Evening Edition: GOP divisions over Trump candidacy grow

Trump opened a mortgage company in 2006. It closed within 18 months.; Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter; Voters to face stricter ID requirements on Super Tuesday; For the first time in a decade, Justice Thomas asks questions from the bench; 'Spotlight's' best-picture Oscar shows that big, noisy movies don't always win; Charlottesville man expected to plead guilty to killings of U-Va., Va. Tech students; U-Va. student held in N. Korea 'confesses' to crime; Zika is expected to infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans, raising threat to rest of U.S.; For the first time, self-driving Google car takes blame for a crash; School bathrooms are newest front in culture wars over LGBT rights; A trio of truthful attack ads about Trump University;   The day's most important stories   Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post GOP divisions over Trump candidacy grow At a moment when Republicans had hoped to begin taking on Hillary Clinton, many party leaders are vowing never to back the billionaire and openly questioning whether the GOP could come together this election year. By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa  •  Read more » Trump opened a mortgage company in 2006. It closed within 18 months. While experts were predicting a housing bust, Donald Trump was opening Trump Mortgage, saying it was a "great time" to embrace the industry. By Tom Hamburger and Michael Kranish  •  Read more »   Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter The candidates want to be sent to the White House, but they sound like they're trying for the principal's office. By Ed O'Keefe and David Weigel  •  Read more »   Voters to face stricter ID requirements on Super Tuesday Laws in the states range from asking voters to present photo IDs at the polls to requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. By Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   For the first time in a decade, Justice Thomas asks questions from the bench The taciturn Supreme Court justice and friend of Antonin Scalia has said that he relies on written briefs and doesn't need to question lawyers. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   'Spotlight's' best-picture Oscar shows that big, noisy movies don't always win In some ways, "Spotlight" winning best picture seemed to reward the whitest, malest movie of the bunch. But the victory felt like a vindication — for smart, unpretentious, socially engaged filmmaking and people in privilege using their power to do the right thing. By Ann Hornaday  •  Read more »   Charlottesville man expected to plead guilty to killings of U-Va., Va. Tech students Jesse Matthew is expected in court Wednesday. Hannah Graham, a University of Virginia sophomore was found dead in 2014, and the body of Morgan Harrington, who attended Virginia Tech, was discovered in 2010. By T. Rees Shapiro  •  Read more »   U-Va. student held in N. Korea 'confesses' to crime In a highly choreographed appearance in Pyongyang, Otto Warmbier said he was acting on instructions from a U.S. church when he stole a propaganda sign. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Zika is expected to infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans, raising threat to rest of U.S. There are 117 confirmed cases of the virus on the island. The number will almost certainly rise sharply in coming weeks, making it ever more likely that the virus will spread to the continental United States. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   For the first time, self-driving Google car takes blame for a crash The car was trying to make a right turn on red when it hit a bus. Google said the crash was minor and called it a learning experience for the car. There's no word on whether it was grounded. By Matt McFarland  •  Read more »   School bathrooms are newest front in culture wars over LGBT rights Fourteen states are pushing back against the idea that transgender students have a civil right to use the restroom of their choice. By Emma Brown and Moriah Balingit  •  Read more »   A trio of truthful attack ads about Trump University Three Super PAC ads take aim at the alleged fraud at Trump University, which is the subject of an investigation by the New York attorney general and two class-action suits that are headed to trial. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. 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. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071