Wednesday's Headlines: ‘Dangerous,’ ‘utterly untruthful’: Two retiring GOP senators sound alarm on Trump

Senate Republicans' dilemma: Speak out or hope silence pays dividends; Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier; 'Bigger than any of us ever imagined it...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   'Dangerous,' 'utterly untruthful': Two retiring GOP senators sound alarm on Trump In a pair of extraordinary broadsides, Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee questioned the president's fitness for office and warned that his actions presented a danger to the nation, remarks that escalated a civil war roiling the Republican Party ahead of the 2018 midterms. By Robert Costa, Philip Rucker and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » PowerPost • Analysis Senate Republicans' dilemma: Speak out or hope silence pays dividends The question is whether more Republican critics will emerge, for while many of Jeff Flake's and Bob Corker's colleagues have privately complained about the president in similar fashion, they haven't dared to add their voices to a public anti-Trump chorus. By Paul Kane  •   Read more »   Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund the research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said. By Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett and Rosalind S. Helderman  •   Read more »   'Bigger than any of us ever imagined it would become': Appetite for lethal narcotic grows across the country As President Trump prepares to declare the opioid epidemic a national crisis, law enforcement is fighting a complex black market for fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic that has overtaken heroin in some regions and is increasingly the cause of fatal overdoses nationwide. By Joel Achenbach  •   Read more »   Einstein's 'happiness' scribbles, left in lieu of a tip, sell for $1.8 million When a messenger arrived at Albert Einstein's hotel room in 1922, the physicist lacked money for a tip and instead wrote him two notes on how to live a happy life. This week's seller of the notes was reported to be a relative of the messenger. By Rachel Siegel  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Enough By Jeff Flake  •   Read more »   Dear Mr. Bezos: Have I got a deal for you By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   Why saying Sgt. La David Johnson's name is so important By Kathleen Parker  •   Read more »   Russia is pushing to control cyberspace. We should all be worried. By David Ignatius  •   Read more »   A rivalry — but not a hatred — for the ages By David Von Drehle  •   Read more »   Jeff Flake's diagnosis is right. But it's not enough. By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   China unveils new leadership, with no obvious successor to Xi Jinping President Xi broke with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor in the seven-man lineup of the Politburo Standing Committee. By Simon Denyer  •  Read more »     Wall Street wins big as Senate rolls back regulation allowing consumers to sue their banks Vice President Pence cast the deciding vote as the Senate approved a measure to kill new rules allowing U.S. consumers to band together in class-action lawsuits. By Renae Merle  •   Read more »   Laura Ingraham was 'Trump before Trump.' But is she made for TV? With her new Fox News show, the arch-conservative radio star steps up to the big leagues after more ­than three decades in the D.C. ­political-media-industrial complex. By Krissah Thompson  •   Read more »   Fact Checker • Analysis Trump's claim that he's done more 'by far' than Obama in the fight against ISIS The Islamic State is on the run in Iraq and Syria, and President Trump claims most of the credit. But experts say he's bragging too much. By Glenn Kessler  •   Read more »   Deficits, schmeficits: House conservatives cast aside fiscal warnings to make way for tax cuts The House is expected to approve a budget Thursday that includes no pathway to spending cuts but instead will allow a forthcoming tax bill to add $1.5 trillion to the budget deficit. By Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   Sears, Whirlpool end 101-year partnership Sears will no longer sell Whirlpool, KitchenAid or Maytag appliances, following a pricing dispute that has ended a century-long relationship between the department store chain and the country's largest appliance maker. By Abha Bhattarai and Aaron Gregg  •   Read more »   Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims Permits for the River Run retirement community in Joppatowne were stalled after some elected officials and area residents complained that the project violated fair-housing laws. By Justin Wm. Moyer  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. 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