Lawmakers express shock, concern about disclosure; The Fix: White House isn't really denying Trump shared classified information; Analysis: Candidate Trump was worried about revealing U.S. secrets; The Fix: Trump's rocky history with his intelligence agencies ; Trump will have to navigate diplomatic land mines in his first overseas trip. Here's how he is preparing.; Cornyn's GOP colleagues are less than enthusiastic about his candidacy for FBI director; Clues point to possible North Korean involvement in massive cyberattack; | | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors | | | | | Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats | The president's disclosures to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in their Oval Office meeting last week jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State — an information-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, current and former U.S. officials said. Trump appeared to be boasting of the "great intel" he receives when he described a looming terror threat, according to an official with knowledge of the exchange. | By Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe • Read more » | | WorldViews | Analysis | Assad’s torture network: Voices from the inside | Thousands of people have been arrested or forcibly disappeared in Syria since the country's revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began. Former prisoners describe the brutality in Syrian military hospitals: "It's not easy to describe the pain and humiliation of torture." | By Louisa Loveluck • Read more » | | | | Trump administration to dismantle small-business part of ACA marketplaces | The move would reduce the federal role in helping small businesses to select health plans — a troubled aspect of the law that attracted only a fraction of its expected enrollment. It's the first public step by officials to carry out President Trump's executive order to reduce the Affordable Care Act's regulatory burden. | By Amy Goldstein • Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071 | | | | | | | |
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