Friday's Headlines: Appeals court rules 3 to 0 against Trump on travel ban

7 key takeaways from the ruling; President gets a powerful lesson in the role of the judiciary; Backing down from fight, Trump to honor one-China policy; Jared Kushner quietly pulls strings on U.S.-Mexico relations; Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian envoy before Trump took office, officials say; Details of Trump-Putin call raise new White House concerns about leaks; Price confirmed to lead Health and Human Services Department on party-line vote;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Appeals court rules 3 to 0 against Trump on travel ban The judges rejected the argument that President Trump's order should be reinstated for national security reasons and forcefully asserted their ability to serve as a check on his power. Trump reacted angrily on Twitter, posting just minutes after the ruling, "SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!" By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » 7 key takeaways from the ruling The 9th Circuit judges took exception to the administration's assertion that the president's order is "unreviewable." But they are not yet ready to rule on the opposition's argument that the order discriminates against Muslims. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   President gets a powerful lesson in the role of the judiciary The federal judiciary in the weeks-that-feel-like-months of the Trump presidency has pushed back in a series of decisions that make clear it has a role to play. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   Backing down from fight, Trump to honor one-China policy President Trump acceded to Chinese President Xi Jinping's request to endorse the one-China principle in a phone call described as "extremely cordial" by the White House. It wasn't clear if Trump got concessions for accepting a policy that he said earlier was open to negotiation. By Simon Denyer and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Jared Kushner quietly pulls strings on U.S.-Mexico relations Back-channel talks by Trump's son-in-law — now a White House adviser — reveal him to be almost a shadow secretary of state, operating outside the State Department and National Security Council. By Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Joshua Partlow  •  Read more »   EXCLUSIVE Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian envoy before Trump took office, officials say Michael Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador was interpreted by some senior U.S. officials as an inappropriate, potentially illegal signal to the Kremlin that it could expect a reprieve from sanctions imposed by the Obama administration to punish Russia for alleged interference in the 2016 election. The emerging details contradict statements by senior incoming administration officials, including Mike Pence. By Greg Miller, Adam Entous and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   Details of Trump-Putin call raise new White House concerns about leaks The White House is probing "very concerning" leaks of President Trump's private conversations with foreign leaders, including a report that he criticized an Obama administration nuclear deal with Russia in last month's call with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin. By Karen DeYoung and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Price confirmed to lead Health and Human Services Department on party-line vote The final hours of Senate debate over the nomination of Rep. Tom Price mirrored the starkly partisan divisions that have emerged over most of President Trump's appointees. By Amy Goldstein and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Opinions   The 9th Circuit deals a blow to the imperial — and incompetent — president By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more »   In Congress, Republicans are quiet and meek as mice By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   The travel moratorium: A hopeless disaster By Charles Krauthammer  •  Read more »   Muslim society in the U.S. has transformed since 9/11. Trump could change it back. By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian  •  Read more »   What Milo Yiannopoulos and Elizabeth Warren have in common By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more »   In a time of tragedy, could Trump soothe the nation? By Michael Gerson  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   'How can you die of asthma in this country?': In Idaho, an example of what could happen without Obamacare When the fiercely independent state declined Medicaid expansion it created an insurance gap — two-thirds of those who can't afford care are working families — that lawmakers haven't found a way to close. By Robert Samuels  •  Read more » Trump is changing presidency more than presidency is changing him Even as president, Donald Trump still tweets at odd hours, promotes his family's business and lashes out at anyone who challenges him. His White House seems as chaotic as his campaign was. It's all according to plan, his team says. By Jenna Johnson and Karen Tumulty  •  Read more » Despite Trump's previous tough talk, Japan's leader is embracing him Japanese diplomats have studied Trump — reading books, news articles and psychoanalytical essays — and have tried to get to know his top deputies. The strategic charm offensive has produced some initial returns. By David Nakamura and Anna Fifield  •  Read more » U.S. commander: A 'few thousand' more troops needed in Afghanistan Additional military advisers would help train more Afghan troops, said Army Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., who also accused Russia of working with the Taliban and peddling a "false narrative" to undermine coalition efforts. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more » The dilemma Democrats face right now. (Hint: It involves a lot of losing.) The Democratic Party might want to pick its fights carefully unless it decides moral victories will help in 2018 and 2020. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » Haters gonna date date date: App matches people based on negativity A dating app that launched this week asked for views on topics ranging from the profane to the profound and then matched up users based on their dislikes. By Lisa Bonos  •  Read more » Podcast: 'Can He Do That?' Should Trump spend weekends at Mar-a-Lago? President Trump frequents his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, has a triplex penthouse in Trump Tower in Manhattan and has his last name on dozens of properties around the world. Does that change things for the office of the presidency? 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