Evening Edition: Border wall to be funded by tax on Mexican imports, White House says

Border Patrol chief removed from post after clashing with powerful union; Unease from GOP as it confirms aggressive agenda to carry out Trump's priorities; Trump administration chooses to replace senior State Department diplomats; 'They never saw this coming': A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway; In first major TV interview as president, Trump is laser-focused on his popularity; People were taking Trump seriously. Now they're starting to take him literally.; Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants; Trump calls Chicago violence 'very easily fixable,' blames it on political correctness; Trump is the U.S.’s first Latin American president; The Doomsday Clock just advanced, 'thanks to Trump.' It's now just 2 ½ minutes to 'midnight.'; Accused Fort Lauderdale airport gunman indicted by federal grand jury; The CDC's canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore; Washington's new normal: A Trump protest spectacle a day; Ben's Chili Bowl paints over its mural of Bill Cosby, Chuck Brown and Obama;   The day's most important stories   Border wall to be funded by tax on Mexican imports, White House says Spokesman Sean Spicer said President Trump intends to pay for the wall by imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports from Mexico as part of an overall tax reform plan. The comment came hours after the Mexican president canceled his visit to Washington because of growing tensions with Trump over the border wall. By Joshua Partlow  •  Read more » Border Patrol chief removed from post after clashing with powerful union Mark Morgan has resigned after only six months on the job — and one day after President Trump announced plans to ratchet up immigration enforcement and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. By Jerry Markon, Lisa Rein and Wesley Lowery  •  Read more »   Unease from GOP as it confirms aggressive agenda to carry out Trump's priorities President Trump and Vice President Pence were expected to speak today to Republican lawmakers who have been uneasy at times — both with the new president's unpredictable outbursts and some of the potential details of his agenda. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Trump administration chooses to replace senior State Department diplomats When Rex Tillerson is confirmed as secretary of state next week, he will face an unusual leadership vacuum after several career Foreign Service officers were informed that they will not be asked to stay on in senior or sensitive posts that are under direct White House control. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'They never saw this coming': A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway was seen as someone who could bring discipline to a first-time candidate when she came on as campaign manager. The now counselor to the president sat down with The Post to talk about the journey to the White House and the new political realities. By Joe Heim   •  Read more »   In first major TV interview as president, Trump is laser-focused on his popularity The lengthy interview revealed a man fixated on his following and eager to provide evidence of his likability, even if that information didn't match reality. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   People were taking Trump seriously. Now they're starting to take him literally. The Trump administration is showing every sign of taking the nation far to the right to fulfill his campaign pledges — putting him at odds with some members of his own party. By Abby Phillip and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants The experiment, described in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Trump calls Chicago violence 'very easily fixable,' blames it on political correctness The president has threatened to send "the feds" to Chicago but again declined to say what that means. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump is the U.S.’s first Latin American president He may want to stop the flow of migrants and goods from south of the border, but he has imported a political style ingrained in Latin American politics: that of the nationalist demagogue. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   The Doomsday Clock just advanced, 'thanks to Trump.' It's now just 2 ½ minutes to 'midnight.' The president's election was among the factors cited by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in adjusting the symbolic clock 30 seconds closer to the end of humanity. By Peter Holley, Abby Ohlheiser and Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   Accused Fort Lauderdale airport gunman indicted by federal grand jury Esteban Santiago, 26, could face a federal death sentence if he is convicted. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   The CDC's canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore It turns out there will be a conference in Atlanta next month about climate change and its effects on public health. It just won't have the federal government behind it. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Petula Dvorak | Columnist Washington's new normal: A Trump protest spectacle a day As the annual March for Life prepares to bring tens of thousands to D.C. a week after the Women's March, daily protests have become the new normal in the nation's capital. By Petula Dvorak  •  Read more »   Ben's Chili Bowl paints over its mural of Bill Cosby, Chuck Brown and Obama The landmark eatery in the nation's capital had been among the last public supporters of the scandal-plagued comedian. The restaurant didn't explain why it erased the mural, but said it was time for a refresh. By Perry Stein  •  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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071