Politics: Phone taps, power plays and sarcasm: What it’s like to negotiate with Vladimir Putin

Trump refuses to say he believes Russia was solely responsible for U.S. election interference | Sponsored by American Wind Action   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Alexei Druzhinin / AP Phone taps, power plays and sarcasm: What it's like to negotiate with Vladimir Putin The Russian leader is not 'theatrical' like Trump, but has his own set of tricks to bully and bluster his opponents. By David Nakamura  •  Read more » Trump refuses to say he believes Russia was solely responsible for U.S. election interference Trump insists that the election interference could also have been carried out by other countries, not just Russia. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Analysis Video: Fact-checking President Trump’s claims about ‘unleashing American energy’ We unravel President Trump's claims — new and repeated — about coal, energy the Paris climate accord and the environment from his recent speech on energy. By Meg Kelly  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   U.S. diplomat blasts China and Russia for 'holding the hands' of North Korean leader Haley's pointed remarks at the U.N. came in reaction to a successful ballistic missile test by Pyongyang. By David Nakamura and Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump administration sets one of the slowest paces for staffing and nominations in recent history Democrats and Republicans point fingers, but some of the fault lies with White House's failure to turn in documentation. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   'Trump needs some nice pictures from Europe,' and Poland will likely oblige The populist ruling party is rolling out the welcome mat for the U.S. president ahead of a contentious G-20 summit. By Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump has been to his golf club in Virginia 11 times as president — and beyond the Mississippi once He has been to Europe more times than he has been anywhere west of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump is enthusiastic to learn a political term that’s been in use for at least 127 years On Tuesday, he said he was unfamiliar with the term "second lady." By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis 60 percent of the bills Trump has signed into law have been one page long But there's one good reason for that. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump has never had a plan for dealing with North Korea Trump's only plan was to make China solve the problem. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Here are the people investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election The president has raised questions about the team's political giving. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   As Mueller builds his Russia special-counsel team, every hire is under scrutiny The president has sought to cast Robert Mueller's team as being full of partisan Democrats, based on some members' donations and past work. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis The Energy 202: The two problems with Trump's offshore drilling push President Trump is moving forward with a campaign promise to reopen federal waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans for oil and gas drilling. By Dino Grandoni  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis The Health 202: Mollifying conservatives on health care is harder than satisfying moderates To attract moderates to his bill, McConnell would just need to expand its spending so fewer Americans lose coverage. But there are far fewer levers at his disposal to get a half dozen conservative senators on board. By Paige Winfield Cunningham  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis The Finance 202: Trump is right that the Dow is climbing. It's been that way for 8 years. The Dow is up roughly 18 percent since Trump's election, but the rally is hard to distinguish from the upward slope launched under the previous administration. By Tory Newmyer  •  PowerPost  •  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