Evening Edition: Trump to propose slashing Medicaid, giving states power to limit other safety-net benefits

McMaster does not deny that Trump discussed Comey with Russian officials; A GOP congressman wonders: Is 'this Trump thing' sustainable?; Trump summons Muslim nations to confront 'Islamic terror of all kinds'; Why Trump’s speech on terrorism was such a missed opportunity; Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain critical; Gingrich spreads conspiracy theory about slain DNC staffer; A black congressman called for Trump’s impeachment. Lynching threats followed, he said.; Protesting Notre Dame students walk out of Pence’s commencement speech; North Korea fires another missile, continuing to defy international condemnation; Tragedy on Everest: 3 climbers die, including one American. A fourth is missing.; When scientists saw the mouse heads glowing, they knew the discovery was big; On SNL, The Rock and Tom Hanks joked about a 2020 White House bid. Some want to believe.;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   BREAKING NEWS Trump to propose slashing Medicaid, giving states power to limit other safety-net benefits The president's budget proposal, set to be unveiled Tuesday, would follow through on a House GOP bill to cut more than $800 billion over 10 years from Medicaid, people familiar with the planning said. The White House also is expected to call for changes to anti-poverty programs that would give states new power to limit benefits and impose work requirements. The proposals come despite growing unease in Congress about cutting the safety net. By Damian Paletta  •  Read more » McMaster does not deny that Trump discussed Comey with Russian officials In an interview on ABC's "This Week," the national security adviser would not directly address details of the Oval Office meeting. But he did not deny reports that President Trump revealed classified information to the diplomats and told them that FBI Director James Comey's firing eased "great pressure" on the White House. By Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   A GOP congressman wonders: Is 'this Trump thing' sustainable? Rep. James Comer returned to his district for the first time in a month, worrying that, for Republicans, the "wheels were falling off." Was Trump still popular here? Had he lost this part of Kentucky? As he braved town hall meetings during the congressional recess, he started to hear an answer. By Chico Harlan | Photos by Michael Noble Jr. for The Post  •  Read more »   Trump summons Muslim nations to confront 'Islamic terror of all kinds' Speaking in Saudi Arabia, President Trump implored the leaders of about 50 Muslim nations to take their own destinies in hand and, together with the United States, stop the killing of innocent people in the name of religion. Trump implicitly rejected the aspirational goals and call for democracy and human rights of former president Barack Obama, who delivered a major speech to the Islamic world in 2009. By Karen DeYoung and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Acts of Faith | Perspective Why Trump’s speech on terrorism was such a missed opportunity The president focuses on radical Islam, but he misses what actually drives people to terrorism. Studies suggest that socioeconomic factors lay the groundwork for violence. By Quintan Wiktorowicz  •  Read more »   Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain critical The president's daughter brought her message of female empowerment to the world's most repressive society for females, but some activists questioned the effectiveness of the meeting. By Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   Gingrich spreads conspiracy theory about slain DNC staffer There is no evidence that Seth Rich had contacted WikiLeaks, despite the former House speaker's claims. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   A black congressman called for Trump’s impeachment. Lynching threats followed, he said. Rep. Al Green, a seven-term Democrat from Texas, played recordings of the two voice mails, which appear to have come from male callers, during a town hall meeting in Houston on Saturday. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Protesting Notre Dame students walk out of Pence’s commencement speech A coalition of students planned the walkout to protest policies the vice president pursued when he was governor of Indiana. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   North Korea fires another missile, continuing to defy international condemnation The missile appeared to have been the land-based version of its submarine missile and flew for about 310 miles before landing in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, officials said. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Tragedy on Everest: 3 climbers die, including one American. A fourth is missing. Storms and high winds closed fleeting windows of good weather that opened a chance for teams to push toward the top of the world's tallest peak, authorities said Sunday. By Pradeep Bashyal and Annie Gowen  •  Read more »   When scientists saw the mouse heads glowing, they knew the discovery was big Finding the brain's lymphatic system overturned more than 300 years of accepted wisdom. The discovery has major implications for a wide variety of brain diseases, including Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, stroke and traumatic brain injury. By David Kohn  •  Read more »   On SNL, The Rock and Tom Hanks joked about a 2020 White House bid. Some want to believe. Dwayne Johnson said he would have never considered running for president because he didn't think he was qualified. "But now I'm actually worried that I'm too qualified," he said. By Amy B Wang  •  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