Evening Edition: U.S. investigating potential covert Russian plan to disrupt November elections

Trump says he would have left G-20 summit in China over Obama staircase flap; Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers score significant wins; Obama says 'gaps of trust' exist as U.S., Russia fail to reach Syrian cease-fire deal ; Merkel's refugee policy blamed for loss on her home turf; French truck drivers call for dismantling of 'Jungle' migrant camp; Guess who's taking aim at Fox News now? Conservatives.; The Fix: Trump's feud with swing state GOP senator just heated up a few more degrees; Hillary Clinton greets her traveling press corps aboard her new plane; Obama cancels meeting with ‘colorful’ Philippine president; U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe joins Colin Kaepernick in kneeling during national anthem; Loneliness can be depressing, but it may have helped humans survive; How a baby’s umbilical cord helped save this woman’s life;   The day's most important stories   Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters U.S. investigating potential covert Russian plan to disrupt November elections U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in U.S. political institutions, intelligence and congressional officials said. By Dana Priest, Ellen Nakashima and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more » Trump says he would have left G-20 summit in China over Obama staircase flap The president's subdued arrival on Saturday, from a secondary exit on the presidential plane, stood in contrast to other world leaders who departed their planes onto red-carpeted stairs — and some, including Trump, perceived it as a snub by Chinese officials. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers score significant wins A coalition of civil rights groups, Democratic lawyers and the Obama administration has made gains in overturning strict voting laws, highlighting how the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has removed the Supreme Court as a crucial conservative backstop for such measures. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   Obama says 'gaps of trust' exist as U.S., Russia fail to reach Syrian cease-fire deal President Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 90 minutes in an unscheduled meeting during the G-20 summit. A White House official suggested future meetings may be the key to suspending hostilities in Syria. By William Wan and Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Merkel's refugee policy blamed for loss on her home turf The German chancellor's party was pushed to third place in local elections in her constituency. By Anthony Faiola  •  Read more »   French truck drivers call for dismantling of 'Jungle' migrant camp Truckers complain of attacks by migrants desperate to catch a lift across the channel to Britain. By James McAuley and Karla Adam  •  Read more »   Guess who's taking aim at Fox News now? Conservatives. They complain that the network's "echo chamber" boosted Trump — and is killing their own movement. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   The Fix: Trump's feud with swing state GOP senator just heated up a few more degrees One of the Hill's most high-profile Republican Trump critics launched another salvo this weekend. And Trump fired back. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Hillary Clinton greets her traveling press corps aboard her new plane The Democrat and her allies have a full slate of events scheduled on Labor Day. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   Obama cancels meeting with ‘colorful’ Philippine president The outburst from Rodrigo Duterte could derail a scheduled meeting between the two leaders this week. By William Wan and David Nakamura  •  Read more »   U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe joins Colin Kaepernick in kneeling during national anthem The 31-year-old World Cup winner kneeled during the "Star-Spangled Banner" ahead of a club match on Sunday. By Marissa Payne  •  Read more »   Loneliness can be depressing, but it may have helped humans survive Genes may explain why some people feel less bad than others when they're lonely. By Marta Zaraska  •  Read more »   How a baby’s umbilical cord helped save this woman’s life When tests revealed that Jessie Quinn of Sacramento had a type of blood cancer that progresses quickly, she and her doctors scoured the bone-marrow registry for a match. Only one name came up: her own. So she turned to something more experimental. By Susan Berger  •  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