Evening Edition: Nunes admits meeting on White House grounds with source of Trump surveillance documents

Devin Nunes is making it very hard for Republicans to claim they can run an impartial investigation on Russia; Divisions threaten Trump's hope of winning his next big battle: Taxes; Melania Trump: An elusive — and reclusive — first lady; How Trump's presidency is succeeding; Trump shifts blame for health-care collapse to the far right; Trump taps Kushner to lead overhaul of government using business ideas; Fox News said Trump spent the weekend ‘working at the White House.’ He was at his golf club.; One of the most troubling ideas about climate change just found new evidence in its favor; Howard University Hospital's grand history gives way to empty beds and lawsuits; A civil rights champion in government and journalism dies at 85; Duterte plays a winning hand with foreign policy, but will his luck run out?; ; North Carolina's bathroom bill cost the state at least $3.7 billion over 10 years, new analysis finds; United Airlines: ‘Your leggings are welcome’ — as long as you’re paying for your flight;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Nunes admits meeting on White House grounds with source of Trump surveillance documents House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes later cited the classified documents in leveling the unproven charge that spy agencies improperly used their surveillance powers by gathering and sharing information about President Trump and his transition team. Today's revelation is likely to fuel suspicions Nunes coordinated his activities with the White House. By Karoun Demirjian, Greg Miller and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Devin Nunes is making it very hard for Republicans to claim they can run an impartial investigation on Russia News that the chair of the House Intelligence Committee is briefing the White House on his investigation has raised alarms with ethics experts. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Divisions threaten Trump's hope of winning his next big battle: Taxes The Trump administration is planning a more assertive role in overhauling the tax code than it did with the failed effort to replace the Affordable Care Act, with some advisers working on a blueprint instead of letting Congress dictate details. But congressional Republicans and some within the administration do not agree on who should be in charge of the effort. By Damian Paletta  •  Read more »   Melania Trump: An elusive — and reclusive — first lady She's rarely seen in New York City outside the tower that bears her husband's name. Paparazzi call her the "great white whale." Two months after President Trump's swearing in, the nation's new first lady remains largely out of the public eye. By Paul Schwartzman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Daily 202 | Analysis How Trump's presidency is succeeding Was the failure of the health-care bill a fatal blow to Trump's presidency? Not really. Despite the chaos and the growing credibility gap, Trump is systematically succeeding in his quest to "deconstruct the administrative state." By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Trump shifts blame for health-care collapse to the far right The president's attack on conservative interest groups and the GOP's right flank serves as a warning shot that he will not hesitate to publicly pressure those in his party he views as standing in the way. By Sean Sullivan, John Wagner and Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Trump taps Kushner to lead overhaul of government using business ideas The new office will be staffed by former business executives and is an expansion of the influence of Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser. By Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   The Fix Fox News said Trump spent the weekend ‘working at the White House.’ He was at his golf club. The network's Sunday evening "news alert" was roundly mocked online for its timing — and because it wasn't true. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   One of the most troubling ideas about climate change just found new evidence in its favor Scientists continue to publish research hinting that the changes could be altering the jet stream, and therefore, causing extreme weather to get stuck in place. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   SPECIAL REPORT Howard University Hospital's grand history gives way to empty beds and lawsuits When it opened in 1862, the hospital stood out for the medical care it offered freed slaves and became an incubator for African American physicians. But violations, wrongful-death settlements and long ER waits paint a portrait of an institution in decline, according to an examination by The Post. By Cheryl W. Thompson  •  Read more »   Roger Wilkins | 1932–2017 A civil rights champion in government and journalism dies at 85 Roger Wilkins shared a Pulitzer Prize for his editorials about Watergate for The Washington Post. By Adam Bernstein  •  Read more »   Duterte plays a winning hand with foreign policy, but will his luck run out? Despite his devil-may-care diplomacy and relentless talk of "slaughter," the Philippine leader has won billions in investment and aid from China, Japan and the U.S. By Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   Read more »   North Carolina's bathroom bill cost the state at least $3.7 billion over 10 years, new analysis finds The toll of the legislation, mostly from PayPal calling off big plans for the state, is far higher than earlier estimates. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   United Airlines: ‘Your leggings are welcome’ — as long as you’re paying for your flight The airline defended a gate agent's decision Sunday to bar two teenagers from a flight for wearing leggings because they were flying on a company travel pass. But some travelers say the policy unfairly targets attire worn mostly by women. By Luz Lazo  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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