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

Reality check: Many of Trump's early vows will never actually happen; What does Donald Trump need for a successful presidency? Bureaucrats.; Yes, marches can make a difference. It depends on these three factors.; President Trump’s first seven days of false claims, inaccurate statements and exaggerations; Trump: Strong military matters more than balanced federal budget; Trump’s First 100 Days: Who will pay for the wall?; Democrats on Capitol Hill ask White House not to gag federal employees; Canceled climate change summit in Atlanta is back on again; Hill Republicans leave retreat with few answers on key questions; Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd; Hill Republicans took a big risk this week: Setting deadlines for getting things done; Congressional Republicans wonder who will pay for the wall; President Trump impressed with first trip on Air Force One: ‘Beautiful. Great plane.’; Congress scrambles to make sense of Trump plan to tax Mexico to pay for border wall;   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 » Reality check: Many of Trump's early vows will never actually happen Many of his executive orders and other promises face major obstacles to becoming reality. By Ashley Parker and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   What does Donald Trump need for a successful presidency? Bureaucrats. Trump faces a big challenge: staffing the government. By Josh McCrain  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Yes, marches can make a difference. It depends on these three factors. Just look at how local civil rights marches changed white attitudes — still, 50 years later. By Shom Mazumder  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   President Trump’s first seven days of false claims, inaccurate statements and exaggerations In his first seven days, Trump made many misleading statements based on incomplete information, inaccurate statistics or flights of fancy. By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump: Strong military matters more than balanced federal budget Replenishing a "really depleted" military takes precedence, President Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "I want a balanced budget eventually," Trump said. "But I want to have a strong military. To me that's much more important than anything." By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Trump’s First 100 Days: Who will pay for the wall? The latest from Trump's new administration. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Democrats on Capitol Hill ask White House not to gag federal employees HHS memo on Inauguration Day went further than instructions by other federal agencies. By Tom Hamburger and Amy Goldstein  •  Read more »   Canceled climate change summit in Atlanta is back on again Resurrection is thanks to former vice president Al Gore and the sponsorship of nongovernmental groups. Read more » Hill Republicans leave retreat with few answers on key questions The timeline for repealing and replacing Obamacare has slipped. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd The new president demanded additional photos from the government agency. By Karen Tumulty and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Hill Republicans took a big risk this week: Setting deadlines for getting things done Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are trying to create momentum. That's not how it worked out for Democrats eight years ago. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Congressional Republicans wonder who will pay for the wall Trump and his aides insist it will be Mexico through changes to the U.S. tax code. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   President Trump impressed with first trip on Air Force One: ‘Beautiful. Great plane.’ The new president is still adjusting to his new surroundings. By David Nakamura  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Congress scrambles to make sense of Trump plan to tax Mexico to pay for border wall Such a stunning change in tax policy would need buy-in from a wide range of lawmakers on the Capitol Hill, most of whom spent Thursday just trying to figure out what exactly Trump wants the tax policy to include. 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