Politics: Trump's First 100 Days: The trouble between Trump and hard-line conservatives

Seeking central role on immigration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions plots border visit to Arizona | Sponsored by the Coalition to Protect America's Health Care   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Trump’s First 100 Days: The trouble between Trump and hard-line conservatives Also: The latest on Nunes, Flynn and Gorsuch. By John Wagner  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Trump threatens hard-liners as part of escalating Republican civil war The vow to target members of the Freedom Caucus comes in the wake of the GOP health-care fiasco. By John Wagner, Mike DeBonis and Robert Costa  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Seeking central role on immigration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions plots border visit to Arizona Nation's top law enforcement official, a longtime border hawk, could make the Justice Department into a force on key White House priority By David Nakamura and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Russians are protesting! Part 3: Putin has options, so don’t expect change If an "anti-corruption campaign" doesn't satisfy protesters, well, election fraud in 2018 is always an option. By Sarah Wilson Sokhey  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Tim Kaine’s claim about whether Judge Neil Gorsuch views contraception as a ‘wrongdoing of others’ We dig into Tim Kaine's interpretation of Judge Neil Gorsuch's phrase relating to certain contraceptives and religious freedom. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump’s First 100 Days: The trouble between Trump and hard-line conservatives Also: The latest on Nunes, Flynn and Gorsuch. By John Wagner  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump struggles against some of the forces that helped get him elected Defiant Republicans say they are not afraid of threats from the top. By Karen Tumulty  •  Read more »   Schumer: 'Virtually impossible' to avoid a filibuster fight on Gorsuch next week Despite news that two Democrats from Trump states would support the Supreme Court nominee, Senate leader says Republicans don't have the votes to block a filibuster. By Ed O'Keefe  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Ryan, Rubio may have been targets of damaging Russian social-media campaigns Experts also told a Senate panel that the president's actions are helping Russian propaganda succeed. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Pence breaks tie to allow states to strip family-planning dollars from abortion providers The Senate voted to reverse an Obama-era rule that blocks states from withholding family planning dollars from Planned Parenthood and other clinics that do abortions. By Paige Winfield Cunningham  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   In 2005, opioid deaths outnumbered murders in 27 states. In 2014, the number was 45. No state exemplifies this disparity more than New Hampshire. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Democrats call for largest IRS budget to improve service as Trump calls for cuts Does the businessman-turned-president know the IRS provides excellent returns on investment? For every dollar the agency spends, it collects $4. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   White House invites House and Senate intelligence committee leaders to review new documents The invitation comes as the White House faces questions about whether two of its staffers provided information to the House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes. By Abby Phillip and Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Republican distrust in the press spikes during presidential election years A look at data from the General Social Survey. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Senior aide Katie Walsh leaves White House to run pro-Trump outside group She is considered chief of staff Reince Priebus's closest ally inside the administration. By Jenna Johnson, Philip Rucker and Matea Gold  •  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? 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