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Trump's pick to head veterans department faces skepticism over his experience President Trump's decision to upend VA's leadership comes as Senate Republicans were already worried about having to deal with potentially difficult nominations in the months leading up to midterm elections. By Lisa Rein, Seung Min Kim, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more » PowerPost • Perspective Spending measure could disrupt Trump's plans to cut agencies The omnibus spending plan provides a clear declaration that he cannot act alone. It is Congress that creates and eliminates. By Joe Davidson  •  Read more »   Fact Checker • Analysis Trump's bundle of faulty claims about Amazon's cost to taxpayers The president says Amazon is hosing local taxpayers and bleeding the U.S. Postal Service, but his tweet exaggerates and misleads. By Salvador Rizzo  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Cambridge Analytica's work for Trump campaign, Bolton super PAC prompts complaint to DOJ Government watchdog groups demanded an investigation into whether laws barring foreign involvement in U.S. elections were knowingly broken. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more »   PowerPost Conn. congresswoman kept aide on staff for 3 months after she learned of threat allegation Rep. Elizabeth Esty learned of a threat made by her chief of staff against a colleague he dated but did not dismiss him until House lawyers arranged a severance deal. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   Analysis The reddest baseball fan base? By our estimate, it's the Reds. The bluest? The Oakland A's. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix • Analysis Trump says U.S. will leave Syria 'very soon' — despite his promises not to telegraph military moves "My administration will not telegraph exact military plans to the enemy," Trump said in 2016. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Trump's Ohio speech to promote infrastructure ranges widely, from North Korea to 'Roseanne' The president threatened to delay finalizing his renegotiated trade deal with South Korea until after he resolves the nuclear confrontation with North Korea. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Judge denies Stormy Daniels's bid to expedite case against Trump over confidential agreement The judge said the request was "premature" at this stage of the porn star's lawsuit against the president. By Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers  •  Read more »   Analysis An investigation: Had people heard the word 'trillion' a decade ago? It turns out, they had. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis Why a Laura Ingraham boycott will probably fail History tells us that the Bill O'Reilly boycott was an exception. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the DemocracyPost newsletter Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. Sign Up  »

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