Evening Edition: Gorsuch nomination on track to irreparably change Senate — and further divide nation

E.U. plunges into messy divorce as Britain gives formal notice to leave; Senate Intelligence Committee to start Russia probe interviews next week; On the eve of an Oprah movie about Henrietta Lacks, an ugly feud consumes the family; Samsung tries to regain luster with Galaxy S8; Is Ryan a policy guy, or does he just play one on TV?; Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise 'will not be kept,' experts say.; Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood are charged with 15 felonies; Supreme Court revisits a horrific murder that shocked Washington decades ago; Trump is throwing himself into the Democrats’ trap; Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime; ‘There's not a hope alive for us’: A factory Trump targeted begins its move to Mexico; People are starting to default on their risky auto loans, but this isn't the next housing bubble; Hispanic contractors bid to build Trump's border wall. Then the death threats began.; Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   @PKCapitol | Analysis Gorsuch nomination on track to irreparably change Senate — and further divide nation Some Senate Democrats believe they can filibuster the nomination of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, which could prompt Republicans to change the rules to allow the approval of high-court picks via simple majority. If the filibuster goes away, so does yet another layer of collegiality in Congress — and another way to shore up Washington's credibility. By Paul Kane  •  Read more » E.U. plunges into messy divorce as Britain gives formal notice to leave Britain is the first full member of the E.U. to announce it is exiting the bloc, a reversal after decades of growing European integration. The move instantly plunged both Britain and the 27 other E.U. nations into two years of what will almost certainly be messy and acrimonious negotiations over the terms of divorce. By Griff Witte and Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more »   Senate Intelligence Committee to start Russia probe interviews next week The panel plans to privately interview at least 20 people as part of an ongoing investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 election as well as potential ties to the Trump campaign. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   On the eve of an Oprah movie about Henrietta Lacks, an ugly feud consumes the family Maybe it was the soon-to-be released Oprah Winfrey/HBO movie about the family matriarch, a Baltimore cancer patient whose cells were collected by Johns Hopkins researchers without her knowledge, that put the close-knit and increasingly famous family at war with itself. By Steve Hendrix  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Samsung tries to regain luster with Galaxy S8 Hoping to rebound from last year's disastrous Galaxy Note 7, Samsung pulled off a strong performance with the S8 debut and possibly set the tone for a more innovative smartphone cycle in 2017, analysts said. By Hayley Tsukayama  •  Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis Is Ryan a policy guy, or does he just play one on TV? Following the failure of a Paul Ryan-championed health-care bill that was panned by experts on the left and right, the House speaker's reputation as a policy expert is under renewed assault. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise 'will not be kept,' experts say. Industry experts say coal mining jobs will continue to be lost, not because of blocked access to coal, but because power plant owners are turning to natural gas. At least 40 plants that rely on coal are projected to close during the president's four-year term. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood are charged with 15 felonies California prosecutors said the two violated the privacy of health-care providers by recording confidential information without consent. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Supreme Court revisits a horrific murder that shocked Washington decades ago Justices are considering whether prosecutors withheld important evidence in the Catherine Fuller case. By Robert Barnes and Keith L. Alexander  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Wonkblog | Analysis Trump is throwing himself into the Democrats’ trap The latest reports are that Trump is hoping to use the prospect of a big infrastructure package to woo Democrats to his side on tax reform, and, in the process, cut the recalcitrantly right-wing House Freedom Caucus out of any negotiations. There's only one flaw in this plan. It's called reality. By Matt O'Brien  •  Read more »   Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime The practice known as civil asset forfeiture is completely legal, but it does not require authorities to obtain a criminal conviction, and it allows departments to keep seized cash and property for themselves unless individuals successfully challenge the forfeiture in court. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   ‘There's not a hope alive for us’: A factory Trump targeted begins its move to Mexico Rexnord Bearings, an Indiana company, was singled out by the then-president-elect after it announced it was moving south of the border. Despite the spotlight, and the pressure, the company this week began notifying employees they were targets for layoffs. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   People are starting to default on their risky auto loans, but this isn't the next housing bubble As credit requirements tighten, subprime auto lending may hurt car sales, but probably won't send the U.S. economy into the doldrums the way the mortgage -loan crisis did in 2008 and 2009. By Thomas Heath  •  Read more »   Hispanic contractors bid to build Trump's border wall. Then the death threats began. Construction executives said they weighed their misgivings about building the barrier against the benefits of providing jobs, growing their businesses, improving the local economy and having the ability to influence the construction of a safer, more humane wall. By Tracy Jan  •  Read more »   Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel President Trump's company is actively seeking to open a second Washington hotel as part of a planned nationwide expansion, potentially creating another venue where he stands to benefit financially from customers doing business in the nation's capital. By Jonathan O'Connell  •  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