Politics: Trump signs directive to start border wall with Mexico, ramp up immigration enforcement

In his first major TV interview as president, Trump is endlessly obsessed about his popularity; Does Trump’s Mexico City policy ban funds to groups that ‘even mention’ abortion?; Trump says immigration restrictions won’t create more anger toward the U.S.; Trump’s First 100 Days: Border wall, voter fraud and ‘black sites’; 5 challenges Trump may face building a border wall; Texas GOP congressman slams Trump plan for border wall; Trump's intervention into policing, voting and immigration sets up showdown with America's largest cities; Trump announces new White House ethics team; Trump’s absurd claim the 2012 Pew report researcher was ‘groveling’; People were taking Trump seriously. Now they're starting to take him literally.; Hill Republicans want answers. On Wednesday, Trump gave them only more questions — and fresh headaches.; Republicans set aggressive agenda on health care, regulations and tax reform; An early look at the sweep of a Trump infrastructure plan; Stephen Bannon was registered to vote in two states — despite his efforts to take himself off the rolls in Florida;   The most important politics stories today   Matt McClain / The Washington Post Trump signs directive to start border wall with Mexico, ramp up immigration enforcement The president renewed a vow that Mexico will pay for the wall as he signed new immigration directives. By David Nakamura  •  Read more » In his first major TV interview as president, Trump is endlessly obsessed about his popularity The lengthy interview revealed a man fixated on his following and eager to provide evidence of his likability, even if that information doesn't match reality. By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Does Trump’s Mexico City policy ban funds to groups that ‘even mention’ abortion? We dig into an abortion-rights advocacy group's claim that President Trump reinstated a policy that would ban global health providers from even mentioning abortion. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump says immigration restrictions won’t create more anger toward the U.S. "Anger? There's plenty of anger right now. How can you have more?" the president said. By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Trump’s First 100 Days: Border wall, voter fraud and ‘black sites’ The latest from Trump's new administration. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   5 challenges Trump may face building a border wall What we learned from driving along the entire U.S.–Mexico border By Kevin Schaul and Samuel Granados  •  Read more »   Texas GOP congressman slams Trump plan for border wall Rep. Will Hurd represents more miles of border than any other congressman. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump's intervention into policing, voting and immigration sets up showdown with America's largest cities In the scuffle, U.S. mayors have emerged as key players in the resistance to Trump's agenda. By Katie Zezima, Wesley Lowery and Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   Trump announces new White House ethics team His business meanwhile appoints a longtime Republican lawyer to help minimize conflicts of interest By Drew Harwell and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   Trump’s absurd claim the 2012 Pew report researcher was ‘groveling’ Yet again, we award Trump Four Pinocchios for his claims about voter fraud. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   People were taking Trump seriously. Now they're starting to take him literally. The new administration is going far to the right in an effort to make good on campaign pledges. By Abby Phillip and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   Hill Republicans want answers. On Wednesday, Trump gave them only more questions — and fresh headaches. Questions loom about how much of congressional Republicans' agenda Trump will support — and about torture, border walls and voter fraud. By Mike DeBonis, Kelsey Snell and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Republicans set aggressive agenda on health care, regulations and tax reform Plans call for repealing major portions of the Affordable Care Act, passing replacement measures and embarking on a major overhaul of the tax code. By Kelsey Snell and Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   An early look at the sweep of a Trump infrastructure plan "Sample" projects include the proposed Purple Line in Maryland and overhauling Union Station and Arlington Memorial Bridge. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   Stephen Bannon was registered to vote in two states — despite his efforts to take himself off the rolls in Florida Bannon's situation shows how easily out-of-date registrations can linger on the books. By Matea Gold and Alice Crites  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Today's WorldView What's most important from where the world meets Washington, plus the day's most essential reads and interesting ideas. 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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071