Evening Edition: A new, liberal tea party is forming. Can it last without turning against Democrats?

The Fix: Why Democrats can't obstruct their way back into power; Trump insists he can bring cost of border wall 'way down'; White House signals change in policy for transgender students; Trump, Japan's Abe golf out of public view at the president's club in Florida; How the 31-year-old behind Trump's travel ban forged his conservative identity in liberal Southern California; The Islamic State's latest recruits — young, lonely children — often slip under the radar; Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump's 'deportation force'; Yale renames Calhoun College because of historic ties to white supremacy and slavery; Stephen Colbert taunts Trump with a picture of a little girl posing as the president; A black man accused French police of raping him. They say it was an accident.; More work needed against 'insider threat' at airports, report says; Muslim nonprofit groups are rejecting federal funds because of Trump; Mattis to host meeting of allies as he mulls changes in Afghanistan, anti-Islamic State fight ; Earthquake experts wonder whether the next 'big one' will be in Southern California;   The day's most important stories   A new, liberal tea party is forming. Can it last without turning against Democrats? Democrats are trying to fuse the energy of the activists who have rallied in reaction to Donald Trump's young presidency into the liberal firmament. And although it's too soon to tell which direction this new movement will take, there are similarities to the early days of the conservative tea party — including the threat of it turning on those who try to ride it to power. By Paul Kane  •  Read more » The Fix: Why Democrats can't obstruct their way back into power Republicans have something of an inherent advantage — controlling more states and districts — in both the Senate and the House. The nation's polarization helps reinforce those partisan lines. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Trump insists he can bring cost of border wall 'way down' A government analysis estimated it would cost $21.6 billion, but the president tweeted that the figure — far exceeding the $8 billion he cited during the campaign — is high because he has not yet "gotten involved" in negotiations. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   White House signals change in policy for transgender students How the administration decides to proceed on the issue of transgender students and bathroom use would affect several cases in which students are challenging district policies. By Sandhya Somashekhar and Moriah Balingit  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump, Japan's Abe golf out of public view at the president's club in Florida The outing was part of a weekend visit by the prime minister. The first lady accompanied the prime minister's wife on a tour of Japanese gardens nearby. By John Wagner and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   How the 31-year-old behind Trump's travel ban forged his conservative identity in liberal Southern California Stephen Miller, a top adviser to President Trump, was one of the leading advocates of the executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, and he wrote some of Trump's most strident campaign speeches. By Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   The Islamic State's latest recruits — young, lonely children — often slip under the radar Even as the militant group suffers setbacks on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria, it is cultivating adolescents in the West. Officials lack the legal authority to track children the same way they monitor adults, creating a major counterterrorism challenge. By Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet  •  Read more »   Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump's 'deportation force' Federal officials insist they have not made fundamental changes in enforcement actions, but activists say the rules of engagement have changed. "The bottom line is, overnight, people are terrorized," the executive director of Casa de Maryland said. By Janell Ross, Aaron C. Davis and Joel Achenbach  •  Read more »   Yale renames Calhoun College because of historic ties to white supremacy and slavery The college will be renamed in honor of Grace Murray Hopper, an alumna who was a pioneering computer scientist. By Monica Wang and Susan Svrluga  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Stephen Colbert taunts Trump with a picture of a little girl posing as the president The "Late Show" host tapped into the president's reported distaste of the fact that his press secretary, Sean Spicer, was portrayed by a woman, Melissa McCarthy, on SNL. By Kristine Guerra  •  Read more »   A black man accused French police of raping him. They say it was an accident. One officer faces aggravated rape charges and three others have been charged with aggravated assault on the 22-year-old, who was hospitalized with severe injuries caused by a police truncheon. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   More work needed against 'insider threat' at airports, report says A congressional panel says the nation's airports remain vulnerable because they have not taken the steps necessary to properly check and periodically recheck employees' backgrounds in a comprehensive way. By Fredrick Kunkle  •  Read more »   Muslim nonprofit groups are rejecting federal funds because of Trump At least four Muslim nonprofit groups have said they will not accept more than $2 million in grants that were intended to go to programs that curtailed recruitment and radicalization efforts. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   Mattis to host meeting of allies as he mulls changes in Afghanistan, anti-Islamic State fight The defense secretary is still in "listening mode" as he departs to meet his European counterparts, a spokesman said. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   Earthquake experts wonder whether the next 'big one' will be in Southern California A "swarm" of small temblors near the San Andreas fault raises concerns about a bigger jolt. By Tony Perry  •  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. 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