Evening Edition: Debt-ceiling talks between White House, Senate break up with no progress

Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer; Senate Democrats press for bipartisan talks to overhaul tax code; 'The moment when it really started to feel insane': An oral history of the Scaramucci era; A timeline of the explosive lawsuit alleging a White House link in the Seth Rich conspiracy; John Kelly proves he can manage up on his first day as chief of staff; Top Venezuelan opposition leaders taken into custody amid fears of wider crackdowns; Trademarks filed for n-word after high court ruling that disparaging words can receive protection; An anti-immigrant group mistook empty bus seats for women wearing burqas; They trashed their wedding photographer over a $125 fee. A jury told them to pay her more than $1 million.; Travel the path of the solar eclipse;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Debt-ceiling talks between White House, Senate break up with no progress The Senate and House have 12 joint working days before Sept. 29, when the Treasury Department says it would no longer be able to pay all of the government's bills unless Congress acts. By Damian Paletta  •  Read more » Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer President Trump's personal intervention, described by people with knowledge of the deliberations, is part of a series of actions that some advisers fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy as the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election proceeds. By Ashley Parker, Carol D. Leonnig, Philip Rucker and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   Senate Democrats press for bipartisan talks to overhaul tax code The effort comes as President Trump urges Republicans to deliver steep tax cuts for businesses and individuals, with or without the help of Democrats. But many Democrats say the badly fractured GOP won't be able to pass a complex tax bill on its own. By Kelsey Snell and Damian Paletta  •  Read more »   Analysis 'The moment when it really started to feel insane': An oral history of the Scaramucci era Historical eras are usually defined retrospectively: wait 10 years, analyze the major players in a big event, figure out what it all meant. But who has the patience for that now? Senators, soldiers, lovers, haters and two boy scouts recount what it was like to be alive in the time of "The Mooch." By Monica Hesse, Ben Terris and Dan Zak  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis A timeline of the explosive lawsuit alleging a White House link in the Seth Rich conspiracy The suit claims that the president may have been aware of or involved in a discredited Fox News story about the killing of a Democratic National Committee staffer in Washington. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Daily 202 | Analysis John Kelly proves he can manage up on his first day as chief of staff Getting the president to fire Scaramucci fits with a career of speaking truth to power. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Top Venezuelan opposition leaders taken into custody amid fears of wider crackdowns Masked security forces staged middle-of-the-night raids to haul away Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma, who were under house arrest. The move follows an internationally denounced election to boost the government of President Nicolás Maduro. By Anthony Faiola  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trademarks filed for n-word after high court ruling that disparaging words can receive protection Two men are trying to quash hate speech by cornering the market on it after the Supreme Court decision cleared the way for an Asian American rock group called the Slants to trademark its name. By Justin Wm. Moyer  •  Read more »   An anti-immigrant group mistook empty bus seats for women wearing burqas The photograph sparked a heated debate on Facebook about the problems Norway was facing after an influx of Muslim immigrants in the past few years. It also played into a continent-wide debate about Islamic dress in Europe. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more »   They trashed their wedding photographer over a $125 fee. A jury told them to pay her more than $1 million. After being forced out of business, the Texas photographer convinced a jury that a professional beauty blogger and her new husband had conspired to destroy her reputation. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   Graphic Travel the path of the solar eclipse Follow the shadow of the moon as it completely blocks out the sun on Aug. 21, moving along a 3,000-mile path from Oregon's Pacific coast to the eastern shore of South Carolina. By Laris Karklis, Tim Meko, Armand Emamdjomeh, Denise Lu and Bonnie Berkowitz  •  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