Politics: Broad array of military luminaries condemn Trump over attacks on Khan family

Loss of VA health-care providers grows as demand for care increases. Will service suffer?; Will GOP officials jump ship on Trump?; Terri Sewell: ‘I never saw my limitations’; Congress’s four female combat veterans are speaking up on military issues; Rep. Linda Sánchez gives you permission to run; Five-term Rep. Yvette Clarke still gets asked for her ID entering the U.S. Capitol; Women are finally breaking into the top tier of political donors; Where are all the high-ranking GOP women?; Why we’re talking to the women in power in Washington; Could a third-party candidate win the U.S. presidency? That’s very unlikely.; Donald Trump’s revisionist history of mocking a disabled reporter; Trump calls Hillary Clinton ‘the devil’; Tim Kaine: a white mayor in a divided city with a painful racial past; Kaine excites Richmond crowd at homecoming rally;   The most important politics stories today   Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Broad array of military luminaries condemn Trump over attacks on Khan family John McCain, the VFW, and a list of 40 veterans and family members weighed in Monday. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » Loss of VA health-care providers grows as demand for care increases. Will service suffer? Annual VA outpatient medical appointments rose by 20 percent from fiscal 2011 through 2015, according to a new report. But also increasing was the number of staffers in five critical occupations who left the agency. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Will GOP officials jump ship on Trump? Whatever Trump's personal weaknesses – and the list is very long – he is in the process of undermining the entire rationale for the Republican Party. By Stuart Rothenberg  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Terri Sewell: ‘I never saw my limitations’ Sewell tells us what it's like to be the first African American woman to represent Alabama in Congress. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Congress’s four female combat veterans are speaking up on military issues "I joke that I believe part of my calling in life is to create cognitive dissonance in people. First it was 'women warriors' and now it's 'feminist Republican,'" McSally said. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Rep. Linda Sánchez gives you permission to run "There's a quiet power within the household. Latina moms and grandmothers are respected and listened to, but it doesn't necessarily translate into careers or leadership roles." By Kelsey Snell  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Five-term Rep. Yvette Clarke still gets asked for her ID entering the U.S. Capitol "I can get on an elevator with some of my colleagues and they still ask me who I work for," said Clarke. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Women are finally breaking into the top tier of political donors The growing clout of conservative women is evident in the political network led by the billionaires industrialists Charles and David Koch By Matea Gold  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Where are all the high-ranking GOP women? Unlike their Democratic counterparts, Republican women have struggled to make lasting gains in leadership positions over the past decade. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Why we’re talking to the women in power in Washington Women dominate key positions on Capitol Hill, in the White House and in the lobbying and campaign worlds, but they have further to go. By Rachel Van Dongen  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Could a third-party candidate win the U.S. presidency? That’s very unlikely. The last time it happened was in 1860. But we could change the system to make it easier. By Amanda Skuldt  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Donald Trump’s revisionist history of mocking a disabled reporter Trump claims he never mocked a disabled reporter, but his explanation does not add up. By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump calls Hillary Clinton ‘the devil’ Trump made his remarks at a rally in Pennsylvania, a key swing state. By Steve Volk and Sean Sullivan  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Tim Kaine: a white mayor in a divided city with a painful racial past As mayor of Richmond, Kaine argued that race was not the only qualification for the job. By Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   Kaine excites Richmond crowd at homecoming rally The vice presidential candidate told voters much is at stake in the swing state By Jenna Portnoy  •  Virginia Politics  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix 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 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. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071