge of women running. It's unclear, though, whether the forces propelling them will lead to wins in November. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   PowerPost • Analysis 'He stood up for civility:' Tributes for ailing McCain a tacit contrast with Trump Documentary shows Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer, admitting mistakes and asking for forgiveness. But McCain says he has no regrets. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Trump offers reassurance that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un would remain in power under nuclear deal The president's statement, in which he contradicted his national security adviser, appeared aimed at ensuring that Pyongyang does not pull out of the Singapore summit in June. By David Nakamura and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis Trump is getting briefed on North Korea — by the media Leave it to Trump to drop any pretense of special insight into Kim Jong Un's thinking and to flat-out say that his administration is "just reading stories like you are." By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   PowerPost John Fetterman, Pittsburgh's socialists, Trump-district Democrats: Some winners from this week's elections The main story lines out of Tuesday's four-state primary night were about the Democrats. The victory of Kara Eastman in Nebraska's 2nd  congressional District was seen as a "tea party moment" for a party that had, up to then, held off any surprises from the left. The defeat of Pennsylvania Democrats John Morganelli and Rachel […] By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the 5-Minute Fix newsletter 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 signed up for Politics or because it is included in your subscription. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from Politics Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post  |  1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071