Evening Edition: Speechwriter takes blame for lifted passages in Melania Trump’s address

Who is Meredith McIver, the staffer behind the speech?; Was it illegal to use a Trump organization speechwriter?; The Fix: Campaign proved it can't shoot straight. Again.; The GOP's new convention theme: 'Lock her up!'; Trump's courtship of black voters hampered by decades of his race controversies; Appeals court says Texas voter ID law has discriminatory effect; It seems over for Fox News’ Roger Ailes. After decades of alleged sexism, why now?; Hawaii congressman Mark Takai dies at 49; God might not want a woman to be president, some religious conservatives say; ‘Broken’ parents won’t sue Disney over the alligator attack that left their toddler dead; Turkey bans academics from travel in latest post-coup measure; In her first parliamentary joust, Britain’s new prime minister lets the zingers fly; Twitter permanently suspends conservative writer while cracking down on abuse; ‘Worst thing that has come before this court': Mother financed addiction by letting drug dealer rape her child; The power went out and a restaurant canceled my reservation. Should they've given me a free drink?;   The day's most important stories   Speechwriter takes blame for lifted passages in Melania Trump's address Meredith McIver, who identified herself as "in-house staff writer" with the Trump Organization, said she inadvertently included passages from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama while revising the speech with Melania Trump. McIver said the Trump family declined her offer to resign. By Philip Rucker, David A. Fahrenthold and Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more » Who is Meredith McIver, the staffer behind the speech? She's a dancer and a writer who has been part of Trump's orbit for years now. But she's not an official campaign staffer. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Was it illegal to use a Trump organization speechwriter? Possibly -- but it's hard to tell. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Fix: Campaign proved it can't shoot straight. Again. They just wasted 38 precious hours. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The GOP's new convention theme: 'Lock her up!' A Republican Party still divided over its presidential nominee has sought unity by attacking Hillary Clinton. By David A. Fahrenthold,, Mary Jordan and Louisa Loveluck  •  Read more »   Trump's courtship of black voters hampered by decades of his race controversies When the nominee delivers his acceptance speech, he will address an estimated 18 blacks out of 2,472 delegates. By Michael Kranish  •  Read more »   Appeals court says Texas voter ID law has discriminatory effect The judges ordered a lower court to come up with a fix for the law in time for the November elections. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   It seems over for Fox News’ Roger Ailes. After decades of alleged sexism, why now? The network chief's stunning fall from power came late — but at least it came. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   Hawaii congressman Mark Takai dies at 49 The Democrat, who was elected to represent Oahu in 2014, died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   God might not want a woman to be president, some religious conservatives say Hard-liners of all faiths — the most conservative Christians, Muslims and Jews — are debating: Does the Bible prohibit a female president? By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ‘Broken’ parents won’t sue Disney over the alligator attack that left their toddler dead Matt and Melissa Graves released a statement asking for privacy and announced that they were setting up a foundation in their son's name. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Turkey bans academics from travel in latest post-coup measure The move is the latest in a massive crackdown against professionals following a failed coup attempt by renegade military units that has seen tens of thousands of judges, civil servants, military and police fired or detained. By Hugh Naylor and Loveday Morris  •  Read more »   In her first parliamentary joust, Britain’s new prime minister lets the zingers fly Theresa May confounded expectations as she mocked the leader of the Labour Party while her Tory backers cheered like giddy schoolchildren during her first Prime Minister's Questions. By Karla Adam  •  Read more »   Twitter permanently suspends conservative writer while cracking down on abuse The ban of Milo Yiannopoulos, who works at Breitbart Tech, comes one day after Twitter promised to take action against a barrage of racist tweets targeting "Ghostbusters" actor Leslie Jones. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   ‘Worst thing that has come before this court': Mother financed addiction by letting drug dealer rape her child The Cincinnati mom was sentenced to 51 years in prison on multiple counts of complicity in rape and child trafficking. By Rachel Premack  •  Read more »   The power went out and a restaurant canceled my reservation. Should they've given me a free drink? Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves. By Tom Sietsema  •  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. 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