Evening Edition: Tom Perez becomes first Latino to lead Democratic Party

White House sought to enlist key intelligence officials, lawmakers to counter Russia stories; Trump cites a meaningless statistic about national debt and says no one is reporting on it; A Trump voter's message to retailers: 'Keep your mouths shut about our president'; The remarkable inconsistency of Trump's attacks on the media; Trump's jabs at Mexico stir nationalism south of the border; The worst-case scenario of the apparent nerve-toxin killing of Kim Jong Nam; Parents of transgender children request meeting with Trump, DeVos, Sessions; Swedish 'national security advisor' interviewed by Fox News is unknown to Swedes; Before he was killed in a Kansas shooting, Indian man's family warned him to leave the U.S.; Furious Trump fans can't stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won; 'This wasn't an endorsement': Rory McIlroy defends playing golf with Trump; How the New Yorker’s new Putin/Trump cover came together like ‘a perfect storm’; Muhammad Ali's son said to be stopped at airport, where he was asked about his religion; Warren Buffett sticks to business, avoids politics in letter;   The day's most important stories   Tom Perez becomes first Latino to lead Democratic Party The Obama labor secretary was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a second round of voting. His victory over Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota was a blow to the party's liberal wing, but Ellison asked his supporters to stay with the party, saying "We don't have the luxury to walk out of this room divided." By David Weigel  •  Read more » White House sought to enlist key intelligence officials, lawmakers to counter Russia stories The calls were orchestrated after unsuccessful attempts by the White House to get senior FBI officials to speak with news organizations and dispute the accuracy of reports of alleged contacts between members of Trump's campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives. By Greg Miller and Adam Entous  •  Read more »   Trump cites a meaningless statistic about national debt and says no one is reporting on it The level of debt fluctuates day to day and week to week, depending on a variety of measurements, making the data susceptible to cherry-picking. By Ana Swanson  •  Read more »   A Trump voter's message to retailers: 'Keep your mouths shut about our president' Many conservatives said they are tired of the negativity surrounding the new commander in chief. So they are staging their own boycotts against retailers such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and TJ Maxx. By Abha Bhattarai  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The remarkable inconsistency of Trump's attacks on the media Are unidentified intelligence sources fabricated by journalists, or are they real people who need to be stopped? Both of the president's claims cannot be true. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Trump's jabs at Mexico stir nationalism south of the border When Mexicans hear the U.S. president boasting that he will make Mexico pay for the wall, they recognize an unmistakable attempt to humiliate them. It is American nationalism at Mexico's expense, and it stings in a deep way. By Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   The worst-case scenario of the apparent nerve-toxin killing of Kim Jong Nam Thousands in Kuala Lumpur International Airport were near the place where the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was killed, which means others could still get sick. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Parents of transgender children request meeting with Trump, DeVos, Sessions The parents want to discuss the impact of the decision to withdraw federal guidance on how public schools should navigate the issues of transgender students. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Swedish 'national security advisor' interviewed by Fox News is unknown to Swedes The Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported that neither the Swedish armed forces nor the Foreign Ministry had heard of Nils Bildt. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Before he was killed in a Kansas shooting, Indian man's family warned him to leave the U.S. Sunayana Dumala said she was unsure whether she and her husband should stay. But Srinivas Kuchibholta refused to abandon the "country he loved," she said. He was killed Wednesday night in a bar. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   Furious Trump fans can't stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won Hillarybeattrump.org, whose masthead reads "President Hillary Rodham Clinton," went viral after coverage from Breitbart, the Daily Caller and Milo Yiannopoulos. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   'This wasn't an endorsement': Rory McIlroy defends playing golf with Trump The 27-year-old golfer rejected being labeled a "fascist" and "bigot" for what he calls "quite simply, a round of golf" last weekend. By Marissa Payne  •  Read more »   How the New Yorker’s new Putin/Trump cover came together like ‘a perfect storm’ The artist paid homage to the magazine's 1925 debut cover to comment on our modern geopolitical times. By Michael Cavna  •  Read more »   Muhammad Ali's son said to be stopped at airport, where he was asked about his religion The Muslim son of the legendary boxer was arriving in Florida with his mother, who was also stopped for having an "Arabic-sounding" name, a family friend said. By Marissa Payne  •  Read more »   Warren Buffett sticks to business, avoids politics in letter The billionaire investor also used his much anticipated annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to state his positive outlook for the U.S. economy. By Associated Press  •  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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