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PowerPost GOP primaries gauge the anti-establishment fervor Trump helped unleash Republicans fear a Don Blankenship win in West Virginia's Senate primary will cost them a shot at the seat in November, with Trump urging voters to reject the former coal baron. By Michael Scherer, David Weigel, John Wagner and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » Monkey Cage • Analysis No, term limits won't #DrainTheSwamp. We did the research. Term-limited legislators find other ways to stay in office. By Jordan Butcher and Aaron Kushner  •  Read more »   PowerPost GOP on edge as West Virginia considers Senate bid of controversial coal baron Voters in Ohio, North Carolina and Indiana also pick nominees for federal and state offices Tuesday. GOP fears a Don Blankenship win will cost them a shot at West Virginia seat. By Sean Sullivan, ,, Michael Scherer and David Weigel  •  Read more »   Monkey Cage • Analysis With (or without) Gina Haspel at CIA, could Trump revive the torture program? What signal would Gina Haspel's nomination to be CIA director send to the world? By Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault  •  Read more »   PowerPost Q&A for federal workers: Dearth of younger employees The federal government has only as quarter as many employees under age 30 as the national workforce as a whole. By Eric Yoder  •  Read more »   Monkey Cage • Analysis Trump wants to wring a 'better deal' from Iran. Here's why that's so unlikely. Three critical factors led to the nuclear deal. None are present today. By Nicholas Miller  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump expected to end waiver of sanctions on Iran, endangering nuclear deal The president has labeled the agreement "insane" and made it a punching bag during his campaign. By Karen DeYoung, Anne Gearan and David Nakamura  •  Read more »   Fact Checker • Analysis Trump's claim that Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years The president was off-target when he said Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years despite a range of restrictions. By Salvador Rizzo  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump's long, angry feud with the New York attorney general now accused of abusing women Trump's beef with Eric Schneiderman has been going on for five years. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT PowerPost Debbie Lesko is sworn into the House, replacing Rep. Trent Franks Lesko's arrival in the House is expected to boost the ranks of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump will be furious when he finds out how much the Mueller team's top boss gave to Democrats Trump himself has given far more to Democrats since 2000 than Mueller's team. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis McCain's critiques of Trump have president's supporters angry and firing back McCain does not want President Trump at his funeral. By Eugene Scott  •  Read more »   PowerPost CIA sends classified Haspel files to Hill as top Democrat demands materials be made public Top Senate Intelligence Committee Democrat Mark R. Warner demanded that Haspel declassify documents related to her tenure, as Haspel headed to the Hill to make her case to become agency director. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis It sure sounds like other women may have gotten payoffs from Michael Cohen Rudy Giuliani and the White House have both declined to fully deny it. And most everything they haven't fully denied has turned out to be true. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis Giuliani fails to impress pro-Trump media Laura Ingraham says that "Trump needs a legal spokesperson, which he doesn't have at this point." By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the 5-Minute Fix newsletter Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up  »

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