Friday's Headlines: Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his crowd size claims

White House threatens Mexico with tax to pay for wall; President's 'war' with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role; Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer also registered to vote in two states; White House stops ads, outreach for last days of 2017 health care enrollment ; These towns pushed for tough laws targeting undocumented immigrants. They all failed.; Trump administration lays the groundwork to change U.S. role in the world; Trump administration to replace senior State Department diplomats; Strong military matters more for Trump than balanced federal budget;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his crowd size claims In a phone call, President Trump expressed anger over a retweet sent from the National Park Service's account showing side-by-side photographs of his swearing-in and Barack Obama's, and he ordered the agency to produce additional pictures of crowds on the Mall, according to individuals with knowledge of the conversation. By Karen Tumulty and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » White House threatens Mexico with tax to pay for wall Spokesman Sean Spicer said President Trump intends to pay for a border wall by imposing a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico, though he later appeared to backtrack, saying it was "one idea" for funding a wall. The comment came hours after the Mexican president canceled his visit to Washington. By Joshua Partlow  •  Read more »   President's 'war' with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role Some journalists said they've recalibrated their approach to covering the White House. Others suggested journalism need not change; it just has to improve. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer also registered to vote in two states The Washington Post has now identified five Trump family members or top administration appointees who were registered in two states during the fall election. The president has claimed without evidence that the fact that many voters are registered in two states is a sign of widespread voter fraud. By Matea Gold and Alice Crites  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   White House stops ads, outreach for last days of 2017 health care enrollment Supporters of the Affordable Care Act accused the Trump administration of undermining the insurance marketplaces. By Amy Goldstein  •  Read more »   These towns pushed for tough laws targeting undocumented immigrants. They all failed. Foiled by court rulings or challenges with enforcement, the experiences of several communities show how illegal-immigrant measures can leave lasting and bitter racial divisions while doing little to address the underlying forces that often determine where newcomers settle. By Chico Harlan  •  Read more »   Trump administration lays the groundwork to change U.S. role in the world As part of an "America first" vision, directives that have been drafted but not yet signed would halt all refu­gee admissions and entry into the country of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries; declare a moratorium on new multilateral treaties; and mandate audits of U.S. funding for international organizations, including the United Nations. By Karen DeYoung and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Trump administration to replace senior State Department diplomats When Rex Tillerson is confirmed as secretary of state, he will face an unusual leadership vacuum after several career Foreign Service officers were informed that they will not be asked to stay on. By Anne Gearan and Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   Strong military matters more for Trump than balanced federal budget Replenishing a "really depleted" military is "much more important than anything," the president told Fox News during a lengthy interview in which he also said he would announce his choice for a new Supreme Court justice next week. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Opinions   Newt Gingrich: Margaret Thatcher is the real model for the Trump presidency By Newt Gingrich  •  Read more »   Trump's foreign policy revolution By Charles Krauthammer  •  Read more »   We ignore Trump at our peril By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   Antonin Scalia, part-time liberal By David M. Dorsen  •  Read more »   Yet another Trump official with curiously familiar words By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Trump is starting a trade war we don't need By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   'We have a fire in the cockpit!': The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later The catastrophe left families in mourning and a nation stunned. It stalled NASA's frenetic push to the moon and set off an intense investigation. Here's how the children of Apollo 1 and others tied to NASA remember that tragic night. By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more » Thousands demonstrated against Trump in Philly. Is this a new era of perpetual protest? Marching — an age-old protest strategy — has taken on new meaning as a tool against a leader who is uniquely preoccupied by numbers and size. By Monica Hesse  •  Read more » Netanyahu thinks a 'state-minus' is enough for the Palestinians  State-minus is clearly shorthand for how Israel's prime minister sees his bottom-line position on the region's decades-long conflict. But shorthand for what?  By William Booth and Ruth Eglash  •  Read more » Greatest modern president? Poll has Obama neck-and-neck with Reagan. About 29 percent of people polled by Quinnipiac University say Obama is the greatest president since World War II. That's just shy of the 30 percent citing Ronald Reagan, who has led in the poll for years. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » A former Clinton aide is rewriting Silicon Valley's political playbook Showing how the tech industry can embrace the tactics of in-the-trenches politics, Airbnb's Chris Lehane has succeeded in convincing more than 100 localities to retreat from rules that would have crippled the company. By Elizabeth Dwoskin  •  Read more » Research shows young girls are less likely to think of women as ‘really, really smart’ The findings suggest that gender stereotypes about brainpower take root at a pivotal point in childhood and can profoundly influence academic and career choices long afterward. By Nick Anderson  •  Read more » A student was forced to urinate in a bucket during class. She sued — and won. A teacher at a Southern California classroom took a strict interpretation of a school policy forbidding students from taking bathroom breaks during class, the lawsuit said. By Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. 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