Politics: Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3 million to 5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote

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By Abby Phillip and Mike DeBonis  •  Post Politics  •  Read more » Senate Democrats set to unveil a Trump-style infrastructure plan Unlike the president's expected plan, $1 trillion proposal would rely entirely on federal spending. By Ed O'Keefe and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Three Trump nominees confirmed, but still no deal for the others There's only one day left on the Senate calendar this week — meaning most Trump nominees will have to wait until at least next week for a vote. By Ed O'Keefe  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump’s unsupported claim he has ‘received awards on the environment’ A Trump golf course received an environmental award in 2007, but there's no evidence of any other awards lauding Trump's record on the environment. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump’s First 100 Days: Delivering on campaign promises Tracking the beginning of the Trump administration. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   DNC candidates pledge more racial diversity in hiring, spending, outreach At the Democracy in Color forum, all seven leading candidates agreed that their party needed to do more for non-whites. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   The first days inside Trump's White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot The president has transported the turbulence and competing factions of his campaign to the White House. By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Matea Gold  •  Read more »   Trump freezes hiring of many federal workers The president said his executive order would affect all employees "except for the military." By Juliet Eilperin  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump takes aim at federal workers, trade deals as he settles into White House But aides also signaled that the new administration will not move as quickly as Trump had promised on other top priorities. By Jenna Johnson and David Nakamura  •  Read more »   Maryland country club gives itself a mulligan, reaches out to Obama Despite anger among some members over his policies toward Israel, Woodmont said it would welcome the former president. By Bill Turque  •  Local  •  Read more »   Trump files paperwork handing corporate offices of company he still owns to his sons Florida filings show efforts to separate from corporate management. By Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan — and bolsters Bannon The hiring of combative Breitbart writer Julia Hahn rattles Capitol Hill By Robert Costa  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Tillerson approved by Senate panel as secretary of state Next stop is full Senate, which is all but guaranteed to approve the businessman By Karoun Demirjian and Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Progressives launch ‘Justice Democrats’ to counter party’s ‘corporate’ legislators The aim is to defeat members of the Democratic Party who've cast unacceptable votes. By David Weigel  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Republicans' cautious embrace of Tillerson marks hawks' unlikely marriage with Trump The detente comes even as the Senate readies probe of Russian hacking. 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