Wednesday's Headlines: After pointed questions, fate of travel ban rests with appeals court

An open letter to Trump: 'My daughter's death will not be used'; Department of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower; Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Jeff Sessions's character ; Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency ;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories After pointed questions, fate of travel ban rests with appeals court A three-judge panel pressed those challenging and defending President Trump's controversial immigration order. It asked a Justice Department lawyer about the limits on the president's power, and what evidence was used in temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. By Matt Zapotosky and Robert Barnes  •  Read more » An open letter to Trump: 'My daughter's death will not be used' The parents of two people killed in Australia say the incident had nothing to do with terrorism. But the stabbing ended up on a White House list of "underreported" terrorist attacks. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   Department of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower The Pentagon said the move is needed to support the president at his New York residence. But it also could directly funnel government money into Trump's business interests. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more »   Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Jeff Sessions's character In an extraordinarily rare move, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Democrat had breached Senate rules by reading past statements from Coretta Scott King and others critical of Sessions, a senator who is Trump's attorney general nominee. "She was warned. She was given an explanation," McConnell said of Warren. "Nevertheless, she persisted." By Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency A late-night comedian's performance seems to have the ability to affect what Donald Trump does as president — and this is exciting some anti-Trump comedians. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Michael Flynn: Trump is like the chariot driver in 'Ben-Hur' By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   Joe Scarborough: Trump’s dangerous lie about Russia By Joe Scarborough  •  Read more »   Bannon called the media the 'opposition.' He's right, and it's a good thing. By Sanford J. Ungar  •  Read more »   Shoker! Rediculous chocker Trump attaks and dishoners English with ever-dummer spellings. By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Trump's Labor nominee tells us a lot about where Trump wants to take the country By Ed Rogers  •  Read more »   Cameras let the public see the travel ban battle. They belong in more courtrooms. By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Vetted, then blocked: A Syrian odyssey A family's bags had been packed for a flight when the White House announced a ban on Syrian refugees entering the United States. "At first I thought it was a joke," Mahmoud Khoja said. "I just froze." By Louisa Loveluck  •  Read more » Melania Trump 'has no intention' of profiting from public position, representatives say The declaration came a day after the first lady alleged in a lawsuit that a 2016 article by a British news company had hurt her "unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to build a profitable brand. By Tom Hamburger  •  Read more » A quarter of adults in the U.S. have hearing loss because of noise Outside the workplace, more than half of adults younger than 70 have suffered hearing damage from everyday environmental noise. By Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more » The panic is over at Zika's epicenter. But for many, the challenge has just begun. The virus has retreated almost as fast as it hit in Recife, Brazil, the epicenter of the outbreak. But it continues to take a daily toll on families whose babies were born with microcephaly and now struggle as toddlers to swallow, roll over or simply hold up their heads. By Marina Lopes and Nick Miroff  •  Read more » Nuclear plant in Japan records a sizable radiation level. Should we be worried? The level of radiation measured at the Fukushima Daiichi plant was the highest recorded since triple meltdown after the enormous earthquake and tsunami of 2011. By Anna Fifield and Yuki Oda  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are 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