Evening Edition: FBI once planned to pay former British spy who authored Trump dossier

Trump prepares to address a divided audience: The Republican Congress; Fight over debt ceiling could accelerate Trump's budget clash with GOP; Trump's tough talk on leaks is one thing. His actions tell another tale.; Trump-branded hotel grand opening shunned by Vancouver officials; @PKCapitol: An unlikely ally for Trump: Liberal actress Jennifer Garner; Analysis: The real story in this photo is not about Kellyanne Conway; Betsy DeVos called historically black colleges 'pioneers' of 'school choice.' It didn't go over well.; FBI investigating shooting of two Indian men in Kansas as a hate crime; Colorectal cancer rates rising sharply among young and middle-aged adults; It's not just you: A whole slew of websites are suddenly down or working slowly; Israeli government watchdog slams Netanyahu, army over 'failures' in 2014 Gaza war; With aging jets and a shortage of pilots, the Air Force weighs buying throwback 'light-attack' planes; Stock plunges, owner of Kay and Jared jewelry chains responds after Post report; Once Time's 'Person of the Year,' an Ebola fighter dies in childbirth due to the stigma of the virus;   The day's most important stories   FBI once planned to pay former British spy who authored Trump dossier The agreement to pay Christopher Steele, who compiled a controversial dossier on behalf of Trump's political opponents, ultimately fell apart but shows that U.S. investigators considered him to be credible on the president's alleged Russia ties. Trump has derided the dossier as "fake news." By Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more » Trump prepares to address a divided audience: The Republican Congress GOP lawmakers have differing ideas on health care, tax reform and federal spending, and they are looking for marching orders. By Mike DeBonis, Kelsey Snell and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Fight over debt ceiling could accelerate Trump's budget clash with GOP Denisha Merriweather's attendance offers a clue about how President Trump might fulfill his promise to spend $20 billion on expanding vouchers and other alternatives to traditional public schools. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Perspective Trump's tough talk on leaks is one thing. His actions tell another tale. The president and his aides despise and condemn anonymous leaks to reporters. Except, of course, when they are the ones doing the leaking. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump-branded hotel grand opening shunned by Vancouver officials Multiple protests are planned for the lavish grand opening of the new Trump International Hotel and Tower in this Canadian city, reflecting the tensions surrounding the unavoidable connection between the Trump presidency and the family's global real estate and branding empire. By Amy Brittain and Jonathan O'Connell  •  Read more »   @PKCapitol: An unlikely ally for Trump: Liberal actress Jennifer Garner The West Virginia native, unlike others in Hollywood, is willing to help the president make good on his promise to aid rural America. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Analysis: The real story in this photo is not about Kellyanne Conway In a tee-ball public relations moment, the Trump team struck out. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   MORE COVERAGE Betsy DeVos called historically black colleges 'pioneers' of 'school choice.' It didn't go over well. Sean Spicer said questioning the raid did a disservice to the Navy SEAL who died. Then the SEAL's father questioned it. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   FBI investigating shooting of two Indian men in Kansas as a hate crime The suspected gunman apparently thought the two men he shot were Iranian. One man who was killed and one who was injured were actually Indian nationals who received master's degrees in the United States. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Colorectal cancer rates rising sharply among young and middle-aged adults The rising rates of the disease raise questions about whether screening should routinely start earlier than age 50. By Laurie McGinley  •  Read more »   It's not just you: A whole slew of websites are suddenly down or working slowly Amazon Web Services, the platform that many websites rely on to keep their pages humming, is suffering an outage in one of its regional data centers. By Brian Fung  •  Read more »   Israeli government watchdog slams Netanyahu, army over 'failures' in 2014 Gaza war The report said a lack of intelligence and strategy resulted in failure to neutralize the threat of Hamas tunnels. By Ruth Eglash and William Booth  •  Read more »   With aging jets and a shortage of pilots, the Air Force weighs buying throwback 'light-attack' planes Vietnam War-era propeller planes already have carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   Stock plunges, owner of Kay and Jared jewelry chains responds after Post report Signet Jewelers, which also owns Jared the Galleria of Jewelry, said the complaints involve "a very small number of individuals." About 250 former employees made sworn statements about harassment as part of a class-action lawsuit alleging pay discrimination that covers 69,000 women. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more »   Once Time's 'Person of the Year,' an Ebola fighter dies in childbirth due to the stigma of the virus Liberian nurse Salome Karwah survived Ebola and became a hero. But no one at the hospital would touch her when she lapsed into convulsions after she delivered a healthy boy by Caesarean section. By Max Bearak  •  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