Thursday's Headlines: House GOP votes to go home for July 4 recess in bid to thwart sit-in

5 things the sit-in will change. And the one thing it won't.; Things to bring to a House sit-in: iPhones, snacks and pink-striped pillows; Confident. Incorrigible. Bully. Little Donny was a lot like Donald Trump.; Who does Donald Trump listen to? Other Trumps.; British voters head to polls for historic vote on E.U.;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories House GOP votes to go home for July 4 recess in bid to thwart sit-in House Republicans voted early Thursday morning to send members home for the holiday recess after a 16-hour protest on the chamber floor staged by Democrats seeking votes on gun control measures. The sit-in began early Wednesday as Democrats called for action to be taken following the mass shootings in Orlando. By Karoun Demirjian and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more » 5 things the sit-in will change. And the one thing it won't. A number of those talking and writing about the sit-in insisted that the high-profile moment marked a major turning point in the political fight over gun control. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » Things to bring to a House sit-in: iPhones, snacks and pink-striped pillows Members who led the effort said it was never all that organized and that was partly why they felt it worked so well. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Confident. Incorrigible. Bully. Little Donny was a lot like Donald Trump. Reporting for The Post's forthcoming biography shows a young Trump left an indelible impression in his prosperous Queens neighborhood. "He had a reputation for saying anything that came into his head," a schoolmate recalls. By Paul Schwartzman and Michael E. Miller  •  Read more »   Who does Donald Trump listen to? Other Trumps. The presumptive Republican nominee's three oldest children and son-in-law — who have virtually no political experience — are so deeply involved in his campaign that they often act as gatekeepers and strategists. By Mary Jordan and Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   British voters head to polls for historic vote on E.U. Surveys show that they are almost evenly divided over whether the country should exit the European Union. By Griff Witte, Karla Adam and Dan Balz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Nobody brings the crazy quite like Trump By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Escalating unrest and violence leave France reeling By Joel Dreyfuss  •  Read more »   How health care creates wage inequality By Robert J. Samuelson  •  Read more »   Trump peddles religious ignorance By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   Republicans: Save your party, don't give to Trump By George F. Will  •  Read more »   Hillary Clinton offers a welcome concession to reality By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   A German woman said she was raped. Then she was fined $27,000. The verdict against Gina-Lisa Lohfink is part of an increasingly heated debate on both sides of the Atlantic over the judicial handling of sexual assault. By Anthony Faiola and Stephanie Kirchner  •  Read more » Orlando attack video shows Mateen firing at those already wounded Footage from inside the Pulse nightclub shows Omar Mateen firing at people, stopping to reload and then shooting again those who were already wounded, officials said. "He was making sure anybody who was shot was dead," one official said. By Adam Goldman and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » Governor’s threat could end food stamps in Maine: Recipients on ‘a steady diet of Mars Bars and Mountain Dew’ Gov. Paul LePage had wanted to bar Maine residents from using food stamps to buy unhealthy food. When federal officials rejected his proposal to institute such a rule statewide, LePage reacted angrily. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more » Ryan rolls out a policy agenda House Republicans can use in November The speaker hopes it will bolster the bare-bones proposals offered by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. By Mike DeBonis and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more » Rep. Chaka Fattah offers resignation after conviction The Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania offered his resignation from the House effective Oct. 3, following his conviction on charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering. House Speaker Paul Ryan called on Fattah to resign immediately. By Associated Press  •  Read more » Trump's top example of foreign experience: A Scottish golf course losing millions The GOP candidate has feuded with locals for years, elbowed his way through the planning process, shattered relationships with elected leaders and sued the Scottish government over his struggling Aberdeen resort. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more » Clinton makes case for 'progressive' economic reforms in North Carolina The presumptive Democratic nominee used a second speech in the state to pledge to make the largest investment in U.S. jobs since World War II and to remind voters of a long list of her prescriptions to bolster the middle class. By John Wagner  •  Read more » Trump campaign says it raised an astounding $2 million in 12 hours Raising such a huge sum in such a short period would make Trump's pitch for donations one of the most successful in American politics. according to veteran fundraisers By Matea Gold  •  Read more » The world’s longest-serving president just appointed his son as VP Power has been in the same family since Equatorial Guinea's independence in 1968. By Max Bearak  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are 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