Politics: Recess just started for Congress, and it’s not going to be much fun for Republicans

In every state, majorities oppose Trump’s proposed ban on transgender military service   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Oliver Contreras / For The Washington Post Recess just started for Congress, and it's not going to be much fun for Republicans The Senate headed home with Obamacare still around, a tax overhaul stalled and a GOP left with no major legislative accomplishments to show constituents. By Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Analysis In every state, majorities oppose Trump’s proposed ban on transgender military service Even in states like Mississippi, Idaho, and Utah. By Andrew R. Flores, Daniel C. Lewis, Patrick R. Miller, Donald P. Haider-Markel, Barry L. Tadlock and Jami K. Taylor  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   After zero-tolerance vow, a park chief cited for sexual harassment gets a bonus and new job The National Park Service recently gave a new job and performance bonus to a park superintendent in Florida whom investigators found made unwanted advances to a woman he supervised. By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis President Trump’s claim about immigrants ‘immediately’ collecting ‘welfare’ Trump exaggerates the scope of a Senate bill restricting legal immigration and its impact on "welfare" use by immigrants. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Can a new chief of staff fix a White House in chaos? Can Kelly bring order to the White House? We talk to Kristine Simmons from the Bush White House, Chris Whipple, author of "Gatekeepers: How The White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency," and reporter Greg Jaffe who's covered Kelly for years. By Allison Michaels  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice isn’t the only Democrat Trump won over Trump's core base of support in the coal-mining state includes a substantial number of Democrats and former Democrats. By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice leaves the Democratic Party at Trump’s rally Justice was a Republican until 2015, just before he declared his candidacy for governor. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Flynn files amended disclosure report showing additional payments The general who briefly served as national security adviser releases new details. By Tom Hamburger and Matea Gold  •  Read more »   Transcripts show that for Trump, the political optics are paramount Trump's political insecurities come to light. By Julie Vitkovskaya  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   At West Virginia rally, Trump rejects allegations of collusion with Russia as ‘total fabrication’ Prosecutors should look into Hillary Clinton's emails instead, Trump said, and the crowd responded with 'Lock her up!' By John Wagner  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Special Counsel Mueller using grand jury in federal court in Washington as part of Russia investigation The development is a sign that investigators continue to aggressively gather evidence in the case. By Carol D. Leonnig, Sari Horwitz and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Senators unveil two proposals to protect Mueller's Russia probe Each measure would ultimately make the firing of a special counsel subject to the approval of a panel of three federal judges. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Vice President Pence to fundraise for Gillespie in Virginia governor's race Gillespie has more openly embraced the White House after his narrow primary win. By Fenit Nirappil  •  Virginia Politics  •  Read more »   Analysis No governor in a century has been more out-of-step with his state’s presidential vote than Jim Justice Justice's flip to the GOP makes perfect sense in a historical context. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with president's company Supervisors, standby agents are moved to trailer on the street more than 50 floors below. By Carol D. Leonnig, David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell  •  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