Evening Edition: Trump knew for ‘weeks’ that Flynn misled officials, White House says

McConnell says Senate probe of Flynn's actions is 'highly likely'; 10 unanswered questions after Flynn's resignation; In the early weeks of the new administration, the humbling of a president; Upheaval is now standard operating procedure in the White House; Lying took down Flynn, but the administration seems to think it's just fine on Sunday talk shows; An athlete accused her coach of sex abuse. Olympic officials stayed on the sideline.; Ethics office: Kellyanne Conway likely broke federal rules by endorsing Ivanka Trump's clothing line; North Korean leader's half-brother killed by two female agents with 'poison needles,' reports claim; Officials were warned the Oroville Dam emergency spillway wasn't safe; Secret Service director to step down, giving Trump chance to select his own security chief; Trump says Education Secretary Betsy DeVos endured a 'very unfair trial'; Labor Dept. employees urge vote against Andrew Puzder's nomination; Oklahoma bill would require father of fetus to approve abortion; A Pakistani court banned Valentine's Day. Residents and street vendors are celebrating anyway. ; Our president is a TV addict. It's going to get the best of him — but he'll never get the best of it.; The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt;   The day's most important stories   Trump knew for 'weeks' that Flynn misled officials, White House says The president concluded after being briefed in January that his national security adviser's contacts with Russia were not improper, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said. Rather, Spicer said, Flynn resigned last night due to an "evolving and eroding level of trust." By Abby Phillip  •  Read more » McConnell says Senate probe of Flynn's actions is 'highly likely' Top Republican senators, including the majority leader, suggested the Intelligence Committee will launch an investigation, opening a new and potentially uncomfortable chapter in the uneasy relationship between Trump and congressional Republicans. By Sean Sullivan, Karoun Demirjian and Paul Kane  •  Read more »   10 unanswered questions after Flynn's resignation What, if anything, did Trump authorize Flynn to tell the Russians before his inauguration? And why was Trump planning to stand by Flynn? By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   In the early weeks of the new administration, the humbling of a president Donald Trump's early moves — with some exceptions — have been marked by poor judgment, botched execution, hubris among some advisers and a climate of fear and disorder all around. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Upheaval is now standard operating procedure in the White House Once dismissed as growing pains, the chaos that was one of Donald Trump's trademarks in business and campaigning now threatens to plague his presidency, according to interviews with a dozen White House officials and other Republicans. By Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Margaret Sullivan | Media Columnist Lying took down Flynn, but the administration seems to think it's just fine on Sunday talk shows If lies were taken that seriously in the Trump administration, we might be living on the right side of the looking glass. But they aren't. And we aren't. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   SPECIAL REPORT An athlete accused her coach of sex abuse. Olympic officials stayed on the sideline. Three female athletes accused taekwondo coach Marc Gitelman of sexual abuse, but when the victims turned to the Olympic governing body for the sport to ban the coach, USA Taekwondo and the USOC did not intercede, documents show. By Will Hobson and Steven Rich  •  Read more »   Ethics office: Kellyanne Conway likely broke federal rules by endorsing Ivanka Trump's clothing line The director of the Office of Government Ethics urged the White House to consider disciplining her for what he said appeared to be "a clear violation." By Matea Gold  •  Read more »   North Korean leader's half-brother killed by two female agents with 'poison needles,' reports claim North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had broken with his half-brother Kim Jong Nam over a leadership struggle. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Officials were warned the Oroville Dam emergency spillway wasn't safe In 2005, three environmental groups told state and federal officials that, in the event of severe flooding, water would erode the hillside below the spillway of the California dam and flood nearby communities. That nearly happened on Sunday. By Kristine Guerra  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Secret Service director to step down, giving Trump chance to select his own security chief Joseph P. Clancy, whom former president Barack Obama appointed in 2014 amid a string of security breaches and agent misconduct, said it's now time to retire for good. By Carol D. Leonnig  •  Read more »   Trump says Education Secretary Betsy DeVos endured a 'very unfair trial' At a meeting with parents and teachers at the White House, Trump criticized "failing schools," echoing language he used on the campaign trail. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Joe Davidson | Columnist Labor Dept. employees urge vote against Andrew Puzder's nomination It isn't clear how many have signed the letter, which cited the restaurant chain executive's personal business practices and public comments as reasons he should be disqualified from leading the agency. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  Read more »   Oklahoma bill would require father of fetus to approve abortion The bill would also require a woman "to provide, in writing, the identity of the father of the fetus to the physician who is to perform or induce the abortion." By Sandhya Somashekhar and Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   A Pakistani court banned Valentine's Day. Residents and street vendors are celebrating anyway. As the country becomes more Western and Islamic at the same time, the holiday has become a symbol of that divide, one that is easy to identify with the Western vulgarity and promiscuity that Islamist clerics often rail against. By Pamela Constable  •  Read more »   Our president is a TV addict. It's going to get the best of him — but he'll never get the best of it. Trump is obsessed with cable news, wide open to mockery and missing all the good stuff. By Hank Stuever  •  Read more »   The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt While restaurant owners are printing pro-immigrant messages on their checks, some customers are writing in their own opinions. By Maura Judkis  •  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