Wednesday's Headlines: Relationship between Trump, Senate Republicans hits new skids

GOP tax package may be delayed; Appeals court ruling could help preserve Obamacare subsidies; Justice Dept. project could sue colleges over admission policies that discriminate against whites; Lawsuit alleges White House link in discredited Seth Rich conspiracy theory; Response to Minneapolis police shooting deviates from the norm; At a microchip 'party' in Wisconsin, some workers get implants — while others worry about hackers and the devil;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Relationship between Trump, Senate Republicans hits new skids Some GOP senators are openly defying directives of President Trump, who has belittled them as looking like "fools" and tried to strong-arm their agenda. The friction underscores the challenge the party faces as lawmakers seek to move beyond a failed health-care effort. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » GOP tax package may be delayed The White House's push to quickly pass a major package of tax cuts is facing a fall calendar full of legislative land mines. By Damian Paletta and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   Appeals court ruling could help preserve Obamacare subsidies The ruling could make it more difficult for the White House to carry out threats by President Trump to cut off payments that benefit health insurers and millions of people under the Affordable Care Act. By Amy Goldstein  •  Read more »   Justice Dept. project could sue colleges over admission policies that discriminate against whites The civil rights division is looking for lawyers to investigate "intentional race-based discrimination" in college admissions, according to a person familiar with an announcement about the effort. By Sari Horwitz and Emma Brown  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Lawsuit alleges White House link in discredited Seth Rich conspiracy theory A private investigator and Fox News contributor claims the president was aware of and urged Fox to publish a bogus story about the Democratic National Committee staffer. By David Weigel and Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Response to Minneapolis police shooting deviates from the norm In the aftermath, the police union has been largely silent in defending the black officer, and the city's white, female mayor — facing a tough reelection bid in which policing has become a primary issue — demanded and received the resignation of the white, female police chief. By Janell Ross  •  Read more »   At a microchip 'party' in Wisconsin, some workers get implants — while others worry about hackers and the devil The device — a radio-frequency identification tag that is about the size of a grain of rice — allows users to buy a soda or log on to a computer with the wave of a hand. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Opinions   Trump is right about China and North Korea By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   Parents should be repulsed by Trump’s playing of the father card By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   Can anyone get a handle on the president who handles everything? By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Who can save us from ourselves? By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   We will survive this By Garrison Keillor  •  Read more »   Time for the Trump administration to speak with one voice on the debt ceiling By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Tillerson calls for dialogue with North Korea: 'We are not your enemy' The secretary of state said the United States does not aim to depose the government in Pyongyang or use military force and acknowledged a deteriorating relationship with Russia. By Carol Morello and Anne Gearan  •  Read more » Chelsea Clinton defends staff at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. after Trump reportedly calls the place ‘a real dump’ A White House spokesman denied that the president, who frequently spends weekends at his own properties rather than at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., insulted the executive mansion, as reported by Golf.com. By Emily Heil  •  Read more » Fact Checker | Analysis President Trump keeps celebrating stock market highs. That’s a big flip-flop. After warning for years that the stock market was in a dangerous "bubble," the president barely lets a day go by without hailing new market highs. By Glenn Kessler and Meg Kelly  •  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 » In Tripoli, long lines, murder and kidnappings — and fear that the worst is yet to come Six years after the revolution that toppled dictator Moammar Gaddafi, the mood in Libya's volatile capital is a meld of hopelessness and gloom. By Sudarsan Raghavan | Photos by Lorenzo Tugnoli  •  Read more » Senate confirms Christopher A. Wray as FBI director The position has been open since President Trump fired James B. Comey in May, setting off a controversy over whether he was trying to impede an agency probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more » The generic drug industry brought huge cost savings. That may be changing. The trajectory of a generic epilepsy drug shows the limitations of relying on the market alone to bring down prices and ensure supply, especially for hard-to-make or low-volume drugs that are critical to the people who need them. By Carolyn Y. Johnson  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. 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