Politics: Trump sides with Democrats on fiscal issues, throwing Republican plans into chaos

Emails show clash between Trump appointees and Facebook over Zuckerberg glacier visit   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Evan Vucci / AP Trump sides with Democrats on fiscal issues, throwing Republican plans into chaos "We had a very good meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer," Trump told reporters. By Mike DeBonis, Kelsey Snell, Philip Rucker and Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Emails show clash between Trump appointees and Facebook over Zuckerberg glacier visit The conflict between political appointees and park service staff escalated over a visit by the Facebook CEO to learn about climate change. By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis This is why Congress will have a hard time legalizing DACA But wait — there's a back door. By Sarah Binder  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Analysis Did Obama allow a ‘back door’ to citizenship through DACA? Some news reports suggested 40,000 DACA recipients got green cards through a loophole, but that's very inflated By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   McConnell introduces bill linking hurricane aid package, federal borrowing limit The Senate is expected to approve the package as early as Friday. The bill would then be sent to the House for final approval as leaders rush to approve FEMA money before emergency funds run out. By Kelsey Snell  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Congressman: John Kelly is a ‘disgrace to the uniform’ and should resign over DACA decision Rep. Luis Gutiérrez criticized the White House chief of staff over the Trump administration's decision to end DACA. By David Weigel, Ed O'Keefe and Alex Horton  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump's zigzagging approach to North Korea veers toward military options U.S. approach to rising threat has included carrots, sticks and lots of tweets. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Two sides of Grassley in the spotlight this week: dogged investigator and defender of Trump The Iowa senator's Judiciary Committee takes center stage with interview Thursday of the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Freedom Caucus leaders vent to Paul Ryan after talks with Steve Bannon The exchange comes as the former White House chief strategist is having conversations with hard-line GOP lawmakers about how they should pressure congressional Republican leaders. By Robert Costa  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis Hill Democrats score a seat at the table, but they're still looking for a legislative win President Trump surprised Republicans by siding with Democrats on how to handle the year-end crush of priorities, including spending, the debt limit and immigration. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Republicans split over gerrymandering case headed to Supreme Court Schwarzenegger, Dole join brief seeking to throw out Wisconsin GOP's redistricting plan. By Robert Barnes  •  Courts & Law  •  Read more »   In North Dakota, Trump calls embattled Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp a ‘good woman’ Trump used the occasion to pressure Heitkamp to eventually vote for his tax bill. By Philip Rucker and Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Ahead of North Dakota trip, Trump says daughter asked him: ‘Daddy, can I go with you?’ During a speech on tax reform in the state, Trump called his eldest daughter onto stage. By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Analysis The key question about Facebook political ads: Who’s seeing them? News that Russians bought political ads on the social network raises serious questions. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Trump announces recipients for his $1 million donation for Hurricane Harvey relief The two biggest individual gifts were given to large, mainstream charities; the next-largest went to charities associated with Christian ministries. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Health 202 Your daily guide to Washington's health-care 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