Politics: Trump, furious and frustrated, gears up to punch back at Comey testimony

Trump opponents have rediscovered the 25th Amendment. Here is what you should know about it.   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post Trump, furious and frustrated, gears up to punch back at Comey testimony The president has been consumed by the fired FBI director's role in the Russia probe. By Robert Costa, Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Analysis Trump opponents have rediscovered the 25th Amendment. Here is what you should know about it. The bar for declaring a president incapacitated is high. By Joel Goldstein  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Senate attempting to add Russia sanctions to Iran bill Senators will take up the legislation this week but have yet to determine which measure to add. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis President Trump’s claim that Obama spent $7 billion to upgrade air traffic control and ‘totally failed’ Trump exaggerates the details of the Federal Aviation Administration's program to modernize and expand air traffic control operations. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Latino Democrat wins open House seat in California, as progressives make gains Jimmy Gomez won a runoff for the 34th Congressional District amid low turnout and election fatigue. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump undercuts his aides by contradicting their statements Members of the administration are quickly learning they speak for the president at their own peril. By Abby Phillip and Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   The Trump effect: Everyone's thinking of running for president. A free-for-all in 2020 is already taking shape, with the Democratic nomination wide open. By Karen Tumulty and John Wagner  •  Read more »   Analysis Timeline: What we know about Trump’s campaign, Russia and the investigation of the two From 2015 to today. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Congress clears Trump-backed bill to fast-track firing of VA workers The legislation is seen as an early test of GOP changes for the federal workforce. By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Republicans, stoking insurer panic, cite uncertainty as a reason to pass health-care bill The Republican strategy of undermining the current operation of the ACA, and arguing that the law, thus undermined, is falling apart, is as brazen as anything in modern politics. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump's legal dream team falters as D.C. heavyweights take a pass The idea of a high-profile group was offset by memories by a lawyer President Trump of high-powered, but dysfunctional, 1980s Yankees teams, a source says. By Michael Kranish  •  Read more »   Analysis No, Donald Trump doesn’t have 110 million people following him on social media Starting to think that Sean Spicer's bad at estimating crowd sizes. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis Trump’s campaign planes alone had the carbon footprint of 500 Americans for a year And that's just looking at his aircraft. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis Were 2016 vote counts in Michigan and Wisconsin hacked? We double-checked. If there was a hack, we can't find the evidence. Here's how we looked. By Walter R. Mebane, Jr. and Matthew Bernhard  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Party money starts to flow into South Carolina congressional race Voters will select a successor to White House budget director Mick Mulvaney. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Recommended for you   The Energy 202 Your daily guide to the energy and environment debate. 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