Evening Edition: For Republicans, a not so grand old party

Just when you thought the GOP race had hit rock bottom ...; The Fix: Winners and losers ; Fact Checker: Trump's attack on Rubio's attendance in Senate; Megyn Kelly schools Trump on Trump U., and his contradictions; The key difference between how Trump and Romney made their money; Breakthrough study details how Zika can attack fetal brain, cause microcephaly ; LAPD confirms existence of knife found on O.J. Simpson's former property; 'El Chapo' went back and forth to the U.S. after jailbreak, drug lord's daughter claims; Feeding infants peanut butter can have lasting protections against allergies, study finds; Did ‘House of Cards’ get worse, or has it always been this bad?; The magical thing eating chocolate does to your brain; Legendary tennis commentator Bud Collins dies at 86; A Texan who called Obama a gay prostitute may soon control what goes in textbooks; My father-in-law hit a pregnant woman's car and shows no remorse. Can we get his license revoked?;   The day's most important stories   Paul Sancya / AP For Republicans, a not so grand old party The 11th debate of the Republican campaign tested the patience of viewers. It was tedious and repetitious. No new information was imparted, no truly new arguments advanced. Even the insults were tiresome. By Dan Balz  •  Read more » Just when you thought the GOP race had hit rock bottom ... The two-hour shout-down in Detroit, ahead of Michigan's primary next Tuesday, suggested that the GOP's deep wounds will not heal any time soon. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   The Fix: Winners and losers Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich both stood out, but with Donald Trump, the more he talked, the worse he came across. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   Fact Checker: Trump's attack on Rubio's attendance in Senate Here's our roundup of 14 fishy claims from the GOP slugfest. By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Megyn Kelly schools Trump on Trump U., and his contradictions The Fox News anchor leaves the GOP front-runner sputtering to defend himself at debate. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   The key difference between how Trump and Romney made their money No one can dispute that Romney made boatloads of money. In contrast, Trump's underperformance may be greater than previously recognized, an analysis finds. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Breakthrough study details how Zika can attack fetal brain, cause microcephaly The findings suggest the virus likely targets critical cells and interrupts their growth. By Lena H. Sun and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   LAPD confirms existence of knife found on O.J. Simpson's former property The knife was said to be found by a construction worker years ago, anywhere from several years ago to 1998, when the house was demolished by its next owner. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Read more »   'El Chapo' went back and forth to the U.S. after jailbreak, drug lord's daughter claims For a master drug-tunnel builder, sneaking into California for a family visit was probably the least of the fugitive drug lord's problems. By Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Feeding infants peanut butter can have lasting protections against allergies, study finds The same method may also work for other allergenic foods such as milk, eggs, fish, wheat and sesame, a second research effort indicates. By Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more »   Did ‘House of Cards’ get worse, or has it always been this bad? TV shows always fizzle with age, but does binge-watching ensure that you don't notice a show's flaws? By Emily Yahr  •  Read more »   The magical thing eating chocolate does to your brain There's a remarkable difference between people who eat chocolate and people who don't. By Roberto A. Ferdman  •  Read more »   Legendary tennis commentator Bud Collins dies at 86 Collins, who revolutionized sports journalism with his TV commentary on tennis, was a fixture in the sport. By Kelyn Soong  •  Read more »   A Texan who called Obama a gay prostitute may soon control what goes in textbooks Mary Lou Bruner is the favorite to win an open seat on the Texas State Board of Education, which determines the content of state curricula and textbooks. By Yanan Wang  •  Read more »   My father-in-law hit a pregnant woman's car and shows no remorse. Can we get his license revoked? The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life. By Carolyn Hax  •  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