Evening Edition: Trump says U.S. needs a ‘shutdown’ as he seeks leverage in future budget talks

While in White House, Trumps appeared in promotional materials for 'very special' Philippines project; Rep. Fred Upton, a key GOP lawmaker, says he won't support latest GOP health-care plan; Jon Tester: Part Mr. Montana, part D.C. Denizen and maybe just what Democrats need; Clinton blames Russian hackers, Comey for loss: 'If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president'; An emotional Jimmy Kimmel discusses newborn son’s heart disease, makes passionate health-care plea; Trump and Putin discuss cease-fire in Syria in first conversation since U.S. airstrikes; Why CNN can — and did — refuse to air Trump's new ad labeling major television networks 'fake news'; If you think Fox News is changing, Rupert Murdoch's internal memo shows it isn't. At all.; A young photographer took this harrowing image of the Vietnam War. He didn’t live to see it published.; Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way.; Life expectancy is up for blacks and the mortality gap between races is closing, CDC says; Educators and school psychologists raise alarms about '13 Reasons Why'; What happens to your cultural heritage when you marry someone of a different race?;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Trump says U.S. needs a 'shutdown' as he seeks leverage in future budget talks Trump's comments on Twitter came in the wake of a deal with Democrats to keep the government open past Friday that some fellow Republicans have criticized as too generous to the minority party. By Damian Paletta and John Wagner  •  Read more » While in White House, Trumps appeared in promotional materials for 'very special' Philippines project Video testimonials from the president and his daughter Ivanka Trump touting a project "like nobody's seen before" were featured on the website for the Manila skyscraper — until this week. By Drew Harwell and Matea Gold  •  Read more »   Rep. Fred Upton, a key GOP lawmaker, says he won't support latest GOP health-care plan The growing concerns over coverage of preexisting conditions among influential House Republicans has stoked deep uncertainty about when or even if GOP leaders will hold a vote on a revised measure. By Sean Sullivan and David Weigel  •  Read more »   Jon Tester: Part Mr. Montana, part D.C. Denizen and maybe just what Democrats need A gravely injured party that has focused on expanding its base to include more women, minorities and young people is looking to a seven-fingered farmer and senator from Montana to help stop the bleeding. By Ben Terris  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Clinton blames Russian hackers, Comey for loss: 'If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president' After spending the past six months in relative hibernation, the Democratic nominee made a rare public appearance and ruminated extensively for the first time on her loss. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   An emotional Jimmy Kimmel discusses newborn son’s heart disease, makes passionate health-care plea "No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life," Kimmel said tearfully on his show last night. By Emily Yahr  •  Read more »   Trump and Putin discuss cease-fire in Syria in first conversation since U.S. airstrikes The Kremlin said the two leaders also spoke about the possibility of organizing a personal meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg in July. By David Filipov and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Why CNN can — and did — refuse to air Trump's new ad labeling major television networks 'fake news' "The mainstream media is not fake news," CNN said in a statement, "and therefore the ad is false." By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Perspective If you think Fox News is changing, Rupert Murdoch's internal memo shows it isn't. At all. There was no mention in Murdoch's note about the treatment of women and minorities at Fox; just ratings and profits, and the insatiable desire for more. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Retropolis A young photographer took this harrowing image of the Vietnam War. He didn’t live to see it published. Robert J. Ellison was a 23-year-old freelancer working for Newsweek magazine when he took unforgettable photos of the siege of Khe Sanh. He was killed days later. By Michael E. Ruane  •  Read more »   Book Review Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way. COLUMN | A probing new biography attempts to tell us how the former president lived, and explores the calculations he made in the decades leading up to his winning the presidency. By Carlos Lozada  •  Read more »   Life expectancy is up for blacks and the mortality gap between races is closing, CDC says Even with the good news, "critical disparities" remain between blacks and whites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. By Joel Achenbach  •  Read more »   Educators and school psychologists raise alarms about '13 Reasons Why' Mental-health professionals are warning parents about the Netflix series, linking its graphic depiction of a teenager's suicide to self-harm and suicide threats among young people and saying it could contribute to a "contagion effect." By Moriah Balingit  •  Read more »   'Other: Mixed Race in America' What happens to your cultural heritage when you marry someone of a different race? In Episode 2 of this week-long podcast, meet a Korean American woman who is married to a Colombian-Mexican American. She feels anxiety that her children — who speak Spanish — look and act less Korean than she does. By Alex Laughlin  •  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