Evening Edition: Inside Trump’s financial ties to Russia and unusual flattery of Putin

Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump; The man who showed Donald Trump how to exploit power and instill fear; The U.S. is powering up its first new nuclear reactor in decades; Iraqi forces claim victory over the Islamic State in Fallujah; Russian track and field team barred from Rio Olympics; Killing of Britain spawns a reckoning over rhetoric on eve of E.U. vote; Orlando gunman exchanged text messages with wife, searched Facebook during standoff; These are the faces of America’s growing youth homeless population; Fact checking three Democratic claims on assault weapons and guns; Barry Goldwater ‘would be appalled’ by Trump raising money in his home, his widow says; Americans now think it’s okay to say what they really think about race; A woman says a wolf stalked her and her dog for 12 hours. Then along came a bear.; Chef beards? In. Beard nets? Not so much.; The interesting thing that happened when Kansas cut taxes and California hiked them; ESPN's Stephen A. Smith mansplains to Ayesha Curry how to be a good NBA wife; How do I stop a friend from making racist comments?;   The day's most important stories   Victor Boyko / Getty Images Inside Trump's financial ties to Russia and unusual flattery of Putin The GOP candidate's relationship with the Russian president and his warm views toward the country, which began in the 1980s when the country was still part of the Soviet Union, have emerged as one of the more curious aspects of his presidential campaign. By Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman and Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more » Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump The delegates — angered by Trump's recent comments on gun control and alarmed by his sinking poll numbers — have launched what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the party's nominee. By Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   The man who showed Donald Trump how to exploit power and instill fear Reporting for The Post's coming biography on Trump nominee reveals how famed lawyer Roy Cohn, years after fighting battles for Sen. Joseph McCarthy, showed Donald Trump a blueprint for power. By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg  •  Read more »   The U.S. is powering up its first new nuclear reactor in decades Climate change and upheaval in the nuclear industry have made the new reactor — the first in the country since its sister facility was licensed in 1996 — a very big deal. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Iraqi forces claim victory over the Islamic State in Fallujah Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State in Fallujah after a day of rapid advances as security forces pushed deep into the city center, dislodging the militants who have controlled it for nearly two and a half years. By Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim  •  Read more »   Russian track and field team barred from Rio Olympics The global organization that oversees track and field declined to restore the eligibility of Russia's suspended team before the Rio Olympics in August, following multiple reports of systemic, state-sponsored doping. By Rick Maese  •  Read more »   Killing of Britain spawns a reckoning over rhetoric on eve of E.U. vote The soul-searching spawned by the death of a promising young British lawmaker who advocated passionately for refugees has the potential to reset the tone of the E.U. debate and could influence its outcome when the country votes next Thursday. By Griff Witte and Karla Adam  •  Read more »   Orlando gunman exchanged text messages with wife, searched Facebook during standoff The messages Omar Mateen exchanged with his wife were among several ways he communicated with the outside world on the day he opened fire inside the gay nightclub. By Adam Goldman, Ellen Nakashima and Mark Berman  •  Read more »   These are the faces of America’s growing youth homeless population Advocates and federal officials seek to draw attention to the plight of homeless students and hope the new federal education law will spur schools, districts and states to come up with new ways to support them. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Fact checking three Democratic claims on assault weapons and guns Starting with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), we examine claims made during the recent Senate debate. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Barry Goldwater ‘would be appalled’ by Trump raising money in his home, his widow says Donald Trump's presidential campaign often draws comparisons to the 1964 White House bid of Barry Goldwater — a conservative icon who clashed with the Republican establishment but galvanized grass-roots activists to secure the party's nomination, only to suffer a landslide loss in the general election. Trump hopes to bask in the glow of the Goldwater legacy when he […] By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Americans now think it’s okay to say what they really think about race A series of recent surveys produced some unexpected results for political scientists. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   A woman says a wolf stalked her and her dog for 12 hours. Then along came a bear. Joanne Barnaby is sticking by her story that a preposterous idea — of pitting one predator against another — saved her life. By Michael E. Miller  •  Read more »   Chef beards? In. Beard nets? Not so much. Beards in the food and handicraft industry have come to signify a certain level of authenticity -- like mason jars or Edison bulbs. But how chefs are following the health codes for them is a little, well, hairy. By Maura Judkis  •  Read more »   The interesting thing that happened when Kansas cut taxes and California hiked them The divergent experiences of California and Kansas run counter to a popular view, particularly among conservative economists, that tax cuts tend to supercharge growth and tax increases chill it. By Jim Tankersley and Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   ESPN's Stephen A. Smith mansplains to Ayesha Curry how to be a good NBA wife The "First Take" host had some thoughts about Curry's tweet that the NBA "is absolutely rigged" after her husband, Steph Curry, fouled out Thursday night. By Scott Allen  •  Read more »   How do I stop a friend from making racist comments? 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. 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