Politics: The Democratic Party builds a war room to battle Trump

Poll: Voters in Trump states want Democrats to keep him in check; Obama to huddle with Democrats on protecting his signature health care law; How term limits for committee chairs make Congress less effective; Did the Clinton Foundation pay for Chelsea’s wedding?; Trump alleges delay in his briefing on ‘so-called’ Russian hacking; U.S. official says there wasn’t one; Trump's trade advisers could compete for influence; Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover; A day of chaos at the Capitol as House Republicans back down on ethics changes; Donald Trump, meet your toughest hurdle: The U.S. Senate; Democrats, seeking credit for House ethics reversal, watch it go to Trump; House Republicans back off gutting ethics watchdog after backlash from Trump; Black parents take their kids to school on how to deal with police; Bill, Hillary Clinton and George, Laura Bush to attend Trump inauguration; How Democrats (and one Republican) protested (or protest-voted) the speaker of the House roll call;   The most important politics stories today   The Democratic Party builds a war room to battle Trump The Democratic National Committee's communications and research operation will be one of several efforts from across the party's firmament to take on the president-elect. By Philip Rucker  •  Post Politics  •  Read more » Poll: Voters in Trump states want Democrats to keep him in check A poll of voters in red or purple states, conducted for the Center for American Progress, has found a sizable majority willing to back Democrats if they oppose president-elect Donald Trump. By David Weigel  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Obama to huddle with Democrats on protecting his signature health care law The session will happen as Vice President-elect Pence is slated to exhort GOP lawmakers to repeal Affordable Care Act. By Juliet Eilperin and and Amy Goldstein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   How term limits for committee chairs make Congress less effective Turnover among chairs is costing committees valuable expertise. By Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Did the Clinton Foundation pay for Chelsea’s wedding? Some voters were swayed at the last minute to vote for Trump because of this allegation. But there is no evidence to support it. By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump alleges delay in his briefing on ‘so-called’ Russian hacking; U.S. official says there wasn’t one The president-elect's post on Twitter is in keeping with his skepticism about who is to blame. By John Wagner and Greg Miller  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Trump's trade advisers could compete for influence The president-elect has tapped veteran lawyer Robert Lighthizer for U.S. trade representative. By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover A once-unruly House GOP folded quickly after Trump criticized their attempt to gut an ethics panel. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   A day of chaos at the Capitol as House Republicans back down on ethics changes Public outcry, including Trump's tweets, leads Republicans to shelve ethics proposal. By Robert Costa, Mike DeBonis and Philip Rucker  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Donald Trump, meet your toughest hurdle: The U.S. Senate Trump's relationship with House Speaker Paul Ryan has dominated coverage of Congress, but the dreams of many previous administrations have perished in the Senate. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Democrats, seeking credit for House ethics reversal, watch it go to Trump Donald Trump's ability to massage, manipulate, or completely upend the news cycle, which ended up flummoxing Democrats in 2016, emerged anew in the half-day furor over a change to the House's ethics rules. By David Weigel  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   House Republicans back off gutting ethics watchdog after backlash from Trump The president-elect took to Twitter to criticize the move against an independent ethics panel. By Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Black parents take their kids to school on how to deal with police Children are going to mini boot camps about how to be black in 21st-century America. By Janell Ross  •  National  •  Read more »   Bill, Hillary Clinton and George, Laura Bush to attend Trump inauguration The event will probably mark the first time since the campaign that Hillary Clinton and Trump would be present at the same event. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   How Democrats (and one Republican) protested (or protest-voted) the speaker of the House roll call The mostly symbolic vote to reelect Ryan became a vehicle for futile protest speeches from some Democrats. By David Weigel  •  Post 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? 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