Politics: Bannon’s ‘epic’ defense of Trump doesn’t extend to all his moves, or all his aides and allies

This is why Charlie Dent and other moderates are disappearing from Congress   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images Bannon's 'epic' defense of Trump doesn't extend to all his moves, or all his aides and allies Still, the president reportedly was pleased by his former strategist's "60 Minutes" appearance. By Ashley Parker  •  Read more » Analysis This is why Charlie Dent and other moderates are disappearing from Congress Being a congressional moderate just isn't rewarding any more. By Danielle M. Thomsen  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Republican lawmakers ponder the exits as GOP tensions rise and midterms loom In the House, an early spate of GOP retirements means the party won't have incumbents on the ballot in several closely divided districts. By Mike DeBonis and Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump's push for tax cuts is coming up against a familiar challenge: Divided GOP Republicans agree about wanting to cut taxes. They don't agree on how to pay for it. By Damian Paletta, Sean Sullivan and Kelsey Snell  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis The House Republicans’ claim they have ‘passed more bills’ than recent first-year presidencies House Republicans say they have passed more bills than any recent Congress. But passing bills is not the same as bills signed into law. By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump's legal team debated whether Kushner should leave White House The idea was rejected. A White House lawyer now blames disclosure on ex-staffers seeking to "sabotage" president's son-in-law. By Carol D. Leonnig  •  Read more »   McConnell: No new debt ceiling vote until ‘well into 2018’ McConnell said the Trump's deal with Democrats was "not quite as good as my counterpart thought it was." By Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump to host six senators from both parties for White House dinner The dinner is set to include three moderate Democrats -- Sen. Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), and Joe Manchin III (W.Va.), as well as three senior Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee. By Ashley Parker and Ed O'Keefe  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   AUMF takes center stage on defense bill, as one senator threatens to hold it up It Paul follows through on his protest, it could complicate matters for other amendments senators hoped to debate on the bill. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Guam delegate may have violated emoluments clause with lease, ethics office says Madeleine Z. Bordallo has received approximately $800,000 from the government of Japan since 2008, the Office of Congressional Ethics said. Bordallo denied wrongdoing. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   After nine months, federal offices are still waiting to hang Trump's picture Yet to receive an official photo of the president, some government agencies have improvised. By Lisa Rein  •  Read more »   Ex-White House adviser Bannon still wielding influence, at least at the White House briefing "I think we may be answering more questions on Steve Bannon, now that he's not here, than when he was," press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the daily White House briefing. By Anne Gearan  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   After years of 9/11 criticism and conspiracies, Trump strikes a more somber note The president makes no mention of 'radical Islamic terrorism' in his first commemoration of the terrorist attacks. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump says the Coast Guard has great branding now. Google is not convinced. Google Trends show that America is less captivated by the Coast Guard than Trump seems to think. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   As Sanders focuses on single-payer health care, some activists want him to start a new party A campaign, which Sanders has repeatedly (albeit politely) rebuffed, is the best-organized of several efforts to turn progressives away from the Democratic Party. By David Weigel  •  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